Just to finish this thread... I installed squeeze using an old net install cd I had and then I upgraded to wheezy.
Richard On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 1:11 AM, Richard Harke <paleopeng...@gmail.com> wrote: > that has the checksum for the i386 version, not amd64. i poked around and > found a directory > for amd64 that did have am md5sum file but it was for other files than the > one I downloaded. The directory contained five other amd64 iso's, all > different from the one I downloaded. > I have manged now to boot the usb stick but the install program can't find > the right > kernel modules even tho there is an initrd on the stick. I think it is > only looking at the hard > drives. > > Richard > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> > wrote: > >> Google sez an MD5SUMS file is here: http://cdimage.debian.org/ >> debian-cd/current/multi-arch/iso-cd/ >> >> Don't know if that is the one you downloaded. It is not unheard of for >> the copy on one website to be bad, so repeated downloading might not help. >> Do your due diligence. >> >> I would not be surprised about those strings being present... they would >> be delivered if the first-stage boot loader had difficulty. >> >> On Tue, 25 Nov 2014, Richard Harke wrote: >> >> its an iso. debian-7.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso I didn't see a checksum for >>> iton the debian web site. I have downloaded several times >>> >>> and burned the dvd >>> more than once on different machines. all with same result. >>> Very near the beginning of the iso is the text "isolinux.bin missing or >>> corrupt" >>> Also the text "Operating system load error" >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Jeff Newmiller < >>> jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: >>> Is the net install an iso? If so, check the md5sum for the image >>> you downloaded. Then verify that it burned properly. I >>> know no details of the current Debian images, but I have >>> encountered problems in all three of these ways in the past. >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> --------------- >>> Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... >>> Go Live... >>> DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. >>> Live Go... >>> Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. >>> Playing >>> Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. >>> with >>> /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. >>> rocks...1k >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> --------------- >>> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >>> >>> On November 25, 2014 2:09:05 PM PST, Richard Harke < >>> paleopeng...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >I have a machine running lenny and I was going to upgrade but the >>> >disk drive started to fail so I decided to do a fresh install on >>> the >>> >new >>> >drive. downloaded the net install and burned a dvd. won't boot. >>> >copied it to a usb stick. I get a "no operating system" error >>> message. >>> >I have an older net install dvd which boots fine. I also tried the >>> >debian live image but no luck. Its beginning to look like I'll >>> have to >>> >install >>> >squeeze and then upgrade, a much longer process. >>> > >>> >Richard >>> > >>> > >>> >----------------------------------------------------------- >>> ------------- >>> > >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >vox-tech mailing list >>> >vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >>> >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> vox-tech mailing list >>> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >>> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> --------------- >> Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go >> Live... >> DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live >> Go... >> Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing >> Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with >> /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. >> rocks...1k >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> --------------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vox-tech mailing list >> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >> >> >
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