On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Steven Rosenberg
wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Mark Filipak
> wrote:
>
>> I don't dare fiddle with my hard disk. It's a Dell laptop that has WinXP
>> preinstalled without a maintenance partition and I don't have a backup CD.
>> If the current WinXP gets
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Mark Filipak
wrote:
> I don't dare fiddle with my hard disk. It's a Dell laptop that has WinXP
> preinstalled without a maintenance partition and I don't have a backup CD.
> If the current WinXP gets trashed, I'm hosed.
If this is the case, I wouldn't go forward.
Em 04-03-2013 09:48, albcares escreveu:
that's right or almost right. The story told of a pumpkin and an
acorn. And when the man lied under the oak to have a sleep, he was
actually awaken by a falling acorn that made his nose bleeding. This
is why the big pumpkins grow from a shaggy grass.
(sorry
Em 04-03-2013 08:32, Brian escreveu:
On Sun 03 Mar 2013 at 23:34:23 -0300, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote:
Brian wrote:
fdisk leaves space at the beginning of the drive because GRUB requires
it to embed part of itself there. But GRUB will not go there because it
thinks it is overwriting data
that's right or almost right. The story told of a pumpkin and an
acorn. And when the man lied under the oak to have a sleep, he was
actually awaken by a falling acorn that made his nose bleeding. This
is why the big pumpkins grow from a shaggy grass.
(sorry for my basic language)
2013/3/4, Darac M
On Sun 03 Mar 2013 at 23:34:23 -0300, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote:
> Brian wrote:
>
> > fdisk leaves space at the beginning of the drive because GRUB requires
> > it to embed part of itself there. But GRUB will not go there because it
> > thinks it is overwriting data on the disk when it dete
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 09:47:55PM -0300, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote:
>
> There is a tale in my country about an arrogant man that considered absurd
> that a pumpkin, being a large fruit, comes from a short plant, and the
> blackberry [1] comes from a tall tree although it is a tiny fruit. He
Brian wrote:
> On Sun 03 Mar 2013 at 18:07:26 -0300, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote:
>
>> > Write a netinst image to two USB devices. Boot from one device and
>> > install to the second one. Try text and GUI modes. It's about an
>> hour's
>> > work at most.
>>
>> But will this happen even if one f
On Sun 03 Mar 2013 at 18:07:26 -0300, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote:
> Brian wrote:
>
> > Had the USB hard drive been used instead of the 8-GB USB and *exactly*
> > the same install attempted it too would have failed. The nature or size
> > of the device being installed to is immaterial, as is
On 2013/3/3 3:33 PM, Brian wrote:
On Sun 03 Mar 2013 at 12:29:44 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/3 6:25 AM, Brian wrote:
Ok. You are using USB flash/USB flash drive/USB hard disc/USB drive
interchangeably to refer to the same device? Its good to have that
clarified.
[Snip]
Prior to a
Brian wrote:
> Had the USB hard drive been used instead of the 8-GB USB and *exactly*
> the same install attempted it too would have failed. The nature or size
> of the device being installed to is immaterial, as is whether it is a
> text mode or GUI install. The only thing that matters is that th
On Sun 03 Mar 2013 at 12:29:44 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
> On 2013/3/3 6:25 AM, Brian wrote:
> >
> >Ok. You are using USB flash/USB flash drive/USB hard disc/USB drive
> >interchangeably to refer to the same device? Its good to have that
> >clarified.
[Snip]
> Prior to attempting to install to
On 2013/3/3 2:28 PM, Go Linux wrote:
--- On Sun, 3/3/13, Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/3 6:25 AM, Brian wrote:
On Sat 02 Mar 2013 at 19:56:43 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
The reason I
switched the target from an 8-GB USB flash drive to a USB
hard drive is that someone said I couldn't install to
--- On Sun, 3/3/13, Mark Filipak wrote:
> From: Mark Filipak
> Subject: Re: Installation failed - and failed again...
> To: "Brian"
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 11:29 AM
> On 2013/3/3 6:25 AM, Brian wrote:
> > On Sat 0
On 2013/3/3 2:07 PM, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote:
Mark Filipak wrote:
I've thrown the thread away,
Oh no...
-big snip-
Ohmygod! João Luis, of course I'll reproduce it. That should be easy. After
all, I've put 2 overtime days into it at this point. Kindly stand by. Right now
I'm composi
> Mark Filipak wrote:
>
> I've thrown the thread away,
Oh no, please Mark! We are wayting a step by step detailed description of
the procedure that makes GUI installer fail and text installer succeed.
