Re: FLAWED INSTALL DELL 8500

2014-12-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 09:19:15PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, 30 Nov 2014, James Harris wrote: > > making a new one using uNetBootin. The installer for Windows/Mac/Linux can > > be found at: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net . > > Please don't use unetbootin. It has been known to mangle

Re: FLAWED INSTALL DELL 8500

2014-11-30 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 30 Nov 2014, James Harris wrote: > making a new one using uNetBootin. The installer for Windows/Mac/Linux can > be found at: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net . Please don't use unetbootin. It has been known to mangle the installer in unusual, hard to debug ways. Use win32diskimager or sim

Re: FLAWED INSTALL DELL 8500

2014-11-30 Thread James Harris
Chuck Smith, It is possible that the install disk is corrupt. You might want to try making a new one using uNetBootin. The installer for Windows/Mac/Linux can be found at: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net . uNetBootin can also be installed from a working Debian-based install (Debian, Ubuntu, Mim

FLAWED INSTALL DELL 8500

2014-11-30 Thread Chuck Smith
Installing on Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop. Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz 60 GB Fujitsu MHS2060AT hard drive. 2 MB RAM NVIDEA GeForce 4200 Go Display Adapter Installing 7.7.0 Wheezy from a purchased LinuxCollections DVD #1. I used default installation choices except as noted below. “Graph