Sorry, just realised that i forgot to CC Carl on my response. In case
he's not reading the list:
Andy Cater wrote:
>On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 06:20:19AM -0400, Carl N wrote:
>> Can anyone please help me with this installation?
>>
>> https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple/MacBook/2-1
>>
>
Andy Cater wrote:
>On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 06:20:19AM -0400, Carl N wrote:
>> Can anyone please help me with this installation?
>>
>> https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple/MacBook/2-1
>>
>> the line:
>> grub-install --target=i386-efi --efi-directory=/mnt/usb
>> --boot-directory=/mnt/us
On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 06:20:19AM -0400, Carl N wrote:
> Can anyone please help me with this installation?
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple/MacBook/2-1
>
> the line:
> grub-install --target=i386-efi --efi-directory=/mnt/usb
> --boot-directory=/mnt/usb/boot --bootloader-id=boo
Can anyone please help me with this installation?
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple/MacBook/2-1
the line:
grub-install --target=i386-efi --efi-directory=/mnt/usb
--boot-directory=/mnt/usb/boot --bootloader-id=boot --removable
I try this and it says 'doesn't look like an EFI file s
From: David
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 11:39:20 +1100
> so if he writes "the iso file simply wasn't present" then that
> would explain the complaint, case closed. Perhaps.
David, the problem is not resolved. Only delayed until a spare HDD is
available so that risk of damage to the extant sys
On Sun 06 Dec 2020 at 07:20:38 (-0800), pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> From: David Wright
> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 15:12:16 -0600
> > With such a small disk, I'd try modifying that suggestion: dispense
> > with /home, but only during the installation, making partition 3 the
> > one used for the iso ( a
On Sat 05 Dec 2020 at 20:50:44 -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> The installer then gives the option to search for USB devices. It
> gives no evidence of a hdd although it's running from one. (?) In the
> snapshot of console 4, the last line reports "devices found: ''".
> Meaning "no devices
From: David Wright
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 15:12:16 -0600
> With such a small disk, I'd try modifying that suggestion: dispense
> with /home, but only during the installation, making partition 3 the
> one used for the iso ( and marked "do not use"):
>
> Part 1 labeled ROOT. 7 GB. Format ext4.
>
From: David
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 22:56:41 +1100
> 1) grub needs a partition table on the target device so it can do
> embedding, so the target device can't be an entire block device (eg
> sdx) it must be a partition[*] (eg sdxN where N is some natural number)
>
> 2) And you probably need at leas
On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 11:18, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 06 Dec 2020 at 08:07:30 +1100, David wrote:
> > On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 07:54, Brian wrote:
> > > On Sun 06 Dec 2020 at 07:29:37 +1100, David wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 06:57, wrote:
> > > > > > I give their md5sums below so you can che
On Sun 06 Dec 2020 at 08:07:30 +1100, David wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 07:54, Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 06 Dec 2020 at 07:29:37 +1100, David wrote:
> > > On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 06:57, wrote:
>
> > > > > I give their md5sums below so you can check we are using the same
> > > > > files.
>
> > >
On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 08:35, John Boxall wrote:
> On 2020-12-05 4:07 p.m., David wrote:
> > I have both i386 and amd64 machines available to test, and I'm
> > using i386 when trying to assist Peter.
> In your testing have you been able to cleanly boot and run the installer
> through to completio
On 2020-12-05 4:07 p.m., David wrote:
I have both i386 and amd64 machines available to test, and I'm
using i386 when trying to assist Peter.
David,
In your testing have you been able to cleanly boot and run the installer
through to completion, whether i386 or amd64? I have some results from
On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 08:09, wrote:
> Added DebianInstaller FAQ 29.
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/FAQ#Q:_Running_the_installer_from_an_iso_file_on_a_hdd_...
> If someone improves it or a maintainer incorporates the point into the
> official instructions, I won't object.
Thanks for y
On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 06:41, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 04 Dec 2020 at 22:56:41 +1100, David wrote:
> > 2) And you probably need at least N=2 on an older machine.
> > If there is sufficient RAM, the installer offers to load itself
> > into RAM which frees up the partition where the iso is, so that it
From: David
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 07:20:19 +1100
> The instructions can be modified ...
Added DebianInstaller FAQ 29.
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/FAQ#Q:_Running_the_installer_from_an_iso_file_on_a_hdd_...
If someone improves it or a maintainer incorporates the point into the
offici
On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 07:54, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 06 Dec 2020 at 07:29:37 +1100, David wrote:
> > On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 06:57, wrote:
> > > > I give their md5sums below so you can check we are using the same
> > > > files.
> > > Thanks. Well, the iso file simply wasn't present.
> > I don't u
On Sun 06 Dec 2020 at 07:29:37 +1100, David wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 06:57, wrote:
>
> > > I give their md5sums below so you can check we are using the same
> > > files.
> >
> > Thanks. Well, the iso file simply wasn't present.
>
> I don't understand this sentence. Do you mean you made a
On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 06:57, wrote:
> > I give their md5sums below so you can check we are using the same
> > files.
>
> Thanks. Well, the iso file simply wasn't present.
I don't understand this sentence. Do you mean you made a
human error? Or something else?
> Files match but the search still
On Sat 05 Dec 2020 at 11:19:17 -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> http://easthope.ca/FailedBootVrtConsole4.jpg
>
> Apologies for the snapshot but it serves the purpose.
It doesn't serve any purpose. It is completely useless.
--
Brian.
> I give their md5sums below so you can check we are using the same
> files.
Thanks. Well, the iso file simply wasn't present. Now I have this.
root@joule:/mnt# md5sum !$
md5sum {d*,i*,v*}
f327723426dc90a4daaf1609595d8306 debian-10.6.0-i386-netinst.iso
d3f41e1b683fa87cca189f8595b80a7c initrd.
On Fri 04 Dec 2020 at 22:56:41 +1100, David wrote:
> 2) And you probably need at least N=2 on an older machine.
> If there is sufficient RAM, the installer offers to load itself
> into RAM which frees up the partition where the iso is, so that it can
> be overwritten by the new install. If the RAM
On Fri 04 Dec 2020 at 22:56:41 +1100, David wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 20:00, David wrote:
>
> > Looking now, I can confirm that I did a Debian installation here on 20
> > Oct 2020 using these files. There is no doubt because they are still
> > on the hard drive.
>
> Actually it was 14 Oct,
On Sat 05 Dec 2020 at 09:34:14 (+1100), David wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 at 08:12, David Wright wrote:
>
> > With such a small disk, I'd try modifying that suggestion:
>
> Thanks for adding that, my attention was focussed on just
> getting the installer working in a minimal way and I completely
On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 at 08:12, David Wright wrote:
> With such a small disk, I'd try modifying that suggestion:
Thanks for adding that, my attention was focussed on just
getting the installer working in a minimal way and I completely
forgot to adapt my instructions to fit Peter's desired partition
On Fri 04 Dec 2020 at 22:56:41 (+1100), David wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 20:00, David wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 03:39, wrote:
>
> > > > David, the current procedure is simple enough. Have you or anyone you
> > > > trust run the procedure with the specific three (iso, vmlinuz,
> > > >
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 20:00, David wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 03:39, wrote:
> > > David, the current procedure is simple enough. Have you or anyone you
> > > trust run the procedure with the specific three (iso, vmlinuz,
> > > initrd.gz) files you cited?
> > Yes ...
> Looking now, I can c
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 03:39, wrote:
> > David, the current procedure is simple enough. Have you or anyone you
> > trust run the procedure with the specific three (iso, vmlinuz,
> > initrd.gz) files you cited?
>
> Yes ...
Looking now, I can confirm that I did a Debian installation here on 20
Oct
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 10:05, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 04 Dec 2020 at 07:20:19 +1100, David wrote:
> > I think this is an area that possibly needs some investigation or
> > improvement. I would like to know how this ISO search is being done
> > and what is the reason for the failure (and why can't I
On Fri 04 Dec 2020 at 07:20:19 +1100, David wrote:
[...]
