Re: How to get Jessie to run at boot time -- Problem solved
On Sun 11 Sep 2016 at 15:17:00 -0400, Alan McConnell wrote:
> On Sun 11 Sep 2016 at 11:13:45 -0400, Alan McConnell wrote:
>
> > Addendum: during my Jessie install, the install program commented at one point:
> > "There doesn't seem to be any other OS on your system". Jeez!! I hope some
> > maintainer reads this complaint and Debian works hard to make sure that the
>
> What is the exact name and version of this OS which is not found?
> <LOL> Windows 10. If there is a more exact name, I don't know it.
Deconstruction of this statement follows:
I do not know. I am unable to extract information from any OS. But I am
really good at moaning about them. You will get no help from me, don't
bother me.
> > operation of installing a second OS(Linux) on a Windoze box is as easy and
> > error-proof as it is possible to make it.
>
> 1. As a user do
>
> dpkg -l | grep grub
>
> Please post the output of this command.
>
> 2. Suppose there are four packages listed. As root do
>
> apt-get --reinstall install <package_name>
>
> for each package
>
> <package_name> is in the second column of the 'dpkg -l' output.
>
> So, for example
>
> apt-get --reinstall install grub-common
> apt-get --reinstall install grub-pc
> apt-get --reinstall install grub-pc-bin
> apt-get --reinstall install grub2-common
>
> is what I would do on my machine. For the grub-pc reinstall please post
> the lines which begin "Found ....." in the output.
>
> 3. As root run the command
>
> os-prober
>
> and post its output.
>
> Why? why all this? What good will it do? to anyone? To do this I'd have
> to get out of this URL(mail.his.com), shut down my Windoze, reboot to Jessie,
> copy the output you are requesting to a piece of paper, and then get back here.(*)
Deconstruction of this statement follows:
You are asking questions. Questions are awkward - you have to give
answers; I do not want to participate in giving answers. Just take
some notice of me and give me what I want without all this palaver.
> May I ask: are you the Debian installation maintainer? if you are, I'd be
> happy to work with you.
Having chosen to post to debian-user you cannot even work with the
process here. What chance would there be of a working relationship if
you thought you were talking to the Debian Leader.
> (*) Many years ago, when I ran a dual boot machine of Linux and MS-DOS, I used to be
> able to mount the MS-DOS partition from my Linux system, and copy file to and from it.
> I'm going to try that, when next I (re)boot into Jessie.
Deconstruction of this statement follows:
Redirection. I've managed to avoid answering anything but I can still
go down fighting and introduce something irrelevant. Do I have to stew
in my own juice?
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