Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-31 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:15 PM, david wildgoose david.wildgo...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Sun 30 Jan 2011 at 10:08:45 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: However I have a new problem with the installer. When it comes to installing the

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-31 Thread Analía Lorenzatto
Hi Everybody! David, after downloading the right boot.img.gz from Debian repository, you should uncompress it and put this image on the usb device: # zcat boot.img.gz /dev/sdb Where /dev/sdb is the usb stick. Check this running previously: #dmesg Good luck!

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:50:59 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: I've created a USB installer stick and I am trying to install squeeze on my Acer Aspire D250. The system boots off the USB stick and brings me to the Installer boot menu, but the internal speaker beeps and the system freezes. (...)

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread Brian
On Sat 29 Jan 2011 at 21:50:59 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: Below is how I'm setting up the USB install stick: Downloaded the following files http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/20110106/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread david wildgoose
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Sat 29 Jan 2011 at 21:50:59 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: Below is how I'm setting up the USB install stick: Downloaded the following files

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread Brian
On Sun 30 Jan 2011 at 10:08:45 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: However I have a new problem with the installer. When it comes to installing the GRUB boot loader, it fails with the following error: Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal

Re: Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-30 Thread david wildgoose
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Sun 30 Jan 2011 at 10:08:45 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: However I have a new problem with the installer. When it comes to installing the GRUB boot loader, it fails with the following error: Unable to install GRUB in

Help with Squeeze on Acer Aspire D250

2011-01-29 Thread david wildgoose
Hey everyone, I've created a USB installer stick and I am trying to install squeeze on my Acer Aspire D250. The system boots off the USB stick and brings me to the Installer boot menu, but the internal speaker beeps and the system freezes. Below is how I'm setting up the USB install stick: