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Installing Debian GNU/Linux on fresh hardware

Installing GNU/Linux on fresh hardware can be challenging. I bought a Medion akoya 10" netbook (MSI Wind U100 platform).

Since then I wanted to install my used distribution, Debian GNU/Linux. After trying the lenny installers, at first I wasn’t able to get to it. Kernel 2.6.24 did not support the network card but instead broke the boot process so, after install, I did not have any drives. 🙁

I reported this install failure and got help so I was able to install a newer, working, kernel.

Thanks to the Debian installer team!