On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:33:35 -0700, Johnathan Ritzi wrote:
> Problem solved (I think). After digging some more, I realized that after
> the install the only partition marked bootable was /dev/sda6 (Linux
> root).
As you installed GRUB into the MBR, that makes sense.
> I used fdisk to make /dev/
On Sat, 2011-06-04 at 15:33 -0700, Johnathan Ritzi wrote:
> [snip] Just to experiment, I went into fdisk, deleted all my new
> partitions (leaving just the Windows ones) [snip]
> I'm not even getting to the grub boot screen, so something is wrong
> even before the point. Reinstalling grub to the Ma
Problem solved (I think). After digging some more, I realized that after the
install the only partition marked bootable was /dev/sda6 (Linux root). I
used fdisk to make /dev/sda2 also bootable (the main Windows partition) and
grub (and everything else) came up fine. I believe the original set up wa
On Jo, 16 sep 10, 21:12:39, AG wrote:
>
> Windows will automatically wipe the entire HD clean during
> installation,
I'm not a fan of Windows, but this is just not true, at least not with
every version until Windows XP. It will screw up grub though, so have a
boot disk handy if you didn't inst
On 9/16/2010 4:12 PM, AG wrote:
On 10/09/10 03:30, Doug wrote:
I just downloaded debian-testing i386 Net Inst and burned the
.iso onto disk. Before I do something silly, I want to make sure
that this is designed to live with other os's on the hd. (I remember
one older version of Ubuntu that took
On 17/09/10 04:15, James Zuelow wrote:
> LOL. If anyone thinks this thread has been extremist or hateful, you need to
> get out more. :)
*nod
> That being said, I think some people have lost track of the thread.
What are you trying to say James? :-) Surely every post has
focused on solving
On 17/09/10 02:48, Tom H wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Scott Ferguson
> wrote:
>>
>> And you probably don't see pro-Ubuntu posts/whines on a Debian mailing
>> list as trolling either... ;-p
> Not at all. Definitely not whining.
> ;-p
I didn't take you comment on Ubuntu as whining
On 10/09/10 03:30, Doug wrote:
I just downloaded debian-testing i386 Net Inst and burned the
.iso onto disk. Before I do something silly, I want to make sure
that this is designed to live with other os's on the hd. (I remember
one older version of Ubuntu that took over the drive, and wiped
ever
LOL. If anyone thinks this thread has been extremist or hateful, you need to
get out more. :)
That being said, I think some people have lost track of the thread.
Tom H is the one who said, and I'll paraphrase here:
"If you use the debian installer, and it asks you if you want to use the ent
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Scott Ferguson
wrote:
> On 16/09/10 12:17, Tom H wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Klistvud wrote:
>>> Dne, 15. 09. 2010 11:36:48 je Lisi napisal(a):
I find the hand-holding, suitable-for newbies, so-called-easy Ubuntu
installer utterly i
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:17:19 -0400
Tom H wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Klistvud
> wrote:
> > Dne, 15. 09. 2010 11:36:48 je Lisi napisal(a):
> >>
> >> I find the hand-holding, suitable-for newbies, so-called-easy
> >> Ubuntu installer utterly incomprehensible.
> >
> > +1
>
> I find b
On 16/09/10 12:17, Tom H wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Klistvud wrote:
>> Dne, 15. 09. 2010 11:36:48 je Lisi napisal(a):
>>> I find the hand-holding, suitable-for newbies, so-called-easy Ubuntu
>>> installer utterly incomprehensible.
>> +1
> I find both your statements utterly incompr
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Klistvud wrote:
> Dne, 15. 09. 2010 11:36:48 je Lisi napisal(a):
>>
>> I find the hand-holding, suitable-for newbies, so-called-easy Ubuntu
>> installer utterly incomprehensible.
>
> +1
I find both your statements utterly incomprehensible! :)
I only use the Ubunt
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Scott Ferguson
wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Scott Ferguson
>> wrote:
2010/9/13 Jes�s M. Navarro :
> On Friday 10 September 2010 21:17:24 Tom H wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Miles Fidelman
>>> Now if you consider it user
Dne, 15. 09. 2010 11:36:48 je Lisi napisal(a):
I find the hand-holding, suitable-for newbies, so-called-easy Ubuntu
installer
utterly incomprehensible.
+1
That said, however, I don't think the main question here should be
"what kind of users is d-i targeted for". I think the crucial issue
On Wednesday 15 September 2010 06:03:54 Scott Ferguson wrote:
> Hand-holding installations have been discussed to death - the general
> consensus seems to be if you want hand-holding use one of the "less
> pure" Debians (Ubuntu et al).