Please, this is vital so we can reproduce, diagnose and fix the bug. If
you do not provide such s
On 2013/3/3 6:25 AM, Brian wrote:
On Sat 02 Mar 2013 at 19:56:43 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/2 3:36 PM, Brian wrote:
Your success was not a result of running the text-based Debian
Installer. Forget about it. Try a bit of lateral, or even vertical,
thinking. You may not realise it but
On Sat 02 Mar 2013 at 19:56:43 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
> On 2013/3/2 3:36 PM, Brian wrote:
> >
> >Your success was not a result of running the text-based Debian
> >Installer. Forget about it. Try a bit of lateral, or even vertical,
> >thinking. You may not realise it but substituting the USB st
Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/2 3:36 PM, Brian wrote:> On Sat 02 Mar 2013 at 13:24:06
-0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
Observation: I'm struck by how some (many?) on this list tell me what
I did (like I was asleep) and they're wrong. Please, pay attention...
I did not make a substitution.
1 - I in
On 2013/3/2 3:36 PM, Brian wrote:> On Sat 02 Mar 2013 at 13:24:06 -0500, Mark
Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/2 12:37 PM, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote:
Exactly. Either it was a pertitioning problem, as pointed first by Lisi,
and he does not want to admit; or some other random problem, and in this
c
On 2013/3/2 3:03 PM, Rob Owens wrote:
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 09:09:51PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
Miles, I'm running the Debian installer from a Debian Live USB. I don't try to
install GRUB. The Debian installer does it. I don't provide command-line
switches. The Debian installer provides w
On Sat, Mar 02, 2013 at 03:03:25PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote:
> I'd like to point out, for the benefit of those on this list and those
> who might read this thread in the future, that Mark is attempting to
> install Debian from a Debian Live USB. That is a detail that escaped me
> until now.
Boot
On Sat 02 Mar 2013 at 13:24:06 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
> On 2013/3/2 12:37 PM, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote:
> >
> >Exactly. Either it was a pertitioning problem, as pointed first by Lisi,
> >and he does not want to admit; or some other random problem, and in this
> >case no one will never k
On Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:56:55 -0500
Mark Filipak wrote:
> On 2013/3/2 11:26 AM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> > On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:03:14 -0500
> > Miles Fidelman wrote:
> >
> >> First off, I'm going to repeat: STOP SENDING TWO COPIES OF YOUR
> >> EMAILS. It's simply rude. Reply to the list or not
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 09:09:51PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
>
> Miles, I'm running the Debian installer from a Debian Live USB. I don't try
> to install GRUB. The Debian installer does it. I don't provide command-line
> switches. The Debian installer provides whatever command-line switches it
On 2013/3/2 1:58 PM, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote:
It was not a partitioning problem or some other random problem. There's a
bug in the GUI Debian Installer packaged with LXDE desktop, ver 6.0.6. I
succeeded simply by running the text-based Debian Installer. No one
suggested that.
If this is
- Original Message -
> From: Mark Filipak
> To: Shane Johnson
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 12:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Installation failed
>
> [snip]
>
> I don't dare fiddle with my hard disk. It's a Dell laptop t
> It was not a partitioning problem or some other random problem. There's a
> bug in the GUI Debian Installer packaged with LXDE desktop, ver 6.0.6. I
> succeeded simply by running the text-based Debian Installer. No one
> suggested that.
If this is the case, please accept my deepest apologies.
P
On 2013/3/2 11:26 AM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:03:14 -0500
Miles Fidelman wrote:
First off, I'm going to repeat: STOP SENDING TWO COPIES OF YOUR
EMAILS. It's simply rude. Reply to the list or not at all.
+1
I've not been a thread participant and yet am still getting Cc:s
On 2013/3/2 12:37 PM, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote:
On Sat 02 Mar 2013 at 08:51:03 +, Brian wrote:
> The problem is in the GUI installer. To do the installation
> successfully, use the text-based installer.
I'd not see this as being the problem, Both a text and a GUI install
shou
> On Sat 02 Mar 2013 at 08:51:03 +, Brian wrote:
>
>> The problem is in the GUI installer. To do the installation
>> successfully, use the text-based installer.
>
> I'd not see this as being the problem, Both a text and a GUI install
> should succeed (or fail) under the *same* condition
On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:03:14 -0500
Miles Fidelman wrote:
> First off, I'm going to repeat: STOP SENDING TWO COPIES OF YOUR
> EMAILS. It's simply rude. Reply to the list or not at all.
