Re: Install Debian 12.5 on QNAP TS-210

2024-04-24 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 24.04.2024 19:49, David Hörnlund wrote: Hi debian-user, I have an old QNAP TS-210 that would continue to be useful for me. If it is still possible to use it with the latest Debian Stable. There is a webpage at https://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-219/ That have instruktions on h

Re: Install debian on USB-stick

2021-11-09 Thread Michael Castellon
Hi, https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/11.1.0-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-11.1.0-amd64-standard+nonfree.iso # cp debian-live-11.1.0-amd64-standard+nonfree.iso /dev/sdb # sync for other live https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-fr

Re: Install debian on USB-stick

2021-11-09 Thread Dan Ritter
Sim Sim wrote: > Is possible to install debian-11.1.0-i386-netinst.iso on 16Gb USB2.0-stick? > A minimal environment, of course. And productivity do not need, just > curiosity. You can: - write that ISO to the stick and use it as an installer OR - boot that ISO and select a stick like that as

Re: Install Debian netinstall to HP Elitebook 840 G8 problem

2021-09-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 03 sep 21, 08:09:25, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Fri, 3 Sep 2021 09:46:24 +0200 (CEST) > Richard Forst wrote: > > > I purchased a new laptop HP Elitebook 840 G8, and am trying to > > install Debian to it. However I encounter a problem. > > > > I change the bios setting, but when booting f

Re: Install Debian 10 amd64 onto USB flash drive with and for Macintosh

2021-09-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 02 sep 21, 22:29:34, David Christensen wrote: > > The contents of the SSD ESP filesystem are not ideal and I still do not > understand how the MacBook Pro firmware finds and/or chooses between boot > loaders. From my limited understanding of EFI the stick should have its own ESP with grub

Re: Install Debian 10 amd64 onto USB flash drive with and for Macintosh

2021-09-08 Thread David Wright
On Thu 02 Sep 2021 at 22:29:34 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: > On 9/2/21 5:37 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 01 Sep 2021 at 16:00:13 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: > > > > [three long posts] > > > > That was very useful. I've condensed it into a file (attached) for > > my own use. The

Re: Install Debian netinstall to HP Elitebook 840 G8 problem

2021-09-03 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 3 Sep 2021 09:46:24 +0200 (CEST) Richard Forst wrote: > I purchased a new laptop HP Elitebook 840 G8, and am trying to > install Debian to it. However I encounter a problem. > > I change the bios setting, but when booting from usb. What was shown > on the screen is simply a grub env com

Re: Install Debian netinstall to HP Elitebook 840 G8 problem

2021-09-03 Thread Richard Forst
Ok I am kind of getting what goes wrong. First configure boot options to usb in bios setting as usual. Then do rebooting. After the screen displays HP logo, pressing esc button, which will again enter the bios seting or that kind of screen but it will ask (the screen will display) with several

Re: Install Debian 10 amd64 onto USB flash drive with and for Macintosh

2021-09-02 Thread David Christensen
On 9/2/21 5:37 PM, David Wright wrote: On Wed 01 Sep 2021 at 16:00:13 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: [three long posts] That was very useful. I've condensed it into a file (attached) for my own use. The footnotes are notes, guesses and queries. I tried to file a bug report against the deb

Re: Install Debian 10 amd64 onto USB flash drive with and for Macintosh

2021-09-02 Thread David Wright
On Wed 01 Sep 2021 at 16:00:13 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: [three long posts] That was very useful. I've condensed it into a file (attached) for my own use. The footnotes are notes, guesses and queries. My main question is — there are three identical listings taken at different times; all

Re: Install Debian 10 amd64 onto USB flash drive with and for Macintosh

2021-09-01 Thread David Christensen
On 9/1/21 1:15 AM, didier gaumet wrote: Hello, Hello. :-) Le mardi 31 août 2021 à 15:31 -0700, David Christensen a écrit : [...] I would like to install Debian 10 onto a USB flash drive as a self-contained, bootable, full, live installation that I use with this and other Intel-based Macin

