CD-ROM not found, then hard disk not found

2010-06-25 Thread Grant Allan
Hi, I am trying to install debian for the first time. I downloaded debian-amd64 5.04 installer images and made DVDs. I booted with disk one in the DVD drive. Early on in the process, the installer says "No common CD-ROM was detected". I worked around this by taking the DVD out of the DVD drive,

windows7 missing from grub menu

2010-06-27 Thread Grant Allan
Hi, I installed "squeeze" alpha today after 5.04 seemed to have problems with my SATA disk controller. Installation seems to be a success as far as debian is concerned, but windows7 is not listed in the grub menu. The installer told me that it had detected an existing 'vista' installation (it wa

Bug#587397: windows detected by installer, but not listed by grub after reboot

2010-06-28 Thread Grant Allan
Package: installation-reports Boot method: netinst Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso Date: 27 June Machine: - Processor: Inteli5 750 Memory: 4Gb Partitions: sd0 has "system reserved" (NTFS 100Mb), 244Gb NTFS, 220Gb NT

Bug#587397: more about the version of existing windows

2010-06-28 Thread Grant Allan
It was 64-bit windows7 professional that was installed on sd0. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimw4j_-q3korzkdnsjdv2paiea7ry1pvqjah...@mail.gmai