Re: Problems installing on AMD Athlon 64 system
* Aaron Stromas <passogiau@gmail.com> [2005-12-18 23:24]:
> On 12/18/05, lordSauron <lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/18/05, Aaron Stromas <passogiau@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I was able to install Ubuntu and the newly burnt Debian CD
>>> [...]
>>
>> noooooooooo!!! another one lost to Gnome! I really hope you
>> meant Kubuntu, since KDE is really much nicer than Gnome for
>> people who need to get something done
Let's not have a religious war. Everyone knows that every WM /
DE / editor / MUA etc. that isn't my personal favourite sucks. ;)
>> So it was hardware problems... curious. Really, installation
>> is one of, if the the, hardest part to debug because of the
>> fact that it can be really anything. For the most part, I
>> think installers, while loads better than nothing, do need to
>> expand their driver database (while installing Debian on my
>> laptop, if I closed the lid the whole thing totally froze!)
>
> HATED ubuntu!!! no root password, too much gui, where is the
> shell? yuck
Seriously, it's fine. Do an 'expert' install rather than the
standard install and root / normal user is setup normally. Do a
'server-expert' install and you get no GNOME or X. If you avoid
the hand-holding Ubuntu does, it's close enough to Debian not to
notice most of the time.
Anyway, I suggest you try this unofficial Sarge install CD which
uses the 2.6.12 kernel: http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/amd64/
Ubuntu uses 2.6.12 too, and you know that works - maybe your
hardware just wants a slightly more modern kernel to install
successfully.
Andrew Preater
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