Geert Stappers wrote : > Play the game again. > Play it as a game with no rules. > Nobody did forbid you to take notes, to write down the exact message, nobody.
Lest's play. > Take your time to do another install. > Take your time to make notes about it. .. 9999, 10000. Took me some time ! Now I install ! Notes folow.. > And especially take your time to tell us what you have expirienced. AMD64 Debian installation failure. > Describe your hardware, say which version of d-i you use (state the URL) >> Used : >> http://amd64.debian.net/debian-installer/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz >> (08-Apr-2006) >> >> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso >> (13-May-2006) >> Motherboard : MSI K8N Neo4 (MS-7125), nForce4 Ultra Chipset 1 PCIE 16x, 1PCIE 4x, 1 PCIE 1x, 2 IDE, 4 SATA, 1000BASE-T, 7.1 channel audio RealTek ALC850 Nvidia SATA RAID 0/1/0+1, Silicon Image's SATA RAID5, 10 USB 2.0, 2 IEEE 1394 (VIA 6307) BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, v6.00 PG, 03/11/2005 CPU : AMD Athlon 64 4000+, o/c 2604.0 MHz (10.5 x 248.0 MHz, 1.52V) RAM : 2 x Corsair DDR-SDRAM PC3200 1024 MBytes (Dual channel, 200.3 MHz) Video Card : Asus Extreme AX300SE-X, PCIE 16x, 128 MB DDR (196 MHz o/c: 208 MHz, 128 bits) GPU : ATI Radeon X300 SE (RV370), 324 MHz o/c: 342 MHz BIOS : 008.015.120.000 (ref. BK-ATI VER008.015.120.000), 22/12/2004 Display : LCD, Philips 170C 17", 12ms, 1280x1024, 75Hz, 250 cd/m² Storage : 4 x 120 GB Maxtor 6L120M0, SATA. 1 (systems) + 3 (228 GB Silicon Image's SATA RAID5) USB keyboard/mouse (NGS) > Tell/explain which keystrokes you use to start the installation. <Enter> > (mention that you are installing from a USB thumbdrive ) I did. > Report the succesfull steps, then where it fails. > (saying what went good, indicates at which point the failure occures) Every thing went good untill base system installation.. > Pay special attention to report the error message. "Base system installation failed". > Keep smiling, you are playing. :-| Wasfi, always willing to install !