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Re: Installation failed

On 2013/3/1 1:54 PM, Shane Johnson wrote:

Mark,
There is a specific method to install to USB.  Please see :

http://wiki.debian.org/BootUsb


Thank you, Shane. I did use 'dd' to write the Debian Live ISOs to USBs and that did work (though the documentation for 'dd' was wrong). A gentleman on the debian-live list helped me.

What didn't work was this: When I attempted to install from one (booted) USB (running Debian-LXDE) to another USB, after much fiddling, I managed to get the install to copy over the operating system (took over 1/2 hour), but then it failed trying to write GRUB or LILO.


Otherwise, you can use the instructions included here :

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual

To install to a HD.  (There are many different options.)

Please be aware that (to my knowledge) those who respond on this list do so
on a volunteer basis.  Please be pleasant and courteous.

Thank you
Shane



On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Mark Filipak
<markfilipak.linux@gmail.com>wrote:


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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