Re: etch installation fails on two machines

2007-09-18 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 05:33:32PM +0200, das.t wrote: >> Doug Tutty: >> > Read the installation manual and submit an instalation report. It goes >> > in as a bug maintained by the debian-boot team. Once you get the >> > automated response to your report giving you the bug number assigned, >> > s

Re: etch installation fails on two machines

2007-09-18 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 06:43:36PM +0200, across.the.universe wrote: ... > - i installed some more rum ... well there's your problem! Not enough rum!! ;-) A -- current song: Weezer - Jamie/Live and Acoustic signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: etch installation fails on two machines

2007-09-18 Thread across.the.universe
hi, thank you both for your answers. and yes, i actually did mean 96 m instad of 96 k ram. ;-) well, i finally succeeded. but still this remains quite strange. (faulty cds / dvd can be absolutely ruled out, i thrice-checked.) - i installed some more rum (up to 128 m). installation went past

Re: etch installation fails on two machines

2007-09-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:09:40 +0200 meik thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello meik, > one celeron 1100 with 96k ram, the other is a 500 cpu with also 96k > ram. Do you /really/ mean 96k of RAM? These days, even a minimal installation (no desktop), needs 64Meg or more[0]. With 96k, there's no

Re: etch installation fails on two machines

2007-09-18 Thread das.t
hi, thank you both for your answers. and yes, i actually did mean 96 m instad of 96 k ram. ;-) well, i finally succeeded. but still this remains quite strange. (faulty cds / dvd can be absolutely ruled out, i thrice-checked.) - i installed some more rum (up to 128 m). installation went past

Re: etch installation fails on two machines

2007-09-18 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 11:09:40AM +0200, meik thomas wrote: > > i am trying to install debian gnu/linux "etch" 4.0r1 on two older > machines and get the same reaction on both machines (and interestingly > also with debian-netinst 4.0r0-cd). > > the problem: installation freezes when installing

Re: etch installation fails on two machines

2007-09-18 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Hi there, sorry to hear you are having troubles with your install. My first guess would be a corrupted cd. Try burning a new cd from a different cd burner if possible. Good luck. On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:09:40 +0200 meik thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > i am trying to install debian