I have the recollection someone on my FL is associated with Debian, but I can't recall who. Anyone want to come forward?
The issue: I find myself needing to create a customized Debian 4.0r1 i386 NETINST CD image, because the CD distributed by Debian has a kernel built without the workaround/patch for the ALi IDE chipset bug and, as a result, it won't work to install on a Thinkpad i1300. After looking at it, I'm presuming all I need to do is replace the kernel with a new, properly patched kernel. However, from the documentation I can find, it looks as though I have to have a working Debian install to be able to make a customized Debian installer CD. Desite multiple efforts to get it to do so, the i1300 refuses to boot either from a USB memory stick or from the network, so I can't perform a USB install or a netboot install.