> I think this is an area that possibly needs some investigation or
> improvement. I would like to know how this ISO search is being done
> and what is the reason for the failure (and why can't I just specify
> the ISO I want to use, no com
Hi Peter,
Replies below ...
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 03:39, wrote:
> From: David Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 09:27:45 +1100
> > These are different to the ones inside the iso ...
> Thanks. My assumption of no difference was/is lethal. Any chance of
> mentioning the distinction in the instructions?
On Thu 03 Dec 2020 at 08:22:52 -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> From: David
> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 09:27:45 +1100
> > Per the "paragraph 3" I mentioned previously and quoted at the top
> > of this message, the required vmlinuz and initrd.gz for (current, stable,
> > i386)
> > can be downloaded
From: David
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 09:27:45 +1100
> Per the "paragraph 3" I mentioned previously and quoted at the top
> of this message, the required vmlinuz and initrd.gz for (current, stable,
> i386)
> can be downloaded from:
> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-i386/curre
On Mi, 02 dec 20, 12:10:33, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s01.en.html#boot-initrd
> >
> > Quoting paragraphs 2 and 3 from your link above ...
> >
> > Alternatively, if you intend to keep an existing partition on the hard
> > drive unchanged during
On Wed 02 Dec 2020 at 13:19:39 -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> From: Brian
> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 18:51:38 +
> > As David asks - where are vmlinuz and initrd.gz from? And what CD (?)
> > image is being used?
>
> Answered in my reply to David here.
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2
On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 at 07:54, wrote:
> > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s01.en.html#boot-initrd
> > Quoting paragraphs 2 and 3 from your link above ...
> > Alternatively, if you intend to keep an existing partition on the hard
> > drive unchanged during the install, you can do
On 2020-12-01 5:50 p.m., pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
but the CD image is not found.
Peter,
Can you please confirm if you are/are not trying to boot the ISO image
from a USB stick?
If you _are_ you are may be running into the same head-banging situation
I was having the past week. It was
From: Brian
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 18:51:38 +
> As David asks - where are vmlinuz and initrd.gz from? And what CD (?)
> image is being used?
Answered in my reply to David here.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/12/msg00045.html
If David finds an error in my procedure or insists that
On Wed 02 Dec 2020 at 12:10:33 -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> > 2) Given that choice (para 2 or 3), where did you get the vmlinuz and
> > initrd.gz you are using?
>
> vmlinuz and initrd.gz are in the .iso. No need to retrieve again.
You have a complete misunderstanding of what you are doing
> > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s01.en.html#boot-initrd
>
> Quoting paragraphs 2 and 3 from your link above ...
>
> Alternatively, if you intend to keep an existing partition on the hard
> drive unchanged during the install, you can download the
> hd-media/initrd.gz file and i
On Tue 01 Dec 2020 at 14:50:52 -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s01.en.html#boot-initrd
> gives this sample Grub2 configuration.
>
> menuentry 'New Install' {
> insmod part_msdos
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
> linux /boot/newinstall/vmli
On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 at 10:06, wrote:
> Installation instructions.
> the CD image is not found.
Please describe at exactly what point in your attempt you reached
this conclusion. What screen messages did you see exactly?
Due to the flexibility of Debian installation there are so many
po
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s01.en.html#boot-initrd
gives this sample Grub2 configuration.
menuentry 'New Install' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
linux /boot/newinstall/vmlinuz
initrd /boot/newinstall/initrd.gz
}
No problem with vmlinuz and initrd.gz b
On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 10:07:51AM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> It works fine for me, as shown by the output below. However, I notice
> there's a line:
>
> Note, selecting 'xtoolwait' instead of ' … … /xtoolwait_1.3-6.2_amd64.deb'
Yeah, my own tests always gave me that too, so I decided not to po
On Wed 21 Nov 2018 at 11:44:02 (-0800), Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:21:15 -0500
> Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 08:02:23AM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > > I use gdebi (it's in the repos) to install locally saved .deb files.
