This is so lame haha

[praka123]

corrupting partn table?I think debian cli installer is much better.install it using some options like noapic irqpoll etc pressing f1-f12 will give u specific options for ur hardware.i think ur hdd are in sata-II mode which may not be supported by debian etch.it shud be switched to sata-I ?

 

[Tech_Wiz]

Let me go through my attempts in detail:

First: Installed XP worked Fine
Tried Debian Default Install Kernel Panic Error nothing got installed.
Partiotion Table was intact and after restart XP booted normally.

Second: Tried No Apic No lapic options. Debian GOt installed. GRUB Installed. Restarted PC.
GRUB SHowed up. Loaded XP nicely and smooth. AGain I restarted and booted in Debian. Error came up. [No screens Found X server disabled (gdm)]
Restared PC Screen Came up

GRUB Loading Please Wait..... [5 Mins and nothing] so I restarted and Booted from Bootable XP CD and Checked Partitions with diskpart on repair options.

It showed All partitions are "UNKNOWN" type. FIXBOOT showed that Boot sector data is corrupt. So I has to delete all partitions and recreate to install XP. FIX MBR didnt WORKED.

THIRD TIME: Same thing. This time I checked the Technical Data thing of why GUI is not coming up. It showed me No devices found and a list of supported nVidia Cards which tops out at 7900 Series. So mine is not supported.

I had to restore like 10-15 GB data from my backup DVDs and CDs twice due to this.

I never had any error with any Linux installation earlier on my older comps.
I worked on Corel, Redhat, Suse, Debian, Ubuntu 7.04 and all worked fine on my old comp. But since upgrade No flavour of linux is being installed.

I tried OPEN Suse 10.2, Debian ETCH 4.0. Linux MINT [last month DVD]

Only thing to try now is Vector Linux which has nVidia Driver built in. But I dont like Vector much and dont want to screw up my system thrice (

ps: I dont think there is any prob with HDD. It gets detected correctly and also file copying / partions went well.

Can I get a SID or Lenny version of CD which will install Kernel and Driver stuff then use my existing Debian ETCH DVDs to add up rest things?

 

[praka123]

I use sid which got almost same cli installer also remember etch got gui installer too.u have to enter something like installgui not sure.(my debian is running nearly a year).
also tell me what is ur hdd 160GB SATA-II?.dont loose ur faith on seeing Display not found.it is because of nvidia gfx which needs driver.complete ur installation.press F1 or F2 to see GUI installer options.
installing sid is somewhat difficult for u i think.upgrade to lenny after Etch installed.
do this,first get debian installed somehow.if u feel debian really tough.I feel you may need assistance by someone who knows.grub waiting for 5 minutes?i think it is grub which failed to install which we can reinstall via any livecd.

Debian I think for you needs a little patience.

 

[vignesh]

Or try sidux its based on debian sid and adds extra apps.Its a live cd so you can test and then install.. Give it a shot

 

[Tech_Wiz]

I am very much admire .deb and flavours of it. .rpm based flavours I didnt liked much as almost 90% time there was a dependancy screwed up

I just checked Distrowatch.com for .deb based solutions. Ubuntu 7.10 comes with preinstalled latest nVidia Driver 100.xx.xx.xx something. So I think it might work on my PC.

blah I hate to work on Windows Linux was lot faster and more fun

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Btw default install of debian didnt work so I installed with

boot: install expertgui noapic nolapic

I will give Ubuntu Live CD a try and if it works then will check back with Debian when 5.0 Comes out

 

[NucleusKore]

did you give the noapic option at boot

 

[Tech_Wiz]

"boot: install expertgui noapic nolapic"