Re: more woes with my debian install: booting edition
On Saturday 03 September 2011 4:53:02 pm jeremy jozwik wrote:
> > 1. Did you do a media check (sha1sum or whatever) on the install CD?
>
> nope. though during my troubleshooting of debian 6.0.2 i used my
> "known to be working" debian 5.0.2 install disk and received the same
> results. black screen after installer menu.
>
My current suspect list for your problems:
Bad CD
Incompatible version (64 bit) for your video card.
Bad CD drive.
OK. here are suggestions to eliminate 2 possible sources of problems?
First, test the CD.
Second, can you get to the point where you choose the installation mode? If
so, can you select a non-graphical(text) mode install? Does that work? The
fact that you can get the gpartd CD to boot is a good sign.
Thirdd, download and try a 32 bit CD. I recall seeing some problems with some
video cards and the 64 bit distro. I looked up your card, it is 4 years old,
and should be well supported, but you just don't know.
Another thought:
Do you have a different CD drive available? Can you beg/borrow one to see if
the drive is faulty?
> > 2. Can you please state what your PC specs are for CPU, RAM, video and
> > interfaces? (IDE, USB, etc) Does the CD that you downloaded match your
> > hardware specs?
>
> dual dual core amd opteron 2.6ghz 64 bit
> tyan s2915 main board
> 12 gig ram
> nvidia quadro 5600 vid card
> 3 sata drives, boot drive partitioned with half windows XP 64bit and
> half debian squeeze < --- operating system with errors.
> yes, i downloaded the amd64 arch.
Nice and high end.
Here, I run into my limit of being able to help you. I have no experience
with dual CPU installations. It **shouldn't matter** (TM), but it is another
variable to explore.
>
> > 3. What evidence do you have that the PC hardware is not at fault?
>
> windows runs 100% fine. gparted boots from live cd, in the process of
> testing a unbuntu usb live os.
>
> > 4. Have you tried a complete reinstall?
>
> no, install leads to hanging black screen infinity after install menu
> option is chosen.
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