On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:26:48 +0000, Phil Dobbin wrote: > On 12/02/12 10:17, Camaleón wrote:
(...) >> What's the exact message you get and in what stage of the install >> booting process it appears? You can go to a debug tty to get more >> information¹. >> >> OTOH, I would use a 64-bits OS for this machine :-) >> >> ¹http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s03.html.en#di- miscellaneous > > > The problem is that the installation doesn't even start. The machine > tries the boot order (CD, floppy, SCSI) & then reports back read errors > on the installation media (CD). (...) Weird. It could be indeed that your CD-R drive can't read the media (damaged optical unit or damaged media?). To discard this you can try to burn another CD using a different CD-R brand and also at low speed. You can also try with another CD media from a news magazine just to ensure you can boot from your CD drive, so no need to finish the installation process. It can also be some sort of BIOS/system limitation that prevents you booting from your CD, HP systems have many hidden configuration settings. As per the workarounds, I suppose your system can't boot directly from an USB key but maybe you can boot from a floppy disk and load the CD or USB installation media from there. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/jh8976$ai9$7...@dough.gmane.org
