On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:56:00 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: (...)
> The Squeeze netinstall CD that I have used for several previous installs > on other hardware won't work on this hardware. It doesn't initialize the > flat screen display properly. There is a Debian swirl but response to > keyboard commands which should be screen displays on which I type > answers, or menus from which I can select options are replaced by a > jibberish of tiny rectangles, mostly empty but some having a single tiny > letter. This is a real show stopper on installing Squeeze. The same is > true for Squeeze bizcard, and Wheezy bizcard. How about the usual wheezy ISO netinstall or even the first CD? Have you tried to load a LiveCD and see how it goes? Have you verified the ISO checksum before and after burning the media? > But my old Lenny netinstall CD *does*work*. Now I need a repository to > point it at. I've found archive.kernel.org (I'm in USA). But I'm having > trouble composing the exact string that I need to type into the screen > on my new(to me) computer. And, I have never had a good understanding of > the magic involved in the apt-get system. I know about the option 'enter > inforation manually' in the menu of countries. But what do I enter > there? I wouldn't use Lenny (now unsupported) for a new system but that's something you have to decide. Anyway, Lenny is now available in the archives, this is what I use: deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib > And in the screen that follows asking for 'Debian archive mirror > directory:' which is prefilled with a default of '/debian/', should I > accept /debian/ or replace it? with what? Leaving the default should be just fine. > Lastly, there is a question about a proxy. I don't believe I have a > proxy, but using archive.kernel.org might necessitate one. I hope not. > Proxy? Not unless you are behind one and you can provide the required data to configure it :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jrsp37$8av$7...@dough.gmane.org
