Re: Bullseye installation media nowhere to be found

2024-03-07 Thread Byunghee HWANG
t: > <https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/debian-i-had-destroyed-grub-4175731144/> > Communication with that OP is very difficult. > > I wish to test locally a proposed path forward, booting installed system via > installation media, prior to proposing it. That

Re: Bullseye installation media nowhere to be found

2024-03-05 Thread Luna Jernberg
aces that offer no .isos. > > Why? Kernel panics on 32-bit: > <https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/debian-i-had-destroyed-grub-4175731144/> > Communication with that OP is very difficult. > > I wish to test locally a proposed path forward, booting installe

Bullseye installation media nowhere to be found

2024-03-05 Thread Felix Miata
with that OP is very difficult. I wish to test locally a proposed path forward, booting installed system via installation media, prior to proposing it. That requires I have the same installation media he seems to be tied to, or at least the same major version (11), correct? Otherwise, how can I be

Re: Bug#1056998: cdrom: Installation media changes after booting it

2023-12-04 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023, 3:30 AM Thomas Schmitt wrote: > . > This seems to indicate that the firmware has a stake in the problem ... > > > Both the Thinkpad E14 Gen 5s had the same specifications and type number, > > differing only in that the one with corruption of the installer has 24GB > of >

Re: Re: Re: Debian standard installation media packages [Solved]

2019-06-06 Thread Jacques Toerien
Thanks to the thread posted by Brian re. mounting ISO images and subsequent advice posted, I’ve solved the issue by mounting the USB to a mount point, in my case '/mnt/debian/‘. Following that I edited ‘etc/apt/sources.list’ and commented out all lines and added the following : deb [trusted=ye

Re: Re: Debian standard installation media packages

2019-06-05 Thread Jacques Toerien
Hi, thank you for the response. > Which image exactly are you using ? Please tell the download URL and a checksum after download (MD5 or some SHA*). This is the image I’m now using. (see note below at end of message re. Buster) https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-

Re: Debian standard installation media packages

2019-06-04 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Jacques Toerien wrote: > I suspect I have a corrupt usb install image. Which image exactly are you using ? Please tell the download URL and a checksum after download (MD5 or some SHA*). > Several files are missing or appear to be part files. Any corruption of files should change the image

Re: Debian standard installation media packages

2019-06-04 Thread Jacques Toerien
Thank you, I will have a look tonight, from what I can see on my 9.9 image is that I'm missing a few packages. I suspect I have a corrupt usb install image. Several files are missing or appear to be part files. I'll burn a fresh image, I'll download a new iso at work and do the checksums. Is

Re: Debian standard installation media packages

2019-06-03 Thread Jacques Toerien
I do apologise in advance, there may be a double post popping up from me.

Re: Debian standard installation media packages

2019-06-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Jacques Toerien wrote: > With the standard DVD image, the ‘build-essential’ meta package is not > included According to https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/list-dvd/debian-9.9.0-amd64-DVD-1.list.gz there should be build-essential_12.3_amd64.deb So you would have to be mor

Debian 'build-essential' on installation media.

2019-06-03 Thread Jacques Toerien
Hello, I have several machines that require a standard build environment after installation in order to build device drivers, such as NIC and WIFI drivers. These drivers or modules are not included in the free/non-free images (eg. Broadcom) or included as kernel modules, I currently have the so

Debian standard installation media packages

2019-06-03 Thread Jacques Toerien
Hello, I have several machines that require a standard build environment after installation in order to build device drivers, such as NIC and WIFI drivers. These drivers or modules are not included in the free/non-free images (eg. Broadcom), I currently have the source codes for these saved on

Re: Time of Removal of Installation media

2018-01-25 Thread Ben Oliver
On 18-01-25 12:00:38, john doe wrote: On 1/25/2018 10:33 AM, Shehriyar Qureshi wrote: Hi, I recently installed Debian Stretch and I was confused as if I installed it correctly. At the end of the installation, I got to the point where it said "Make sure to remove the installation media s

Re: Time of Removal of Installation media

2018-01-25 Thread john doe
On 1/25/2018 10:33 AM, Shehriyar Qureshi wrote: Hi, I recently installed Debian Stretch and I was confused as if I installed it correctly. At the end of the installation, I got to the point where it said "Make sure to remove the installation media so you don't boot into the installer&q

