Re: Need Help Installing Debian on My Computer

michael_at_etalon.net
Date: 08/15/05

  • Next message: Wu-Kung Sun: "Re: reading boot messages" 
    Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:52:38 -0700
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

    Quoting Court Thomas <court@seanet.com>:

    > I have a new computer and am having a hard time installing linux. The
    > computer is a Dell XPS pentium 4 system. The BIOS identifies the system as a
    > 64 bit system. I've tried installing SUSE 9.3 but with little luck.
    >
    > My computer is capable of booting from the CD drive, but when I try booting
    > the system with the Debian ia64 disk, the system states that it can't boot
    > from the disk. When I try booting with the Debian i386 disk, the
    > installation processing can't find the hard disks. I know that the computer
    > can boot from the CD drive because I can boot Knoppix 3.9. I've tried using
    > debootstrap from Knoppix (since it's based on Debian) but when I
    > debootstraping the i386 Debian 3.1, the system dies and when I try
    > debootstrapping the ia64 Debian 3.1, the system fails trying to mount proc.
    >
    The IA-64 shouldn't work on your system. That port is designed for the
    intel Itantium chip. If you want to take adavantage of your 64 bit box,
    try the AMD64 (x86_64) port of Debian.

    Did you try the running the installer with a 2.6 kernel?

    It would help if you described the type of hard disks you have.

    Cheers,
    Mike 

    -- 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org 
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
  • Next message: Wu-Kung Sun: "Re: reading boot messages"

    Relevant Pages

    • Re: testing email from Damon Chesser, debian-user list
      ... My email I set to debian-user in response to your encrypted disk issue ... trying to find out if debian is filtering my email as spam or if perhaps ... passphrase during boot. ... went ahead and tried to "fix" the undecrypted partition and hosed it. ...
      (Debian-User)
    • RE: Installing Debian on second hard disk
      ... > grub on my first disk be able to boot the win2K and Debian on ... I don't mind if it won't boot win2K but will atleast ...
      (Debian-User)
    • List Archive problem?? (Was: Re: Cant boot after installation ==> ALERT! /dev/sda1 doest not exist.
      ... debian wrote: ... I could boot with the linux rescue cd and mount my /dev/sda1 ... But how is that possible if the installation recognized the disk and ... I also tried in raid 0 without the second disk but it remains the ...
      (Debian-User)
    • Re: Advice on Hard Drive Error
      ... WD probably has a disk checking utility, ... If you are able to boot you may be able to run this. ... > I've been having trouble booting XP (stops after XP splash ... > My mind is like an ocean ...
      (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
    • Re: Not quite happy with Ubuntu... What should I try now?
      ... particular disk could be bad. ... or 'bad' disks -4- with ub, you can also check the media before booting ... or Zenwalk); still could boot both. ... smooth progression from booting a windows> booting a windows or a linux ...
      (alt.os.linux)