Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection
On 05-03-2014 21:28, Jay Philips wrote:
Hi KiBi,
I would be glad to supply more information, but dont know what the 4th
console is.
You can switch console by pressing Alt+Number of console, for example to
switch to console 4:
ALT+4
I searched online for the phrase but couldnt find any
explanation of it. I checked the errata[1] as you suggested, but
unfortunately it doesnt relate to me as grub isnt getting installed on
my usb and i never get the message "Install the GRUB boot loader to the
master boot record?". When i reach the 'Install the GRUB boot loader on
a hard disk' page, it directly gives me the error. When i attempted to
install lilo instead, i would like to put it, it gave me the message
"Running "/sbin/lilo" failed with the error code "127". It is mentioned
in errata, that "it should be possible to recover using the rescue mode
of the installer". where can i find this rescue mode in the installer?
On the installer boot screen choose "advanced options" then "Rescue mode".
Jay Philips
On 03/05/2014 12:45 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
Hi Jay,
Jay Philips <philipz85@hotmail.com> (2014-03-05):
Package: debian-installer
I was installing debian from the 7.4 64-bit xfce installer and chose
not to setup my internet settings, but during the grub bootloader
installation part, I got the following error "The 'grub-pc' package
failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the
installed system will not boot." There is already a report on this
and it stated that it was fixed <
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=672689 >. I was
installing from a 4gb usb.
any chance you could switch to the 4th console to see if there are more
accurate messages explaining what went wrong when installing grub? Maybe
you suffered from the first item documented in errata[1] and grub failed
to get set up on the installation medium?
1.
https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/debian-installer/index.html#errata
Mraw,
KiBi.
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Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards,
Miguel Figueiredo
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