[SOLVED] debian boot failure with new install

wenall · 04-16-2011, 10:02 AM

I have tried many times to load Debian on a new HD without any success.
I used bittorrent to download it to my windows vista laptop and preceded to burn the image to a cd using Active@isoburner. But it only gets to where it says boot failure.
AMD 64X2 3800 CPU
1.5 G RAM
ASUS A8N5X MOTHERBOARD
ATI RADEON HD 545O GRAPHICS
HITACHI DESKSTAR SATA 500G HD

yancek · 04-16-2011, 12:45 PM

Did you run the md5checksum on your download? Instructions should be on the download page. After setting your CD/DVD drive to first boot priority in the BIOS to boot, what exactly happens? How long before you get the "boot failure" message?

wenall · 04-17-2011, 10:17 AM

It went immediately to the boot failure. I eventually went and downloaded another version of Debian with kde and that worked fine. I did exactly as i did before with the first download. Now my problem is loading my Canon MP560 printer. It has been a while since using any Linux so being explicit with instructions would be helpful. Thanks

wenall · 04-17-2011, 10:19 AM

I have the download, cnijfilter-mp560-3.20-1-i386-deb.tar.gz but am not sure what to do with it and I am running with an AMD 64x2 CPU.

frankbell · 04-17-2011, 09:11 PM

Extract the file using either your file manager or the command tar -xvzf cnijfilter-mp560-3.20-1-i386-deb.tar.gz. It should extract to a new directory. Look in the directory for a readme file.

If it extracts to a *.deb file, it likely should be installed using gdebi or synaptic.