Thanks a lot, I am finally able to install debian using a bootable USB, just had to leave the stick unmounted before attempting to copy the contents of the iso.
I also read the whole documentation regarding installing debian for my architecture, and it really helped. It took me two hours though! And I also deleted my home partition and created a fresh system, and will use my backup to restore things that I need. That said, I am ready to power up my machine. Thanks again. Ah, yes I am writing this mail on my fresh wheezy!! On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:04 PM, st <s...@kem.ru> wrote: > Anubhav Yadav wrote: > > Hello everyone, this is my first post here. >> I am facing lot of problems in installing wheezy. >> >> 1) I downloaded the dvd-1 image of amd-64 precisely >> debian-7.1.0-amd64-DVD-1 >> for installing wheezy. I checked the md5sum of my downloaded file and it >> was >> the same as of the original. So the image was verified. >> >> Being a hybrid image, I just ran the following commands to make a >> bootable usb >> stick >> cp debian-7.1.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso /dev/sdc/ >> sync >> > > I'm not sure how it could work at all, device file not being a > directory. Even if it worked, though, it did a wrong thing. > > Disk images are to be transferred to disk, not to a file system. > > So, > > 1. Do NOT mount the target flash drive. If something asks you > about that, just click Cancel. > > 2. Use the appropriate command to copy the *contents* of the > image file to the medium, *not* the *file* itself. Say, if > dmesg confirms that your device was attached as /dev/sdc, do > > cat debian-7.1.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso > /dev/sdc > > This may be not the optimal way to do this, but would work as > expected. Unless, that is, you're trying to create a bootable > DVD, in which case growisofs is the way to go. > > Anyway, please do read the Installation Guide before proceeding. > There may be more problems ahead if you don't. > > > Now that /home >> contained a .config folder which is giving many errors at startup on mint, >> > > Check ownership. Debian assignes UIDs to normal users > starting with 1000. Other systems may use different > values, and that could lead to problems. > > "ls -l" and "chown -R" are your friends here. > > > Will it happen in debian? >> > > Maybe. Maybe not. It's all about UID mapping, and there are > no rules cut in stone for this. > > > Should I really backup my /home partition. >> > > Backups never hurt. > > > While on >> ubuntu I had compiled many software and libraries in my /home folder >> itself. >> Will they all work again in debian (or mint) or do I need to install them >> again? >> > > Anyone's guess. While I've been using some self-compiled binaries > since Debian Woody, some other things might get broken. > > Whether they work or not, keeping binaries in /home is a very, very > bad habit. /usr/local is the place. > > > Thats it, those are the two problems that I am facing as of yet. >> > > I've only detected one: you haven't read the documentation. > Get to http://www.debian.org/ before you go any further, > and give the Installation Guide a shot. Half an hour's > reading that can still save you days. > > -- > Best nightdreams. > Serge Tiunov, "Do you really think you think > http://e-head.net when you do think you do?" > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > debian-user-REQUEST@lists.**debian.org<debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org>with > a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/**52073063.5020...@kem.ru<http://lists.debian.org/52073063.5020...@kem.ru> > > -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav
