Re: trying to install bullseye for about 25th time.
On Tue 07 Jun 2022 at 16:24:02 (-0400), gene heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday, 7 June 2022 15:16:16 EDT Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 02:17:08PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> > Fourth: Use the text mode expert install.
>
> I have so far, but powered off to bail out when I couldn't figure out
> what to do next. Before it wrote anything.
> > Document this step by step: write yourself a tasklist and tick off each
> > small step as it completes.
> >
> > As someone who has done, conservatively, 500 installs - many with the
> > text mode installer - it is not as hard as you seem to make it every
> > single time. But, without knowing at what step you fail and precisely
> > what you see when you do fail - what error messages, what it's telling
> > you and what steps you are thinking of taking BEFORE you take them,
> > I'm at a loss to know.
> The D-I needs to grow the capability to mount an otherwise unused drive,
> and store as png's, snapshots of the screen. That way no one can accuse
> me of copy/paste fibbing. I can also take screen shots but the list
> server, even if I could figure out how to get it out of the camera and
> submit them, would justifiably balk at the 5+ megs a pix that would be.
As you're using the advanced text d-i, it's very simple to take
screenshots that you can include in your posts. They will look very
much like the ones I post, because this is how I generate them.
When you get to this screen:
┌────────────────────┤ [?] Load installer components from CD ├────────────────────┐
│ │
│ All components of the installer needed to complete the install will be loaded │
│ automatically and are not listed here. Some other (optional) installer │
│ components are shown below. They are probably not necessary, but may be │
│ interesting to some users. │
│ │
│ Note that if you select a component that requires others, those components │
│ will also be loaded. │
│ │
│ Installer components to load: │
│ │
… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …
│ [ ] nbd-modules-4.9.0-7-686-di: Network Block Device modules ▒ │
│ [*] network-console: Continue installation remotely using SSH ▒ │
│ [ ] ntfs-modules-4.9.0-7-686-di: NTFS filesystem support ▒ │
… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …
│ │
│ <Go Back> <Continue> │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
select "network-console" as shown above.
When the network has been configured, select this option from
the main menu:
Continue installation remotely using SSH
It will ask you to type (twice) a password, and then tell you how to
connect to the d-i from another machine:
┌────────────────┤ [!!] Continue installation remotely using SSH ├────────────────┐
│ │
│ Start SSH │
│ To continue the installation, please use an SSH client to connect to the IP │
│ address 192.168.1.xxx fe80::xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx and log in as the "installer" │
│ user. For example: │
│ │
│ ssh installer@192.168.1.xxx │
│ │
│ The fingerprint of this SSH server's host key is: │
│ │
│ SHA256:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx │
│ │
│ Please check this carefully against the fingerprint reported by your SSH client.│
│ │
│ <Continue> │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
which you do (from xterm on the computer with the most comfortable chair):
┌────────────────────────────┤ [!!] Configuring d-i ├─────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ This is the network console for the Debian installer. From here, you may │
│ start the Debian installer, or execute an interactive shell. │
│ │
│ To return to this menu, you will need to log in again. │
│ │
│ Network console option: │
│ │
│ Start installer │
│ Start installer (expert mode) │
│ Start shell │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Select the middle option here, and then continue installing from
the main menu option:
Set up users and passwords
>From your xterm, you can cut and paste text in the usual manner,
without any problems of image size. If you're used to using the Alt-F2
through F4 screens on the d-i, just login again from another xterm
and choose "Start shell". For an F4-like log, start a shell and type:
# tail -f /var/log/syslog
I always install my systems in this manner from my normal workstation.
PS, I wouldn't try to revert to using the d-i on the original
screen once you're running it remotely, except that you might
find it handy to leave the original screen showing the F4 log.
Cheers,
David.
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