> If you want choice use the Debian installer - it may wipe an
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Scott Ferguson
> wrote:
>>> 2010/9/13 Jes�s M. Navarro :
On Friday 10 September 2010 21:17:24 Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Miles Fidelman
>> Now if you consider it user error to give the default answers, when you
>> actually
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Scott Ferguson
wrote:
>> 2010/9/13 Jes�s M. Navarro :
>>> On Friday 10 September 2010 21:17:24 Tom H wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Miles Fidelman
> Now if you consider it user error to give the default answers, when you
> actually want to sa
> 2010/9/13 Jes�s M. Navarro :
>> On Friday 10 September 2010 21:17:24 Tom H wrote:
>>> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Miles Fidelman
Now if you consider it user error to give the default answers, when you
actually want to save the current install, then your anwer is accurate.
>>> I do
2010/9/13 Jesús M. Navarro :
> On Friday 10 September 2010 21:17:24 Tom H wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Miles Fidelman
>> >
>> > Now if you consider it user error to give the default answers, when you
>> > actually want to save the current install, then your anwer is accurate.
>>
>> I
Dne, 14. 09. 2010 01:53:07 je Jesús M. Navarro napisal(a):
> install. With Ubuntu's installer, aimed at a less technical crowd,
the
> default is to do a side-by-side install.
Seems much saner (and proper) to me.
+1
--
Regards,
Klistvud
Certifiable Loonix User #481801
http://bufferoverflow.
Hi:
On Friday 10 September 2010 21:17:24 Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Miles Fidelman
>
[...]
> > Now if you consider it user error to give the default answers, when you
> > actually want to save the current install, then your anwer is accurate.
>
> I do. It's a PEBKAC. With d-
On 9/10/2010 3:01 PM, Rob Owens wrote:
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 02:32:40PM -0400, Doug wrote:
On 9/10/2010 8:22 AM, Rob Owens wrote:
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:32:20AM +0100, Joao Ferreira gmail wrote:
On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 01:59 -0400, Doug wrote:
Trying to install. I come to the partitioner
2010/9/9 Doug
>
> I just downloaded debian-testing i386 Net Inst and burned the
> .iso onto disk. Before I do something silly, I want to make sure
> that this is designed to live with other os's on the hd. (I remember
> one older version of Ubuntu that took over the drive, and wiped everything
>
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Miles Fidelman
wrote:
> Tom H wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Doug wrote:
>>>
>>> I just downloaded debian-testing i386 Net Inst and burned the
>>> .iso onto disk. Before I do something silly, I want to make sure
>>> that this is designed to live with
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 02:32:40PM -0400, Doug wrote:
> On 9/10/2010 8:22 AM, Rob Owens wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:32:20AM +0100, Joao Ferreira gmail wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 01:59 -0400, Doug wrote:
Trying to install. I come to the partitioner. It says there is 261 GB
On 9/10/2010 8:22 AM, Rob Owens wrote:
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:32:20AM +0100, Joao Ferreira gmail wrote:
On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 01:59 -0400, Doug wrote:
Trying to install. I come to the partitioner. It says there is 261 GB
available. (This is empty, unpartitioned and unformatted space, lef
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:32:20AM +0100, Joao Ferreira gmail wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 01:59 -0400, Doug wrote:
> > Trying to install. I come to the partitioner. It says there is 261 GB
> > available. (This is empty, unpartitioned and unformatted space, left
> > over after cloning drive f
On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 01:59 -0400, Doug wrote:
> Trying to install. I come to the partitioner. It says there is 261 GB
> available. (This is empty, unpartitioned and unformatted space, left
> over after cloning drive from a smaller one.) On-screen instructions say
>
> [!!] Partition disks
>
On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 22:30 -0400, Doug wrote:
> I just downloaded debian-testing i386 Net Inst and burned the
> .iso onto disk. Before I do something silly, I want to make sure
> that this is designed to live with other os's on the hd. (I remember
> one older version of Ubuntu that took over the
Dne, 10. 09. 2010 04:39:46 je Aaron Toponce napisal(a):
On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 10:30:35PM -0400, Doug wrote:
> (I remember
> one older version of Ubuntu that took over the drive, and wiped
> everything else out.)
This isn't Ubuntu. :)
Well, while it isn't Ubuntu, it's *testing* nonetheless:
Tom H wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Doug wrote:
I just downloaded debian-testing i386 Net Inst and burned the
.iso onto disk. Before I do something silly, I want to make sure
that this is designed to live with other os's on the hd. (I remember
one older version of Ubuntu that too
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Doug wrote:
> I just downloaded debian-testing i386 Net Inst and burned the
> .iso onto disk. Before I do something silly, I want to make sure
> that this is designed to live with other os's on the hd. (I remember
> one older version of Ubuntu that took over the d
Aaron Toponce wrote:
On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 10:30:35PM -0400, Doug wrote:
I just downloaded debian-testing i386 Net Inst and burned the
.iso onto disk. Before I do something silly, I want to make sure
that this is designed to live with other os's on the hd. (I remember
one older version of
On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 10:30:35PM -0400, Doug wrote:
> I just downloaded debian-testing i386 Net Inst and burned the
> .iso onto disk. Before I do something silly, I want to make sure
> that this is designed to live with other os's on the hd. (I remember
> one older version of Ubuntu that took ov
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