Hi Klistvud, Strange! But this time, when I successfully installed Debian 5.0.6 "Lenny" into my AMD 880G chipset with AMD Athlon II x4 processor, and I loaded the OS in normal mode, it went into the desktop, instead of going into screensaver mode and then freezing. By the way, I do use the proper installation image, for example, in this installation, I use the amd64 64 bit installation for my 64-bit AMD machine, and I use the i386 for my other 64-bit Intel machine. However, as a side question, has anyone gotten flash to successfully work in 64 bit OS?
As for my HP notebook, I will have to grab a spare 2.5" hard disk and try again and let you know, as I want to keep my warranty on it by having Windows 7 in my original hard disk. I will also try FreeBSD as I heard it is a very stable OS and can have a GNOME as a desktop environment. Thanks and regards, David On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Klistvud <quotati...@aliceadsl.fr> wrote: > Dne, 04. 10. 2010 12:36:20 je David Shum napisal(a): > > > I install Debian Lenny 5.0 (Update 6) using the CD ISO image downloaded >> from >> debian.org. I burn the image to a DVD, put DVD into my Hewlett Packard >> dv6-3030tx notebook (Intel i5-540M on Intel HM55 chipset), then via the HP >> BIOS, I boot my DVD drive. I successfully enter into the splash screen >> which gives me four options: 1) Install 2) Graphical Install 3) Advanced >> Options 4) forgot this one... >> >> When I select 1), the installation process jumps to a black screen that >> displays various messages, with the last message being "kernel panic". I >> think this may be the issue when you mentioned that since this may not be >> the most recent kernel, may be the problem?? >> > > Or you may just have errors on your DVD ... Also, the installer for x64 > won't work on a 32-bit machine (although it would give you a warning about > that, instead of going into "kernel panic" mode). You *are* sure you have > the right installer for your hardware architecture, right? Specifically: the > "ia64" installer is not meant for the usual PC hardware; "i386" and "x86_64" > are. > > > Although I will try and search this myself, may I have some clues as to >> how >> I can "pull out" this old Linux kernel, and hop into "debian backports" >> and >> plug in a newer Linux kernel? Then try and install. >> > > It was my understanding that you could boot to a command line interface > (virtual terminal in Linux parlance; in Debian it's also called single-user > mode). If you can, first surf to > http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/(from another machine) and just > follow the instructions. Basically, you add > a line (as per the instructions) to the file /etc/apt/sources.list and then > issue the command > > aptitude > > Once inside aptitude, you select "refresh" to make aptitude register the > new software repository "backports" and then proceed to install a new kernel > from backports. If you're not familiar with aptitude, you should read a good > tutorial on it (or just issue "man aptitude" to read its manual). Also, > selecting just the "right" kernel from backports is *not* always a trivial > matter IMHO, although they are logically named and numbered. If you're > fairly new at this -- or if you can't even boot to a command line interface > -- it would perhaps be easier for you to simply install Squeeze instead of > Lenny? It's your choice really. One thing I can recommend, if you do try out > Squeeze: don't bother with DVDs (I doubt complete DVDs even exist at this > point), just download a "netinstall" CD image: if you have a working > Internet connection, the installer will pull everything needed off the > Internet for you anyway. > > > >> I will also try and install Debian 6.0 Squeeze and see how that goes. I >> read that for Squeeze release, there is one for i386 and AMD based on the >> kFreeBSD kernel. So, does this mean that future releases will be based on >> FreeBSD kernel? >> > > No, it only means that besides the Linux kernel, Debian is now capable of > running on the FreeBSD kernel too. Haven't tried it yet though, as I have > never been able to install any of the BSD OSes myself (couldn't get past the > disk "slices" thingy, so I finally gave up). > > > > >> > I also was able install Debian into this machine I am typing my email >> on >> >> now, which is an ASRock desktop board based on AMD 880G chipset and AMD >> >> Athlon II X4 640 processor (quad core), but when I loaded the operating >> >> system, the monitor went into screen-saver and froze. >> >> >> > > Have you tried to boot into single-user mode on this machine? > > -- > Regards, > > > Klistvud > Certifiable Loonix User #481801 > http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com > > Please reply to the list, not to me. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.orgwith a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1286191703.3094...@compax > >