Re: Install Debian 10 amd64 onto USB flash drive with and for Macintosh

2021-09-01 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, Le mardi 31 août 2021 à 15:31 -0700, David Christensen a écrit : [...] > I would like to install Debian 10 onto a USB flash drive as a > self-contained, bootable, full, live installation that I use with > this > and other Intel-based Macintosh computers. You should even be able to use it

Re: Install Debian 10 amd64 onto USB flash drive with and for Macintosh

2021-08-31 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 1/9/21 10:39, David Christensen wrote: If I now power up the machine with the buster-mac USB flash drive installed and hold the Option key,  I see the MacBook firmware disk window showing the internal SSD only; the target USB flash drive with the Debian instance is not shown. David I'ts

Re: Install Debian 10 amd64 onto USB flash drive with and for Macintosh

2021-08-31 Thread David Christensen
On 8/31/21 3:53 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: David Christensen wrote: debian-user: I have an Apple MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) with an Intel Core i7-4770HQ processor, 16 GB memory, and 256 GB SSD: If I now power up the machine with the buster-mac USB flash drive installed, Debian starts.

Re: Install Debian 10 amd64 onto USB flash drive with and for Macintosh

2021-08-31 Thread Dan Ritter
David Christensen wrote: > debian-user: > > I have an Apple MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) with an Intel Core > i7-4770HQ processor, 16 GB memory, and 256 GB SSD: > > > If I now power up the machine with the buster-mac USB flash drive installed, > Debian starts. > > > > If I now pow

Re: Install debian armhf on tablet "surface rt"

2019-09-10 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, hans.ullr...@loop.de wrote: > The "Surface RT" is capable to start of an usb-stick, but it is EFI secured. What exactly do you mean by "EFI secured" ? > However, the debian installer > (on intel hardware) can be started with uefi, too, so why should the same > not work with armhf? I just d

Re: install debian cann't detect hard disk

2019-06-07 Thread Jacques Toerien
> On 7 Jun 2019, at 18:31, lina wrote: > > Hi, > > I have tried different version of debian and even ubuntu on latest macbook > pro. > > I did the partition exactly follow very carefully based on the online > documents but it still failed to detect the hard disk during > installation. Besid

Re: install debian on latest Macbook pro

2019-04-11 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Lina, On 12/04/2019 02:44, lina wrote: > Hi, > > When I tried to install the Debian on latest MacBook Pro, I found the > keyboard and the touchpad does not work. > > It is just the beginning, I know I will meet lots of problems, > > Is there any link providing the information how to insta

Re: install debian on latest Macbook pro

2019-04-11 Thread lina
I also cann't detect the SSD partition I made for debian even I installed the refind. On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 3:44 PM lina wrote: > > Hi, > > When I tried to install the Debian on latest MacBook Pro, I found the > keyboard and the touchpad does not work. > > It is just the beginning, I know I wil

Re: Install Debian 9.1 stretch on Pentium II system: pata_hpt3x2n required?

2017-09-05 Thread didier gaumet
Le 05/09/2017 à 11:34, David Max a écrit : > Hello > > I am attempting to install Debian 9.1 stretch on an old Pentium II system. > > Setup -- > > cpu Pentium II 400 MHz > ram 512 MB > video card ATI RAGE IIC AGP > hdd #1 6.8 GB Fujitsu (with Windows installed, also a 1GB Linux swap > partition)

Re: Install Debian 9.1 stretch on Pentium II system: pata_hpt3x2n required?

2017-09-05 Thread deloptes
David Max wrote: > cpu Pentium II 400 MHz > ram 512 MB > video card ATI RAGE IIC AGP > hdd #1 6.8 GB Fujitsu (with Windows installed, also a 1GB Linux swap > partition) > hdd #2 80 GB Seagate, attached to Highpoint 133SB Rocket Raid (PCI) card the problem here might be the CPU support in the stoc

Re: Install Debian 9.1 stretch on Pentium II system: pata_hpt3x2n required?