+1
I've not been a thread participant and yet am still getting Cc:s in my
inbox from Mark Filipak while the leg
On Sat 02 Mar 2013 at 08:51:03 +, Brian wrote:
> From another mail in this thread:
>
>http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/03/msg00073.html
>
>Some work for you. This iGRUB failure should be repeatable. When it
>happens switch to console 4 with ALT-F4 and let us know what the
Hi Miles,
>> He has managed to hog the whole list, and get a lot of technical
>> expertise for free, for days now - by displaying the attitude of a
>> particularly badly-behaved child.
>> What a d!ck.
> but it has been fascinating, in a train-wreck, troll-baiting kind of way :-)
Oh absolutely! I'
Harvey Kelly wrote:
On 2 March 2013 10:58, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 08:20:32PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
João, kindly stop responding to this thread. I want help, not noise.
Bloody cheek!! Did you behave this way on other distro support lists?
Watching this from afar,
On 2 March 2013 10:58, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 08:20:32PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
>>
>> João, kindly stop responding to this thread. I want help, not noise.
>
> Bloody cheek!! Did you behave this way on other distro support lists?
Watching this from afar, what I find
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 08:20:32PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
>
> João, kindly stop responding to this thread. I want help, not noise.
Bloody cheek!! Did you behave this way on other distro support lists?
--
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being o
On 02/03/13 22:08, Joe wrote:
> Actually, the most Windows help you can get is from former newsgroups,
> now web forums, which are rather like this, though sponsored by
> Microsoft. Occasionally MS people look in and often give technically
> correct answers, but also often betray limited real-worl
On Fri 01 Mar 2013 at 20:13:40 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Brian wrote:
> >
> >The kernel has no knowledge about a non-existent hard disk so how can
> >GRUB possibly attempt to install itself there?
>
> good point, but then again, what does grub-install (try to) use as a
> default if a specifi
On Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:28:12 +1300
Richard Hector wrote:
> We have a _community_, each member of which knows some stuff. People
> can help by mentioning the bits that they know, and putting it
> together with the bits that other people know. When you read the
> comments, you can also pick and ch
On Fri 01 Mar 2013 at 20:10:34 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
> On 2013/3/1 6:58 PM, Brian wrote:
> >
> >Any chance of a sight of what syslog reports when GRUB fails to install?
>
> How do I get to the syslog?
>From another mail in this thread:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/03/msg0007
On 02/03/13 14:11, Mark Filipak wrote:
> Miles. will you kindly stop responding to me.
Pretty much nobody knows everything.
We have a _community_, each member of which knows some stuff. People can
help by mentioning the bits that they know, and putting it together with
the bits that other people
On 2013/3/1 8:47 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/1 8:13 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Brian wrote:
On Fri 01 Mar 2013 at 19:25:30 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
in fact, I expect that's what's happening to Mark when he tries to
install GRUB - the installer is either:
a) try
Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/1 8:13 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Brian wrote:
On Fri 01 Mar 2013 at 19:25:30 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
in fact, I expect that's what's happening to Mark when he tries to
install GRUB - the installer is either:
a) trying to install on the hdd, which he's discon
Miles, you are not helping. Kindly stop contributing to this thread.
>
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On 2013/3/1 7:47 PM, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote:
Do you want to help?
If no, stop reading now (I don't need more heckling).
Do you want help? Then don't write agressive email with sarcastic subject.
What I did:
[...]
What you tried to do requires great Linux skill and knowledge. It is
On 2013/3/1 8:13 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Brian wrote:
On Fri 01 Mar 2013 at 19:25:30 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
in fact, I expect that's what's happening to Mark when he tries to
install GRUB - the installer is either:
a) trying to install on the hdd, which he's disconnected (fail), or,
T
Brian wrote:
On Fri 01 Mar 2013 at 19:25:30 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
in fact, I expect that's what's happening to Mark when he tries to
install GRUB - the installer is either:
a) trying to install on the hdd, which he's disconnected (fail), or,
The kernel has no knowledge about a non-exist
On 2013/3/1 7:03 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/1 3:16 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Mark Filipak wrote:
GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help.
Well that makes perfect sense. GRUB and LILO boot loaders designed to work
with a hard drive. You (probably)
On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:42:56 -0500
Mark Filipak wrote:
> On 2013/3/1 3:29 PM, Go Linux wrote:
>
> > Duh . . . How about installing on an external hard drive?
>
> That would be nice, but that would be on USB also...
>
And if the computer's hardware can deal with USB hard drives, and
anything r
On 2013/3/1 6:58 PM, Brian wrote:
On Fri 01 Mar 2013 at 18:44:55 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
Regarding installing onto the USB hard drive...
I booted from USB thumb drive, then tried to install from that (using
its built-in Debian Installer) onto a USB hard drive. That also
failed, same problem
> Do you want to help?
> If no, stop reading now (I don't need more heckling).
Do you want help? Then don't write agressive email with sarcastic subject.
> What I did:
[...]
What you tried to do requires great Linux skill and knowledge. It is
beyond your possibilities to even understand help on
On Fri 01 Mar 2013 at 19:25:30 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> in fact, I expect that's what's happening to Mark when he tries to
> install GRUB - the installer is either:
> a) trying to install on the hdd, which he's disconnected (fail), or,
The kernel has no knowledge about a non-existent hard d
Rob Owens wrote:
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 07:25:30PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Rob Owens wrote:
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 03:16:12PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Mark Filipak wrote:
GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help.
Well that makes perfect sense. GRUB and LILO boot loaders
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 05:25:20PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
> On 2013/3/1 3:55 PM, Rob Owens wrote:
> >On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 01:39:19PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
> >>13 - Removed hard disk.
> >>14 - Booted Debian-LXDE on 1-GB USB.
> >>14.1 - Created 2.5-GB /, 0.5-GB swap, and 5.0-GB /windows (
Rob Owens wrote:
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 07:14:59PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Rob Owens wrote:
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 03:16:12PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Mark Filipak wrote:
GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help.
Well that makes perfect sense. GRUB and LILO boot loaders
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 07:25:30PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Rob Owens wrote:
> >On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 03:16:12PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> >>Mark Filipak wrote:
> >GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help.
> >>Well that makes perfect sense. GRUB and LILO boot loaders des
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 07:14:59PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Rob Owens wrote:
> >On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 03:16:12PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> >>Mark Filipak wrote:
> >GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help.
> >>Well that makes perfect sense. GRUB and LILO boot loaders des
Rob Owens wrote:
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 03:16:12PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Mark Filipak wrote:
GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help.
Well that makes perfect sense. GRUB and LILO boot loaders designed
to work with a hard drive. You (probably) need to install a
different bo
Rob Owens wrote:
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 03:16:12PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Mark Filipak wrote:
GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help.
Well that makes perfect sense. GRUB and LILO boot loaders designed
to work with a hard drive. You (probably) need to install a
different bo
Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/1 3:29 PM, Go Linux wrote:
--- On Fri, 3/1/13, Mark Filipak wrote:
From: Mark Filipak
Subject: Re: Installation failed
To: "Shane Johnson"
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Friday, March 1, 2013, 2:12 PM
I'm afraid it's install Linux
Mark Filipak wrote:
On 2013/3/1 3:16 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Mark Filipak wrote:
GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help.
Well that makes perfect sense. GRUB and LILO boot loaders designed
to work with a hard drive. You (probably) need to install a
different boot loader on
On Fri 01 Mar 2013 at 18:44:55 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
> Regarding installing onto the USB hard drive...
>
> I booted from USB thumb drive, then tried to install from that (using
> its built-in Debian Installer) onto a USB hard drive. That also
> failed, same problem as when I attempted to ins
Hello All,
By mistake this thread has been going only to Steven Grunza. I'm reposting to
the whole list for help.
Regarding installing onto the USB hard drive...
I booted from USB thumb drive, then tried to install from that (using its
built-in Debian Installer) onto a USB hard drive. That al
On Friday 01 March 2013 22:25:20 Mark Filipak wrote:
> > You want to install it to the 8 GB usb stick, which may be
> > /dev/sdb -- but you should make sure.
>
> Really? Are you saying that at that point the USB thumb drive has a mount
> point? I don't think so, but what the hell do I know. Even if
On 2013/3/1 3:55 PM, Rob Owens wrote:
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 01:39:19PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
13 - Removed hard disk.
14 - Booted Debian-LXDE on 1-GB USB.
14.1 - Created 2.5-GB /, 0.5-GB swap, and 5.0-GB /windows (FAT-32).
14.2 - Attempted install to the 8-GB USB (newly partitioned).
14.3
On 2013/3/1 4:41 PM, Go Linux wrote:
--- On Fri, 3/1/13, Mark Filipak wrote:
--- On Fri, 3/1/13, Mark Filipak wrote:
I'm afraid it's install Linux on a USB thumb drive or
nothing.
Duh . . . How about installing on an external hard
drive?
That would be nice, but that would be on USB also...
--- On Fri, 3/1/13, Mark Filipak wrote:
> From: Mark Filipak
> Subject: Re: Installation failed
> To: "Go Linux"
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Friday, March 1, 2013, 2:42 PM
> On 2013/3/1 3:29 PM, Go Linux wrote:
> > --- On Fri, 3/1/13, Mark Fil
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 03:16:12PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Mark Filipak wrote:
> >
> >>>GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help.
