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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.

It says:

The next screen shows the menu for starting in single user mode:

http://www.gelsana.com/debian/100_2412.JPG

Here are the following screens after I select single user mode:

Here is the part that is different, it shows this warning instead of a blank screen:

Well, I got a Debian CD created from the ISO image (from another computer) and I was able to poke around and read the readme files and examine the CD.

Then I moved it to my old laptop computer where I want to install Debian.  It seems I need to change the BIOS settings so that I can boot from the CD.

So once I did that.  Nothing.

It even says during startup

INITIALIZING BOOT CD

and then

STARTING WINDOWS 95

I am currently downloading about a half dozen CD images.  I will burn them on this computer and see how it goes on my laptop.

Hi forum.

This is my first post.

I am going to be installing Debian on my old Chembook with windows 95 soon.

I will let you know how it goes.

I see others have been through this here as well.

Did this work out?

I am going to install Debian on an old laptop computer soon as well.