2017-09-05 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Sep 05, 2017 at 10:34:46AM +0100, David Max wrote: > Hello > > I am attempting to install Debian 9.1 stretch on an old Pentium II system. > > Setup -- > > cpu Pentium II 400 MHz > ram 512 MB > video card ATI RAGE IIC AGP > hdd #1 6.8 GB Fuji

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-07 Thread David Wright
On Sun 04 Jun 2017 at 13:14:42 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > David Wright composed on 2017-06-04 11:19 (UTC-0500): > ... > > But you're unusual in working in this area, so unlike most of us > > you're going to have a dedicated tool available; in fact you work > > on it I see. > > I'm not sure what

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-04 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2017-06-04 11:19 (UTC-0500): ... > But you're unusual in working in this area, so unlike most of us > you're going to have a dedicated tool available; in fact you work > on it I see. I'm not sure what you mean. I'm only a DFSee user, no kind of programmer. I discovered the

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-04 Thread David Wright
On Sat 03 Jun 2017 at 18:18:02 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > David Wright composed on 2017-06-01 18:55 (UTC-0500): > > > When I managed to persuade the Computing Service to issue me with > > several disks at the same time (very infrequently), I would make > > sure I created partitions with slightl

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-04 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 06/01/2017 07:55 PM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 01 Jun 2017 at 12:32:01 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 12:23:56PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 06/01/2017 10:24 AM, David Wright wrote: ? [!!] Partition disks ? ??? SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 60.0

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-03 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2017-06-01 18:55 (UTC-0500): > When I managed to persuade the Computing Service to issue me with > several disks at the same time (very infrequently), I would make > sure I created partitions with slightly different (usually by one > cylinder, a historical concept!) absolu

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-01 Thread David Wright
On Thu 01 Jun 2017 at 12:32:01 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 12:23:56PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > On 06/01/2017 10:24 AM, David Wright wrote: > > > > ? [!!] Partition disks ? > > > > ??? SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 60.0 GB ATA IC25N060ATMR04-0 >

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-01 Thread Felix Miata
Stephen P. Molnar composed on 2017-06-01 08:30 (UTC-0400): > I have an older desktop that has been running Windows XP that was shut > down for about 5 years that I wean to put back into service. > I know that it will run Debian as I've tried out the 32 bit live version. > Now, I am not a comput

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-01 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 12:23:56PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > On 06/01/2017 10:24 AM, David Wright wrote: > > > > ?? > > [!!] Partition disks > >

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-01 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 06/01/2017 10:24 AM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 01 Jun 2017 at 08:30:33 (-0400), Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have an older desktop that has been running Windows XP that was shut down for about 5 years that I wean to put back into service. I know that it will run Debian as I've tried out the 3

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-01 Thread David Wright
On Thu 01 Jun 2017 at 08:30:33 (-0400), Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have an older desktop that has been running Windows XP that was > shut down for about 5 years that I wean to put back into service. > > I know that it will run Debian as I've tried out the 32 bit live version. > > Now, I am not

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-22 Thread Brian
On Mon 22 Aug 2016 at 12:40:08 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Nicolas George wrote: > > According to some people on this list, you should be quartered for CCing > > someone who did not ask for it > > Wasn't it "hanged, drawn, and quartered" ? > > > > this clause does not work > > One has to ac

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-22 Thread Brian
On Mon 22 Aug 2016 at 12:12:22 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Le sextidi 6 fructidor, an CCXXIV, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : > > The assumption that Vitalij is not subscribed is further supported by > > the fact that he only replied to my mails which are Cc'ed to him. > > According to some people on

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-22 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Nicolas George wrote: > According to some people on this list, you should be quartered for CCing > someone who did not ask for it Wasn't it "hanged, drawn, and quartered" ? > this clause does not work One has to act like a good field officer: Know when you shall not obey your orders. (Apho

