Hi Martin, If you are new to linux, I would definitely suggest to start with i386 Debian. amd64 is not officially supported, and it still is a little bit tricky to get everything working.
If your PC is booting any CD, it should also be able to boot the i386 installation CDs, I have done this many times on AMD64 systems! Therefore, I would suspect a defect in the burned CD. Does it boot on any other PC? If not, try burning a new CD or download the iso file again. If you have a fast network connection, try one of the small minimal bootable CD images (40/180MB; see Debian homepage). For a start with KDE, just install the "kde-core" metapackage, which will give you a basic KDE system without any thrills. Regards, Clemens On Sunday 27 November 2005 22:19, Martin Baldan wrote: > Hello everyone! > > I've been wanting gradually move to linux for years, but was afraid > because, due to academic requierements (specific applications I *must* > use), I still need to have winXP installed on my computer for some time to > come. I tried dual boot with Suse and it was more or less ok, but I > preferred two independent hard drives. One reason is that Debian was the > distribution I most looked forward to trying, but I had heard that > partitions, dual boot and several other issues could be tricky. I've > recently bought a new computer, and decided it was the time to put my > scheme into practice. I felt adventurous, so I also decided to move from > intel and give amd a try :D > I've downloaded both the unofficial Debian net installation cd iso image > for AMD64 and the official Debian 3.1 (Sarge) net installation for i386 > (I've read it works also on AMD64) and I've burnt the cd's. > So I decided to try the official Debian Sarge for i386, to see if it works > on my amd computer. The problem is that my BIOS won't boot from the CD (but > it DID boot from the unofficial cd !!). I've read that the reason may be > that some old BIOS (old?? Ha! :P ) can't read isolinux files. The > sollution, if I got it right, is to open the iso image, find the "sbm.bin" > file and copy it to a floppy disk, then boot with both the floppy disk and > the cd in my computer. > 2) I there another way to install Sarge for i-386 that works in my > computer, apart from booting from the installation cd? > > 3) How can I use kde instead of Gnome as a GUI? (some say it works better) > > Again, my kindest greetings to everyone, sorry for every piece of missing > information or dumb questions. > > Regards, > > Martin O.B. -- Clemens Bergmann Schwertlilienweg 14 68259 Mannheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
