Bret Busby wrote: > I downloaded a copy of the Debian 6.0.3 amd64 CD1 iso, to install it > on a computer Using CD1 is a good choice. > on which I had thought that I had been unable to instal Debian 6. What problems are you having trying to install it? > When I booted the computer, to go into Ubuntu 10.04, to reboot with > the CD, What? You need to boot Ubuntu in order to boot from the cdrom?? > I found that the GRUB menu included an installation of > Debian 6. > > The computer came with MS Windows 7 (? - the latest current version) > Pro 64 bit, and I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on it, then apparently > managed to instal Debian 6.0.1, or, part of it. [...then later...] > I am the only person who accesses the computer, but I had previously > had the impression that my previous attempts to instal Debian 6, had > been unsuccessful. It is possible that I had accomplished a partial > installation. My memory of some things, is not as good as I would > like. Since you are the only one who does things with that system and you don't remember a *successful* installation, then very likely the one you are finding now was not successfully installed. So the fact that you can't boot it fully does not sound surprising. It may only be a partial installation and therefore incomplete. And from what you said that matches your memory. > So, I tried to boot it, and it went through the boot sequence until > the following lines, at which point the boot sequence stopped. > ... > <computer name> login: [11.794285] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100Mbps, > full duplex. > [ 11.795448] tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and for RX. > [ 11.797364] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready > > and then it just sits there, and looks silly. > Please advise. Since you don't remember I would be inclined to try to install Debian fresh from the CD. You will either be successful or you will have failures that are then current failures. Bob
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