On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorb...@gmail.com> wrote: > on 21:01 Wed 16 Feb, Neal Hogan (nealho...@gmail.com) wrote: >> I have another thread started that is not getting much traffic given >> the significance of the situation: installation. >> >> Every installation medium that I've tried fails. Those trials include >> net-install-iso, mini-iso, full-diskOne-iso. . .with both linux and >> bsd kernels. >> >> What information do those that know anything about the install of the >> latest "stable" release need to know to fix this issue? There have >> been a few (if not several) other threads dealing with installation of >> squeeze. Was this tested? > > How about: > > - System onto which you're installing.
I'm not sure what "onto" means. I'm attempting the x86 install. > - Specific error message(s) encountered during installation. > You saw this in my other thread. it fails oto partition. >> Background: I've had Lenny on this particualr machine >> installing/running just fine. I was able to upgrade from Lenny to >> Squeeze with no problem. The fresh install is the problem. My machine >> is an early 2000's HP pavilion (ze4400). Why doesn't the install >> script partition my hard drive? > > Is this the only part of the installation which fails to occur as > expected? > expected? > Is a filesystem created at all? > Dunno . . . it stops the install. As I've said elsewhere, the partition failure takes place after the root partition creation. > Is the hard drive already partitioned? > ya (with Lenny), but I don't care about those partitoins. I want to wipe them out. > How large is the hard drive? > 100G > Does the rest of the installation complete or not? > Dunno. . . I didn;t feel it reasonable to contintue with the instal if my disk isn't partitioned. > Have you tried shelling out (alt-F2 generally) to partition and create > filesystems yourself? yes, fdisk/cfdisk is not an available comand. > > Are you using the graphical or console installer? > There was no option. It appeared graphical. > Installation messages are logged as well: > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s01.html.en > >> As you can see, I'm rather frustrated. I've enjoyed the debian >> experience up to this point. I don't mind working to get things done, >> but my issue seems to be a rather big deal (i.e., squeeze can't >> install on a machine that has worked). >> >> I understand that the majorty of folks on this list are not devs, but >> the devs who do subscribe *should* take notice. No? > > As others have noted: file a bug against debian-installer. That's how > devs hear about things. This list is for user-to-user (and occasionally > dev-to-user) support. > > -- > Dr. Ed Morbius, Chief Scientist / | > Robot Wrangler / Staff Psychologist | When you seek unlimited power > Krell Power Systems Unlimited | Go to Krell! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/20110217183935.gf3...@altaira.krellpowersys.exo > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTi=hnthucyekt-azj-aicv61dv9jcu92ehxoe...@mail.gmail.com