Re: trouble with install -- 64 bit, disk partitioner

2015-05-14 Thread David R. Haynor
to backups instead of RAID. -dh From: Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2015 11:54:46 AM To: Michael Fothergill; debian-user Subject: Re: trouble with install -- 64 bit, disk partitioner On 05/07/2015 01:33 PM, Michael Fothergill wrote

Re: trouble with install -- 64 bit, disk partitioner

2015-05-07 Thread Doug
On 05/07/2015 01:33 PM, Michael Fothergill wrote: belay that last email -- i understand the difference now. i'll try the live CD and report. ​If you can get debian running using the live cd, then if it can't then install it on the hard drive or even see the hard drives properly etc

trouble with install -- 64 bit, disk partitioner

2015-05-07 Thread David R. Haynor
hi debian gurus, i am attempting a clean install on a system currently running windows 7 (i.e. i have saved the files i need and want to repartition the disk). i burned a .iso installer file for my system (64-bit intel, so i used the amd64 release of debian 8). when i boot from the CD (or

Re: trouble with install -- 64 bit, disk partitioner

2015-05-07 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 7 May 2015 at 17:29, David R. Haynor hay...@uw.edu wrote: hi debian gurus, i am attempting a clean install on a system currently running windows 7 (i.e. i have saved the files i need and want to repartition the disk). i burned a .iso installer file for my system (64-bit intel, so i

Re: trouble with install -- 64 bit, disk partitioner

2015-05-07 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 7 May 2015 at 18:12, David R. Haynor hay...@uw.edu wrote: hi michael, to get the .iso file, i went to https://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst and clicked on the amd64 hyperlink. then i burned the .iso file to DVD. is the live CD image you mention different? ​Try here and go

Re: trouble with install -- 64 bit, disk partitioner

2015-05-07 Thread Michael Fothergill
belay that last email -- i understand the difference now. i'll try the live CD and report. ​If you can get debian running using the live cd, then if it can't then install it on the hard drive or even see the hard drives properly etc then people on the forum would likely suggest some