On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 14:42:27 +0100 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote: > On Vi, 11 feb 22, 15:24:55, Charles Curley wrote: > > > > 1) The graphics are terrible. Both graphical and text mode are > > scrunched into the top third or so of the screen, with two copies > > across the top. They are damn near unreadable. > > That's likely because your graphic chip is not properly recognized > and the OS is using some low resolution. That image is displayed by > the hardware 1:1 on the physical pixels of the screen. Right. But changing from UEFI to legacy boot helped that situation. Go figure. > > > 2) How do I tell it how to pre-seed? In booting I never get access > > to the boot command line. > > Sorry, can't imagine what you mean here. Pre-seeding is a function of > the Debian Installer, which (as far as I recall) is always waiting > for some input at the first menu. There should be an option to get to > a command line by pressing some key. Right. All of these remarks refer to d-i. Sorry I wasn't clear on that. Yes, there should be an option. It wasn't present when I booted to UEFI. D-i went directly to a GUI menu, not the text mode to which I am accustomed. I got the text mode when I changed to legacy support, hit the Help option, and entered my command line stuff there. And, for the record, an interesting occurrence: d-i came up with /dev/sdaX (I think 2??) mounted on /media. Oops. It usually picks up the USB stick I usually have the preseed file on. I umounted and mounted /dev/sdc1, and was able to load my preseed file and continue. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
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