debian-alpha@lists.debian.org writes: This kind of problems usually is related to DMA handling on bugged chipsets (the CMD64x, among others) You should try booting with "ide=nodma" flag. Boot the CDROM with "-flag i" then boot the kernel with "ide=nodma". Let me know if it works. This didn't change the behavior. I downloaded debian-30r6-alpha-binary-1.iso and was able to install from it. -Brian |