Re: Time of Removal of Installation media

2018-01-25 Thread Michael Milliman
Jan 25, 2018 at 09:33:17AM +, Shehriyar Qureshi wrote: > > Hi, I recently installed Debian Stretch and I was confused as if I > > installed it correctly. At the end of the installation, I got to the > point > > where it said "Make sure to remove the installation

Re: Time of Removal of Installation media

2018-01-25 Thread tomas
sure to remove the installation media so you don't boot > into the installer". I removed the USB at that point and clicked continue That sounds about right, yes. > after which it did some small stuff and rebooted. Did I remove the USB at > the correct time or was I not supposed

Time of Removal of Installation media

2018-01-25 Thread Shehriyar Qureshi
Hi, I recently installed Debian Stretch and I was confused as if I installed it correctly. At the end of the installation, I got to the point where it said "Make sure to remove the installation media so you don't boot into the installer". I removed the USB at that point and clicked

[solved] Re: Can't add usb stick as installation media (was: Network install)

2015-02-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Brian writes: > On Sun 01 Feb 2015 at 12:01:53 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Brian writes: >> >> > 1. Boot into your Wheezy install and login as root. >> > >> > 2. Insert the USB stick. There should be a message on the screen giving >> >you a device name. I get sdg. >> > >> > 3. The net

Re: Can't add usb stick as installation media (was: Network install)

2015-02-01 Thread Brian
On Sun 01 Feb 2015 at 12:01:53 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Brian writes: > > > 1. Boot into your Wheezy install and login as root. > > > > 2. Insert the USB stick. There should be a message on the screen giving > >you a device name. I get sdg. > > > > 3. The netinst is on the first partit

Re: Can't add usb stick as installation media (was: Network install)

2015-02-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Brian writes: > 1. Boot into your Wheezy install and login as root. > > 2. Insert the USB stick. There should be a message on the screen giving >you a device name. I get sdg. > > 3. The netinst is on the first partition, sdg1. Use dmesg to check. I >have 'sdg: sdg1'. > > 4. I'll mount my

Re: Can't add pendrive stick as installation media (was: Network install)

2015-01-31 Thread Brian
On Sat 31 Jan 2015 at 16:50:52 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Nothing, and nothing. I also tried with Jessie, testing, but it seems there's > no way to make Debian add pendrive sticks as installation media. > sources.lists > is not at all modified, and the pendrive stick i

Re: Can't add pendrive stick as installation media (was: Network install)

2015-01-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 31 January 2015 16:49:46 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Brian writes: > > On Fri 30 Jan 2015 at 19:36:03 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Brian writes: > >> > By "install Debian" do you mean you go all the way through the > >> > installer menu and then finish the install by booting into the

Can't add pendrive stick as installation media (was: Network install)

2015-01-31 Thread Rodolfo Medina
nmounting and so on. Thus > > apt-cdrom -d /mnt --no-auto-detect -m add > > will do it, where "it" is to stick > > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Jessie_ - Official Snapshot i386 NETINST > Binary-1 ]/ jessie main > > in /etc/apt/sources.list and check the cont

Can't add pendrive stick as installation media (was: Network install)

2015-01-31 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Brian writes: > On Fri 30 Jan 2015 at 19:36:03 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Brian writes: >> >> > By "install Debian" do you mean you go all the way through the installer >> > menu and then finish the install by booting into the new system? >> >> >> I'll try to explain better (strange, i

Re: Installation media

2014-06-20 Thread Brian
On Wed 18 Jun 2014 at 21:01:52 +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > 2014/06/18 0:35 "roberto" : > > > > #grub-install --root-directory=/ /dev/sda > > We wish this approach were reliable, but /dev/sda at boot-time, within > grub, and /dev/sda from bash/dash are often two different drives. If you > have mor

Re: Installation media

2014-06-20 Thread Brian
On Wed 18 Jun 2014 at 17:17:47 +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > There were a lot of replies, and I have seen that you succeeded ( at > least partially ) in installation, but for completeness, here is the > easiest solution when you are starting from windows: > http://www.linuxliveusb.

