On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorb...@gmail.com> wrote: > on 19:30 Thu 17 Feb, Neal Hogan (nealho...@gmail.com) wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorb...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > I'll generally constrain my followup to the earlier thread rather than >> > propogating two separate ones. >> > >> > on 18:11 Thu 17 Feb, Neal Hogan (nealho...@gmail.com) wrote: >> >> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorb...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > on 21:01 Wed 16 Feb, Neal Hogan (nealho...@gmail.com) wrote: > >> >> >> Every installation medium that I've tried fails. Those trials include >> >> >> net-install-iso, mini-iso, full-diskOne-iso. . .with both linux and >> >> >> bsd kernels. > >> >> >> Background: I've had Lenny on this particualr machine >> >> >> installing/running just fine. I was able to upgrade from Lenny to >> >> >> Squeeze with no problem. The fresh install is the problem. My machine >> >> >> is an early 2000's HP pavilion (ze4400). Why doesn't the install >> >> >> script partition my hard drive? >> >> > >> >> > Is this the only part of the installation which fails to occur as >> >> > expected? >> >> > >> >> >> >> expected? >> > >> > As opposed to unexpected. >> >> Yes, yes . . . clearly unexpected. The error forces me back to the >> partition stage. I suppose I can choose the next step of the >> installation, but I didn't feel it was appropriate given the lake of >> partitions. > > It's not that you don't have partitions, but that you haven't changed > the state of the partition(s) which previously existed. > > Sometimes staggering on is the better part of valour. >
This is not a quest for the holy grail ;-) > >> >> > Is a filesystem created at all? >> >> > >> >> >> >> Dunno . . . it stops the install. As I've said elsewhere, the >> >> partition failure takes place after the root partition creation. >> > >> > Generally: you should be able to verify the FS creation either from >> > shell on the installation system, or by booting another system (e.g.: >> > Live CD, Knoppix, etc.). >> >> ok . . . felt it was not necessary given that I wanted to create a new table. > > I'm actually a fan of the debootstrap installation method, usually > performed from a Knoppix disk or other bootable media. This gives me a > Debian installation with the support of a full-fledged installation > behind it during the installation process. > > For multiple installs, of course, you'd want to use FAI or similar. > > >> > There's a difference between repartitioning and creating new >> > filesystems. >> > >> >> then why does the install warn about wiping out all of the stuff that >> was on the disk? > > Abundance of caution and all that. > I heeded the caution and said wipe the drive. > People have been known to take dimly to having their data disappeared. > > And both repartitioning and reformatting will generally disappear data > for most purposes. > > > >> >> > Have you tried shelling out (alt-F2 generally) to partition and create >> >> > filesystems yourself? >> >> >> >> yes, fdisk/cfdisk is not an available comand. >> > >> > Hrm.... I thought it was. May be some other utility. Check the usual >> > places (/bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, busybox) for available >> > utilities. >> > >> >> I checked and couldn't find them. I was surprised. > > I'd have to poke around in the installer (and you'd have to indicate > which installer you're using) and/or install package to verify this > myself. Color me surprised though. > whichever installer is in the (x86) net-install, disk-one, mini.iso . . . both linux and BSD kernels . . . from the default debian.org links (i.e., the ones that you get from following the links on debian.org) > >> >> > Are you using the graphical or console installer? >> >> >> >> There was no option. It appeared graphical. >> > >> > You should have the option of selecting at boot time. >> >> I agree > > Agree or not, the option should be presented. You might, say, rather > than being all agreeable and stuff, actually verify this on your > installation media by, say, booting it and checking. > I did . . that is why I said that there was no option and agree that there should be one. I've indicated my install media in response to others and above. Dr Ed, I sincerely appreciate your effort. Honestly, I feel that I've given enough info, given that i had a working system a week ago with Lenny and squeeze (via upgrade) and the fact that I've been able to install other OS's (oBSD, fedora, gentoo) without a problem. I do not want to bother the community with further issue(s) (unless someone really wants to persue this). I thank all those who've taken the time to read my posts and I apologize if I've offended anyone. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinxx_f7g0fmmzhmbezv6kt7lypiojyjhhgnr...@mail.gmail.com
