Re: squeeze fails to install
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorbius@gmail.com> wrote:
> on 21:01 Wed 16 Feb, Neal Hogan (nealhogan@gmail.com) wrote:
>> I have another thread started that is not getting much traffic given
>> the significance of the situation: installation.
>>
>> Every installation medium that I've tried fails. Those trials include
>> net-install-iso, mini-iso, full-diskOne-iso. . .with both linux and
>> bsd kernels.
>>
>> What information do those that know anything about the install of the
>> latest "stable" release need to know to fix this issue? There have
>> been a few (if not several) other threads dealing with installation of
>> squeeze. Was this tested?
>
> How about:
>
> - System onto which you're installing.
I'm not sure what "onto" means. I'm attempting the x86 install.
> - Specific error message(s) encountered during installation.
>
You saw this in my other thread. it fails oto partition.
>> Background: I've had Lenny on this particualr machine
>> installing/running just fine. I was able to upgrade from Lenny to
>> Squeeze with no problem. The fresh install is the problem. My machine
>> is an early 2000's HP pavilion (ze4400). Why doesn't the install
>> script partition my hard drive?
>
> Is this the only part of the installation which fails to occur as
> expected?
>
expected?
> Is a filesystem created at all?
>
Dunno . . . it stops the install. As I've said elsewhere, the
partition failure takes place after the root partition creation.
> Is the hard drive already partitioned?
>
ya (with Lenny), but I don't care about those partitoins. I want to
wipe them out.
> How large is the hard drive?
>
100G
> Does the rest of the installation complete or not?
>
Dunno. . . I didn;t feel it reasonable to contintue with the instal if
my disk isn't partitioned.
> Have you tried shelling out (alt-F2 generally) to partition and create
> filesystems yourself?
yes, fdisk/cfdisk is not an available comand.
>
> Are you using the graphical or console installer?
>
There was no option. It appeared graphical.
> Installation messages are logged as well:
>
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s01.html.en
>
>> As you can see, I'm rather frustrated. I've enjoyed the debian
>> experience up to this point. I don't mind working to get things done,
>> but my issue seems to be a rather big deal (i.e., squeeze can't
>> install on a machine that has worked).
>>
>> I understand that the majorty of folks on this list are not devs, but
>> the devs who do subscribe *should* take notice. No?
>
> As others have noted: file a bug against debian-installer. That's how
> devs hear about things. This list is for user-to-user (and occasionally
> dev-to-user) support.
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