Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
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

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-04 Thread Bret Busby
On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Bret Busby wrote: On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:41:54 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: 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,

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/04/2011 02:31 AM, Bret Busby wrote: [snip] Every mirroor that I tried, in Australia, and, in the USA, returned Bad Archive Mirror. In Australia, I tried the WAIIA, iinet, UWA, au.debian.org, optus.net, and other mirrors, in the USA, I tried the MIT, Berkely, debian.us (or whatever it

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-04 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 04 mar 11, 16:31:05, Bret Busby wrote: I tried installing the 64 bit one, and it does not proceed past the Configure package manager Every mirroor that I tried, in Australia, and, in the USA, returned Bad Archive Mirror. And the internet connection is working without a problem from

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-04 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:31:05 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Bret Busby wrote: On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Camaleón wrote: Ensure that you: 1/ Properly wrote the ISO image in the CD 2/ Configured your BIOS boot sequence in the right manner There are not many options for a

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-04 Thread Bret Busby
On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Camaleón wrote: I tried installing the 64 bit one, and it does not proceed past the Configure package manager Okay. But now at least you reached the installer. That's makes more sense to me. Every mirroor that I tried, in Australia, and, in the USA, returned Bad Archive

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 04/03/11 19:31, Bret Busby wrote: On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Bret Busby wrote: On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:41:54 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: 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

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-04 Thread Bret Busby
On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Bret Busby wrote: On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Camaleón wrote: I tried installing the 64 bit one, and it does not proceed past the Configure package manager Okay. But now at least you reached the installer. That's makes more sense to me. Every mirroor that I tried, in

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:10:02 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Bret Busby wrote: On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Camaleón wrote: That sounds indeed very weird. One mirror can have problems but not all of them. I'd suspect from your Internet connection at the time of the installation.

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 05/03/11 03:10, Bret Busby wrote: On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Bret Busby wrote: On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Camaleón wrote: I tried installing the 64 bit one, and it does not proceed past the Configure package manager Okay. But now at least you reached the installer. That's makes more sense to me.

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-04 Thread Chris Jones
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 06:06:34AM EST, Camaleón wrote: [..] For small images (netiso) I do not tend to verify the checksum I just did one.. takes about five seconds to generate the checksum. And since the checksum is going to end up very different even for a lost bit or so.. you can tell at

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
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 “Install” or “Graphical Install” on the installer boot menu, the screen froze up and then flickered. Further investigation confirmed that the

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
George wrote: Did you verified the checksum of the ISO image before burn it and also the whole CD once it was written in the medium? MD5 sums of the ISOs are correct, I'm not going to MD5 the burned images - takes a long time, and I don't believe this to be the issue. How about booting using

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-03 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:41:54 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: 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

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Scott Ferguson
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

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Scott Ferguson
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

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Steve Kleene
In my hands it was uninstallable. With an md5sum-checked CD of this: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 Squeeze - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 \ 20110205-14:34 it booted, got about halfway through the install, and then started giving CD errors. I tried a second checked CD as well, and trying to

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/03/11 23:43, Steve Kleene wrote: In my hands it was uninstallable. With an md5sum-checked CD of this: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 Squeeze - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 \ 20110205-14:34 it booted, got about halfway through the install, and then started giving CD errors. I tried a

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Steve Kleene
On 02/03/11 23:43, I wrote: In my hands it was uninstallable. With an md5sum-checked CD of this: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 Squeeze - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 \ 20110205-14:34 it booted, got about halfway through the install, and then started giving CD errors. I tried a second

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:41:54 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: 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

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread george.stand...@gmail.com
I too am having serious issues with the debian-6.0.0-* ISOs on an ASUS AMD64 system, they don't boot past the initial screen with ISOLINUX 4.02 debian-20101014 EHDD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvi et al and a flashing _ I tested with the AMD64 netinstall, the i386 netinstall and the dual

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:19:17 -0500, george wrote: I too am having serious issues with the debian-6.0.0-* ISOs on an ASUS AMD64 system, they don't boot past the initial screen with ISOLINUX 4.02 debian-20101014 EHDD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvi et al and a flashing _ And this can be

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread george.stand...@gmail.com
Did you verified the checksum of the ISO image before burn it and also the whole CD once it was written in the medium? MD5 sums of the ISOs are correct, I'm not going to MD5 the burned images - takes a long time, and I don't believe this to be the issue. How about booting using a USB key?