> > > Apt-get won't install local
On 11/21/18, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:21:15 -0500
> Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 08:02:23AM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>> > I use gdebi (it's in the repos) to install locally saved .deb files.
>> > Apt-get won't install local files, that is, not in a r
On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:21:15 -0500
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 08:02:23AM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > I use gdebi (it's in the repos) to install locally saved .deb files.
> > Apt-get won't install local files, that is, not in a repo.
>
> Yes, it will. But you have to s
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 7:46 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 04:44:14AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> > It seems Curt's instructions to use dpkg to install the downloaded deb
> > resulted in
> > creation of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list containing
> >
> > deb
Greg Wooledge composed on 2018-11-21 11:50 (UTC-0500):
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 11:31:53AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
>> I did try ./google-chrome... but apt wouldn't find it.
> In stretch, right? What was the exact command you used, and the exact
> output?
Sorry, I thought I had, but NAICT fr
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 11:31:53AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> I did try ./google-chrome... but apt wouldn't find it.
In stretch, right? What was the exact command you used, and the exact
output?
Greg Wooledge composed on 2018-11-21 11:21 (UTC-0500):
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 08:02:23AM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>> I use gdebi (it's in the repos) to install locally saved .deb files.
>> Apt-get won't install local files, that is, not in a repo.
> Yes, it will. But you have to supply t
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 08:02:23AM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> I use gdebi (it's in the repos) to install locally saved .deb files.
> Apt-get won't install local files, that is, not in a repo.
Yes, it will. But you have to supply the filename with a
leading / or ./ or ../ prefix.
sudo apt-get
On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:30:26 -0500
Felix Miata wrote:
> (Stretch)
> Downloading Chrome is easy. Installing is not. The download page says
> "download and install",
> but all that happens is firefox fetches, and no auto install via apt* or dpkg
> is attempted. Apt
> and aptitude won't install th
On 21-11-18, Felix Miata wrote:
> john doe composed on 2018-11-21 10:06 (UTC+0100):
>
> > Felix Miata wrote:
>
> >> (Stretch)
> >> Downloading Chrome is easy. Installing is not. The download page says
> >> "download and install",
> >> but all that happens is firefox fetches, and no auto install
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 04:44:14AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> It seems Curt's instructions to use dpkg to install the downloaded deb
> resulted in
> creation of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list containing
>
> deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
>
One suggestion (and, yes, I'm intentionally top posting) -- why don't you
repost you're reply with:
* the Subject changed to say Solved (was: need G...)
* Top post the solution in as concise a fashion as you can -- my first
feeble partial attempt:
"I had trouble installing Google Chrome
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 04:44:14AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
[...]
> It seems Curt's instructions to use dpkg to install the downloaded deb
> resulted in
> creation of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list containing
>
> deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable
Curt composed on 2018-11-21 09:15 (UTC):
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> (Stretch)
>> Downloading Chrome is easy. Installing is not. The download page says
>> "download and install",
>> but all that happens is firefox fetches, and no auto install via apt* or
>> dpkg is attempted. Apt
>> and aptitude wo
john doe composed on 2018-11-21 10:06 (UTC+0100):
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> (Stretch)
>> Downloading Chrome is easy. Installing is not. The download page says
>> "download and install",
>> but all that happens is firefox fetches, and no auto install via apt* or
>> dpkg is attempted. Apt
>> and ap
On 2018-11-21, Felix Miata wrote:
> (Stretch)
> Downloading Chrome is easy. Installing is not. The download page says
> "download and install",
> but all that happens is firefox fetches, and no auto install via apt* or dpkg
> is attempted. Apt
> and aptitude won't install the local file because
On 11/21/2018 9:30 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
> (Stretch)
> Downloading Chrome is easy. Installing is not. The download page says
> "download and install",
> but all that happens is firefox fetches, and no auto install via apt* or dpkg
> is attempted. Apt
> and aptitude won't install the local file b
(Stretch)
Downloading Chrome is easy. Installing is not. The download page says "download
and install",
but all that happens is firefox fetches, and no auto install via apt* or dpkg
is attempted. Apt
and aptitude won't install the local file because it "isn't found". The
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