The non-graphical needs work too: There's no manual partitioning option without going first to guided partitioning, so if you don't like the way it wants to partition the drive, and you look for manual parition, that option is not available. Odly enough the manual partition option is only available inside the guided partition options. There's a false warning about no root file system defined. Chosing "continue" gets you back to the partition options, and the root partition shows normal, but if you chose the root partition to fix it, there are a lot of options missing. It's broken. You have to choose "back", or "guided" partitioning to fix it. So if you want to follow along for the ride, put the 10.1.0 Live Install CD in, and when you get to the partition option, Graphical Debian Installer Language, and other stuff :-) Guided Use Entire Disk Continue on selected disk All files on on partition Click on Swap Delete the partition Click on Primary Extention 4 Resize partition There is no resize partition. Really??? So I guess we will have to delete the partition Delete Partition Create Partition There is no create partition. Click on empty space. Create Partition Continue Primary Looks good. Continue. Ext4 Didn't we just see this same page before? Continue Ext 4 Ok, we are going in circles here. Around and around we go, where we stop nobody knows. Done setting up partition Good we are not going in circles any more. Continue We are going in circles again. Continue Finish partitioning, and write changes to disk. no swap continue yes write to disk continue Finally it's installing. Now let's try it with Debian live 9.2.0 Graphical Installer Language, and other stuff :-) Guided Use Entire Disk Continue on selected disk All files in one partition Click on main disk Nothing happens. Double click on main disk. What's this??? Go back. Click on Swap Nothing happens. That's fine. Double click on swap Delete partition. Double click on ext4 Resize Partition What no resize option??? Delete partition Click on free space Create new partition Looks good Continue Primary Continue Oh yes this is where it goes in circles. Hey look there is a resize partition option whey was it not there before? Done setting up partition. Looks good Continue. Oh yes this is where we go in circles again. Finish partition and write to disk. No swap continue What?? why is "write the changes to disk" in small dim letters? So after reading all the other not so clear stuff I see the "write the changes to disk", oh there it is, yes, do it. What??? yes the hard drive has files on it, yes it will overwrite, yes I know that, but why is it complaining that those files could cause a problem with the current installation ????? And some of the files may be overwritten??? They should all be overwritten. Something is obviously wrong here. I'll click continue anyway. :-) Install failed. It does not really say why. It just said that the "install the system" failed. Continue Continue We are going in circles again. It is again saying that there are files already on the disk. No Back button. What happened to the "back" button ??? Continue Yes of course it fails. Continue Partition disk It looks good, but click on ext4 partition anyway. "Format partition: no keep partition" What???? Delete the partition Click on free space Nothing happens. Double click on free space. Nothing happens. Continue Create new partition (There's no "Delet partiton") Size looks good Continue Primary I can see that it is really not going to create a partition, it is going to reuse the partition with data on it. But at least now there is an option to "delet partition" Delete Partition Click on free space Create new partition. Size looks good. Continue Primary It still does not look right, but let's try clicking on "Done setting up the partition" and see if it works. Done setting up the partition Double clicking did not do anything. Continue Let's go back and try double clicking again. Back Whoa What are we doing back at the main menue. I'm tired of this. Goodby. I'm using the non-graphical version from now on. Wayne Sallee Wayne@WayneSallee.com http://www.WayneSallee.com -------- Original Message -------- *Subject: * Re: Debian Installer, Manual Partitioning is a Joke *From: * Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> *To: * Debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> *CC: * *Date: * 2019-10-2 08:28 AM
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