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-22 Thread Brian
On Mon 22 Aug 2016 at 12:06:00 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Brian wrote: > > There is no way of telling from his mails whether he is subscribed or > > not. > > There is a strong correlation of mail header "X-Spam-Status:" content > and the reply activity on this list. (I assume Mutt 1.5.23 offe

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-22 Thread Nicolas George
Le sextidi 6 fructidor, an CCXXIV, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : > The assumption that Vitalij is not subscribed is further supported by > the fact that he only replied to my mails which are Cc'ed to him. According to some people on this list, you should be quartered for CCing someone who did not ask f

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-22 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Brian wrote: > There is no way of telling from his mails whether he is subscribed or > not. There is a strong correlation of mail header "X-Spam-Status:" content and the reply activity on this list. (I assume Mutt 1.5.23 offers a way to see all headers.) People who reply to list-only posts v

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-22 Thread Brian
On Mon 22 Aug 2016 at 11:43:11 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > is the list aware that Vitalij (Виталий ) is > probably not subscribed and does not see answers which are not > Cc'ed to him ? There is no way of telling from his mails whether he is subscribed or not. "Probably subscribed" is as valid

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-22 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, is the list aware that Vitalij (Виталий ) is probably not subscribed and does not see answers which are not Cc'ed to him ? The full thread can be seen at https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/08/thrd2.html Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-22 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Виталий wrote: > The problem is that the bootable USB flash drive needs to be done in > Windows. The FAQ https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb mentions http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ and adds "win32diskimager will apparently only list input files named *.img by d

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-22 Thread Brian
On Mon 22 Aug 2016 at 10:10:34 +0200, Francesco Ariis wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:38:34AM +0300, Виталий wrote: > > The problem is that the bootable USB flash drive needs to be done in > > Windows. > > Linux is not installed to main system. There are only a feeble laptop with > > ArhLinu

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-22 Thread Francesco Ariis
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:38:34AM +0300, Виталий wrote: > The problem is that the bootable USB flash drive needs to be done in Windows. > Linux is not installed to main system. There are only a feeble laptop with > ArhLinux - Cinnamon+gdm, but a without internet. You might be interested in Linux

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-22 Thread Brian
On Mon 22 Aug 2016 at 10:38:34 +0300, Виталий wrote: > The problem is that the bootable USB flash drive needs to be done in > Windows. Linux is not installed to main system. There are only a > feeble laptop with ArhLinux - Cinnamon+gdm, but a without internet. Use the cat or dd command on the Ar

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-22 Thread Виталий
The problem is that the bootable USB flash drive needs to be done in Windows. Linux is not installed to main system. There are only a feeble laptop with ArhLinux - Cinnamon+gdm, but a without internet. 21.08.2016, 22:44, "Thomas Schmitt" : > Hi, > > Виталий wrote: >>  Where do I get the image of

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-21 Thread Виталий
Ок I will try 21.08.2016, 22:44, "Thomas Schmitt" : > Hi, > > Виталий wrote: >>  Where do I get the image of one file? To write to a USB flash drive >>  to 32GB. To install without the Internet? > > Consider the first BD image for amd64: >    > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.5.0/amd64/jigdo

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-21 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Виталий wrote: > Where do I get the image of one file? To write to a USB flash drive > to 32GB. To install without the Internet? Consider the first BD image for amd64: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.5.0/amd64/jigdo-bd/debian-8.5.0-amd64-BD-1.jigdo or for 32 bit i386 http://cdimag

Re: Install Debian offline

2016-08-21 Thread Brian
On Sun 21 Aug 2016 at 21:37:20 +0300, Виталий wrote: > Hello. Where do I get the image of one file? To write to a USB flash drive to > 32GB. To install without the Internet? > > > I do not know how to combine the 5 DVDs that are already downloaded You have 5 DVDs. Only the first one can be us

