Gene Heskett a écrit :
> On Friday 25 March 2016 15:48:56 Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>
>> Le 20/03/2016 19:58, Gene Heskett a écrit :
>>> On Sunday 20 March 2016 14:39:41 Pascal Hambourg wrote:
Le 20/03/2016 17:56, Gene Heskett a écrit :
> Now, I do note that sdb has a re-allocated sector cou
On Friday 25 March 2016 15:48:56 Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Le 20/03/2016 19:58, Gene Heskett a écrit :
> > On Sunday 20 March 2016 14:39:41 Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> >> Le 20/03/2016 17:56, Gene Heskett a écrit :
> >>> Now, I do note that sdb has a re-allocated sector count of 25, but
> >>> no clue
Le 20/03/2016 19:58, Gene Heskett a écrit :
On Sunday 20 March 2016 14:39:41 Pascal Hambourg wrote:
Le 20/03/2016 17:56, Gene Heskett a écrit :
Now, I do note that sdb has a re-allocated sector count of 25, but
no clue as to how many spares are left
You can estimate it from the initial and c
Adam Wilson a écrit :
> On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 12:51:56 +0100
> Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>> Adam Wilson a écrit :
>
>>> USB can still
>>> only be booted from UEFI, but newer d-i means that installation now
>>> proceeds as normal until the point at which UEFI yes/no
>>> (force/leave) selection is reach
On Monday 21 March 2016 05:02:12 David Christensen wrote:
> On 03/20/2016 04:00 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > It had one - on sda. It wanted the one on sdb as well. I wanted the one
> > on sdb left alone. I got what I wanted when I insisted, and the
> > resultant installation was quite happy just us
On 03/20/2016 04:00 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
It had one - on sda. It wanted the one on sdb as well. I wanted the one on
sdb left alone. I got what I wanted when I insisted, and the resultant
installation was quite happy just using the one disk. And the swap partition
on sdb kept its UUID intact.
On Sunday 20 March 2016 22:00:01 David Wright wrote:
> On Sun 20 Mar 2016 at 11:54:20 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:21:58 +
> >
> > Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > On Friday 18 March 2016 20:49:55 David Wright wrote:
> > > > It's far more likely that you forgot to format the p
On Sunday 20 March 2016 22:15:16 David Wright wrote:
> On Sun 20 Mar 2016 at 11:53:43 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote:
> > The problem with that is that unless you edit fstab before the initial
> > reboot, (difficult to do)
>
> The d-i has a shell available. The file is /target/etc/fstab so
> no diffic
On Sun 20 Mar 2016 at 11:53:43 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote:
> The problem with that is that unless you edit fstab before the initial
> reboot, (difficult to do)
The d-i has a shell available. The file is /target/etc/fstab so
no difficulty there.
What some people *might* find difficult is fiddli
On Sun 20 Mar 2016 at 11:54:20 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:21:58 +
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
>
> > On Friday 18 March 2016 20:49:55 David Wright wrote:
> > > It's far more likely that you forgot to format the partition, if
> > > that's indeed what you wanted to do.
> >
>
On Sunday 20 March 2016 19:15:51 Brian wrote:
> Being under pressure to complete the task set doesn't lend itself to
> considered action and burning a CD can be fraught.
Granted.
> The quality of the
> disk, the burning and the accuracy of reading the burnt disk are things
> to take into account
On Sun 20 Mar 2016 at 12:02:14 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 19 March 2016 01:27:33 David Wright wrote:
> >
> > At this point, you also mentioned repartitioning, reformatting and
> > wiping a disk thoroughly.
> >
> > In the last post (which I commented on when the second paragraph was
> >
On Sunday 20 March 2016 14:39:41 Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Le 20/03/2016 17:56, Gene Heskett a écrit :
> > Now, I do note that sdb has a re-allocated sector count of 25, but
> > no clue as to how many spares are left
>
> You can estimate it from the initial and current normalized values of
> the at
Le 20/03/2016 17:56, Gene Heskett a écrit :
Now, I do note that sdb has a re-allocated sector count of 25, but no
clue as to how many spares are left
You can estimate it from the initial and current normalized values of
the attribute.
Remaining = raw value * norm. value / (init. norm. value
On Sunday 20 March 2016 15:53:43 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 20 March 2016 07:47:02 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Sunday 20 March 2016 09:34:53 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > On Sunday 20 March 2016 04:54:20 Adam Wilson wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:21:58 +
> > > >
> > > > Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Sunday 20 March 2016 09:45:36 Felix Miata wrote:
> Gene Heskett composed on 2016-03-20 05:34 (UTC-0400):
> > Adam Wilson wrote:
> >> On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:21:58 + Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >> > No. I checked and double checked that the partitions on the disk
> >> > which I wanted to use for ins
On Sunday 20 March 2016 07:47:02 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Sunday 20 March 2016 09:34:53 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Sunday 20 March 2016 04:54:20 Adam Wilson wrote:
> > > On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:21:58 +
> > >
> > > Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > > On Friday 18 March 2016 20:49:55 David Wright wrote:
> >
Adam Wilson a écrit :
> On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 12:51:56 +0100
> Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>
>> Did you try to boot a non-EFI capable USB boot media, such as a Debian
>> live image or a Debian installation image with the EFI partition
>> deleted ?
(I guess that just changing the EFI partition type ID t
On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 11:47:02 +
Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Sunday 20 March 2016 09:34:53 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Sunday 20 March 2016 04:54:20 Adam Wilson wrote:
> > > On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:21:58 +
> > >
> > > Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > > On Friday 18 March 2016 20:49:55 David Wright wro
On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 12:51:56 +0100
Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Adam Wilson a écrit :
> >
> > There is a potential problem also where modern machines (with UEFI
> > boot) fail to install off USB without UEFI, meaning that if you
> > want a UEFI-free install, you have to use optical media.
>
> I h
Gene Heskett composed on 2016-03-20 05:34 (UTC-0400):
Adam Wilson wrote:
On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:21:58 + Lisi Reisz wrote:
> No. I checked and double checked that the partitions on the disk
> which I wanted to use for installation were all marked with the F
> for format, and that nothi
On Wednesday 16 March 2016 20:49:28 Brian wrote:
> But the vast majortiy of users are not using the ancient machines you
> and I have. The OP is at liberty to indicate whether her machine falls
> into this class. A round shiny disc could be her only solution to
> booting a Debian image.
In this ca
On Saturday 19 March 2016 01:27:33 David Wright wrote:
> On Fri 18 Mar 2016 at 22:21:58 (+), Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Friday 18 March 2016 20:49:55 David Wright wrote:
> > > It's far more likely that you forgot to format the partition, if
> > > that's indeed what you wanted to do.
> >
> > No.
Adam Wilson a écrit :
>
> There is a potential problem also where modern machines (with UEFI
> boot) fail to install off USB without UEFI, meaning that if you want a
> UEFI-free install, you have to use optical media.
I have a rather old (~2007) UEFI motherboard which does the opposite :
its UEFI
On Sunday 20 March 2016 09:34:53 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 20 March 2016 04:54:20 Adam Wilson wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:21:58 +
> >
> > Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > On Friday 18 March 2016 20:49:55 David Wright wrote:
> > > > It's far more likely that you forgot to format the partitio
On Sunday 20 March 2016 04:54:20 Adam Wilson wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:21:58 +
>
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Friday 18 March 2016 20:49:55 David Wright wrote:
> > > It's far more likely that you forgot to format the partition, if
> > > that's indeed what you wanted to do.
> >
> > No. I
On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:21:58 +
Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Friday 18 March 2016 20:49:55 David Wright wrote:
> > It's far more likely that you forgot to format the partition, if
> > that's indeed what you wanted to do.
>
> No. I checked and double checked that the partitions on the disk
> whic
On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:49:55 -0500
David Wright wrote:
> On Wed 16 Mar 2016 at 14:49:44 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 22:41:14 + Lisi Reisz
> > wrote:
> >
> > > So - if you want to format an existing partition properly, so the
> > > stuff on it actually goes, use Gpa
On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:50:43 -0400 doug
wrote:
> While you have GParted running, why not make the partitions you want
> using that, and format them to ext4. Then when you go to install
> the new system, just tell it to use existing partitions.
