I had the same problem installing Debian 2.1 on an Athlon. The problem is the kernel of the installation CD: 2.0.36 It does not seem to work with this kind of new computers.
I took out the hard disk and installed it on another computer (pentium II). The installation went fine. I compiled the 2.2.14 kernel on this computer and re-installed the hard disk on the Athlon box. Oliver Schoenknecht wrote: > > Hi there, > > when I boot the installation CD of Debian 2.1 on my 600 MHz > Athlon (with Adaptec 2940, 3C905 NIC), my system stops after > having downloaded the instructions for the AHA-2940 - is this any > specific problem one of you have encountered before? > > --- -- ######################################## .'/,-Y" "~-. Vicente Torres Carot l.Y ^. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia /\ __ "Doh!" Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica i ___/" "\ Ctra. Nazaret-Oliva, s/n | /" "\ o ! 46730 Grau de Gandia (Valencia) l ] o !__./ SPAIN \ _ _ \.___./ "~\ X \/ \ ___./ Tel.: (96)2849300 ( \ ___. _..--~~" ~`-. FAX: (96)2849309 ` Z,-- / \ __. ( / ______) "I don't apologize. I'm sorry, but that's \ l /-----~~" / just the way I am." -- Homer Simpson -- Y \ / ############################################## | "x______.^ -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! --