On 02/03/11 16:41, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > To try to install Debian 6, I downloaded, as advised on the Debian web > site, the Debian 6 netinst iso file, wrote it to a CD, and tried to > install Debian 6, using it. > > However, the computer on which I tried to install it, did not boot from > the CD. > > I have previously installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, from a CD, on that > computer, without any problem. > > Is the Debian 6 netinst iso, not installabe, or, not bootable? > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > .................................................... > > let me revise that last post:-
I installed on 4 machines using the previous netinst iso but install line was just "expert acpi=force", desktop package selections came later, those boxen required the "acpi=force" as they're fairly old, you probably won't. You don't say *which* netinst - I'm using "just" i386 You don't mention any error messages so I assume you didn't get any (other than OS not found sort). No problems using same image to upgrade a lenny boxen either. I've had problems in the past with netinst iso cds on some drives - the tiny image really tests the accuracy of the laser tracking, the same drives that balks at booting a netinst will often have no problems with a dvd image. If the md5 sum checks out then that (sic) will be the cause of your problem. (more error tolerance on outer track and disk spins slower) I use a pxe server for my installs but that shouldn't affect whether a burnt netinst iso boots for you or not. Just now finished downloading freshly baked netsint iso, so latest mirror updates are now complete. Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d6e21d7.3020...@gmail.com