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The first question that comes to mind: Why download all 8 ISO's? The only one you need is the first cd or dvd (quote: The first CD/DVD disk contains all the files necessary to install a standard Debian system.). Burning this first cd/dvd and running from that would be the way to go (just my opinion).
It is possible to use the 5.1.4. Booting from Linux Using LILO or GRUB. I'm not sure if you can place all dvd's to that location, but the documentation does say the following:
Quote:
Alternatively, if you intend to keep an existing partition on the hard drive unchanged during the install, you can download the hd-media/initrd.gz file and its kernel, as well as copy a CD (or DVD) iso to the drive (make sure the file is named ending in .iso). The installer can then boot from the drive and install from the CD/DVD image, without needing the network.
In short, assuming you still want to use the ISO('s) from the hard-disk:
1) create a partition and format it,
2) create the /boot/newinstall directory on it,
3) place the initrd.gz, vmlinuz file and the ISO image into that directory (possibly all 8 ISO's, although I'm not sure if that works, see post #4. You can always try),
4) add the above to your current grub/lilo
5) reboot into this new entry,
6) start installing Debian.
I am trying to install it again, but cannot find appropriate vmlinuz; official server (ftp.debian.org) has only this file:
[ ]installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/ vmlinuz 17-Jan-2011 13:23 2.3M
it is TOO OLD. so there is 'kernel mismatch' error
It isn't clear from your previous replies if you used my suggestion in post #6. It does look like it, in post #7 you talk about initrd.gz and vmlinuz from "hd-media/initrd.gz".
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