On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Neal Hogan <nealho...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> on 20:34 Thu 17 Feb, Neal Hogan (nealho...@gmail.com) wrote: >>> 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: >>> >> > 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. >> >>> >> >> > 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. >> >> Booting the Debian squeeze netinst ISO under qemu from >> http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.0-i386-netinst.iso >> >> ... the first boot screen reads: >> >> debian >> The Universal Operating System >> >> Installer boot menu >> >> Install >> Graphical install >> Advanced options >> Help >> > > I confirm this. The link's iso that you provide offer those options . > . . my options were > > default install > automated install > expert install > > I'm in the process of getting the iso's that gave me those options >
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.0/kfreebsd-i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.0-kfreebsd-i386-CD-1.iso http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-kfreebsd-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso Those for sure . . . Unfortunately (for me), I can't find the non-(debian gnu/bsd) iso's that failed (given the amount of effor that I'm now willing to put forth). At this point, you have my word, which is not good enough, I know. I want to go eat my wife's birthday cake and watch a movie ;-) >> The default selection is "Install" (the text installer). >> >> >> On booting the installer and proceeding to the root password prompt, >> switching to virtual console #2 (<alt>-<F2>), I find fdisk in /usr/sbin. >> >> >> As my good friend HAL notes: >> >> "Well, I don't think there is any question about it. It can only be >> attributable to human error. This sort of thing has cropped up >> before and it has always been due to human error." >> >> http://www.palantir.net/2001/tma1/wav/error.wav >> >> >> Either you're not using the Debian Squeeze installer, or you're not >> using it correctly. >> >> -- >> Dr. Ed Morbius, Chief Scientist / | >> Robot Wrangler / Staff Psychologist | When you seek unlimited power >> Krell Power Systems Unlimited | Go to Krell! >> >> >> -- >> 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/20110218193314.gn3...@altaira.krellpowersys.exo >> >> > -- 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/aanlktingn6zn0ii_wbgjlfn-bgbbsk2qv0dy3gmku...@mail.gmail.com
