On Sunday 15 January 2006 13:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I haven't accepted the new AMD-64 box the computer store has > built for me, because I can't get it to run in 64-bit mode. > > I provided the sarge net-install CD's for both AMD-64 and the older > 386 architectures. > > The netinstall for AMD64 went fine up to a point (except it was 30 > times as slow > as the i386 install which he performed later), but when it came time > to boot into the installed system, the boot stopped after it had > identified the USB ports. > > Repeating entire process with the i386 netinstall, it installed nicely > (30 time faster), and booted up properly. But he never got it to use > the two hard disks in DMA mode. > > (Oh yes -- he installed a cheap Realtek ethernet card because > netinstall would not recognise the Ethernet on the motherboard. But > that's not a big problem for me.) > > He did all this this at the shop, and then called me to tell me the > problems. > > I went there on the weekend, and managed to install the sarge AMD-64 > kernel on the i386-based system, and it had the same problem as the > original AND-64 install -- crash during boot. > > Using aptitude, I tried to fetch a more recent kernel, but so far > have not succeeded. Just sticking in "etch" into my apt-sources file > does not seem to be enough. What do I need to do to get aptitude > to see a more recent kernel? > > Or maybe it has moved, and I should ask -- what deb line should > I use to find the current amd64 repository?
I use debian.csail.mit.edu. > > Sorry not the have the details about motherboard identity and the like > -- the machine is currently at the shop and I'm not. I'm not accepting > it by taking it home before it works. The tech is planning to try > out Ubuntu or Knoppix next in order to show me the machine really does > work in Linux in 64-bit mode, but I'd prefer Debian. He uses Ubuntu on > his AMD-64 at home. > > -- hendrik Ubuntu uses the 2.6.12 kernel, Sarge uses the 2.6.8 kernel, so there may be some driver issues for newer hardware. There is a Sarge 2.6.12 net-install disk made by Len Sorenson available, check the list, this may help get Debian installed. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
