On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 10:34:42AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >[ Note cc: to the debian-installer list - they may be able to help you > more... ] Oops, wrong list! debian-boot, not debian-installer... :-) > >On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 07:37:37PM +0000, dougw@post.com wrote: >>Hi, >> >>I wonder can you answer a question concerning a Debian 64 bit install >>I downloaded from: >> >>ftp://debian.osuosl.org/debian-cdimage/current/i386/iso-cd >> >>After booting and finding my CD/DVD the install crashes with a >>message saying that the kernel can't be found on the disk. Any idea >>why that should be? Seems like there would HAVE to be a kernel on the >>disk just to set up a filesystem for the installation. My processor >>is an AMD X2 dual core - Athon X2 4600+. Any help would be >>appreciated since I am having the devil of a time getting a 64 bit OS >>up and running. The DVD ISOs won't even find the DVD disk Thanks > >Hi Doug, > >If the installation kernel can't find the DVD once it has booted, then >it's most likely to be an issue of your hardware not (yet) being >fully supported by the stable installer. An answer might be to try the >latest beta of the "etch" installer: see > > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ > >for more details. > >-- >Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com >"Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com "Further comment on how I feel about IBM will appear once I've worked out whether they're being malicious or incompetent. Capital letters are forecast." Matthew Garrett, http://www.livejournal.com/users/mjg59/30675.html
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