> There is no response from the first interaction - language choice isn't it? I assumed the problem was keyboard since I last tried the (unofficial) AMD download given that this appears to not be i586/i386 (though that should run). The fact that the CD starts up at all and displays suggests to me that CPU isn't the problem. I'd hoped to find a way to do from a running system rather than net installation CD or floppies but can't find one. The other stuff I have came free with PC World so of course isn't all it could be. Mandriva is probably the best of the bunch but I realise (like the old lover) that while I at first thought Debian was absolute crap after RH, what with the complications of Aptitude, it has a lot going for it that the others don't. I'd just got used to RH. I may revert to Kubuntu until there's an official AMD release. It might be that this particular one was built with old keyboard connections. I am not certain but it probably came from one of the Irish sites since that's where I am. On the other hand, I can't say for certain since I often had trouble accessing them and looked further afield. It might be a good idea to wait until there is a certified AMD release, which is not likely to be long. One other thing I find very strange is that while my last computer would only use the right-facing speaker (and not at all in Debian - another Dell with a soundcard known for Li*x problems, this one only uses the facing-left in Winthing or Li*x. Whatever the problem is, it lies in the installation software, not with Debian itself. If I could install from Windows (or even over-writing Mandriva) without having to do it from boot, I would and I'm pretty certain it would work. I'm really sorry, but this doesn't give us the details we asked you about... Which CD image did you use? Does the keyboard respond at the boot prompt when the CD boots up (ie *before* the kernel loads). Just try typing a few random keys. I also noted that you seem to be trying to *upgrade* a current sarge install. Why, indeed, do you use the installation CD's for this. The only thing you should need for that is to replace "sarge" by "etch" in /etc/apt/source.list, run "aptitude update", then run "aptitude dist-upgrade". No need to reinstall the whole system, we're not talking about Windows.....(or Redhat/Mandriva....:-)).
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