On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:55:13PM +0200, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 21. 05. 2010 02:56:32 je David Hoff Jr napisal(a): > > I have an older computer which use to have Windows XP on it. It > > currently has Vinux 3.0 on it. I downloaded the Debian I386 > > installation version of 5.0.4 ISO and burned it to CD. When I try to > > install it, I get an opening screen with an installation menu which > > then freezes. I have no apparent keyboard input, and of course no > > mouse. > > > > I tried the same CD on a newer computer and it first brings up an > > option to choose my language and then brings up the installation menu > > which is accessible from my keyboard. It then brings up a license > > screen. At that point I abort the install. > > > > What do I need to do to install this to the older computer which has > > an AMD 1500+ mz processor. > > From the symptoms you describe, and ruling out bad RAM (you HAVE of > course checked for bad RAM, haven't you?), my first guess would be "an > aging optical drive, combined with a flakily burnt CD". Such > combinations can prove hard to overcome. Suggestions: temporarily > installing a newer optical drive into the box; or burning another CD, > preferably on a different drive/machine, and on different brand of > media, and at the slowest burning rate available; or perhaps, for the > adventurous at heart, even asking uncle Google about "installing Debian > directly from an ISO file on the hard drive, without burning a CD". ...or a bootable USB-stick. -- Huella de clave primaria: 0FDA C36F F110 54F4 D42B D0EB 617D 396C 448B 31EB
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