Installation failed - again - why am I not surprised
Do you want to help?
If no, stop reading now (I don't need more heckling).
What I did:
1 - Booted Windows.
1.1 - Copied the Debian-Gnome Live ISO to an 8-GB USB.
1.2 - Shut down Windows.
2 - Booted Debian-Gnome from 8-GB USB - success!
2.1 - Shut down Debian-Gnome.
3 - Booted Windows.
3.1 - Copied the Debian-LXDE Live ISO to a 1-GB USB.
3.2 - Shut down Windows.
4 - Booted Debian-LXDE from 1-GB USB - success!
4.1 - Shut down Debian-LXDE.
- Objective: Install Debian-LXDE to 8-GB USB -
5 - Removed hard disk (just to be safe).
6 - Booted Debian-LXDE on 1-GB USB.
6.1 - Attempted install to 8-GB USB (overwrite Debian-Gnome already on it).
6.2 - Install failed!
6.3 - My Guess: The 8-GB USB is being automounted.
6.9 - Shut down Debian-LXDE.
7 - Reinserted hard disk.
8 - Booted Windows
8.1 - Wiped out existing 8-GB USB partition.
8.2 - Shut down Windows.
9 - Removed hard disk.
10 - Booted Debian-LXDE on 1-GB USB.
10.1 - Attempted install to 8-GB USB (should have no existing partitions).
10.2 - Install failed!
10.3 - Confirmed: Debian-LXDE automounted the existing 8-GB USB - NO PARTITION! WTF!
10.4 - Unmounted the 8-GB USB.
10.5 - Attempted install to the 8-GB USB.
10.6 - Install failed!
10.7 - Tried to mount 8-GB USB (test).
10.8 - "Error mounting: mount: wrongfs type, bad option, bad Superblock on /dev/sdb2. Missing codepage or helper program, or other error. In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so." - WTF!
10.9 - Shut down Debian-LXDE.
11 - Reinserted my hard disk.
12 - Booted Windows
12.1 - Created a single, FAT-32 partition on 8-GB USB.
12.2 - Shut down Windows.
13 - Removed hard disk.
14 - Booted Debian-LXDE on 1-GB USB.
14.1 - Created 2.5-GB /, 0.5-GB swap, and 5.0-GB /windows (FAT-32).
14.2 - Attempted install to the 8-GB USB (newly partitioned).
14.3 - Install succeeded!
14.4 - Automatic GRUB install failed!
14.5 - Attempted to install LILO.
14.6 - LILO install failed!
Okay, what went wrong:
Automounting got in the way.
Installer did not unmount the filesystems on the target drive.
Automounting got fooled by erased partition.
Mount error message too cryptic - too generic (does not tell what actually happened).
GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help.
Any/all help appreciated except from Lisi Reisz.
Ciao - Mark.
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