Re: INSTALL DEBIAN TOUCH ON SMARTPHONE WITH ANDROID SYSTEM

2015-12-11 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 11:58:50AM +0100, SERGIO TAFUR PINA wrote: Hello, I wear contact you to tell me how I can install Debian in my Smartphone Touch and use it as a phone to make and receive calls, couriers also, sms etc. If this is possible, tell me how it is carried out. I am passionate ab

Re: install Debian using qemu - fail

2015-10-05 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote: > > installation of a system without desktop software. S. Findeisen wrote: > Maybe that's the point? I selected XFCE. Is there anything special I > have to do to be able to install and use graphical software? Dunno. I now try with kvm support about 10 times faster and half the CPU l

Re: install Debian using qemu - fail

2015-10-05 Thread S. Findeisen
On 2015-10-05 18:47, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > replaying your commands i successfully went through the > installation of a system without desktop software. > I was able to log in as root and to shut down. Maybe that's the point? I selected XFCE. Is there anything special I have to do to be able to i

Re: install Debian using qemu - fail

2015-10-05 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, replaying your commands i successfully went through the installation of a system without desktop software. I was able to log in as root and to shut down. The stage "Select and install software" is the first one which causes substantial internet traffic. Up to what percentage does it get ? Do

Re: Install Debian 8 on 3TB GPT drive

2015-07-16 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Andrej Kastrin a écrit : > > I have currently two disks installed on my box (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb). I try > to install Debian Jessie on 3TB GPT formatted drive (/dev/sdb). Using > partition tool I created the following partitions: > > Partition Table: gpt > > Number Start End SizeF

Re: Install debian on EFI hw

2014-03-05 Thread ralf . mardorf
On Wed, 2014-03-05 at 16:13 +0100, ha wrote: On 03/04/14 19:55, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > I'm not sure whether the default install installs GPT on smaller > > disks but it certainly worked when I tried it a while ago with no > > problems. > Excuse me, but what do you mean by "smaller disks"? "

Re: Install debian on EFI hw

2014-03-05 Thread ha
On 03/04/14 19:55, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 02:54:05PM +0100, ha wrote: Last few weekends I've tried to install debian 7.2 from live DVD (but booting from USB) on EFI hardware with GPT. I disabled EFI, crated a small partition at the begging of the disk, and run the usual

Re: Install debian on EFI hw

2014-03-05 Thread ha
On 03/04/14 20:09, Erwan David wrote: Le 04/03/2014 14:54, ha a écrit : Last few weekends I've tried to install debian 7.2 from live DVD (but booting from USB) on EFI hardware with GPT. I disabled EFI, crated a small partition at the begging of the disk, and run the usual installation process. H

Re: Install debian on EFI hw

2014-03-04 Thread Erwan David
Le 04/03/2014 14:54, ha a écrit : > Last few weekends I've tried to install debian 7.2 from live DVD (but > booting from USB) on EFI hardware with GPT. I disabled EFI, crated a > small partition at the begging of the disk, and run the usual > installation process. However, at the end of installatio

Re: Install debian on EFI hw

2014-03-04 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 02:54:05PM +0100, ha wrote: > Last few weekends I've tried to install debian 7.2 from live DVD > (but booting from USB) on EFI hardware with GPT. I disabled EFI, > crated a small partition at the begging of the disk, and run the > usual installation process. However, at the

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-25 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:31:14 +, James Kirk wrote: > I would like to install debian on a SD (I've only a Company laptop and I > would like to not modify the standard configuration). Yep, that's the same reason that I installed my debian onto my USB key several years ago. > Since SD is a flas

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-22 Thread Richard Hector
On 23/01/14 16:24, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 1/22/2014 11:22 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: >> Defeating the cache causes a lot of I/O for flash storage. > > This is patently false. fsync() causes no additional write IO. It > simply commits "right now". Buffer cache simply delays the writes. The > S

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-22 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/22/2014 9:12 PM, Артур Истомин wrote: > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:10:35PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> The OP will be using a browser. Browser cache writes, index updates, >> etc, will be far in excess of swap writes. If he uses Thunderbird >> (IceDove) with GLODA and offline caching enab

