Re: Newbie trying to install Debian...
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 10:35:26PM -0400, Dov Oxenberg wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Please pardon me if I appear amateurish but I am new to Linux (long time
> Windows user) and am trying to get Debian installed and running.
>
> Today I tried using the suggested netinst method but for some reason it is
> not working for me. I downloaded the ISO file, and extracted the file
> with WinImage then burned the extracted files to a CD. When I boot with
> the CD in the drive nothing happens and the system just boots to
> Windows. I even tried burning the ISO file itself to CD and booting with
> that but still no joy. What am I missing here?
> I did notice after extracting the files contained in the ISO image the
> .bin files are in subdirectories...do I need to move these to the root of
> the CD I wish to boot from?
>
> I also am attempting to use the .jigdo method....but don't completely
> understand what I need to do once I have all six files.
>
> Thanks for any help and guidance.
>
> Cheers!
>
You've had several suggestions re burning the ISO image; let me add
one other thing that you have probably done, but just in case... In
order to boot from even a correctly burned image, you have to tweak
your BIOS settings to boot from the CD first. This is done from the
BIOS setup screens; you access these by hitting [Del] or some other
key during bootup. Sorry for the simple-minded suggestion if you've
already done this, but in the spirit of "is the appliance switched
on?"...
--
Martin Hillyer
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