[lug] Help installing debian at the install fest?

[siegfried]

I want to install debian on my PC because it seems to be the best platform
for doing embedded system work.

Now I can boot debian if I first boot windows, run VMWare and install debian
and reboot the virtual CPU.

However, if I take the same debian distro and try to install it on my ext2
partition, I get a core dump. I tried several different debian distros and
they all core dumped (except sarge). I even used my digital camera to take a
picture of my monitor (with the core dump on it, of course) and post it in
the debian forums. No one was able to help me (that was six months ago).

Is there any point in lugging my PC to the install fest and getting some
help installing debian? The core dump is happening in the beginning part of
the installation process. Are there installation parameters to play with
(like there are boot parameters for knoppix)?

Will there be enough bandwidth there to do the abbreviated debian that
downloads almost everything or should I burn a debian distro that does not
require a network connection?

Which debian should I use? It is so confusing and (as of six months ago)
they did not explain the difference between sarge, etch and the other
releases. I know I don't want sarge because it is extremely old! There is
probably one newer than etch now.

Thanks,
Siegfried


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us]
On Behalf Of David L. Anselmi
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 9:32 PM
To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List
Subject: [lug] Are you ready: installfest, north, 2weeks?

Did you notice the temperature outside today?  Stand in the sun for the
10.3 seconds it took to get heat stroke?[1]  Did you know that the DeVry
campus is air conditioned to a rather comfortable temperature?

Yeah, I'm betting on hot in the big blue room on the 21st.  So you
should plan to take advantage of all that AC (and WiFi, no less) and
come to the installfest at DeVry from 8 to 1:30 or so.

If you lost the link: http://cluedenver.org/display.php?node=installfest

There you go: your friendly Saturday reminder.

Dave

  1) Yeah, really--I suck at advertising, don't I?  So this is re-saying
what's been said, just to keep it in your frontal lobes.  Maybe I should
finally switch to project management.

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