Debian Etch Netinstall Not Booting!
I downloaded the netinstall .ISO for Debian Etch. My computer simply refuses to boot it. Everything in my bios is correct - I tested other distros and they booted fine. I even reburned it, burned a different one with the same method (which booted), etc.
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I would bet that the iso that you downloaded is corrupt, especially if you can boot other linux distros on the same computer. You've eliminated the possibility that it is a hardware, BIOS issue. For the fun of it you could try booting the netinstalliso on a different computer, see if it boots. If it does not then you know it is faulty.
I would re-download the iso once you've determined that the CD will not boot. |
I had the same problem with the netinstall version. The businesscard image worked for me.
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"Interesting. I've used the netinstalliso for the last three versions of Debian Etch. No problems. I'd be willing to bet something else is going on here."
I don't know what to make of it. I just took a look at my downloads directory and the one I downloaded 12/9 was still there. The thing is that it's WAY too tiny - only 856064 bytes. The stranger thing is that I can open it with "-o loop" and it shows a zero length file called "hdc". Would a partial .iso file even open? The one I downloaded just now looks to be the proper length and its contents look a lot more reasonable. Maybe they had a bad one there the night I downloaded? I remember downloading and burning several times before trying the businesscard version. I was almost out of blank CDs and was getting most annoyed. :) |
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I'll be downloading Etch when it goes gold code. I'm very impressed with Etch release candidate 1, no glitches yet:-) Yep, been there, done that, I hate running out of CDs when things go bad:-) |
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