Re: Installation Process

2025-04-05 Thread Jerome BENOIT
data (basically your HOME directory) on an external support. Note that if you just want to have a look on how Debian can work on your box, you want to play with a Debian live-cd. You do not need to erase anything, the installation process will overwrite whatever it needs. That includes the root

Re: Installation Process

2025-04-05 Thread Nicolas George
Ife Wright (HE12025-03-28): > I want to install debian but I don't understand why I have to erase > everything on my hard disk to do it,I just want to install without erasing > my hard disk You do not need to erase anything, the installation process will overwrite whatever it needs.

Re: Installation Process

2025-03-30 Thread Byunghee HWANG
Ife Wright writes: > I want to install debian but I don't understand why I have to erase > everything on my hard disk to do it,I just want to install without erasing my > hard disk Alternatively, you can leverage cloud VMs such as Google Compute Engine. Sincerely, Byunghee signature.asc D

Re: Installation Process

2025-03-28 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:11:08 -0400 Ife Wright wrote: > I want to install debian but I don't understand why I have to erase > everything on my hard disk to do it,I just want to install without > erasing my hard disk You do not have to erase everything already on your disk. I use the netinst insta

Re: Installation Process

2025-03-28 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
ion/virtualbox/, on Windows. Tim > > You do not need to erase anything, the installation process will > overwrite whatever it needs. That includes the root data structures of > most anything that could already been there, so the rest, the data that > will not have been overwritten,

Re: Installation Process

2025-03-28 Thread David Christensen
On 3/28/25 10:11, Ife Wright wrote: I want to install debian but I don't understand why I have to erase everything on my hard disk to do it,I just want to install without erasing my hard disk It sounds like what you want is "dual boot" -- e.g. a bootable disk drive with more than one operatin

Installation Process

2025-03-28 Thread Ife Wright
I want to install debian but I don't understand why I have to erase everything on my hard disk to do it,I just want to install without erasing my hard disk

Re: Install backport during netinstall installation process

2019-06-24 Thread andreimpopescu
On Jo, 16 mai 19, 14:01:43, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > I've been struggling to fully setup some machines with A2SDi-8C-HLN4F > motherboards and Intel x553 NICs (which require recent ixgbe support) as > Debian stable machines. > > Thanks to considerable help from this list, I've been able to > su

Re: Install backport during netinstall installation process

2019-05-17 Thread Brian
On Thu 16 May 2019 at 14:01:43 +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: [...] > Consequently I'd be grateful to know if: > > * it is possible to somehow install the backport kernel and dependencies > during the netinstall process > (apt-get install doesn't seem available on the virtual terminals)

Re: Install backport during netinstall installation process

2019-05-17 Thread Curt
On 2019-05-17, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: >> >> I'm sure someone here can offer you the exact details of how to do that. > > Thanks again for the advice. > > I'm pretty sure dpkg isn't available in /target but I didn't try a > chroot so maybe I'll give that another go! Well, it's what seems to h

Re: Install backport during netinstall installation process

2019-05-17 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 17/05/19, Curt (cu...@free.fr) wrote: > On 2019-05-17, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > On 16/05/19, Curt (cu...@free.fr) wrote: > >> On 2019-05-16, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > >> > > >> > * it is possible to somehow install the backport kernel and dependencies > >> > during the netinstall pr

Re: Install backport during netinstall installation process

2019-05-17 Thread Curt
On 2019-05-17, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > On 16/05/19, Curt (cu...@free.fr) wrote: >> On 2019-05-16, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: >> > >> > Consequently I'd be grateful to know if: >> > >> > * it is possible to somehow install the backport kernel and dependencies >> > during the netinstall proc

Re: Install backport during netinstall installation process

2019-05-17 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 16/05/19, Curt (cu...@free.fr) wrote: > On 2019-05-16, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > > > Consequently I'd be grateful to know if: > > > > * it is possible to somehow install the backport kernel and dependencies > > during the netinstall process > > (apt-get install doesn't seem available

Re: Install backport during netinstall installation process

2019-05-16 Thread Curt
On 2019-05-16, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > Consequently I'd be grateful to know if: > > * it is possible to somehow install the backport kernel and dependencies > during the netinstall process > (apt-get install doesn't seem available on the virtual terminals) I guess preseeding is one wa

Install backport during netinstall installation process

2019-05-16 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I've been struggling to fully setup some machines with A2SDi-8C-HLN4F motherboards and Intel x553 NICs (which require recent ixgbe support) as Debian stable machines. Thanks to considerable help from this list, I've been able to successfully setup the machines over the net using buster/testing net

