Re: Installation on external USB harddisk? [and other issues]
On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 04:19:59PM -0300, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * W. Borgert <debacle@debian.org> [2004-05-26 17:58]:
> > - installation with either beta4 or current of 2004-05-24 works,
> > GRUB and/or LILO can be installed on the MBR of /dev/sda, as
> > my collegue did not want to overwrite his /dev/hda-MBR
> > - kernel 2.4 and 2.6 start booting, but are panicking during boot
> > (I can ask, at which point exactly, if this helps)
>
> So the debian-installer kernel boots but then the system doesn't boot?
Well, the installer runs from the CD, while the installed
kernel runs from the USB hard-disk and has to work with the
initrd... I don't know, but maybe there's the problem.
> That's strange since both use the Debian kernel from the archive. Did
> you pass special parameters to d-i? (like "noapic" or so).
No special parameters have been used. I can ask my
colleague to try out some parameters.
> > 1. If the installation failed at some point, one cannot do the
> > "install base system" step again - it fails. Instead one has
> > not only to redo the partition step again, but one has to
> > remove(!) the partition and recreate them. Otherwise cruft
>
> Hmm, when you mark the partition as format and enter the partitioner
> again, is it not formated?
Yes, exactly. At least, it seems so.
> > 2. It would be nice, if the installer gives a friendly warning,
> > if one forgets to create a swap partition :-)
>
> Maybe, although I'm not sure. Many modern machines have enough RAM
> that they don't really need swap. Maybe partman could warn if the
> machine has less than a gig of ram or so.
That would be helpful esp. for new users.
Cheers, WB
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