Re: squeeze fails to install
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorbius@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
I confirm this. The link's iso that you provide offer those options .
. . my options were
default install
automated install
expert install
I'm in the process of getting the iso's that gave me those options
> 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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