Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-31 Thread Analía Lorenzatto
Hi Everybody! David, after downloading the right boot.img.gz from Debian repository, you should uncompress it and put this image on the usb device: # zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdb Where /dev/sdb is the usb stick. Check this running previously: #dmesg Good luck!

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-31 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:15 PM, david wildgoose wrote: > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Brian wrote: >> On Sun 30 Jan 2011 at 10:08:45 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: >>> >>> However I have a new problem with the installer. >>> >>> When it comes to installing the GRUB boot loader, it fails with

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread david wildgoose
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Brian wrote: > On Sun 30 Jan 2011 at 10:08:45 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > >> However I have a new problem with the installer. >> >> When it comes to installing the GRUB boot loader, it fails with the >> following error: >> >> "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sd

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread Brian
On Sun 30 Jan 2011 at 10:08:45 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > However I have a new problem with the installer. > > When it comes to installing the GRUB boot loader, it fails with the > following error: > > "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda" > Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. > This i

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread david wildgoose
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Brian wrote: > On Sat 29 Jan 2011 at 21:50:59 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > >> Below is how I'm setting up the USB install stick: >> >> Downloaded the following files >> http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/20110106/images/hd-media/bo

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Jan 2011 at 21:50:59 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > Below is how I'm setting up the USB install stick: > > Downloaded the following files > http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/20110106/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:50:59 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > I've created a USB installer stick and I am trying to install squeeze on > my Acer Aspire D250. > > The system boots off the USB stick and brings me to the Installer boot > menu, but the internal speaker beeps and the system freezes. (