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-22 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/22/2014 11:22 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Another thing that I did was to install 'eatmydata' in order to use > the LD_PRELOAD library to disable fsync(). A lot of applications have > added fsync() calls everywhere to disable the file system buffer > cache. fsync() doesn't disable the buffer

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-22 Thread Артур Истомин
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:10:35PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > The OP will be using a browser. Browser cache writes, index updates, > etc, will be far in excess of swap writes. If he uses Thunderbird > (IceDove) with GLODA and offline caching enabled, that will produce even > more writes. What

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-22 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Wed, 22 Jan 2014 10:57:27 -0700 Bob Proulx napísal: > I wouldn't say the slower device is of lower quality. By quality I > was referring to the internal spares and firmware for managing them > for wear leveling. A good quality card should last through a lot of > write cycles. A poor

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-22 Thread Bob Proulx
Slavko wrote: > Bob Proulx napísal: > > James Kirk wrote: > > > Since SD is a flash memory and - as far as I know - it has a limited > > > lifetime (in terms of I/O) not thought to run an OS, > > > > The quality of the SD depends upon the vendor. And unfortunately it > > is a "market for lemons"

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-22 Thread Bob Proulx
Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Talking about tuning the Raspbery Pi folks set vm.swappiness=1 which I > > disagree with. I suggest using the Linux upstream default of > > vm.swappiness=60 or even higher. Proponents of disabling program swap > > by setting it low say that they never

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-22 Thread Slavko
Hi, Dňa Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:19:42 -0700 Bob Proulx napísal: > James Kirk wrote: > > I would like to install debian on a SD (I've only a Company laptop > > and I would like to not modify the standard configuration). > > Sounds reasonable to me. > > > Since SD is a flash memory and - as far as I

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-21 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/21/2014 5:19 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > James Kirk wrote: >> I would like to install debian on a SD (I've only a Company laptop >> and I would like to not modify the standard configuration). > > Sounds reasonable to me. > >> Since SD is a flash memory and - as far as I know - it has a limited >

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-21 Thread Brian
On Tue 21 Jan 2014 at 22:31:14 +, James Kirk wrote: > I would like to install debian on a SD (I've only a Company laptop and > I would like to not modify the standard configuration). > > Since SD is a flash memory and - as far as I know - it has a limited > lifetime (in terms of I/O) not tho

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-21 Thread Bob Proulx
James Kirk wrote: > I would like to install debian on a SD (I've only a Company laptop > and I would like to not modify the standard configuration). Sounds reasonable to me. > Since SD is a flash memory and - as far as I know - it has a limited > lifetime (in terms of I/O) not thought to run an O

Re: install debian on usb stick

2013-12-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 13 dec 13, 17:59:46, Diogene Laerce wrote: > Hi, > > Tuto : > http://verahill.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/361-installing-debian-on-usb-stick-from.html > > I try to install deby on a stick but I have this warning message > whatever action I do : ... > I tried to continue with the install but

Re: install debian on usb stick

2013-12-13 Thread Diogene Laerce
Thanks to all : it was the flag the issue. The commands from the tuto didn't work. Don't know why but all's fine now ! On 12/13/2013 10:57 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Diogene Laerce wrote: Hi, Tuto : http://verahill.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/361-installing-debian-on-usb-

Re: install debian on usb stick

2013-12-13 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Diogene Laerce wrote: > Hi, > > Tuto : > http://verahill.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/361-installing-debian-on-usb-stick-from.html > > I try to install deby on a stick but I have this warning message > whatever action I do : > > [snip] > > I tried to continue with the install

Re: install debian on usb stick

2013-12-13 Thread Jean-Marc
On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 08:02:46 -0500 Rob Owens wrote: > On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 05:59:46PM +0700, Diogene Laerce wrote: > > Hi, > > [...] > > I try to install deby on a stick but I have this warning message > > whatever action I do : > > > > ### > [...] > I've insta

Re: install debian on usb stick

2013-12-13 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 05:59:46PM +0700, Diogene Laerce wrote: > Hi, > > Tuto : > http://verahill.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/361-installing-debian-on-usb-stick-from.html > > I try to install deby on a stick but I have this warning message > whatever action I do : > > #

Re: Install debian from scratch and keep a home partition

2013-04-26 Thread Dan
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 6:22 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Dan wrote: >> - Backup home and the files from /etc passwd, group, shadow and gshadow >> ... >> - merge the old passwd, group, shadow and gshadow with the new files >> found in /etc > > You so far have three votes against doing this but I will v

Re: Install debian from scratch and keep a home partition

2013-04-25 Thread Bob Proulx
Dan wrote: > - Backup home and the files from /etc passwd, group, shadow and gshadow > ... > - merge the old passwd, group, shadow and gshadow with the new files > found in /etc You so far have three votes against doing this but I will vote *for* doing it. I think this is okay. It all depends up

Re: Install debian from scratch and keep a home partition

2013-04-25 Thread Morel Bérenger
Le Jeu 25 avril 2013 12:54, Dan a écrit : > Hi, > > > As I explained in a previous email I had an issue with the ATI driver > and squeeze and I decided to wipe squeeze and install wheezy. Luckily the > home partition is separated from the rest. > > Which would be the best way to proceed? > > > I wa

Re: Install debian from scratch and keep a home partition

2013-04-25 Thread Jean-Marc
On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:54:37 +0200, Dan wrote: > Hi, Hi Dan, > > As I explained in a previous email I had an issue with the ATI driver > [SNIP] > I was going to do the following: > > - Backup home and the files from /etc passwd, group, shadow and gshadow Always back-up your data; good practice

Re: Install debian from scratch and keep a home partition

2013-04-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2013-04-25 at 12:54 +0200, Dan wrote: > - merge the old passwd, group, shadow and gshadow with the new files > found in /etc Don't do that! Set up the groups again and add new passwords again. > Remove the home directory No need to do that. Just install Debian with home, included to the

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-10-19 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 09:10:56PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2012-10-18 at 17:29 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > Tom Rausner wrote: > > >Hi Folks. > > >I have a tower PC with a serious motherboard problem. > > >It is unable to pass data from one place (say the harddisk) > > >to another

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-10-18 Thread Lisi
On Thursday 18 October 2012 20:43:05 Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > Ralf Mardorf writes: > > On Thu, 2012-10-18 at 17:29 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >> Tom Rausner wrote: > >> >Hi Folks. > >> >I have a tower PC with a serious motherboard problem. > >> >It is unable to pass data from one place (say the

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-10-18 Thread Wally Lepore
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Tom Rausner wrote: > >Hi Folks. > >I have a tower PC with a serious motherboard problem. > >It is unable to pass data from one place (say the harddisk) > >to another (say a CDROM), without drowning it in errors. > >I think some pathways in

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-10-18 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Ralf Mardorf writes: > On Thu, 2012-10-18 at 17:29 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> Tom Rausner wrote: >> >Hi Folks. >> >I have a tower PC with a serious motherboard problem. >> >It is unable to pass data from one place (say the harddisk) >> >to another (say a CDROM), without drowning it in errors

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-10-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-10-18 at 17:29 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Tom Rausner wrote: > >Hi Folks. > >I have a tower PC with a serious motherboard problem. > >It is unable to pass data from one place (say the harddisk) > >to another (say a CDROM), without drowning it in errors. > >I think some pathways in

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-10-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
Tom Rausner wrote: >Hi Folks. >I have a tower PC with a serious motherboard problem. >It is unable to pass data from one place (say the harddisk) >to another (say a CDROM), without drowning it in errors. >I think some pathways in the motherboard is broken, so I want to >replace it. BUT most of the

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-13 Thread Tom Rausner
tor, 13 09 2012 kl. 05:02 +0200, skrev lee: > Let us know how it turns out in about three years from now :) I wouldn't be suprised if I stil was happily using the ASRock... -- Tom Rausner -- www.tomtech.dk tomt...@tomtech.dk ICQ:2767078

