Re: Hello! from a newbie+ problems with debian for amd64+can't boot debian for i386 on amd64 from cd+can't extract sbm.bin from cd
Am Sonntag, 27. November 2005 22:19 schrieb Martin Baldan:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I've been wanting gradually move to linux for years, but was afraid
> because, due to academic requierements (specific applications I *must*
> use), I still need to have winXP installed on my computer for some time to
> come. I tried dual boot with Suse and it was more or less ok, but I
> preferred two independent hard drives. One reason is that Debian was the
> distribution I most looked forward to trying, but I had heard that
> partitions, dual boot and several other issues could be tricky. I've
> recently bought a new computer, and decided it was the time to put my
> scheme into practice. I felt adventurous, so I also decided to move from
> intel and give amd a try :D
>
>>1) Why don't I have permission to extract the "sbm.bin" file? How can I
>> solve that?
Don't think its a good way to trying to extract something, may
you've burned your cd in a wrong way. Did you setup your
burning software in the correct way to create a bootable image ?
>> 2) I there another way to install Sarge for i-386 that works in my
>> computer, apart from booting from the installation cd?
I
>> 3) How can I use kde instead of Gnome as a GUI? (some say it works better)
is in sid, runs on my machine very well, standard install from debian
packages.
>>Again, my kindest greetings to everyone, sorry for every piece of missing
>>information or dumb questions.
if you are a real newby, you may wait until december. As I knew debian etch
should be finished in december, and there amd64 should be one of the standard
supported systems.
--
mit freundlichem Gruss -- regards
Thomas Drillich
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