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2014-01-05 Thread Rick Thomas
'd like to be able to >> ssh/slogin/scp to the installation process so I can retrieve log >> files and otherwise snoop the process when the keyboard/mouse are >> frozen. >> >> This is part of my pursuit of Bug#728936, which renders it impossible >> to do

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/12/13 13:26, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh > server during the installation? Yes. > I'd like to be able to > ssh/slogin/scp to the installation process so I can retrieve log > files and otherwise snoop the pr

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-10 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 08:57:05PM -0800, Rick Thomas a écrit : > > Do I have to build my own CD? Or is there some way I can use a standard > netinst CD, put a magic parameter on the boot command line and maybe > something (what?) on a handy USB stick, and have it all fall into place? > > This s

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-08 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 8, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 06:26:33PM -0800, Rick Thomas a écrit : >> >> Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh server during >> the installation? I'd like to be able to ssh/slogin/scp to the

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-08 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 06:26:33PM -0800, Rick Thomas a écrit : > > Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh server during > the installation? I'd like to be able to ssh/slogin/scp to the installation > process so I can retrieve log files and otherwise

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-08 Thread Rick Thomas
6 and AMD64 installs > >> I'd like to be able to >> ssh/slogin/scp to the installation process so I can retrieve log >> files and otherwise snoop the process when the keyboard/mouse are >> frozen. >> >> This is part of my pursuit of Bug#728936, whi

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/12/13 13:26, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh > server during the installation? Yes - at least with the i386 and AMD64 installs > I'd like to be able to > ssh/slogin/scp to the installation process so I can retr

Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-08 Thread Rick Thomas
Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh server during the installation? I'd like to be able to ssh/slogin/scp to the installation process so I can retrieve log files and otherwise snoop the process when the keyboard/mouse are frozen. This is part of my pursuit o

Re: Customizing the kernel installation process

2010-04-05 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:00:58 -0400 (EDT), Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> ... >> I have a document on my web page which addresses the subject of >> creating a custom kernel for Debian. >> ... >> I welcome all comments. > > What about this: > http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRebuildAnOf

Re: Customizing the kernel installation process

2010-04-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, Apr 04 2010, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 14:19:08 -0400 (EDT), Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 04 2010, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: >>> >>> for the longest time I have downloaded the kernel tarball and built >>> outside of debian. however I'd like to use the debian nvi

Re: Customizing the kernel installation process

2010-04-04 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 14:19:08 -0400 (EDT), Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Sun, Apr 04 2010, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: >> >> for the longest time I have downloaded the kernel tarball and built >> outside of debian. however I'd like to use the debian nvidia packages, >> so I'm trying to build the kernel

Re: Customizing the kernel installation process

2010-04-04 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 13:04:34 -0400 (EDT), Brian D. wrote: > On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:00:58 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> I welcome all comments. Am I full of excrement? Is there something >>> missing? What can be improved? I am especially interested in >>> hearing f

Re: Customizing the kernel installation process

2010-04-04 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:34:13 -0400 (EDT), Paul E Condon wrote: > One of the reasons for boot > problems in general is the lack of stablity in the names assigned > by the kernel to SCSI devices. Lilo seems to require that you know > at lilo-update time what the kernel will think the name of a > devi

Re: Customizing the kernel installation process

2010-04-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, Apr 04 2010, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:00:58 -0500 > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > for the longest time I have downloaded the kernel tarball and built > outside of debian. however I'd like to use the debian nvidia packages, > so I'm trying to build the kernel in th

Re: Customizing the kernel installation process

2010-04-04 Thread briand
On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:00:58 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: > > I welcome all comments. Am I full of excrement? Is there something > > missing? What can be improved? I am especially interested in > > hearing from lilo users. lilo user here. works great. The _only_ go

Re: Customizing the kernel installation process

2010-04-04 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
steps, "Step 10: Customize the Kernel Installation Process", is of interest even to people who only run stock kernels, especially if they run lilo. In response to recent problem reports, I have totally re-written that Step and updated the document on the Internet just today. (If you have loo

Re: Customizing the kernel installation process

2010-04-03 Thread Paul E Condon
ject of > creating a custom kernel for Debian. But one of the steps, > "Step 10: Customize the Kernel Installation Process", is of > interest even to people who only run stock kernels, especially > if they run lilo. In response to recent problem reports, I have > totally

Customizing the kernel installation process

2010-04-03 Thread Stephen Powell
omize the Kernel Installation Process", is of interest even to people who only run stock kernels, especially if they run lilo. In response to recent problem reports, I have totally re-written that Step and updated the document on the Internet just today. (If you have looked at the page before,

