Re: How to test Debian Edu Jessie using the current ISO (recipe for workarounds)
Hi Petter!
Thx for this great discription.
I happened to install 1 tjener+ltsp and 2 stand-alone-machines. Here's
my report:
tjener:
started on my home-server with desktop=xfce and chose german and
auto-partitioning
left the pc after chosing tjener/ltsp (after editing
/usr/bin/edu-eatmydata-install) for _very_ slow operation (ASUS
mainboard with AMD E-350)
didn'get the question for grub
after reboot (next day) had to re-order networkinterfaces in
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
and fix dns-nameserver entry in
/etc/network/interfaces
from 127.0.0.1 to 10.0.0.1 to get connected to internet
education-desktop-xfce was already installed
started apt-get update/upgrade/dist-upgrade and again left the machine
Till now, i had no time for testing xfce-environment
stand-alone:
started installation with defaults, german and auto-partitioning
after chosing stand-alone-machine (after editing
/usr/bin/edu-eatmydata-install) installation finished without any
question. Cloned the machine with clonezilla, changed hostname and both
run well with KDE.
kind regards
readU
Frank
Am 26.09.2014 um 11:45 schrieb Petter Reinholdtsen:
> Hi.
>
> The status of the Jessie system is tracked on
> <URL: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Jessie >, and there are
> several fatal problems blocking testing. But if you want to test
> anyway, here is a recipe on how to get the installation limping along.
>
> First, download the ISO
> <URL: ftp://ftp.skolelinux.no/cd-edu-testing-nolocal-netinst/debian-edu-amd64-i386-NETINST-1.iso >
> (or http, or rsync). The ISO build is currently broken, so we do not
> get a new ISO every 12 hours or so, but thankfully the ISO we got is
> able to install.
>
> When you get to the profile question, go to tty2 (Alt-Ctrl-F2), run
>
> nano /usr/bin/edu-eatmydata-install
>
> and add 'exit 0' as the second line, disabling the eatmydata
> optimization.
>
> When you get the grub question at the end, answer /dev/sda (or if this
> do not work, figure out what your correct value would be. All my
> tests need /dev/sda, so I have no advice if it do not fit your need.
>
> If you installed a profile including a graphical desktop, log in as
> root after the initial boot from hard drive, and install the
> education-desktop-XXX metapackage. XXX can be kde, gnome, lxde, xfce
> or mate. If you want several desktop options, install more than one
> metapackage. Once this is done, reboot and you should have a working
> graphical login screen.
>
> I believe the ISO build will start working on two days when the new
> tasksel package enter testing and Steve McIntyre get a chance to
> update the debian-cd git repository. The eatmydata, grub and desktop
> issues are already fixed in unstable and testing, and should show up
> on the ISO as soon as the ISO build start working again.
>
> I hope this get you going with the installation testing, as we are
> quickly running out of time trying to get our Jessie based
> installation ready before the distribution freeze in a month.
>
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