Re: installing on an older machine

2004-10-08 Thread Alan Chandler
On Friday 08 October 2004 13:52, Rick Pasotto wrote: > I am trying to install debian on an old hp vectra. The (testing) install > goes along fine, finding the nic and downloading stuff from the network > but then it reports that it can't find any partitionable media. Well, > there is a 1.7 gig hard

Re: installing on an older machine

2004-10-08 Thread Sergio Basurto
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:52:06 -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > I am trying to install debian on an old hp vectra. What version and distribution are you trying to install Debian??? > The > (testing) install > goes along fine, finding the nic and downloading stuff > from the network > but then it rep

installing on an older machine

2004-10-08 Thread Rick Pasotto
I am trying to install debian on an old hp vectra. The (testing) install goes along fine, finding the nic and downloading stuff from the network but then it reports that it can't find any partitionable media. Well, there is a 1.7 gig hard drive that currently has a stripted win95 on it. Could ther