>
> Well that makes perfect sense. GRUB and LILO boot loaders designed
> to work with a hard drive. You (probably) need to install a
> different boot
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 03:42:56PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
> On 2013/3/1 3:29 PM, Go Linux wrote:
>
> >>The Debian Live USB is acting like a CD. That's fine, I can
> >>boot from it. But I can't configure it (different wallpaper,
> >>for example) and I can't install anything (Icedove, for
> >>ex
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 01:39:19PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
> 13 - Removed hard disk.
> 14 - Booted Debian-LXDE on 1-GB USB.
> 14.1 - Created 2.5-GB /, 0.5-GB swap, and 5.0-GB /windows (FAT-32).
> 14.2 - Attempted install to the 8-GB USB (newly partitioned).
> 14.3 - Install succeeded!
> 14.4 - A
On 2013/3/1 3:29 PM, Go Linux wrote:
--- On Fri, 3/1/13, Mark Filipak wrote:
From: Mark Filipak
Subject: Re: Installation failed
To: "Shane Johnson"
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Friday, March 1, 2013, 2:12 PM
I'm afraid it's install Linux on a USB thumb dri
On 2013/3/1 3:16 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Mark Filipak wrote:
GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help.
Well that makes perfect sense. GRUB and LILO boot loaders designed to work
with a hard drive. You (probably) need to install a different boot loader on a
USB stick - and whi
--- On Fri, 3/1/13, Mark Filipak wrote:
> From: Mark Filipak
> Subject: Re: Installation failed
> To: "Shane Johnson"
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Friday, March 1, 2013, 2:12 PM
>
>
> I'm afraid it's install Linux on a USB thumb
Mark,
The easiest way I am aware of (not used) for that is Knoppix to USB. If I
remember right it comes as a utility on the CDrom. Also see Miles
comments.
Shane
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Mark Filipak wrote:
> On 2013/3/1 2:25 PM, Shane Johnson wrote:
>
>> ...I had to get a Utility from
Mark Filipak wrote:
GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help.
Well that makes perfect sense. GRUB and LILO boot loaders designed to
work with a hard drive. You (probably) need to install a different boot
loader on a USB stick - and which one is dependent on what your BIOS
suppo
On Fri 01 Mar 2013 at 13:39:19 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote:
> What I did:
> 1 - Booted Windows.
> 1.1 - Copied the Debian-Gnome Live ISO to an 8-GB USB.
> 1.2 - Shut down Windows.
> 2 - Booted Debian-Gnome from 8-GB USB - success!
> 2.1 - Shut down Debian-Gnome.
> 3 - Booted Windows.
> 3.1 - Copied
On 2013/3/1 2:25 PM, Shane Johnson wrote:
...I had to get a Utility from HP to convert the thumbdrive.
Not needed in this case. The target USB drive did not come with U3. (The 1-GB
USB drive did come with U3, but I removed that years ago.)
I would recommend if you want to truly try Debian an
Mark Filipak wrote:
Do you want to help?
If no, stop reading now (I don't need more heckling).
What I did:
1 - Booted Windows.
1.1 - Copied the Debian-Gnome Live ISO to an 8-GB USB.
1.2 - Shut down Windows.
2 - Booted Debian-Gnome from 8-GB USB - success!
2.1 - Shut down Debian-Gnome.
3 - Booted
Thank you, Shane. I did use 'dd' to write the Debian Live ISOs to USBs and
> that did work (though the documentation for 'dd' was wrong). A gentleman on
> the debian-live list helped me.
>
> What didn't work was this: When I attempted to install from one (booted)
> USB (running Debian-LXDE) to anot
On 2013/3/1 1:54 PM, Shane Johnson wrote:
Mark,
There is a specific method to install to USB. Please see :
http://wiki.debian.org/BootUsb
Thank you, Shane. I did use 'dd' to write the Debian Live ISOs to USBs and that
did work (though the documentation for 'dd' was wrong). A gentleman on the
Mark,
There is a specific method to install to USB. Please see :
http://wiki.debian.org/BootUsb
Otherwise, you can use the instructions included here :
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual
To install to a HD. (There are many different options.)
Please be aware that (to my know
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Mark Filipak
wrote:
> Do you want to help?
> If no, stop reading now (I don't need more heckling).
Between this comment...
> Any/all help appreciated except from Lisi Reisz.
...and this one, who would want to help?!
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