On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 11:56 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > I purchased a dell desktop pc recently intending to > use it as a untility server for things like backup > and print serving, and I am having trouble installing > Debian on it. I've been using Debian since Potato was > new, so I didn't expect difficult problems. I want to > install wheezy, since daily backup and print are services > that if they break don't cut be off from getting help > from this list, which I know that I need on a frequent > basis. > > But I am already in need of help: > > The Squeeze netinstall CD that I have used for several previous > installs on other hardware won't work on this hardware. It doesn't > initialize the flat screen display properly. There is a Debian swirl > but response to keyboard commands which should be screen displays on > which I type answers, or menus from which I can select options are > replaced by a jibberish of tiny rectangles, mostly empty but some > having a single tiny letter. This is a real show stopper on installing > Squeeze. The same is true for Squeeze bizcard, and Wheezy bizcard. > > But my old Lenny netinstall CD *does*work*. Now I need a repository to > point it at. I've found archive.kernel.org (I'm in USA). But I'm > having trouble composing the exact string that I need to type into the > screen on my new(to me) computer. And, I have never had a good > understanding of the magic involved in the apt-get system. I know about > the option 'enter inforation manually' in the menu of countries. > But what do I enter there? > > And in the screen that follows asking for 'Debian archive mirror > directory:' which is prefilled with a default of '/debian/', should I > accept /debian/ or replace it? with what? > > Lastly, there is a question about a proxy. I don't believe I have a > proxy, but using archive.kernel.org might necessitate one. I hope not. > Proxy? > > Please help. > > -- > Paul E Condon > pecon...@mesanetworks.net > > Sounds like you need to use the non graphical install option.
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