Re: squeeze fails to install

["Dr. Ed Morbius" <dredmorbius@gmail.com>]

on 20:34 Thu 17 Feb, Neal Hogan (nealhogan@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorbius@gmail.com> wrote:
> > on 19:30 Thu 17 Feb, Neal Hogan (nealhogan@gmail.com) wrote:
> >> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorbius@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > on 18:11 Thu 17 Feb, Neal Hogan (nealhogan@gmail.com) wrote:
> >> >> 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:

> >> >> >> 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.

> >> >> > Are you using the graphical or console installer?
> >> >>
> >> >> There was no option. It appeared graphical.
> >> >
> >> > You should have the option of selecting at boot time.
> >>
> >> I agree
> >
> > Agree or not, the option should be presented.  You might, say, rather
> > than being all agreeable and stuff, actually verify this on your
> > installation media by, say, booting it and checking.
> >
> 
> I did . . that is why I said that there was no option and agree that
> there should be one. I've indicated my install media in response to
> others and above.

Booting the Debian squeeze netinst ISO under qemu from
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.0-i386-netinst.iso

... the first boot screen reads:

   debian
   The Universal Operating System

   Installer boot menu

   Install
   Graphical install
   Advanced options
   Help

The default selection is "Install" (the text installer).


On booting the installer and proceeding to the root password prompt,
switching to virtual console #2 (<alt>-<F2>), I find fdisk in /usr/sbin.


As my good friend HAL notes:  

    "Well, I don't think there is any question about it. It can only be
    attributable to human error. This sort of thing has cropped up
    before and it has always been due to human error." 

    http://www.palantir.net/2001/tma1/wav/error.wav


Either you're not using the Debian Squeeze installer, or you're not
using it correctly.

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