On 20120620_130712, Brian wrote: > On Wed 20 Jun 2012 at 03:20:02 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > On 20120620_083247, Brian wrote: > > > > > > I used the mini.iso from > > > > > > > > > http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/Debian-5.0/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ > > > > > > successfully. > > > > Thanks, but I'm no longer confident that loading Lenny on the box will get > > me closer to my larger goal, which is loading Squeeze and eventually Wheezy > > on it. > > The goal is achievable. If other techniques don't give you a readable > screen display or lead to errors it may be the only way to go. Anyway, > there is nothing like doing it to see where you can get, so, having an > hour or two to kill this morning, here is brief set of instructions and > a description of the outcome. > > 1, Downloaded a Lenny netinst iso from > > http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/debian-installer/ > > and burnt it to a CD. > > 2. Booted the iso. Chose expert mode. Got to the configuring the package > manager stage and gave archive.debian.org as the mirror and /debian/ > as the directory. As with the mini iso, the netinst iso contacted the > mirror, downloaded what it needed and got on with preparing for > offering to install software. I do not understand why you should have > a problem with this step because archive.debian.org is structured > like any other archive. > > 3. Deselected the desktop task and installed just the bare minimum. > > 4. Went with GRUB 2 as the boot loader to put in the MBR of the first > hard disk. > > 5. Booted to Lenny. Altered sources.list to point to a Squeeze archive.
Ok. Trying to repeat your work, I accomplish all steps thru 4, but I cannot boot to Lenny. Instead I get error message : Error: Couldn't read file Press any key to continue... I press a key and get: Error: You need to load the kernel first. Press any key to continue... Clearly food for thoughts about debugging the hardware. Why isn't the kernel there? I answered all questions about kernel by accepting the offered defaults. Ideas? ( My idea is that maybe there is not enough RAM on this box. How much should be needed? This box has 512MB according to sticker on it from the vendor. ) -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- 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/20120620235408.gb11...@big.lan.gnu
