Hi.
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Originally Posted by
Marcus Aurelius
2.) If the processors are "Intel Xeon" CPU's.....then why is it possible to install (as I did with the live cd) this Ubuntu 11.04 version .... ubuntu-11.04-desktop-amd64.iso..... Why would amd64 dvd work with Intel processors?
For some information about Intel, AMD, x86-64, amd64, etc., see
x86-64 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Google and Wikipedia are your friends.
You could join the forum at
Debian User Forums; Index page and post your question there. You may need to be more specific about
freezes on the detecting network hardware screen . Quick guess -- the current version of Debian,
squeeze, does not come with proprietary drivers, so you may need to find a driver for your ethernet and, if the RAID you are describing is hardware and/or fake RAID, then you may need to find one of
those. I know that the installer looks for a DHCP server, but that would after identifying your network capability.
I also recall that there was either: 1) a special CD for installing on troublesome systems, or 2) an install option for that. I haven't needed such a capability for a long time, so you'd need to look for that. Again the Debian forum may be able to help you. (I do know that I had installed Debian on a Dell box that was so old that it did not have USB, and the installer hung there. I told the installer to skip that section by entering an installer message at boot time, and was then able to complete the install.)
We recently installed amd64 Debian squeeze on an Intel 4-core Xeon box, and had no trouble beyond the DHCP issue. We're using that as a virtual machine server, and every OS so far has installed fairly easily, but, of course, that's with some virtualized components (disk, network).
Good luck ... cheers, drl