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Hi!
I'm beginner in Linux and ask for support in first installation.
I got the old Compaq Armada 1130T sligtly upgrated:
- Petnium 120 MHz
- 48 M RAM (extended)
- 6.5 G HD (extended, empty)
- FDD
- no CD
- PCMCIA LAN card by Compex.
My intention was to install Stable Debian by net installation with floppy installer.
Last 2 days all my attempts to start installation faced the same result:

Press F1 for help, or ENTER to boot:
Loading Linux...................
Loading initrd.gz....
At that point all hangs up.

Could you advice what shall I do to proceede with installation, please.

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Debian installation to old

Submitted by pinniped on Wed, 2008-01-30 15:13.

Check out this website to see if there are already special instructions for loading Linux onto that machine (there is a link somewhere on that page):

http://www.linux-laptops.org/

Other options that might help include:
noapic noacpi noapm

Use the [F1]..[F6] keys when the installer screen is up and you will get instructions on how to add such options when you boot.

Another thing that causes such a hang is a bad CD (or bad CD drive). If you have another Linux machine, you can get the md5 sum of the CD and compare with the original iso image:
md5sum /dev/cd (or something like that).
Also check that the md5 sum of your original iso image is what the download site says it should be.

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