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Re: Difficulty installing Debian 6.0.0 on an old computer



On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:29:44 +0000
Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wed 09 Feb 2011 at 18:13:54 -0600, Jason Hsu wrote:
> 
> > Thanks, Brian, I'll try installing Lenny and then upgrading.  If I
> > still have trouble with Squeeze, then I'll have to stick with Lenny
> > until I buy a somewhat newer computer that doesn't have problems
> > with the Debian Squeeze CD.
> 
> As it happens I used PLOP and a usb stick to install Squeeze on one
> machine. The netinst.iso was put on to the stick using
> 
>    cat netinst.iso > /dev/sdX
> 
> If the Squeeze installer and your machine don't get on it may not help
> you - but you never know.
> 
> 
If you can try burning the ISO on a CD-R media some OLD optical drives
can't handle the newer media, also burn at lowest speeds..

FWIW
Jack


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