Re: Net Installing Deb 31r on Dell Inspiron 7000
clc-steve@hotpop.com wrote:
>Made a CD using debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso. Computer boots from CD but
>gets stuck during install process. This is a Dell Inspiron 7000 with a P2
>Mobile 333, 96MB Ram and a Toshiba Combo CD and Floppy. There is 1 - 8
>gig IDE HD with one partition with Win 98 on it. Figured I'd partition
>later. I hit enter to boot, get past screens to choose language, country
>and keyboard layout, goes thru process to detect CD, Scans CD Rom and tells
>me "problem reading data, please make sure it is in drive, if retrying does
>not work check integrity of cd rom. retrying does not help. Installer
>main menu shows at step - load installer components from cd. If I drop two
>steps to check cd integrity - reports - no valid debian cd rom - without
>even spinning the cd. I have downloaded this iso twice now and made two cds
>- one from each download. Both cds behave exactly the same way. I
>understand that I should check the md5 but have not yet figured out how.
>Seems like maybe the problem is not really with the cd image . suggestions?
>
>
It may be a bug in the net-installer rather than a bad disc. I've had
similar problems with various versions of the net-installer cd images.
On one computer (It may have even been an Inspiron 7000, come to think
of it) I had to install from an old Woody disc set, and upgrade. (that
worked fine though).
Try getting the full Debian Sarge disc 1 and install from that. Then
edit your apt-sources and install the system as you like.
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Mitch Wiedemann
Webmaster - Ithaca Free Software Association
http://ithacafreesoftware.org
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