On 11/07/12 22:43, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
I was just bitten by the netinst limitations. I had been regularly keeping copies and then when my hardware failed and I had to install the system on some slightly non standard hardware I found that the network card wasn't supported.On Mi, 11 iul 12, 17:11:51, Gary Dale wrote:The architecture downloaded should match your machine. If you have a 64bit computer, don't cripple it with a 32bit kernel.I'll raise you guys some multiarch images: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.5/multi-arch/iso-cd/debian-6.0.5-amd64-i386-netinst.iso (this image is accessible directly from the Debian home page) http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.5/multi-arch/iso-dvd/debian-6.0.5-i386-amd64-source-DVD-1.iso Kind regards, Andrei
Eventually I got hold of the CD1 .iso and had no problem. So for simplicity I would always recommend the CD1.iso. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk