Re: squeeze fails to install
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Neal Hogan <nealhogan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.0/kfreebsd-i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.0-kfreebsd-i386-CD-1.iso
http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-kfreebsd-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso
Those for sure . . . Unfortunately (for me), I can't find the
non-(debian gnu/bsd) iso's that failed (given the amount of effor that
I'm now willing to put forth). At this point, you have my word, which
is not good enough, I know.
I want to go eat my wife's birthday cake and watch a movie ;-)
>> 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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