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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
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