Provided you aren't using GPT, can you use fdisk to
On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 20:49:28 + Brian wrote:
> On Wed 16 Mar 2016 at 16:12:20 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>
> > Brian composed on 2016-03-16 19:21 (UTC):
> >
> > >On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 22:41:14 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >
> > >>Pity it took me until it tried to use CD1 to do a net-install to
On Wed 16 Mar 2016 at 16:12:20 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> Brian composed on 2016-03-16 19:21 (UTC):
>
> >On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 22:41:14 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>
> >>Pity it took me until it tried to use CD1 to do a net-install to realise
> >>that!! And I have now run out of writable CDs. :-(
On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 22:41:14 + Lisi Reisz
wrote:
> So - if you want to format an existing partition properly, so the
> stuff on it actually goes, use Gparted not the partitioner in the
> Jessie installer. Sad.
Is it possible for the d-i partitioning utility to sometimes make
mistakes when c
On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 22:41:14 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 March 2016 20:22:23 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > So I am trying to use Gparted on Knoppix to wipe the disk thoroughly and
> > I'll try in order (with a good Gparted wipe in between) Net install 8.02
>
> Worked a treat. No further p
On Saturday 19 March 2016 01:27:33 David Wright wrote:
> I'm also sorry if placing my comment to you where I did caused you or
> other people to think my later paragraphs were also directed at you.
> I assumed that my use of the standard ">" and "> >" conventions would
> make the referents clear, a
On Wed 16 Mar 2016 at 14:49:44 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 22:41:14 + Lisi Reisz
> wrote:
>
> > So - if you want to format an existing partition properly, so the
> > stuff on it actually goes, use Gparted not the partitioner in the
> > Jessie installer. Sad.
I can't se
Brian composed on 2016-03-16 19:21 (UTC):
On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 22:41:14 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
Pity it took me until it tried to use CD1 to do a net-install to realise
that!! And I have now run out of writable CDs. :-( I had just enough for
this shenanigans!
Why any Debian user should
On Fri 18 Mar 2016 at 22:21:58 (+), Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Friday 18 March 2016 20:49:55 David Wright wrote:
> > It's far more likely that you forgot to format the partition, if
> > that's indeed what you wanted to do.
>
> No. I checked and double checked that the partitions on the disk which
Brian composed on 2016-03-16 20:49 (UTC):
On Wed 16 Mar 2016 at 16:12:20 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
Brian composed on 2016-03-16 19:21 (UTC):
>Why any Debian user should use an antiquated technology to install is
>beyond me. USB sticks are two a penny. Isohybrid images rule; OK!
USB stic
On Friday 18 March 2016 20:49:55 David Wright wrote:
> It's far more likely that you forgot to format the partition, if
> that's indeed what you wanted to do.
No. I checked and double checked that the partitions on the disk which I
wanted to use for installation were all marked with the F for fo
On 03/15/2016 03:41 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Tuesday 15 March 2016 20:22:23 Lisi Reisz wrote:
So I am trying to use Gparted on Knoppix to wipe the disk thoroughly and
I'll try in order (with a good Gparted wipe in between) Net install 8.02
Worked a treat. No further problems. OS and DE fully
On Tuesday 15 March 2016 20:22:23 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> So I am trying to use Gparted on Knoppix to wipe the disk thoroughly and
> I'll try in order (with a good Gparted wipe in between) Net install 8.02
Worked a treat. No further problems. OS and DE fully installed and am
installing extras like
On 03/15/2016 04:22 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
So I am trying to use Gparted on Knoppix to wipe the disk thoroughly
and I'll try in order (with a good Gparted wipe in between) Net
install 8.02, CD1 8.03, net install 8.0.0 for a minimum install. Then,
if I am still remotely, vaguely sane, I'll repor
On Tuesday 15 March 2016 19:37:24 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 07:06:17PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > I tried another two and the second one the error message changed to
> > "Couldn't download package".
> >
> > Is there a problem on the Debian site? Or with whatever mirror i
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 07:06:17PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> I tried another two and the second one the error message changed to "Couldn't
> download package".
>
> Is there a problem on the Debian site? Or with whatever mirror it is helping
> itself to??
>
> Lisi
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