On 02/03/11 16:41, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > To try to install Debian 6, I downloaded, as advised on the Debian web > site, the Debian 6 netinst iso file, wrote it to a CD, and tried to > install Debian 6, using it. > > However, the computer on which I tried to install it, did not boot from > the CD. > <snipped>
I've just encountered a similar problem to Bret (and other posters). With other installs I've had no problems. Attempting to install the debian-6.0.0-i386-netinst.iso dated Sat Mar 12 04:57:36 2011 burnt CD from two different, known working, USB DVD drives failed. MD5 sums checked ok, machines are ASUS PC Eeee 701SDs. Attempting to install from a USBkey also failed. Same USBkey boots fine on other machines. Symptoms:- nothing, if install source is made the only device in the BIOS boot list - nothing happens. As suggested by Steve McIntyre:- http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/03/msg00221.html I used the non-hybrid:- http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/tmp/squeeze-non-hybrid-test1/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.0-i386-netinst.iso Made the USBkey bootable with:- http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz This time the installs worked perfectly (thanks Steve). Note: I didn't try burning the non-hybrid image to CD. Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d7c1ccb.5000...@gmail.com
