Fwd: How can I install an amd64 to my new bought Laptop/
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From: Benimaur Gao <benimaur@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: How can I install an amd64 to my new bought Laptop/
To: gary@dalefamily.org
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Gary Dale <garydale@rogers.com> wrote:
> On 15/07/12 10:24 AM, Benimaur Gao wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I bought a new Laptop a few days ago, it's an X220i, and I planned
>> to install a amd64 system on it
>> I dump a netinst iso(amd64) image to a flash disk by dd, boot and
>> try to work with it, but I found it just cannot use. :(
>> it's so easy to get crash after some trivial commands, such as 'tar
>> xjvf', 'rsync -av', etc. The system just hang after dumping some info,
>> I can't write them down entirely, too much content, I saw the keywords
>> are about 'SMP', 'protecting'...
>> Another two things I have tried:
>> 1. I boot my old X61 with the same usb, It works OK with the
>> previous deadly commands..
>> 2. I change to an i386 image, It works fine with my new X220i and
>> the same commands.
>> I hope to install the amd64 and I need your assistance! thank you!!
>>
>> //btw, another thing to complain :(
>> I think it's very inconvenient to work with a netinst iso that lack
>> of wpasupplicant! The WLAN and wpa/wpa2 authentication is so
>> ubiquitous nowadays, It's annoying to find a UTP cable..
>
> If the USB key boot works on the X61, it should work on the X2200i, even
> though your method of creating a boot "disk" sounds dodgy. Did you try the
> methods suggested at
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "some trivial commands". Did you get the
> install to work or not?
Actually I don't want to run the install wizzard...
I am used to install system through debootstrap.
"some trivial commands" such as tar, rsync //etc, when I run this
command, my system get hang..
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