Hello,

I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r4 on a Core 2 Duo machine.
I am using the AMD64 version. But the install is proceeding v-e-r-y
s-l-o-w-l-y. It's already been two hours and I'm still at the
partitoner. Can anyone please tell me what could be the matter?

I had installed 4.0r3 on my laptop before this, the install was fine.

Thanks,
Nishita

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On Thursday 21 August 2008 14:44, Nishita Desai wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r4 on a Core 2 Duo machine.
> I am using the AMD64 version. But the install is proceeding v-e-r-y
> s-l-o-w-l-y. It's already been two hours and I'm still at the
> partitoner. Can anyone please tell me what could be the matter?
>
> I had installed 4.0r3 on my laptop before this, the install was fine.

Did you select the encrypted setup?

What is displayed on the screen?

Press <Alt>+<F4> to see the installer log and tell us what's written there.
>
> Thanks,
> Nishita
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Hi,

I am not sure what the issue might be (hard to guess with no much info
on your setup).
Just noting down something that came to my mind: I had seen one person
facing similar issue (on an AMD64 machine). He had to disable USB
devices in BIOS to get his installation working. Wierd, but that is
what happened. This could be a BIOS bug.

Jayakrishnan

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Nishita Desai <nish.des@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r4 on a Core 2 Duo machine.
> I am using the AMD64 version. But the install is proceeding v-e-r-y
> s-l-o-w-l-y. It's already been two hours and I'm still at the
> partitoner. Can anyone please tell me what could be the matter?
>
> I had installed 4.0r3 on my laptop before this, the install was fine.
>
> Thanks,
> Nishita
>
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Thank you Jayakrishnan and Shachar for your replies.

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Jayakrishnan M <jay.krishnanm@gmail.com> wrote:
> facing similar issue (on an AMD64 machine). He had to disable USB
> devices in BIOS to get his installation working. Wierd, but that is
> what happened. This could be a BIOS bug.

I tried this, hasn't worked.

I also tried installing Ubuntu's amd64 version to similar results
(with USB on and off). I am yet to try any non-debian-based system but
I'd rather not do that!


Nishita


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On Thursday 21 August 2008 14:59, Shachar Or wrote:
> On Thursday 21 August 2008 14:44, Nishita Desai wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r4 on a Core 2 Duo machine.
> > I am using the AMD64 version. But the install is proceeding v-e-r-y
> > s-l-o-w-l-y. It's already been two hours and I'm still at the
> > partitoner. Can anyone please tell me what could be the matter?
> >
> > I had installed 4.0r3 on my laptop before this, the install was fine.
>
> Did you select the encrypted setup?
>
> What is displayed on the screen?
>
> Press <Alt>+<F4> to see the installer log and tell us what's written there.

Did you get this message?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Nishita
> >
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On Thursday 21 August 2008 14:44, Nishita Desai wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r4 on a Core 2 Duo machine.
> I am using the AMD64 version. But the install is proceeding v-e-r-y
> s-l-o-w-l-y. It's already been two hours and I'm still at the
> partitoner. Can anyone please tell me what could be the matter?
>
> I had installed 4.0r3 on my laptop before this, the install was fine.

Perhaps you can try the etchnhalf netinstall.
>
> Thanks,
> Nishita
>
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On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Shachar Or <dawnlight@lavabit.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 21 August 2008 14:44, Nishita Desai wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r4 on a Core 2 Duo machine.
>> I am using the AMD64 version. But the install is proceeding v-e-r-y
>> s-l-o-w-l-y. It's already been two hours and I'm still at the
>> partitoner. Can anyone please tell me what could be the matter?
>>
>> I had installed 4.0r3 on my laptop before this, the install was fine.
>
> Perhaps you can try the etchnhalf netinstall.

I have successfully installed i386 version of 4.0r4. Though I would
still like to know why the amd64 one didn't work. And /proc/cpuinfo
shows only one processor. I suppose that is normal for a 32-bit OS?

Thanks to all who replied.

Nishita


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Nishita Desai escreveu:

I have successfully installed i386 version of 4.0r4. Though I would
still like to know why the amd64 one didn't work. And /proc/cpuinfo
shows only one processor. I suppose that is normal for a 32-bit OS?



No, 32 versus 64-bits has nothing to do with the number of
processors/cores. Check your BIOS settings, to see if for some reason
multi-core support is disabled.



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On Thursday 21 August 2008 21:50, Nishita Desai wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Shachar Or <dawnlight@lavabit.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday 21 August 2008 14:44, Nishita Desai wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r4 on a Core 2 Duo machine.
> >> I am using the AMD64 version. But the install is proceeding v-e-r-y
> >> s-l-o-w-l-y. It's already been two hours and I'm still at the
> >> partitoner. Can anyone please tell me what could be the matter?
> >>
> >> I had installed 4.0r3 on my laptop before this, the install was fine.
> >
> > Perhaps you can try the etchnhalf netinstall.
>
> I have successfully installed i386 version of 4.0r4. Though I would
> still like to know why the amd64 one didn't work. And /proc/cpuinfo
> shows only one processor. I suppose that is normal for a 32-bit OS?

It is a waste of bits! Use amd64

What does 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' say?
>
> Thanks to all who replied.
>
> Nishita

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On Thursday 21 August 2008 21:56, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> Nishita Desai escreveu:
> > I have successfully installed i386 version of 4.0r4. Though I would
> > still like to know why the amd64 one didn't work. And /proc/cpuinfo
> > shows only one processor. I suppose that is normal for a 32-bit OS?
>
> No, 32 versus 64-bits has nothing to do with the number of
> processors/cores. Check your BIOS settings, to see if for some reason
> multi-core support is disabled.

And check for BIOS upgrades, perhaps.

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