On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 10:34:40AM -0500, Robert Barber wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a newbie and I'd like to install Debian on a computer of mine. I tried >installing from CD but can't get it to work. I get a blank screen after a second or >two when I hit enter. I am using the correct version for my architecture (i386). I >tried nolangchooser which got rid of the blank screen but the computer hangs every >time anyway (after apparently finding my CD- and CDRW drives, etc. successfully) . >This is what the last line reads before it hangs: > > init started: BusyBox v0,60.3-pre (2002.01.21-22:50+0000) multi-call binary >
Have you tried the other 3 flavors (refer to the manual)? If this is a generic popular kind of PC, you will probably need the idepci flavor. Be sure also to read all the help screens in F1-F9 available before booting. There is much helpful information. You may be able to get more details on the problem by adding debug to your boot arguments. > I had Windows installed on the computer but have already reformatted C (format c: >/s) from DOS. There is one partition created using the fdisk utility. I tried >running fips but it told me that 12-bit FAT wasn't supported (?). > > I don't have a lot of system information because I only know how to read it from >Windows and I forgot to write it down. (I know this wasn't the smartest thing I could >have done.) If you need more information about my system before being able to help >me, could you please tell me what you need to know and what utilities I should use to >get it? You will need to know the type of network card. There are HOWTOs about figuring that out, try google for 'linux network card identification' or something. If it's a fairly standard computer, that's probably all you'll need. BTW, since this is a text mailing list you should manually break your lines at around 70 characters. -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