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-13 Thread lee
Tony van der Hoff writes: > On 12/09/12 02:01, lee wrote: >> Tom Rausner writes: >> >>> Generally I would agree and I was looking at MSI and ASUS to start with. >>> I just happened to clap my eyes on this one "by accident" -and liked it. >> >> Get an MSI board if you can. Asus sucks and Gigaby

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-13 Thread lee
Tom Rausner writes: > Hi. > > ons, 12 09 2012 kl. 03:01 +0200, skrev lee: > >> Get an MSI board if you can. Asus sucks and Gigabyte is the worst crap >> you can get. I don't have any experience with Asrock, though. > > Well, it ended up with an ASRock. Let us know how it turns out in about three

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I had issues with an ASUS board when it was new. Now it's old, several BIOS updates later, it's the perfect Linux machine. I only struggle with an IRQ issue for a new audio card, something that can happen with every mobo. Btw. today I don't care anymore, if there should be new BIOS updates. I nearl

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-09-12 at 19:21 +0200, Tom Rausner wrote: > Well, it ended up with an ASRock. And I switched from ASRock to ASUS ;). It's fortuitousness, we can have bad or good luck. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Go Linux
--- On Wed, 9/12/12, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > From: Tony van der Hoff > Subject: Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ? > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 12:18 PM > > I've never had a problem with ASUS boards. YMM

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Tom Rausner
Hi. ons, 12 09 2012 kl. 18:40 +0100, skrev Tony van der Hoff: > No, you didn't; neither did I, it was "Lee". > > But you have just snipped all the attributions... Well.. sorry. -- Tom Rausner t...@rausner.dk

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 12/09/12 18:34, Tom Rausner wrote: > Hey Tony... > > ons, 12 09 2012 kl. 18:18 +0100, skrev Tony van der Hoff: > >>> Get an MSI board if you can. Asus sucks and Gigabyte is the worst crap >>> you can get. I don't have any experience with Asrock, though. > > I didn't write this (just for your

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Tom Rausner
Hey Tony... ons, 12 09 2012 kl. 18:18 +0100, skrev Tony van der Hoff: > > Get an MSI board if you can. Asus sucks and Gigabyte is the worst crap > > you can get. I don't have any experience with Asrock, though. I didn't write this (just for your information) > I read your 'installation' post,

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Tom Rausner
Hi. ons, 12 09 2012 kl. 03:01 +0200, skrev lee: > Get an MSI board if you can. Asus sucks and Gigabyte is the worst crap > you can get. I don't have any experience with Asrock, though. Well, it ended up with an ASRock. -- Tom Rausner

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 12/09/12 02:01, lee wrote: > Tom Rausner writes: > >> Generally I would agree and I was looking at MSI and ASUS to start with. >> I just happened to clap my eyes on this one "by accident" -and liked it. > > Get an MSI board if you can. Asus sucks and Gigabyte is the worst crap > you can get.

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread lee
Tom Rausner writes: > Generally I would agree and I was looking at MSI and ASUS to start with. > I just happened to clap my eyes on this one "by accident" -and liked it. Get an MSI board if you can. Asus sucks and Gigabyte is the worst crap you can get. I don't have any experience with Asrock, t

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Tom Rausner
Hi. tir, 11 09 2012 kl. 20:05 -0400, skrev Doug: > Why not report back after you have installed an OS on it. Yeah, why not. The board comes in a pile of stuff I've orderet. It should be here monday so I should get it done some time next week. Tom Rausner

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:05:41 -0400, Doug wrote: > On 09/11/2012 11:16 AM, Tom Rausner wrote: >> Hi. >> >> tir, 11 09 2012 kl. 16:40 +0200, skrev maderios: >> >>> Hi >>> I bought uefi motherboard 1 year ago. It works well with squeeze weezy >>> and sid. "UEFI" changes nothing. >> Thanks for the hel

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