Re: trouble with install -- 64 bit, disk partitioner

2015-05-14 Thread David R. Haynor
Hi gang, Thanks for your help. In the end, i believe the problem was the RAID5 configuration that had been set up for windows. I used killdisk to scrub the hard drives, then was able to use gparted (which had hung previously) and then install debian. I'll reuse the disks with LVM and go to b

trouble with install -- 64 bit, disk partitioner

2015-05-07 Thread David R. Haynor
hi debian gurus, i am attempting a clean install on a system currently running windows 7 (i.e. i have saved the files i need and want to repartition the disk). i burned a .iso installer file for my system (64-bit intel, so i used the amd64 release of debian 8). when i boot from the CD (or if