On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 09:49:41PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 10:50:22PM +0000, Jo Shields wrote: > > [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? > > > > > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If in doubt (or it's nforce4), try Len's 2.6.12 installer, at > > http://tinyplanet.ca:81/~lsorense/amd64/ > > Thanks. Now downloading. Will try it tomorrow. >
It worked beautifully. A day or two ago, the URL seems to have changed. http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/amd64/ works now. I now have an AMD64 running the 2.6.12 kernel. But: (1) unless I am mistaken, the 2.6.12 kernel isn't there as an installed package recognised bu aptitude. (2) I don't have the 2.6.12 headers I'm going to need to compile nvidia drivers. Where can I find them? (3) Or should I upgrade to 2.6.13? Looking around on the net, there seem to be 2.6.11 and 2.6.13 kernels, but I haven't yet found a 2.6.12 kernel with headers. The 2.6.13 kernel I found seems to have enough modifiers in its name that I'm hesitant about using it. Will I have to declare my system to be etch or unstable to get aptitude to recognise them? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]