On Wed 04 Mar 2015 at 14:32:19 -0600, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Brian (a...@cityscape.co.uk): > > On Wed 04 Mar 2015 at 16:13:03 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday 04 March 2015 16:03:28 Bret Busby wrote: > > > > Neither that screen, nor the one that showed the partitions, > > > > identified using the UUID's (which, to a user like me, in the context > > > > of trying to restore the GRUB multi-OS selection bootloader, are > > > > meaningless, and, as useful as listing the subatomic particles, or the > > > > elements of the Periodic Table), showed the labels that had been set > > > > for the partitions, and so, did not show into which partition, each of > > > > the operating systems had been installed. > > > > > > So you had, in fact, set labels for the partitions? And it just wasn't > > > showing them? > > > > I think he is saying the partitions were identified (as they are) but > > not with UUIDs or LABELs. It was an expectation. > > Hmm. Well it's a long sentence again, but I thought he said they *were* > identified with UUIDs, the 32 character strings which he didn't > originally recognise as such. Going back a few postings, OP wrote: > > "I also note that (after taking about an hour, to remove the Debian 7.8 > installer iso "removable media" disk from the computer, that, like > Ubuntu, the Debian 7.6 LXDE LiveCD does not, using the file manager, > show Properties for partitions, and, in opening a partition, to show > its contents, whows at the top of the tab, > as the partition identifier, a string about 32 characters long, > that has no relevance > or application, to the Debian Linux 7.8 installation iso image, rescue > mode, list of partitions, from which to select, to install the root > system."
This is what was seen when a Live CD was running. The first quoted section above was (I think) what was seen when the installer was booted in rescue mode. Two different things; neither of any great relevance to solving his problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/04032015231139.da4ea68cd...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk