On 05/07/2015 01:33 PM, Michael Fothergill wrote:
belay that last email -- i understand the difference now. i'll try the live CD and report.
If you can get debian running using the live cd, then if it can't then install it on the hard drive or even see the hard drives properly etc then people on the forum would likely suggest some diagnostic commands you could using the OS to help figure out what the problem is...
Regards
MF
If that doesn't work, I think it might be worthwhile to get a copy of GParted (which you can also find on a Parted Magic disk). Download either one, run GParted and make a partition on your hard drive. Make it bootable. Then try installing the Debian OS. (Both of the disks I mentioned are free downloads.) --doug