Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-13 Thread Wasfi JAOUAD
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. .. , 1. Took me some time ! Now I

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 01:56:41PM +, Wasfi JAOUAD wrote in a different order: > Geert Stappers wrote : > > > > And how works an AMD64 installer on a AMD64 ? > > > > > > I'll try and tell you > > > > Nice! > > Well, I tried. It didn't go far : base system could not be installed. > I learne

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-13 Thread Wasfi JAOUAD
Geert Stappers wrote : > > > And how works an AMD64 installer on a AMD64 ? > > > > I'll try and tell you > > Nice! Well, I tried. It didn't go far : base system could not be installed. I learned the exact message by heart, but after 3 hours fighting with netcourrier.com which was on vacation t

Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-12 Thread wjaouad1
> And how works an AMD64 installer on a AMD64? Sorry fot beeing late to follow up on this. I had quite a lot of problems with my system : first lost partitions and now my system. This is why I want open software : I'm fighting with my backup/restore soft to convince it it's a shame for it not

Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-10 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 06:58:35PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > And how works an AMD64 installer on a AMD64 ? > > I'll try and tell you Nice! I'll be happy with just one copy to the mailinglist (no need to CC me ;-) > (USB booting with hd-media/boot.img.gz only, I'm against the CD's the

Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-10 Thread wjaouad1
> And how works an AMD64 installer on a AMD64 ? I'll try and tell you (USB booting with hd-media/boot.img.gz only, I'm against the CD's theory..) Tonight if I have enough time : my playing with i386 installer broke some part of my system hard disk partition table. No files lost, I'm just tranfer

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-10 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 04:09:07PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Mmmm, another amd64 ... > > Oh, I forgot to say that I'm using only i386 images to install > (on an AMD64 plateform yes !). And how works an AMD64 installer on a AMD64? Your feedback is appreciated. Cheers Geert Stappers -

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-10 Thread wjaouad1
> Mmmm, another amd64 ... Oh, I forgot to say that I'm using only i386 images to install (on an AMD64 plateform yes !).

Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-09 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 05:07:20PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > I tried to install almost all versions of Sid/Etch but the debia > installer always says "could not install grub to /target/". > > Any idea ? > > I'm installing from a USB thumbdrive using hd-media/boot.img.gz > (btw