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lobo
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Forget the caldera distro - that distro is so old it probably won't recognise most of your hardware. You came here for advice, you were advised not to bother, please try to heed the advice.
Give some more information about your hardware. So far we have no idea what you're trying to install on. How many HDDs does it have?
Why did you reinstall again and again and then abort the install, what happened?
What won't boot? Will the Debian disc boot? If so can you boot it and run the text mode installer. Run through a typical install right to the end and tell me what happens. Don't worry about the network mirror, just get the system installed and once you have a command line, you can sort out the rest later. If you get asked about "sudo", don't bother, just enable the root account and set the password.
I'm not psychic, I can try and help you, but I need more details...
Give some more information about your hardware. So far we have no idea what you're trying to install on. How many HDDs does it have?
Why did you reinstall again and again and then abort the install, what happened?
What won't boot? Will the Debian disc boot? If so can you boot it and run the text mode installer. Run through a typical install right to the end and tell me what happens. Don't worry about the network mirror, just get the system installed and once you have a command line, you can sort out the rest later. If you get asked about "sudo", don't bother, just enable the root account and set the password.
I'm not psychic, I can try and help you, but I need more details...