[ale] Old IBM PC, DBAN, than nothing?!

[JK]

Jeremy Phillips wrote:
> So i used Derick's Boot and Nuke to wipe a drive. The system beeps when
> starting up DBAN but the wipe runs successfully. Afterward I put in Debian's
> install disk, (proven to be in working condition) the system beeps, the
> CD-ROM spins for a second than stops, and finally I see a flashing
> underscore in the upper left.
> 
> I realize that DBAN is not warrantied or anything so I have tried to boot up
> with other un-DBANed drives as well.
> 
> I don't see why one flavor of Linux would boot and another wouldn't.
> 
> Any ideas how this can happen or what I should do?


Foobar'd Debian install CD?

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