Re: Installation failed - and failed again...
Brian wrote:
> Had the USB hard drive been used instead of the 8-GB USB and *exactly*
> the same install attempted it too would have failed. The nature or size
> of the device being installed to is immaterial, as is whether it is a
> text mode or GUI install. The only thing that matters is that the device
> has previously had an isohybrid ISO written to it.
[...]
> Write a netinst image to two USB devices. Boot from one device and
> install to the second one. Try text and GUI modes. It's about an hour's
> work at most.
But will this happen even if one formats the partition holding the iso?
What if the installation proccess is done normally, the target device that
happens to hold the iso is partitioned and all the partitions are
formatted? When grub gets to be installed, in the last installation step,
all the information that an iso existed before is gone, or no?
Anyway, it must be said that you did an impressive investigation with very
scarce resources to say the least, Brian!
João Luis.
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