Re: Installation media

2014-06-18 Thread berenger . morel
Le 15.06.2014 15:35, roberto a écrit : Hi, I want to install Debian Wheezy from usb-stick. I found this page:  http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/ [1] My arch is i-386. 1. Is it the correct page? 2. Which file should I download? One of th

Re: Installation media

2014-06-18 Thread Brian
On Tue 17 Jun 2014 at 17:34:58 +0200, roberto wrote: > On Monday, June 16, 2014, Brian > > > > You will arrive at a screen asking for the device to use as the root > > file system. This is the partition you have installed Debian to. I have > > > > /dev/sda1 > > /dev/sda2 > >

Re: Installation media

2014-06-18 Thread Joel Rees
2014/06/18 0:35 "roberto" : > > > > On Monday, June 16, 2014, Brian >> >> > Then the only option I had was to repeat the entire installation, under >> > this "Resue Mode". >> > Why should I repeat the installation? >> >> It only looks that way because you will (at the start) see the same >> screen

Re: Installation media

2014-06-17 Thread roberto
On Monday, June 16, 2014, Brian > > > Then the only option I had was to repeat the entire installation, under > > this "Resue Mode". > > Why should I repeat the installation? > > It only looks that way because you will (at the start) see the same > screens you saw when you installed. The environme

Re: Installation media

2014-06-17 Thread Leonardo Cuyar Morales
What I tried with my usb-stick (/dev/sdb): dd if=/path-to-the-iso-file/filename.iso of=/dev/sdb that's right, direct to the device... - Original Message - From: "B" To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 10:37:45 AM Subject: Re: Installation me

Re: Fwd: Installation media

2014-06-16 Thread Curt
On 2014-06-16, roberto wrote: > > I didn't want to reboot. That's why I didn't use the '-r' flag > Wonderful. Except for the minor detail that you are unable to boot into the operating system, a humbling experience (for most of us). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian

Re: Fwd: Installation media

2014-06-16 Thread Brian
On Mon 16 Jun 2014 at 11:39:23 +0200, roberto wrote: > I booted using usb-stick with the image: > debian-7.5.0-i386-netinst.iso > > I chose "Advanced Options" > Then I chose "Rescue Mode" Good. > Then the only option I had was to repeat the entire installation, under > this "Resue Mode". > Why

Re: Fwd: Installation media

2014-06-16 Thread roberto
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Brian wrote: > > And how did using rescue mode go? > > I booted using usb-stick with the image: debian-7.5.0-i386-netinst.iso I chose "Advanced Options" Then I chose "Rescue Mode" Then the only option I had was to repeat the entire installation, under this "Resu

Re: Fwd: Installation media

2014-06-16 Thread roberto
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Curt wrote: > > #shutdown -h now > > > > Oh all right, that's the way it's done (except that maybe you desired > only a reboot, in which case the '-r' flag would have been in order). I didn't want to reboot. That's why I didn't use the '-r' flag -- Roberto

Re: Fwd: Installation media

2014-06-16 Thread Brian
On Mon 16 Jun 2014 at 08:39:59 +0200, roberto wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Curt wrote: > > > > Do you mean you actually just cut the power without cleanly shutting > > down your brand spanking new debian wheezy? That would be ill-advised. > > > > #shutdown -h now And how did using

Re: Fwd: Installation media

2014-06-16 Thread Curt
On 2014-06-16, roberto wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Curt wrote: >> >> Do you mean you actually just cut the power without cleanly shutting >> down your brand spanking new debian wheezy? That would be ill-advised. > > #shutdown -h now > Oh all right, that's the way it's done (exce

Re: Fwd: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread roberto
On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Curt wrote: > > Do you mean you actually just cut the power without cleanly shutting > down your brand spanking new debian wheezy? That would be ill-advised. > #shutdown -h now

Re: Fwd: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread Curt
On 2014-06-15, roberto wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Brian wrote: > > But something strange happened now!! > > After installing, I switched the laptop off and then on again. It worked > fine. > > Then I switched it off and on a second time, and it shows: > *GRUB loading* Do you mea

Re: Fwd: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread roberto
On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > > That was what I was looking for, a simple, plain .ISO image. I just burnt > > on a stick: debian-7.5.0-i386-netinst.iso > > using > > Win32DiskImager-0.9.5 > > and it worked perfectly. Debian Wheezy up and running. > > Now - if you had provi

