On Monday 18 June 2012 13:29:20 Richard Owlett wrote:
> What I do not see is a method to force a 'new' install of
> Debian to take over a specific existing partition.
I always use the Debian installer to delete the partition(s) with the unwanted
OS on it/them. Then recreate the partition(s) and
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Mark Allums wrote:
> On 6/21/2012 9:58 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> Brian wrote:
>>> On Thu 21 Jun 2012 at 13:55:49 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote:
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 07:37:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> The new install will not accept root passwor
Ahoj,
Dňa Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:31:31 -0500 Mark Allums napísal:
> If you gave root a password during install, then you should
if you was used national keyboard (i don't know how it is in english) for
root password, you can go to problems, because installer do not follow the
keyboard choice dur
On 6/21/2012 9:58 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
Brian wrote:
On Thu 21 Jun 2012 at 13:55:49 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote:
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 07:37:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
But ;)
The new install will not accept root password. User password is
fine.
That may be intended. I don't thin
Brian wrote:
On Thu 21 Jun 2012 at 13:55:49 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote:
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 07:37:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
But ;)
The new install will not accept root password. User password is
fine.
That may be intended. I don't think Debian (out of the box) allows root
to log
On Thu 21 Jun 2012 at 13:55:49 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 07:37:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> > But ;)
> > The new install will not accept root password. User password is
> > fine.
>
> That may be intended. I don't think Debian (out of the box) allows root
> t
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 07:37:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Brian wrote:
> >On Mon 18 Jun 2012 at 19:50:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> >>Instead of having Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora pesent, I wish multiple
> >>versions of Debian. But in any case the Debian installer seems to ignore
> >
Brian wrote:
On Mon 18 Jun 2012 at 19:50:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
Instead of having Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora pesent, I wish multiple
versions of Debian. But in any case the Debian installer seems to ignore
*FACT* that there is already a partition designated as swap.
You see this desi
On Mon 18 Jun 2012 at 19:50:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Instead of having Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora pesent, I wish multiple
> versions of Debian. But in any case the Debian installer seems to ignore
> *FACT* that there is already a partition designated as swap.
You see this designated pa
On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:50:21 -0500
Richard Owlett wrote:
> LOL**(1./0.) [as I do not have infinity on my keyboard ;]
Here's a little something just for you, Richard. Keep it in a safe
place:
Ꝏ
Cybe R. Wizard
--
Nice computers don't go down.
Larry Niven, Steven
"Reply-To" set to debian
Apologies to Mr. Bell for light hearted change of Subject ;)
Christofer C. Bell wrote:
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
What's even more annoying (ascetically) is that I can not see a way for
multiple simultaneous installs to use the same swap s
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> What's even more annoying (ascetically) is that I can not see a way for
> multiple simultaneous installs to use the same swap space. After all, only
> only one install will be in use at a time.
This stood out to me reading this thread. W
On Mon 18 Jun 2012 at 07:29:20 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Brian wrote:
>> On Fri 15 Jun 2012 at 09:41:09 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>
>> [Snip]
>>
>>> My routine is to use gparted to delete whatever partition the previous
>>> Debian install was on and let subsequent install "use all free sp
Brian wrote:
On Fri 15 Jun 2012 at 09:41:09 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
[Snip]
My routine is to use gparted to delete whatever partition the previous
Debian install was on and let subsequent install "use all free space". As
I only have dialup at home all installs requiring internet access are
On Fri 15 Jun 2012 at 09:41:09 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
[Snip]
> My routine is to use gparted to delete whatever partition the previous
> Debian install was on and let subsequent install "use all free space". As
> I only have dialup at home all installs requiring internet access are
> done
I have a used Lenovo R61 ThinkPad whose sole reason for
existing is to host multiple repeated experimental installs
of *nix. Debian is my current target. It has a Windows Vista
install which I'm leaving untouched (used gparted iso to
shrink its partition to half of hard disk).
My routine is t
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