i cant point you twards a answer but might i suggest getting a knoppix cd (or some equivilant live cd) and boot it. and follow the debian install guide at: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html#s-linux-upgrade
3.7 Installing Debian GNU/Linux from a Unix/Linux System that should be helpful. its how i always setup my debian installs > hi, > > I am trying to install debian sarge 3.1 (20040229) on a 4 year old sony > viao laptop from cd set. It seems the hardware is detected fine. > After selecting keyboard/country, and at the stage 'Partition a hard > drive' in the main menu, when I select that nothing happens. > The screen goes blue and comes back to main menu. I cant proceed any > futher. There are no error messages in tty3 or in /var/log/messages. > tty3 and messages file shows only insmod... using /lib/modues... those > only. no particular error message. > > What do I do now? > > TIA > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
