On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 09:44:56PM +0800, dan connors wrote: > Hi I bought the debian bible sarge 3.1 > > I have a AMD x2 3800 socket 939 CPU > Asus a8n-e socket 939 motherboard > A sata2 hard drive > > I try to install linux debian 3.1 from the boot cd > > It fails all the time the dvd and cd that came with the book all say Intel > x86+ on the disc > > Have I the wrong version of dvds/cds no. the installer uses a 386 architecture which is compatible with amd cpu's > > I am an IT student and we are learning to use it so I went out and bought > this book as I am interested in this sort of operating system > > An dit does not want to install any of the files it gets to where it wants > to partition the drive and locks up I have tried this many times to see if I > had stuffed up but it still keeps doing it. > you must provide more details than this. what specifically is happening. does it truly lock up? or does it just not show any partitionable media? to test if its locked up try Alt-f2 which will switch you to a virtual terminal. to switch back, alt-f1. > Is it just me or in my opinion it is not compatible with my system. > should be compatible. A
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