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Re: DELL Inspiron 530N



On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 06:11:09PM -0400, Michael Ayers wrote:
>    I agree that Ubuntu is a great system. 
>    It's just that I have found, the more different systems I use the 
> more I learn about all of them.  I have also tried booting this system 
> with Knoppix 5.1, DSL and Ubuntu 7.10 CD that came with the system.  I 
> am getting similar messages from  all of them. (there is a restore 
> partition on the system that I assume will let me restore everything.  i 
> have not tried it yet) I  am beginning to think  it has something to  do 
> with sata  CD drives.  
> Another reason I would like to get Debian on my new system is I just 
> like Debian.  I like  the distribution and the community.

What if you forget liveCDs and just try booting the install CD.  If that
doesn't work, what about USB-stick?  See the installation manual.

Doug.


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