Re: Install problems
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 02:51:15PM +0000, Harold D. Skank wrote:
> People,
>
> I'm attempting to install Debian 3.1r2 on a Dell - Optiplex GX400, and
> I'm not progressing very fast.
>
> I should say that I already have CentOS 4.3 up and running on this
> machine, which leads me to believe that the BIOS supports ISOLinux
> already.
>
> To make a long story short, the system doesn't seem to recognize the
> boot material, either as the first CDROM of the group of 14, or the boot
> floppy containing sbm.bin.
>
> The original 14 CDROM's were created using another CentOS 4.3 system. A
> second copy of the first CDROM was generated using CentOS on the target
> system. Neither copy worked.
Does the machine give an error, or boot straight to the hard drive? If
the latter, make sure the cdrom/floppy is set before the hard drive in
the boot order--I think it would have worked the other way for the first
OS installed on the computer, as there was nothing to boot on the drive.
--
Christopher Nelson -- chris@cavein.org
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No, that's wrong too. Now there's a race condition between the rm and
the mv. Hmm, I need more coffee. -- Guy Maor on Debian Bug#25228
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