Re: Debian Install problems

2007-05-01 Thread Buzz
On May 1, 8:00 am, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 10:48:26PM -0700, Buzz wrote: > > I'm having some issues installing etch on a laptop running amd 64 x2. > > I used the i386 release 1st DVD iso. The last time I touched linux > > was like 8 years ago. > > W

Re: Debian Install problems

2007-05-01 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 22:48 -0700, Buzz wrote: [snip] > ...so I booted from a rescue CD and checked the partition table for / > dev/sda. Here is a summary of each device: > > sda1 is the largest partition with the boot sector and vista, NTFS, > ~95GB > sda2 appears to be a hidden windows recovery

Re: Debian Install problems

2007-05-01 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 10:48:26PM -0700, Buzz wrote: > I'm having some issues installing etch on a laptop running amd 64 x2. > I used the i386 release 1st DVD iso. The last time I touched linux > was like 8 years ago. Why did you choose i386 over amd64? If all else fails, you may want to try it

Debian Install problems

2007-04-30 Thread Buzz
I'm having some issues installing etch on a laptop running amd 64 x2. I used the i386 release 1st DVD iso. The last time I touched linux was like 8 years ago. I set up a couple partitions in vista (I realize this is not the best way to do it) to be used for the filesystem and swap area for a dual

Re: New to Debian Install Problems

2003-12-26 Thread Kent West
Russ Schneider wrote: On Thu, 25 Dec 2003, Kent West wrote: I've seen this several times; it's usually caused by a bad floppy or a bad CDROM; Actually, it was a bad hard drive. :) Doh! Glad you found the problem; sorry you had the problem. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: New to Debian Install Problems

2003-12-26 Thread Russ Schneider
On Thu, 25 Dec 2003, Kent West wrote: > I've seen this several times; it's usually caused by a bad floppy or a > bad CDROM; Actually, it was a bad hard drive. :) -- [ Russ Schneider (a.k.a. Sugapablo) ] [ http://www.sugapablo.com <--music ] [ http://www.sugapablo.net <--personal ] [

Re: New to Debian Install Problems

2003-12-25 Thread Kent West
Russ Schneider wrote: Hello, I'm trying Debian for the first time and I'm installing Woody on my old Sony Vaio P200 with 64MB RAM and a 4 GB HD. I'm having problems everywhere! When I get to "Install Kernel and Modules" it gives me an error. Nothing specific, just "had problems". Then, once

New to Debian Install Problems

2003-12-25 Thread Russ Schneider
Hello, I'm trying Debian for the first time and I'm installing Woody on my old Sony Vaio P200 with 64MB RAM and a 4 GB HD. I'm having problems everywhere! When I get to "Install Kernel and Modules" it gives me an error. Nothing specific, just "had problems". Then, once I try that 20 times or