On 12/17/05, Aaron Stromas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/17/05, lordSauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please tell us your motherboard, hard drive, and where you downloaded > > the disk/s from (URL only - I don't enjoy attachments that are > > measured in megabytes). > > Right, the motherboard is ASUS A8N-SLI > > The images are from > http://cdimage.org/cdimage/unofficial/sarge-amd64/iso-cd > > > > My first instinct though, is that you need to change the boot order so > > that your first boot option is the CDROM. If that's all okay, then > > no, the order is OK > > > you probably burnt the ISO image to CD, instead of burning the ISO > > (the image sticks <file>.iso on the disk - the ISO will put what's > > *in* the image on the disk - sorry, I know I'm re-inventing some > > jargon here, but I'm not thinking correctly... my mind is busy > > buzzing for no apparent reason...) > > I believe that if I mounted such a disk I'd the the > debian-31r0a-amd64-binary-1.iso, but i see all the files directories.
So that's okay... Have you checked the motherboard documentation - there are a few m-board BIOS controlled things that when enabled prevent writing to the boot sector of the hard drive (a virus protection thing). Also, check your CD/DVD drive, since the I/O Error message could be indicating that your CD/DVD drive isn't working. I know I have a lot of old drives that don't work. Frys Electronics was having major problems with drives made by "Emperex." It really very well could be a problem with your hardware, though during the install process it is *very* difficult to diagnose whether it's software or hardware difficulties, since both are very often at fault.
