On Thursday, 9 June 2022 00:33:33 EDT David Wright wrote: > 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 > instal...@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.
This IS my normal workstation. But I imagine that I could reverse the path from one of my Dells dedicated to a task. Only one has a comfy chair though, the one normally running my biggest milling machine, out in the garage. I'll take my coffee cup out and try this from there. > 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. > > . printed FFR, thanks David. I was not aware that all that was possible. Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis
