> You may indeed have better luck with Ubuntu's installer if it uses the
> GPU specific driver.
The network installer for ubuntu did work
with my hardware, so that's what's on my computer
now.
Thanks, anyway, for your help.
Le 01/06/2019 à 18:58, Blair, Charles E III a écrit :
A common workaround is to boot the installer in BIOS/legacy/CSM mode
instead of EFI native mode.
setting the GRUB variables
gfxmode and/or gfxpayload to specific values (hardware dependent)
before booting the kernel may fix the issue on s
> Well known, yes. Easily fixed, no.
> A newer kernel may fix the issue.
> A common workaround is to boot the installer in BIOS/legacy/CSM mode
> instead of EFI native mode.
> setting the GRUB variables
> gfxmode and/or gfxpayload to specific values (hardware dependent)
> before booting the
Le 01/06/2019 à 13:51, Blair, Charles E III a écrit :
I had hoped
the "row of thumbnails at top of blank screen"
was a well-known, easily fixed, problem.
Well known, yes. Easily fixed, no.
It is an issue with the graphic EFI driver.
A newer kernel may fix the issue.
A common workaround is t
>The monitor then shows a row of what look like
> tiny screen images at the top, with the rest of
> the monitor all black. Crtl-Alt-F1, etc makes
> changes in the tiny images at the top, but the
> all-black rest of screen is unchanged.
As you suggested, I changed the installer's
>> linux
Blair, Charles E III composed on 2019-05-31 20:40 (UTC):
>I have downloaded the current netinst and
> burned it to a DVD.
I burned mine to CD. :p
>When I boot it, the first screen I see shows
> the usual beginning with choices "Graphics Install,"
> "Install," "Advanced".
>I choose
On 2019-05-31 4:40 p.m., Blair, Charles E III wrote:
I have downloaded the current netinst and
burned it to a DVD.
When I boot it, the first screen I see shows
the usual beginning with choices "Graphics Install,"
"Install," "Advanced".
I choose "Install" and press F10.
The moni
On Wed 27 May 2015 at 08:06:33 -0700, Charles Chambers wrote:
> The objective is a unattended USB install with an edittable preseed.cfg,
> and optionally additional packages and firmware files included on the
> media. Windows does it with a customizable unattended.txt (I think) and
> a system int
Charles Chambers writes:
> On 05/27/2015 07:20 AM, Philip Hands wrote:
>> Charles Chambers writes:
>>
>>> Hi, Phil:
>>>
>>> And I've looked further.
>>>
>>> There's a step by step out there that describes the following steps:
>>>
>>> 1) Wipe USB drive.
>>>
>>> 2) Copy (via dd) boot.img to it.
On 05/27/2015 07:20 AM, Philip Hands wrote:
> Charles Chambers writes:
>
>> Hi, Phil:
>>
>> And I've looked further.
>>
>> There's a step by step out there that describes the following steps:
>>
>> 1) Wipe USB drive.
>>
>> 2) Copy (via dd) boot.img to it.
> I'm guessing that boot.img is an ima
On 20120621_104337, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 20 Jun 2012 at 17:54:08 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> > Ok. Trying to repeat your work, I accomplish all steps thru 4,
>
> Good progress. At least we now know the mirror and the installer work
> together.
>
> > but I cannot boot to Lenny. Instead I ge
On 20120620_145735, Rick Thomas wrote:
>
> On Jun 20, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> >On 20120620_121804, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> >>Paul E. Condon [2012-06-20 02:55:41 -0600] wrote:
> >>
snip...
>
> You can always use the Alt-F2 console to edit (I think nano is
> available) the sourc
On Wed 20 Jun 2012 at 17:54:08 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Ok. Trying to repeat your work, I accomplish all steps thru 4,
Good progress. At least we now know the mirror and the installer work
together.
> but I cannot boot to Lenny. Instead I get error message :
>
> Error: Couldn't read file
On 20120620_130712, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 20 Jun 2012 at 03:20:02 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> > On 20120620_083247, Brian wrote:
> > >
> > > I used the mini.iso from
> > >
> > >
> > > http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/Debian-5.0/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/
> > >
> >
On Jun 20, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Paul E Condon wrote:
On 20120620_121804, Teemu Likonen wrote:
Paul E. Condon [2012-06-20 02:55:41 -0600] wrote:
On 20120620_081652, didier gaumet wrote:
Your CD, being from the "lenny=stable" era, probably attempts to
access "stable" release but it does not exis
On 20120620_121804, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> Paul E. Condon [2012-06-20 02:55:41 -0600] wrote:
>
> > On 20120620_081652, didier gaumet wrote:
> >> Your CD, being from the "lenny=stable" era, probably attempts to
> >> access "stable" release but it does not exists on an archive
> >> repository. Repla
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:56:00 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
(...)
> The Squeeze netinstall CD that I have used for several previous installs
> on other hardware won't work on this hardware. It doesn't initialize the
> flat screen display properly. There is a Debian swirl but response to
> keyboard
On Wed 20 Jun 2012 at 03:20:02 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On 20120620_083247, Brian wrote:
> >
> > I used the mini.iso from
> >
> >
> > http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/Debian-5.0/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/
> >
> > successfully.
>
> Thanks, but I'm no longer confi
Paul E. Condon [2012-06-20 02:55:41 -0600] wrote:
> On 20120620_081652, didier gaumet wrote:
>> Your CD, being from the "lenny=stable" era, probably attempts to
>> access "stable" release but it does not exists on an archive
>> repository. Replacing "stable" by "lenny" could do the trick
> This i
On 20120620_083247, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 19 Jun 2012 at 22:33:44 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> > On 20120620_004441, Brian wrote:
> > >
> > > I'd put archive.debian.org for the mirror hostname.
>
> [Snip]
>
> > I think I have already tried that, and I tried again just now, just to
> > make
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 07:34:28PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 03:03:28PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > * note: I don't know that X is involved in painting the screen graphics on
> > boot up from the Debian install CDs. When I think about it, X seems like
> > an awfull
On 20120620_081652, didier gaumet wrote:
> Le Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:33:44 -0600,
> Paul E Condon a écrit :
>
> > Thanks, but...
> >
> > I think I have already tried that, and I tried again just now, just to
> > make sure, and again I got the standard "Bad Archive Mirror"
> > message. That message
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Paul E Condon
wrote:
>
> I think I have already tried that, and I tried again just now, just to
> make sure, and again I got the standard "Bad Archive Mirror"
> message. That message suggests that either the archive is not
> available, or that there is not a valid
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 03:03:28PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> * note: I don't know that X is involved in painting the screen graphics on
> boot up from the Debian install CDs. When I think about it, X seems like
> an awfully heavy weight way to paint a picture. Suffice to say I don't want
> and
On Tue 19 Jun 2012 at 22:33:44 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On 20120620_004441, Brian wrote:
> >
> > I'd put archive.debian.org for the mirror hostname.
[Snip]
> I think I have already tried that, and I tried again just now, just to
> make sure, and again I got the standard "Bad Archive Mirro
Le Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:33:44 -0600,
Paul E Condon a écrit :
> Thanks, but...
>
> I think I have already tried that, and I tried again just now, just to
> make sure, and again I got the standard "Bad Archive Mirror"
> message. That message suggests that either the archive is not
> available, or t
On 20120620_004441, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 19 Jun 2012 at 11:56:00 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> [Snip]
>
> > But my old Lenny netinstall CD *does*work*. Now I need a repository to
> > point it at. I've found archive.kernel.org (I'm in USA). But I'm
> > having trouble composing the exact string
On Tue 19 Jun 2012 at 11:56:00 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
[Snip]
> But my old Lenny netinstall CD *does*work*. Now I need a repository to
> point it at. I've found archive.kernel.org (I'm in USA). But I'm
> having trouble composing the exact string that I need to type into the
> screen on my new
On 20120619_211919, keith wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 11:56 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > I purchased a dell desktop pc recently intending to
> > use it as a untility server for things like backup
> > and print serving, and I am having trouble installing
> > Debian on it. I've been using Debia
On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 11:56 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> I purchased a dell desktop pc recently intending to
> use it as a untility server for things like backup
> and print serving, and I am having trouble installing
> Debian on it. I've been using Debian since Potato was
> new, so I didn't expec
Hi,
> But the "gotcha" was that I did not yet have an operable system as
> netinst could not connect to the internet.
I'm sorry, I missed that point. Unfortunately I don't have any
experience with netinst: I usually install a very basic system from CD,
then I configure the network and apt and ge
On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:24:13 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I've been experimenting with installing Debian on a laptop dedicated to
> experimentation.
> The results have been satisfactory enough that when I discovered it had
> a very dead battery, I took my general usage laptop to library (only
>
Rephrased problem statement
Hardware: IBM ThinkPad T43
Software: Debian 6.0.3 - CDs available netinst and LiveCD(Gnome)
Connectivity: only WiFi physically available
Symptoms: Running install from netinst CD, every thing
"hung" when not finding network.
I loaded the LiveCD. It saw the unconnected
On Wed 06 Jun 2012 at 14:24:13 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I've been experimenting with installing Debian on a laptop dedicated to
> experimentation.
> The results have been satisfactory enough that when I discovered it had a
> very dead battery, I took my general usage laptop to library (onl
> 1. What is command to identify the WiFi hardware?
Try "lspci -v". You should see your WiFi controller among other devices.
> 2. Once I've identified the required driver, how do I install it when
> I can not connect to the internet in first place ;<
Try "modprobe " first, to see if the module
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Andrei POPESCU
wrote:
> On Vi, 13 apr 12, 10:35:33, Tom H wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Andrei POPESCU
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > 'base' in the Debian context has a very specific meaning. Somebody
>> > correct me if I'm wrong but it specifically includes pac
On Vi, 13 apr 12, 10:35:33, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Andrei POPESCU
> wrote:
> >
> > 'base' in the Debian context has a very specific meaning. Somebody
> > correct me if I'm wrong but it specifically includes packages with:
> >
> > Essential: yes (of course)
> > Priority: re
On Fri 13 Apr 2012 at 10:35:33 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Andrei POPESCU
> wrote:
> >
> > 'base' in the Debian context has a very specific meaning. Somebody
> > correct me if I'm wrong but it specifically includes packages with:
> >
> > Essential: yes (of course)
> > P
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Andrei POPESCU
wrote:
>
> 'base' in the Debian context has a very specific meaning. Somebody
> correct me if I'm wrong but it specifically includes packages with:
>
> Essential: yes (of course)
> Priority: required
> Priority: important
>
> (and all their dependenc
On Ma, 10 apr 12, 13:01:48, Curt Howland wrote:
> Joey Hess wrote:
> > No, the businesscard image has never contained the Debian
> > base system; it has always required a network connection to
> > download and install Debian.
>
> Please go find a Woody Business Card image and try it.
>
> Busines
Richard Owlett wrote:
> I've browsed through debian-6.0.4-i386-netinst.list. It appears to
> contains files of unlikely interest to me (C compiler and header
> files, firewire, traceroute, etc).
Just because it is available on the cdrom does not mean that it will
be installed. What is installed w
On Tue 10 Apr 2012 at 09:07:56 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> That led me to assume that the "business card" image would just go ahead
> and download the rest of the "netinst" image. How much control does user
> have over what it downloads?
Total control. You lever the power of Free Software. M
Joey Hess wrote:
> No, the businesscard image has never contained the Debian
> base system; it has always required a network connection to
> download and install Debian.
Please go find a Woody Business Card image and try it.
Business Card images since Woody all refuse to continue unless they
can
Hello Jon,
Jon Dowland wrote:
> You don't have to install every package that is in the netinst image. Indeed
> if you do a basic install (including the 'standard system' task, which
> defaults
> to selected) you don't get GCC, for example, despite it being on the CD.
Of course not, but Richard
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 03:10:07PM +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote:
> The business card CD images contain even fewer packages, but you
> should consider that compilers and headers are often important parts
> of a system (for example, if you want to compile non-free drivers).
> Additionally, many people
Curt Howland wrote:
> It used to be that the Business-card and Net-install images would do a
> base install without a network connection
No, the businesscard image has never contained the Debian base system;
it has always required a network connection to download and install Debian.
> "Expert" mo
Please forgive the direct reply, I get the Debian-User list digest,
and any reply I make will "break the thread" anyway.
Like you, I enjoy a "minimalist" install, at least at first. Let me
give you my experiences with the various Debian install styles.
It used to be that the Business-card and Net
Hello Richard,
Richard Owlett wrote:
> That led me to assume that the "business card" image would
> just go ahead and download the rest of the "netinst" image.
I think it downloads less, but I cannot guarantee that.
> How much control does user have over what it downloads?
You can abort the
Claudius Hubig wrote:
Hello Richard,
Richard Owlett wrote:
I've browsed through debian-6.0.4-i386-netinst.list. It
appears to contains files of unlikely interest to me (C
compiler and header files, firewire, traceroute, etc).
The business card CD images contain even fewer packages, but you
s
Hello Richard,
Richard Owlett wrote:
> I've browsed through debian-6.0.4-i386-netinst.list. It
> appears to contains files of unlikely interest to me (C
> compiler and header files, firewire, traceroute, etc).
The business card CD images contain even fewer packages, but you
should consider tha
Len wrote:
>On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 08:14:19PM +0930, Alexander Waldmann wrote:
>> I just downloaded the current daily build, netinstall ISO, amd64. When
>> I went to try and install it, it didn't boot. Instead, I got my current
>> install's GRUB menu. Similar story in another computer.
>>
>> Just
On 2010-08-10 04:46 +0200, Carlos Mennens wrote:
> I downloaded the latest 'Squeeze' Netinst ISO from the Debian site and
> after the install was complete, noticed in the Grub kernel list it had
> installed a Trunk kernel and was told by many that this is a dated
> kernel and should not be used. I
On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 02:25:18PM +0200, Helmut Backhaus wrote:
> Ist es überhaupt sinnvoll, eine eigene Netinst zu erstellen?
Das muss man selber entscheiden. PXE boot ist ggf. einfacher zu handhaben.
Kommt aber auf den Anwendungsfall an.
Was das remastern anbelangt guck dir debian-cd an. Ggf.
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Charles Blair wrote:
>I recently got an HP desktop with a Celeron processor. I
> downloaded debian-40r3-i386-netinst.iso, burnt it to a cd with
> Microsoft's "cdburn," and booted.
>
>The debian logo and some introductory messages were display
Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 07:35:41PM +0800, Bob wrote:
Does such a thing exist?
If you do a networked installation, you'll get the latest version at
install time anyway.
I tend to do a standard system install (remotely over ssh complete with
dodgy keys) without
Lee Glidewell wrote:
> On Sunday 15 June 2008 01:23:17 pm Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 07:35:41PM +0800, Bob wrote:
> > > Does such a thing exist?
> >
> > If you do a networked installation, you'll get the latest version at
> > install time anyway.
>
> The issue here would be u
On Sunday 15 June 2008 01:23:17 pm Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 07:35:41PM +0800, Bob wrote:
> > Does such a thing exist?
>
> If you do a networked installation, you'll get the latest version at
> install time anyway.
The issue here would be using the fixed random number generato
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 07:35:41PM +0800, Bob wrote:
> Does such a thing exist?
If you do a networked installation, you'll get the latest version at
install time anyway.
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Thomas H. George wrote:
I purchased an HP desktop with a SATA hard drive and a SATA
dvdrom/cdrw and added a second SATA hard drive on which I want to
install Debian Etch.
Clearly the SATA components are not recognized by either programs.
I had that problem with a couple of servers a while b
Am Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:54:03 + schrieb Stefan Pampel:
> i am using an local mirror setup with these parameters [1]. The mirror
> works fine as a repository for serving packages via NFS for other clients.
...
> [1] how i mirror:
> DEB_HOST=ftp.de.debian.org
> DEB_DIST=debian
> DEB_VERSION="sar
Carl Fink wrote:
> Hm ... does the kernel at goodbye-microsoft.com support WiFi? Anyone know?
It's the stock Debian kernel, running the stock Debian installer.
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On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 08:14:35PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote:
>
> Relevant information:
>
> Box assembled with ASUS M2N4-SLI motherboard, AMD64 cpu, two
> hard drives, 2 GB memory
>
In BIOS setup, POWER there is an option ACPI APIC Support. When this is
disabled the system boots
Hi all
Thanks everybody for your help. Turns out all I needed to do was
execute a shell. Whee-hawken! I'm off.
I'm sure I'll have a ton more questions, so we'll talk again soon.
cheers
dafydd
www.sideshowmedia.ca
On 9-Feb-06, at 5:45 PM, cga wrote:
Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Thu, 9 F
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[...]
Quite brave to install debian from the INET with a laptop IMHO.
one's mvv.. new to debian and yet I got sarge net-installed w/o a
glitch in about ten minutes - needless to say this is an old machine and
I stay away from the gnome/kde behemoths..
everythin
Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:06:43 -0500
dafydd hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi folks
I'm new here, so please point me in the right direction if this
question's answered elsewhere.
This is my first attempt at installing debian via internet - I've
been using the Ag
Hi List,
> I'm new here, so please point me in the right direction if this
> question's answered elsewhere.
you're very welcome :-)
> This is my first attempt at installing debian via internet - I've
> been using the Agnula distribution, but for various reasons I'm
> trying the netinst ins
On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:06:43 -0500
dafydd hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> I'm new here, so please point me in the right direction if this
> question's answered elsewhere.
>
> This is my first attempt at installing debian via internet - I've
> been using the Agnula distributio
on Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 10:32:36PM -0500, Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Miroslav Maiksnar wrote:
> > does anybody know about sarge netinst CD with 2.4.23 or 2.6.0
> > kernel? I have new computer with SATA HDD, which is not supported in
> > pre 2.4.23 kernels.
> >
> > I have also tried to
Miroslav Maiksnar wrote:
> does anybody know about sarge netinst CD with 2.4.23 or 2.6.0 kernel? I have
> new computer with SATA HDD, which is not supported in pre 2.4.23 kernels.
>
> I have also tried to create my own CD, but without success, so if there is
> some sort of dumb-user-friendly gui
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Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 5:44 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org; debian-cd@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: netinst
[edited for brevity]
Sorry for the cross-posting, I just thought I'd add my $0.02...
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On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 03:01:21PM -0800, David Wright wrote:
> The revised Debian CD pages (http://www.debian.org/CD/) are very
> frustrating. Click on "Download a minimal bootable CD image" and
> what do you get? A page
This is a forwarded message
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2002, 9:31:52 PM
Subject: netinst
Wednesday, January 16, 2002, 12:01:21 AM, you wrote:
DW> The revised Debian CD pages (http://w
Hello David,
Wednesday, January 16, 2002, 12:01:21 AM, you wrote:
DW> The revised Debian CD pages (http://www.debian.org/CD/) are very
DW> frustrating. Click on "Download a minimal bootable CD image" and what do
DW> you get? A page telling you about how much better it is to use a minimal
DW>
frustrating. Click on "Download a minimal bootable CD image" and what do
you get? A page telling you about how much better it is to use a minimal
bootable image -- and no link to one!
I followed the links to here:
http://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/releases/20011227/
Ah, I understan
On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 14:01, David Wright wrote:
>
> The revised Debian CD pages (http://www.debian.org/CD/) are very
> frustrating. Click on "Download a minimal bootable CD image" and what do
> you get? A page telling you about how much better it is to use a minimal
> bootable image -- and no
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