Re: Fwd: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread Brian
On Sun 15 Jun 2014 at 18:27:33 +0200, roberto wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Brian wrote: > > > On Sun 15 Jun 2014 at 17:31:08 +0200, B wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 16:10:48 +0100 > > > Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > Uh? Without any bootstrap? As is? > > > > > > > > Copy vm

Re: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread Bzzzz
On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:15:51 +0100 Brian wrote: > > Yeah, that's what I thought: you have body, wheels, > > seats, super radio/CD but no windows nor engine nor > > radio antenna ;-o) > > I really don't know what you are talking about. An hd-media > install is identical to every other install. T

Re: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread Brian
On Sun 15 Jun 2014 at 15:07:04 +, pasc...@sdf.lonestar.org wrote: > Maybe with UNetbootin http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net Suggestions to use unetbootin are well-intentioned but misguided. The i386 and amd64 images are fantastically easy to write to a USB device using the Debian recommended

Fwd: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread roberto
On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Brian wrote: > On Sun 15 Jun 2014 at 17:31:08 +0200, B wrote: > > > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 16:10:48 +0100 > > Brian wrote: > > > > > > Uh? Without any bootstrap? As is? > > > > > > Copy vmlinuz, initrd.gz and an ISO to the stick. Install GRUB to > > > its MBR. W

Re: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread Brian
On Sun 15 Jun 2014 at 17:31:08 +0200, B wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 16:10:48 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > > Uh? Without any bootstrap? As is? > > > > Copy vmlinuz, initrd.gz and an ISO to the stick. Install GRUB to > > its MBR. Write grub.cfg. > > Yeah, that's what I thought: you have body

Re: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread Bzzzz
On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 15:07:04 + wrote: > Maybe with UNetbootin http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net Not even that, as Brian stated he would also need an ISO image. What I meant is that it is far from being the easiest way to install Debian from a stick

Re: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread Bzzzz
On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 16:10:48 +0100 Brian wrote: > > Uh? Without any bootstrap? As is? > > Copy vmlinuz, initrd.gz and an ISO to the stick. Install GRUB to > its MBR. Write grub.cfg. Yeah, that's what I thought: you have body, wheels, seats, super radio/CD but no windows nor engine nor radio an

RE: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread pascalv
> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 15:51:13 +0200 > From: lazyvi...@gmx.com > > Hi, I want to do dirty things with a Debian Wheezy usb-stick. > > > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/ > > ^ ^

Re: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread Brian
On Sun 15 Jun 2014 at 16:37:45 +0200, B wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 15:10:01 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > > No, they're not meant for that (except if you have a special > > > program to correctly burn them directly on a stick). > > > > Actually, the hd-media images are meant for that. > > U

Re: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread Bzzzz
On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 15:10:01 +0100 Brian wrote: > > No, they're not meant for that (except if you have a special > > program to correctly burn them directly on a stick). > > Actually, the hd-media images are meant for that. Uh? Without any bootstrap? As is? -- Debian Hint #40: If you install

Re: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread Brian
On Sun 15 Jun 2014 at 15:51:13 +0200, B wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 15:35:13 +0200 > roberto wrote: > > > Hi, I want to do dirty things with a Debian Wheezy usb-stick. > > > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/ > > ^

Re: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread Brian
On Sun 15 Jun 2014 at 15:35:13 +0200, roberto wrote: > Hi, I want to install Debian Wheezy from usb-stick. > I found this page: > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/ Please go to www.debian.org and read about a network install, the CD ISO imag

Re: Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread Bzzzz
On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 15:35:13 +0200 roberto wrote: > Hi, I want to do dirty things with a Debian Wheezy usb-stick. > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/ > ^ ^ > My arch is i-386.

Installation media

2014-06-15 Thread roberto
Hi, I want to install Debian Wheezy from usb-stick. I found this page: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/ My arch is i-386. 1. Is it the correct page? 2. Which file should I download? One of them or all of them? 3. Can I just copy them onto m

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-26 Thread Siraaj Khandkar
On 16 Feb 2008, at 19:26, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 06:29:30PM -0900, Siraaj Khandkar wrote: On 16 Feb 2008, at 05:10, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: This stopped working when the box couldn't upgrade from Sarge to Etch because libc6 kept killing itself. I did the drive she

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-16 Thread Michael D. Norwick
Kushal Kumaran wrote: On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:29:30 -0900 Siraaj Khandkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 16 Feb 2008, at 05:10, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: If your Dell has a unix-type OS on it, you could use the debootstrap install method from the installation manual. It currently

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-16 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:29:30 -0900 Siraaj Khandkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 16 Feb 2008, at 05:10, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > > > > If your Dell has a unix-type OS on it, you could use the debootstrap > > install method from the installation manual. > > It currently runs Red Hat 7.

