Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-07 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Russell L. Harris >> wrote: >>> * Tom H [120207 12:12]: On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Russell L. Harris wrote: >>> So I plan to reboot the GParted-Liv

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-07 Thread Pablo Sánchez
Russell, last time i had a problem with squeeze like this, it was with intel core i3 / 5 . The only way to install succesfully was pluging an ide connector with an old ide optical drive which i guess it's not an option in your case. They were regular pc's so it was not a big problem. I hunted

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-07 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Russell L. Harris > wrote: >> * Tom H [120207 12:12]: >>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Russell L. Harris >>> wrote: >>> >> So I plan to reboot the GParted-Live flash USB (now upgraded to >> 0.11.0) and experiment.

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-07 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Tom H [120207 12:12]: >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Russell L. Harris >> wrote: >> Some GPT labelled disks need to have the boot flag set on the >> "bios_grub" partition (in violation of the EFI spec) for a box to be >> bootable

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-07 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Tom H [120207 12:12]: > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Russell L. Harris > wrote: > > Some GPT labelled disks need to have the boot flag set on the > "bios_grub" partition (in violation of the EFI spec) for a box to be > bootable. And some Lenovo models are affected. The latest installation

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-07 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Russell L. Harris wrote: Some GPT labelled disks need to have the boot flag set on the "bios_grub" partition (in violation of the EFI spec) for a box to be bootable. And some Lenovo models are affected. > (1) It seems that everything goes back to Intel, which in

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-06 Thread Russell L. Harris
* doug [120205 23:54]: > Just out of curiosity, will the machine boot up on an installation > disk from Microsoft? Maybe the machine is defective? Hi, Doug. Do you mean, does M$ install? Inasmuch as the machine boots the Debian DVD, I don't understand what I would learn from trying to boot a M$

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-05 Thread doug
On 02/05/2012 02:35 AM, Russell L. Harris wrote: * Russell L. Harris [120205 02:12]: * Russell L. Harris [120205 01:30]: Just now it occurred to me that perhaps the BIOS mode during partitioning may be causing the failure to boot. Accordingly, I now am doing an installation in which I allow

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-05 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:12:10 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: (...) > I now am searching with Google to resolve several issues, primarily: > > (1) The Debian installer defaults to the 2.6-amd64 kernel, but offers > 2.6-686 and 2.6-486. I plan to run mostly XEmacs and TeXLive, but also > IceWease

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
> For the record (in case someone else is considering purchase of an > S205), the second installation attempt -- with BIOS set to "IDE" -- > likewise failed. CORRECTION: -- with BIOS set to "AHCI" -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Russell L. Harris [120205 02:12]: > * Russell L. Harris [120205 01:30]: > > Just now it occurred to me that perhaps the BIOS mode during > > partitioning may be causing the failure to boot. Accordingly, I now > > am doing an installation in which I allow the 6.0.4 installer to > > partition th

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Russell L. Harris [120205 01:30]: > Just now it occurred to me that perhaps the BIOS mode during > partitioning may be causing the failure to boot. Accordingly, I now > am doing an installation in which I allow the 6.0.4 installer to > partition the entire drive, having started the machine in "

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Brian [120204 19:54]: > On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 14:12:10 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > (2) The BIOS setup gives two options for "SATA Controller working > > mode"; they are AHCI and IDE ("compatible mode"). > If trying the mode which isn't the 'wrong mode' still results in a > non-bootin

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Brian [120204 19:54]: > On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 14:12:10 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > (2) The BIOS setup gives two options for "SATA Controller working > > mode"; they are AHCI and IDE ("compatible mode"). Some of the > > articles I found on this matter recommend IDE mode unless there i

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 14:12:10 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > (1) The Debian installer defaults to the 2.6-amd64 kernel, but offers > 2.6-686 and 2.6-486. I plan to run mostly XEmacs and TeXLive, but > also IceWeasel for browsing and the occasion YouTube video. So is > it good to install the

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 14:12:10 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > (2) The BIOS setup gives two options for "SATA Controller working > mode"; they are AHCI and IDE ("compatible mode"). Some of the > articles I found on this matter recommend IDE mode unless there is a > need for RAID; other articles

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 14:12:10 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > I tried without success to boot the Debian installer from an 8-Gbyte > USB flash memory stick. I tried two different procedures for creation > of a bootable ROM, but neither worked; the approaches are detailed in: > > http://ww

lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
I am trying to install Debian stable (Squeeze, 6.0.4) on a Lenovo S205, which has an AMD E-350 processor and a 750-Gbyte WD7500BPVT drive. The 205 has no internal optical drive, but it does have three USB ports and one SDHC card slot. I created a bootable GParted USB flash memory stick. It boote