Re: Installing jessie on laptop from usb live iso
On Thursday 05 May 2016 08:19:58 Ralph Sanchez wrote:
> After rereading the last response i got, i see why their issue is similar,
> but the solution cant be used here because even if i had wheezy installed
> before, im past the point where the hdd gets overwritten with random data.
This is a fat lot of help now, but this is the sort of thing why I don't
install from the Live CD.
I would try to use a net-install USB (WITH all the firmware) if you have
access to the internet. You can install on a pre-prepared HDD. If getting a
suitable USB is a problem, and you have the time to wait for the snail-mail,
I would happily send you one.
I did once recently, when I had to abort an installation, get nowhere until I
had wiped (no, that is not a technical term, partitioned and formatted the
drive again from and independent source (I used Gparted from a Knoppix Live
CD).
Lisi
>
> On Thursday, May 5, 2016, Ralph Sanchez <rwsanchez3@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Update: like i said, i am running from the install from within the Live
> > boot from usb. I configured network, partitioning, etc and got to
> > installing system. Bar is about 95 percent full and says retreiving file
> > 1 of 2 when it switches to a windows saying :: /media/cdrom/:Please
> > insert the disc labeled: 'Debian GNU/Linux 8 _jessie_-Official Snapshot
> > amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20160402-2159' in the drive '/media/cdrom/' and
> > press enter. Wtf.....i dont have a cd drive, my hdd is now wiped
> > and encrypted, and any attempt to say download the net iso or the cd1 kde
> > iso and install it on another usb using the cp debain.iso dev/sbX command
> > recommended in the manual for burning a iso from within linux fails
> > saying i dont have permission for sdX, sdc in this case, although i can
> > save files to it in a normal fashion. What gives here? What can i
> > possibly do short of buying an external reader and locating cds, which
> > isnt going to happen!
> >
> > On Wednesday, May 4, 2016, Ralph Sanchez <rwsanchez3@gmail.com
> >
> > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rwsanchez3@gmail.com');>> wrote:
> >> Thanks but no, thats not the issue...i am installing from a live iso
> >> image booted from usb, went to the installer in the live boot, got all
> >> the way through the overwrite, partitioning and encryption and then got
> >> a message telling me to insert such and such debian jessie cd in cdrom
> >>
> >> On Wednesday, May 4, 2016, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> >>> On Wed 04 May 2016 at 20:50:32 (-0400), Ralph Sanchez wrote:
> >>> > Ok, so i have followed the installation manual to the t so far, and
> >>>
> >>> after
> >>>
> >>> > overwritong with random data, confirming the partitions, and
> >>>
> >>> installing the
> >>>
> >>> > system, the installer is asking me insert a debian live cd into my
> >>>
> >>> cdrom
> >>>
> >>> > that doesnt exist! Whats going on here and what do i do?
> >>>
> >>> Would something along the lines of
> >>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/01/msg01117.html
> >>> help? This is to get it to use the USB stick where it's
> >>> trying to use a CDROM (but with the installer rather than
> >>> a live CD).
> >>>
> >>> Apologies if that's not your problem.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> David.
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