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-16 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 06:39:41PM -0900, Siraaj Khandkar wrote: > On 16 Feb 2008, at 06:31, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:24:36PM -0900, Siraaj Khandkar wrote: > > >so you get no bootloader at all? that's amazing. > > > > I was puzzled as well - that's the first time

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-16 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 06:53:30PM -0900, Siraaj Khandkar wrote: > > From the Debian boot F1 menu select 'boot parameters for special > >machines' and read the help. You may need a switch such as > >'acpi=off' or 'pci=nomsi'. In other words; > > > >#>boot acpi=off > >or, > >#>boot pci=noms

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-16 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 06:29:30PM -0900, Siraaj Khandkar wrote: > On 16 Feb 2008, at 05:10, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > >This stopped working when the box couldn't upgrade from Sarge to Etch > >because libc6 kept killing itself. I did the drive shell-game from > >another computer to get Etch on

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-16 Thread Siraaj Khandkar
On 16 Feb 2008, at 02:59, Michael D. Norwick wrote: Optiplex's have had issues with BIOS incompatibilities (same way with some Compaq Proliant's). This could be the problem with your Poweredge. Well, it currently has Red Hat 7.1 installed, and it boots the new Red Hat and Ubuntu CDs ju

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-16 Thread Siraaj Khandkar
On 16 Feb 2008, at 06:31, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:24:36PM -0900, Siraaj Khandkar wrote: Hello everyone, I've been a very happy Debian user for sometime now, but yesterday ran into my second major install issue (the first being the X configuration back in 1

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-16 Thread Siraaj Khandkar
debian's support for particular hardware. I really have no idea what, but there must be something different about Debian installation media. Can you guys enlighten me on what is going on here? Any ideas on how to get Debian on that damn thing. If it is something about support for older sy

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Original Message: - From: Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:10:03 -0500 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-( On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-16 Thread Michael D. Norwick
but not this dell, then there's obviously a problem with the Dell. I really have no idea what, but there must be something different about Debian installation media. Can you guys enlighten me on what is going on here? Any ideas on how to get Debian on that damn thing. If it is something

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:24:36PM -0900, Siraaj Khandkar wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've been a very happy Debian user for sometime now, but yesterday ran into > my second major install issue (the first being the X configuration back in > 1999). > > I wanted to install a minimum Debian system

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-16 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
other computers but not this dell, then there's obviously a problem with the Dell. > I really have no idea what, but there must be something different > about Debian installation media. Can you guys enlighten me on what is > going on here? Any ideas on how to get Debian on that damn

Re: Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-15 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Saturday 16 February 2008 08:24, Siraaj Khandkar wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've been a very happy Debian user for sometime now, but yesterday > ran into my second major install issue (the first being the X > configuration back in 1999). > > -- > Siraaj Khandkar > > Did you try your boot-cd o

Etch installation media doesn't boot (neither NETINST CD, nor floppies), but other distros do... :-(

2008-02-15 Thread Siraaj Khandkar
re must be something different about Debian installation media. Can you guys enlighten me on what is going on here? Any ideas on how to get Debian on that damn thing. If it is something about support for older systems being dropped in Etch, perhaps I can use an older release for installation

Re: Problem with installation media

2002-10-20 Thread vanillicat
On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 10:06:42AM -0500, Robert Ames wrote: > Hello, > I downloaded the stable release of Debian (Woody) via jigdo. I downloaded all 7 iso >images. Each time, it reported that the checksums were correct. > > When I went to install, I got the message from CD 1 that the file >/ins

Problem with installation media

2002-10-20 Thread Robert Ames
Hello, I downloaded the stable release of Debian (Woody) via jigdo. I downloaded all 7 iso images. Each time, it reported that the checksums were correct. When I went to install, I got the message from CD 1 that the file /instmnt/pool/main/m/modconf/modconf_0.2.43_all.deb was corrupt. In case th