Jason wrote: >I've also had problems installing Debian 6.0.0 on my 10-year-old IBM NetVista >computer using the full >CD-1 ISO. When I selected âInstallâ or âGraphical Installâ on the >installer boot menu, the >screen froze up and then flickered. > >Further investigation confirmed that the Debian 6.0.0 ISO and my old computer >are definitely not compatible: >1. With the very same CD, I had no difficulty installing Debian 6.0.0 in >VirtualBox on my newer >computer. This rules out a bad CD. >2. I tried booting up Debian 6.0.0 on USB on the old computer. Again, when I >selected âInstallâ or >âGraphical Installâ on the installer boot menu, the screen froze up and >then flickered. This also >rules out a bad CD and a bad CD drive. >3. I had no difficulty installing Debian Lenny on the old computer. This >rules out a bad CD drive. > >I've installed Debian Lenny on the old computer, which I'm using as a firewall >and server. I may be >behind the times, but at least it works. I'll have to figure out how to >upgrade to Squeeze, and I'll be >using the PartImage program to clone my working Debian Lenny installation so >that I can quickly restore >it after any unsuccessful attempts to upgrade.
Hi Jason, As I just mentioned to George also, please can you try one of the images from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/tmp/squeeze-non-hybrid-test1/ and let us know how you get on? Cheers, -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, A state of bliss -- 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/e1pv9nb-0001tu...@jack.mossbank.org.uk
