Repeated failure of install of Jessie
Long before I joined this List, I purchased a DVD and a thumb device from
LinuxCollections. The DVD contained the first Jessie DVD, and, I'm guessing,
the thumb device contained the rest.
I kept the same partitions that I had had on my old squeezy install.
the first was /boot, the fifth was /, the sixth was /usr, the seventh
was /var, the eighth was swap, the ninth was /tmp and the tenth was
/home. The sizes I kept from squeezy; all were overly generous(my HD
is one TB.)
I reformatted them all with ext4 at first, then later with
ext3, which what my old system had. [ Sorry for the vague terminology,
I'm writing this on a loaner Windoze box many yards away from my
own machine and documentation. ]
The _many_ install attempts crashed at random points but after a while
they congregated when I tried to choose a kernel. After choosing a kernel
one must then choose the associated drivers. This crashed almost inevitably,
although once I got through to stage where I received a black screen with
the white text prompt 'grub>'. This was before the kernel was booted, and
I have no clue how to use this, even if I once again get this far.
I have tried choosing 'none' for a kernel. But then one must choose an
installer. I've tried choosing grub, even tried using the ancient LILO.
All produce red screens, indicating failures of one kind or other.
I have discovered the informative 'tty4' where the progress of the installation
is more copiously displayed.
And now I'm meandering, for I don't know what further information to give, that
will help the members here to make further suggestions. But I shall be grateful
for any help I receive.
Ala
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