[kwlug-disc] debian 5.0 (lenny) install goes faster by moving the mouse?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, L.D. Paniak wrote:

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> Rob,
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> When I was (net) installing Lenny on those machines I seem to recall
> the same thing. Also, I had trouble with the clocks after the
> install.  Try installing with notsc and nolapic options.
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> I think it was a problem with the onboard networking.  Try
> installing ubuntu or something with a disk-only installation
> procedure to compare.

  ok, i'll give that a shot.  someone else suggested asking on the
debian users list but i'm on enough mailing lists as it is -- i really
don't want to join another one just to ask a single question.  life is
too short for that.

rday
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