Re: Advice on Debian installation
On 08-07-17, Fungi4All wrote:
> From: sebastian.luna.valero@gmail.com
>
> > Great, many thanks for your quick replies!
> > Will try that, fingers crossed!
>
> Don't listen to those ubuntu haters, nothing will happen.
> Leave it as is. When debian installs its version of grub
> on /dev/sda it will be in control and provide you boot entries
> for win7, ubuntu, and Debian. If you log back to Ubuntu
> and $sudo grub-install /dev/sda
> $sudo update-grub it will gain back control and create
> the same boot entries for all three but ubuntu will be
> first choice. At least this way you will not have to look
> at the ugly green debian snail screen when you wake
> up in the morning! :)
> As long as you are not including an Arch/Manjaro
> installation you will be fine with either grub. I have had
> up to seven of them (it only takes a few kb of space).
> Delete the ubuntu partition and you will be OK!
> Tell this to the ausie guy that installed stretch from scratch and
> lost all networking! 3-4 days ago. At least this man can download
> all the gpg stuff and the deb files that were needed from ubuntu
> and pass them to the half broken isolated debian installation.
> Just keep your fingers crossed and debian might even work
> first time around.
Do you even bother to read other people posts? He wants to install
Debian where Ubuntu install is. He wants to replace it.
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