Re: dual-boot 64-32bit

2005-01-06 Thread Norval Watson
I decided to start again with a fresh install, erasing the whole disk. I started fresh with demudi and after trying various options in the BIOS and boot flags I tried boot: linux noapic nolapic This worked and I was able to reboot. Installed all packages. I have a problem starting x, but I don't th

Re: dual-boot 64-32bit

2005-01-05 Thread Norval Watson
Hi Guiseppe, Thanks for the reply. I gave confusing info in my first post. I resized the 64bit /home to free up about 25GB of space. I used parted> mkpartfs to make a new ext2 partition but that was a mistake. I deleted that partition in the demudi install dialog. Debian-installer then created the

Re: Bug#281843: Bug#281839: Fwd: Re: Bug#281839: sid-amd64-netinst.iso install report

2005-01-05 Thread Norval Watson
Hi Frans, Sorry this reply is so late, hectic times for me. re booting 2.4 kernel on AMD64 with SATA: I have tried installing Demudi_1.2.0-i386 and installer can't see disk for partitioning. I think that might be 2.4.18 kernel.. However demudi_1.2.1-rc1-i386 will see the disk and partition it, usin

dual-boot 64-32bit

2005-01-05 Thread Norval Watson
Hi, I am trying to setup a 64-bit debian-amd64 and 32-bit AGNULA/Demudi dual boot. I installed debian-amd64 first. Then I used parted to make some free space on the /home partition. Then I installed demudi_1.2.1-rc1-i386.iso into the free space. On reboot demudi recognizes SATA disk but hangs at ch

Re: Bug#281843: sarge-i386 2.4 kernel on AMD64 install report

2004-12-05 Thread Norval Watson
I discovered the solution to this problem. The info below refers to a 64-bit install but I think it's relevant to i386 install with 2.6 kernel: The Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro motherboard has four points you can plug a SATA drive cable. They are SATA0_SB and SATA1_SB, both controlled by the onboard nVIDI

Re: Bug#281839: sid-amd64-netinst.iso install report

2004-12-05 Thread Norval Watson
This problem has been fixed: The Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro motherboard has four points you can plug a SATA drive cable. They are SATA0_SB and SATA1_SB, both controlled by the onboard nVIDIA nForce3 250 chipset. I tried one of these and had no luck with 2.6 kernel, sarge i386 or sid-amd64. Could not det

Bug#283595: SOLVED: Dual SATA controllers on GA-K8NS Pro

2004-12-02 Thread Norval Watson
On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 06:36 +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > Hmmm, you should have kept the original bug number of your install > report in copy. Doing so, and keeping your whole answer. Sorry for breaking the thread, I am more used to forums than lists... > > > Quoting Norval

Bug#283595: pure64 2GB HD install

2004-11-29 Thread Norval Watson
Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: sid-amd64-netinst.iso, 20041026, alioth uname -a: Linux pan64 2.6.9-9-amd64-k8 #1 Wed Nov 10 19:02:19 CET 2004 x86_64 GNU/Linux Date: Nov 27-30 2004 Method: Booted off sid-amd64-netinst.iso, 20041026 build. Used 2GB Seagate HD

Bug#281843: sarge-i386 2.4 kernel on AMD64 install report

2004-11-17 Thread Norval Watson
Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20041015)] also 2, 3 uname -a: Linux my64.ruskin 2.4.27-1-386 #1 Fri Sep 3 06:24:46 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: Nov 5 2004 Method: Booted from 3

Bug#281839: sid-amd64-netinst.iso install report

2004-11-17 Thread Norval Watson
Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/install-images/sid-amd64-netinst.iso 26 Oct 2004 uname -a: Date: Nov 17 2004 Method: Downloaded sid-amd64-netinst.iso, burnt to CD, booted from CD Machine: Home assembled Processor: AMD