"Testing" Install for AMD64?

carlosinfl · 11-21-2005, 12:20 PM

I am running an AMD 64 Athlon (3800+) and would like to know if this is the correct link I need to use for "Etch" 64 bit OS on my PC. I would like to do the "Net-Install" so I can get the latest / more recent packages this way after I edit my "sources.list".

Thanks for any point in the right direction.

Que_273 · 11-21-2005, 01:33 PM

The debian-amd64 mailing list has shown this as the link to testing images.
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimag...g/daily/amd64/
and hence for the netist image.
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimag...64-netinst.iso

The list has often recommended this netinstall image put together by one of the subscribers/developers.
http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/amd64...12-netinst.iso Its ~ 90MB but is a sarge distribution. It has helped some people get over troublesome install images. If you do use a sarge installer, like this, you can still change the /etc/apt/sources.list file quite soon after and install testing packages

carlosinfl · 11-21-2005, 04:20 PM

So which of the 3 link that you posted above should I use?

Que_273 · 11-21-2005, 04:26 PM

Try #2 first

but if you have trouble try the 3rd.
SATA drives are often a problem. If you do have problems you might find someone with similar hardware by searching the lists at http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/

carlosinfl · 11-21-2005, 04:28 PM

I will give it a shot and see. Does Debian use seperate sources for testing on the 64 OS or the same sources as the 32?

Que_273 · 11-21-2005, 04:33 PM

The AMD64 port is not "official" unfortunately so it has slightly different mirrors.
The list is here http://amd64.debian.net/README.mirrors.html

If you haven't got it already, there is some useful info in the howto