Debian

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Hello Forum!

This is my first post here.

Has anyone had any experience installing and using Debian?

[rahman]

what do you want to know

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what do you want to know

I am using this version:

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso

Which is a single disk version of "ETCH"

(I have also made the 23 CD's of "ETCH" from here http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/iso-cd/
and they are ready if I need to use them)

Here is what happens. I turn on the computer and it gives some sort of warning in white letters
in a red box that says that there is no partition. I figure that this is OK since that is how
I remember setting up the system. I thought that there was no issue with it having no partition
anyway.

Shortly after this, it gives me a menu option to pick from a default version or a single user option.

If I pick the default version it eventually goes to a blank screen

If I pick the single user option it eventually goes to a command prompt.

Then, if I type:
startx

it will also go to a blank screen.

So, thinking that the problem must be with the fact that my laptop has an ancient screen resolution,
I decided to connect a more modern monitor to the laptop and try again. This time, it pretty much the same
as it did before except for the very end there was a different error instead of a blank screen.

I got a coworker to take some digital snapshots of the process. The first are blurry bu they get clearer.

http://www.gelsana.com/debian/100_2411.JPG

It says:

Partition doesn't exist
Save to Disk feature is disabled
Hit any key to exit.

The next screen shows the menu for starting in single user mode:
[url]http://www.gelsana.com/debian/100_2412.JPG[/img]

Here are the following screens after I select single user mode:
http://www.gelsana.com/debian/100_2413.JPG
http://www.gelsana.com/debian/100_2414.JPG
http://www.gelsana.com/debian/100_2415.JPG
http://www.gelsana.com/debian/100_2416.JPG
http://www.gelsana.com/debian/100_2417.JPG
http://www.gelsana.com/debian/100_2418.JPG
http://www.gelsana.com/debian/100_2419.JPG
http://www.gelsana.com/debian/100_2420.JPG

Here is the part that is different, it shows this warning instead of a blank screen:
http://www.gelsana.com/debian/100_2422.JPG