Hi Craig, On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 06:05:25PM -0600, Craig Norborg wrote: > >Package: installation-reports > >Boot method: USB stick >Image version: >https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-dvd/debian-11.0.0-i386-DVD-1.iso >Date: 8/31/21 5:50PM MST >Machine: Dell Dimension 8400 >Processor: Pentium 4 >Memory: 2Gb >Partitions: ? >Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): ? > >Base System Installation Checklist: >[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it > >Initial boot: [ ] >Detect network card: [ ] >Configure network: [ ] >Detect media: [ ] >Load installer modules: [ ] >Detect hard drives: [ ] >Partition hard drives: [ ] >Install base system: [e ] >Clock/timezone setup: [ ] >User/password setup: [ ] >Install tasks: [ ] >Install boot loader: [e ] >Overall install: [e ] > >Comments/Problems: I played around and could see the error >"/install.i386/vmlinuz not found". Saw this in multiple places. > ><Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments > and ideas you had during the initial install.> > >I was trying to bring up a friends old machine with a decent OS, so I >downloaded the latest debian DVD image and put it on a thumb drive. > Would not install. Tried both the full install (shown above) and >the live image, both had issues. > >I then went and downloaded a copy of ubuntu 17.04, and it installed >fine, although it kind of sucks. But, I'm assuming that if it would >install ok, that Debian should have installed if it wasn't for the >error.
I'm curious why the installation system is not finding things. Can you explain exactly how you wrote the image to the USB drive please? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com 'There is some grim amusement in watching Pence try to run the typical "politician in the middle of a natural disaster" playbook, however incompetently, while Trump scribbles all over it in crayon and eats some of the pages.' -- Russ Allbery