Re: Problems installing on AMD Athlon 64 system
On 12/21/05, Aaron Stromas <passogiau@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/21/05, lordSauron <lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 12/21/05, Aaron Stromas <passogiau@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12/21/05, Goswin von Brederlow
> > > <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
> > > > Aaron Stromas < passogiau@gmail.com> writes:
> > > >
> > > > >> So that's okay... Have you checked the motherboard documentation -
> > > > >> there are a few m-board BIOS controlled things that when enabled
> > > > >> prevent writing to the boot sector of the hard drive (a virus
> > > > >> protection thing).
> > > > >
> > > > > no, i didn't do that.
> > > > >
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Also, check your CD/DVD drive, since the I/O Error message could be
> > > > >> indicating that your CD/DVD drive isn't working. I know I have a
> lot
> > > > >> of old drives that don't work. Frys Electronics was having major
> > > > >> problems with drives made by "Emperex." It really very well could
> be
> > > > >> a problem with your hardware, though during the install process it
> is
> > > > >> *very* difficult to diagnose whether it's software or hardware
> > > > >> difficulties, since both are very often at fault.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > > well, it's a brand new box with RH x86_64 Fedora 3 on it...
> > > >
> > > > Can you mount the Debian CD under RH? That would show the drive can
> > >
> > >
> > > RH is history :). You're right, though, when I mounted the CD I saw the
> .iso
> > > image file. I did have bad (unbootable) CDs but I'm past that at this
> point.
> > > I'm getting close, I think. Will also try the new etch image later
> today.
> > > Thanks,
> >
> > So I was right? In /mnt/cdrom or whatever ls reads something like
> > /mnt/cdrom/debianamd64installwhatever.iso
> > ?
> >
>
>
> you nailed it :)
What's the theory? Occam's Razor? Anyways, the theory is that when
there are many explanations, the simplest one is usually correct. I
love Dogbert, BTW (for those of you Dilbert people that are going
"hey, he found that in Dilbert!").
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