[vox-tech] what's up with debian?

Jeff Newmiller jdnewmil at dcn.davis.CA.us
Tue Nov 25 14:41:30 PST 2014


Is the net install an iso? If so, check the md5sum for the image you downloaded. Then verify that it burned properly. I know no details of the current Debian images, but I have encountered problems in all three of these ways in the past.
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On November 25, 2014 2:09:05 PM PST, Richard Harke <paleopenguin at gmail.com> wrote:
>I have a machine running lenny and I was going to upgrade but the
>disk drive started to fail so I decided to do a fresh install on the
>new
>drive. downloaded the net install and burned a dvd. won't boot.
>copied it to a usb stick. I get a "no operating system" error message.
>I have an older net install dvd which boots fine. I also tried the
>debian live image but no luck. Its beginning to look like I'll have to
>install
>squeeze and then upgrade, a much longer process.
>
>Richard
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