On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 08:48:40PM -0400, Mike Robinson wrote: > >Mike Robinson wrote: > >>I'm almost to the point of blowing the system away and installing > >>Etch. Anyone with insight would be appreciated. > > > >Well, I've decided to throw in the towel and install Etch. I think > >I'd like to boot with an Etch install CD, keep my partitions, but > >blow away the Debian Testing installation with Etch. I have one > >large partition with all of the data I need to save; the rest can go > >away. I've never done anything like this before, so any > >warnings/advice is welcome. > > Okay, dumb question. It's been a while and I want to get it right. I > plan on downloading the minimal install CD and do a network install. > My processor is an Athlon 64 3200+, but I want the 32-bit distribution > with the 'k7' kernel. Which install image to I burn? I *think* it's > the i386 image, and hopefully it'll let me choose the kernel > architecture during the install. Is this correct? >
Yes, you want the i386 netinst.iso. The installer will present you with two sets of kernel choices. One is an actual kernel version the other is a kernel meta-package that depends on the most recent version. Other than that, I don't know if it will give you the whole list. I'm on dialup and I just do a base install (don't have it look to the net for anything) to get a working system fast. Then I run aptitude and get the packages that I want. You could do this too since the -486 kernel will run on the athlon, then update to your kernel-of-choice. Just curious: why not amd64? I'm running it on my Athlon64 3800+. The _only_ thing I need 32-bit for is adobe flashplayer, for which I run a chroot for the browser. That problem is fixed in Lenny/Sid but I didn't want to go that route. After having done it, setting up the chroot was rather simple and schroot makes running it a breeze. Good luck with the install. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