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Jason Hsu
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 “Install” or “Graphical Install” on the installer boot menu, the screen froze up and then flickered. Further investigation confirmed that the Debian 6.0.0 ISO and my

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Joey Hess
Jason Hsu 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 “Install” or “Graphical Install” on the installer boot menu, the screen froze up and then flickered. Boot the kernel with the parameters:

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Steve Kleene wrote: I also just deleted my copies. I do still have the two CDs I made but don't know how to regenerate the iso file from the CDs (unless a copy of the intact iso file is on the CD; I forget). It's been awhile since I've done it but I do know that k3b will make an iso from

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Jason Hsu
When I boot up the Debian CD, I am never offered the option of adding boot codes. How do I add vga=normal fb=false? On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 15:33:08 -0400 Joey Hess jo...@debian.org wrote: Jason Hsu wrote: I've also had problems installing Debian 6.0.0 on my 10-year-old IBM NetVista computer

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Joey Hess
Jason Hsu wrote: When I boot up the Debian CD, I am never offered the option of adding boot codes. How do I add vga=normal fb=false? Press Tab. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Jason Hsu
Thanks. I was able to add those boot codes. Unfortunately, the installer couldn't properly detect my CD drive, and I got the Error reading Release file error. Are there additional boot codes I need to add? On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 16:14:11 -0400 Joey Hess jo...@debian.org wrote: Jason Hsu wrote:

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Christopher Judd
On Wednesday 02 March 2011 15:27:46 Jason Hsu wrote: Thanks. I was able to add those boot codes. Unfortunately, the installer couldn't properly detect my CD drive, and I got the Error reading Release file error. Are there additional boot codes I need to add? You might want to try

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Jason Hsu
I tried adding acpi=off, then noapic, and then noacpi. I still got the Error reading release file message. It looks like I'll be sticking with Debian Lenny. At least I have at least a year or two to resolve this Squeeze issue or figure out how to properly upgrade to Squeeze. I'm keeping

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-03-02 15:48:43 Jason Hsu wrote: I tried adding acpi=off, then noapic, and then noacpi. I still got the Error reading release file message. It looks like I'll be sticking with Debian Lenny. At least I have at least a year or two to resolve this Squeeze issue or figure out how to properly

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 13:41 Wed 02 Mar, Bret Busby (b...@busby.net) 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. What URL did you download, specifically? However, the

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 03/03/11 04:19, george.stand...@gmail.com wrote: I too am having serious issues with the debian-6.0.0-* ISOs on an ASUS AMD64 system, they don't boot past the initial screen with ISOLINUX 4.02 debian-20101014 EHDD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvi et al and a flashing _ I tested with

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 03/03/11 05:22, george.stand...@gmail.com wrote: Did you verified the checksum of the ISO image before burn it and also the whole CD once it was written in the medium? MD5 sums of the ISOs are correct, I'm not going to MD5 the burned images - takes a long time, and I don't believe this to

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 4d6f198b.1080...@gmail.com, Scott Ferguson wrote: AMD - hmmm I've had a few problems with AMD boards - if the NIC requires forcedeth I *always* disable it in the BIOS and replace it with a card that GNU/Linux actually supports. forcedeth is crap - I defy anyone to get them to continuously work

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 03/03/11 05:40, Jason Hsu 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 “Install” or “Graphical Install” on the installer boot menu, the screen froze up and then flickered. Further investigation

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 03/03/11 15:50, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 4d6f198b.1080...@gmail.com, Scott Ferguson wrote: AMD - hmmm I've had a few problems with AMD boards - if the NIC requires forcedeth I *always* disable it in the BIOS and replace it with a card that GNU/Linux actually supports. forcedeth is

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, 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

Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-01 Thread Bret Busby
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

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-01 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 02 March 2011 05:41:54 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

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-01 Thread Jimmy Johnson
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

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-01 Thread Tapas Mishra
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Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/01/2011 11:41 PM, 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

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-01 Thread Tapas Mishra
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