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. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. Hi Harold, you need only the first 2 or 3 cdrom disks to install (without net access) or you can use netinstll iso. Are you sure you made the cd's 'data'cd's or did you make 'iso' bootable cd's? Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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