Re: Debian Installation Process ?s

2008-03-20 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/20/08 21:41, Tim Channon wrote: > Rick Kalkowski wrote: > >> Any other tips greatly appreciated. If I can't get this to work, I'll >> just junk the PC, but seems like a waste given my son's (4yr old) >> facination w/computers. > > I might get s

Re: Debian Installation Process ?s

2008-03-20 Thread Tim Channon
Rick Kalkowski wrote: Any other tips greatly appreciated. If I can't get this to work, I'll just junk the PC, but seems like a waste given my son's (4yr old) facination w/computers. I might get shot for saying this, Edubuntu is Debian based and aimed at children. http://www.edubuntu.org/ F

Re: Debian Installation Process ?s

2008-03-19 Thread Preston Boyington
Rick Kalkowski wrote: I've got an old WinXP lap-top I'd like to resurrect for my son to use What is the brand and model of the laptop? places like: http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ are usually a good place to start. > When I crank up the PC now, it's asking me for an admin password (that's

Re: Debian Installation Process ?s

2008-03-19 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/19/08 13:50, Rick Kalkowski wrote: > I've got an old WinXP lap-top I'd like to resurrect for my son to use > for games, internet, etc. I'm ready to wipe the drive and convert it to > linux, but I'm not sure how to get started. When I crank up th

Debian Installation Process ?s

2008-03-19 Thread Rick Kalkowski
I've got an old WinXP lap-top I'd like to resurrect for my son to use for games, internet, etc. I'm ready to wipe the drive and convert it to linux, but I'm not sure how to get started. When I crank up the PC now, it's asking me for an admin password (that's been long since forgotten). Can an

Re: Installation process and optional predefined collections of package

2007-06-14 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 05:09:27PM +0200, Bruno Costacurta wrote: > > during the installation process, there is the opportunity to select > predefined > collections of software to set up ie. 'Desktop environment' .. etc .. > > Is it possible to re-run this ap

Re: Installation process and optional predefined collections of package

2007-06-14 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 17:09:27 +0200, Bruno Costacurta wrote: > Hello to all, > > during the installation process, there is the opportunity to select > predefined > collections of software to set up ie. 'Desktop environment' .. etc .. > > Is it possible t

Installation process and optional predefined collections of package

2007-06-14 Thread Bruno Costacurta
Hello to all, during the installation process, there is the opportunity to select predefined collections of software to set up ie. 'Desktop environment' .. etc .. Is it possible to re-run this application after installation ? And how ? Many thanks. Bye, Bruno -- PGP key ID: 0x2e

Re: software part of installation process

2007-02-17 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
installation but am not sure it is fully functional. The > display at the top of the screen says > > "Actions Undo Package..." > > but alt-A, alt-U, etc on my keyboard don't do anything. Ctrl-t gets you up to the menus. > >(2) I understand the normal install

Re: software part of installation process

2007-02-17 Thread Charles Blair
kage..." but alt-A, alt-U, etc on my keyboard don't do anything. (2) I understand the normal installation process includes an automatic installation of X that tries to automatically figure out configuration of my hardware. Within "aptitude," I have chosen "Tasks", &qu

Re: Software part of installation process

2007-02-14 Thread Chris Lale
Charles Blair wrote: I am trying to install debian on a machine that does not have network access. I booted from the first disk of a 15-CD set and was told it could not find my hard disk. I downloaded (using a different machine) a "netinst" version of etch, and was able to do a hard disk

Re: Software part of installation process

2007-02-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 03:16:17PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > Charles Blair wrote: > >I am trying to install debian on a machine that does not have > > network access. > > > >I booted from the first disk of a 15-CD set and was told it could > > not find my hard disk. I downloaded (using a d

Re: Software part of installation process

2007-02-14 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Blair wrote: >I am trying to install debian on a machine that does not have > network access. > >I booted from the first disk of a 15-CD set and was told it could > not find my hard disk. I downloaded (using a different machine) > a "

Software part of installation process

2007-02-14 Thread Charles Blair
I am trying to install debian on a machine that does not have network access. I booted from the first disk of a 15-CD set and was told it could not find my hard disk. I downloaded (using a different machine) a "netinst" version of etch, and was able to do a hard disk partition and basic ins

Re: Partitioning problem on ACER ASPIRE 5672WLMi during installation process

2007-01-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/01/07 03:57), glycerin wrote: > I I try this way the guided partitioning try to use all my disk and in > the other steps there isn't a way to use a manual partiotioning. > > Any other advice? > > On (16/01/07 17:06), Gabriele Cicala wrote: > > > I while I try to install Debian Etch using th

Re: Partitioning problem on ACER ASPIRE 5672WLMi during installation process

2007-01-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/01/07 03:38), glycerin wrote: > I've tryed this way but nothing is possible. > I didn't find anything where I can set the partition manually and > preserve the old one. > > Any new advice? What medium are you using to boot? If sarge (3.1) try typing expert26 at the boot prompt; this shoul

Re: Partitioning problem on ACER ASPIRE 5672WLMi during installation process

2007-01-17 Thread glycerin
Hi. I I try this way the guided partitioning try to use all my disk and in the other steps there isn't a way to use a manual partiotioning. Any other advice? Best Regards. Gabriele Clive Menzies ha scritto: > On (16/01/07 17:06), Gabriele Cicala wrote: > > I while I try to install Debian Etch

Re: Partitioning problem on ACER ASPIRE 5672WLMi during installation process

2007-01-17 Thread glycerin
Hi. I've tryed this way but nothing is possible. I didn't find anything where I can set the partition manually and preserve the old one. Any new advice? I've tested the same netinstallation for another machine with IDE disks and all was ok. It seems that the problem is using the SATA disks. Best

Re: Partitioning problem on ACER ASPIRE 5672WLMi during installation process

2007-01-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/01/07 17:06), Gabriele Cicala wrote: > I while I try to install Debian Etch using the actual net-installation > CD I encounter some problem for the partition already present on the laptop. > This machine is a dual-boot computer with windows and another Debian > installation that I want to

Partitioning problem on ACER ASPIRE 5672WLMi during installation process

2007-01-16 Thread Gabriele Cicala
I while I try to install Debian Etch using the actual net-installation CD I encounter some problem for the partition already present on the laptop. This machine is a dual-boot computer with windows and another Debian installation that I want to re-install. None of these partiotion is visible whe

Re: Installation process Debian Etch

2006-12-05 Thread aa dd
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:56:01 Magnus Pedersen wrote: aa dd wrote: I want to install debian etch. Now installation process is asking for domain name, what should I give? I don't have a domain setup. I've 4 winxp computers under a workgorup named Workgroup. So do I keep the field

Re: Installation process Debian Etch

2006-12-03 Thread Magnus Pedersen
aa dd wrote: I want to install debian etch. Now installation process is asking for domain name, what should I give? I don't have a domain setup. I've 4 winxp computers under a workgorup named Workgroup. So do I keep the field for domain name empty in the installation process? If i us

Installation process Debian Etch

2006-12-02 Thread aa dd
I want to install debian etch. Now installation process is asking for domain name, what should I give? I don't have a domain setup. I've 4 winxp computers under a workgorup named Workgroup. So do I keep the field for domain name empty in the installation process? If i use a madeup do

Re: Should installation process fix firefox, thunderbird mailto problem?

2006-01-01 Thread Alexander Sack
On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 01:07:17PM -0500, Edward C. Jones wrote: > After I install the firefox and mozilla-thunderbird package, mailto > links in firefox and http links in thunderbird do not work. The > well-known fix is At least mozilla-thunderbird asks you during package configuration which m

Re: Should installation process fix firefox, thunderbird mailto problem?

2005-12-31 Thread Michael Marsh
On 12/31/05, Edward C. Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After I install the firefox and mozilla-thunderbird package, mailto > links in firefox and http links in thunderbird do not work. The > well-known fix is > [...] > > Should (Can) this be done automatically by the installer for the packages?

Should installation process fix firefox, thunderbird mailto problem?

2005-12-31 Thread Edward C. Jones
After I install the firefox and mozilla-thunderbird package, mailto links in firefox and http links in thunderbird do not work. The well-known fix is In the "prefs.js" file for firefox put the line: user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "mozilla-firefox"); and in the "prefs.js" file

Re: Debian Installation process

2005-08-03 Thread Adam McKenna
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 02:18:01PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > > - > > Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger > > Téléchargez le ici ! > > Non merci, je ne suis pas intéressé. Par contre, Debian est assez > opposé à ce qu

Re: Debian Installation process

2005-08-03 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 10:23:14AM -0700, Adam McKenna wrote: > On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 02:18:01PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: >>> Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger >>> Téléchargez le ici ! >> Non merci, je ne suis pas intéressé. Par contre, Debian

RE: slashdot poll [Suggestions for improving the installation process]

1999-02-10 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, M.C. Vernon wrote: > What do people like about RH? Is it worth trying to nick parts of their > install? I found it a pain - It wouldn't let me just install individual > packages, though I wonder whether some of the modconf stuff could be left > out for the initial install.