[NBLUG/talk] Installing Debian or Other GNU

Stephen Cilley hydro_mancer at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 27 23:17:23 PDT 2006


fsb == Front Side Bus.  I mean, tell me about your
motherboard, and its hardware, especially the ide
controller (or scsi controller, or sata controller,
whatever.)
Stephen

--- Howard <howardas at pacbell.net> wrote:

> Most recent Distro, I believe 'Sarge' with Kernel
> 2.8
> What is fsb??
> 
> Thanks
> 
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> 
> This may not be answering your question properly,
> but
> I might have a suggestion.  What is the make and
> model
> of  the fsb?  What version of kernel are you using
> to
> install?
> Stephen Cilley
> 
> --- Howard <howardas at pacbell.net> wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to install Debia from CDROM using the
> > Netinstall
> > ISO. During installation the installer checks for
> > the CDROM. First time
> > it sees it fine. But right after that I think at
> the
> > point of writing
> > files to disk I get a prompt can't find CDROM. 
> > 
> > I have a feeling this has to do with where my
> CDROM
> > is located in Bios.
> > It's on the Secondary Slave. hda has XP. hdb
> > currently has Red Hat 9. I wish
> > to
> > overwrite this with a newer Linux OS.
> > 
> > So what is the syntax to tell Grub where my CDROM
> is
> > on the Slave drive.
> > 
> > I have a feeling it's something like boot /hdd. Is
> > that right hdd if it is
> > on the
> > Secondary Master Slave?? 
> > 
> > I know this may be simple, but trying to read any
> > Linux manuals is not for
> > the faint of
> > heart for new users. I have yet to see a manual
> that
> > is concise.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Howard
> > 
> > 
> > 
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