On 19 April 2016 at 22:04, pcr1 <p...@pcrt.us> wrote: > Yes and that works fine. I've ordered a new drive to see if that helps. > PCR >
If your current drive works with Ubuntu, why not try installing ubuntu first in one partition and then debian in a second one. This sounds a bit voodoo like but maybe debian will prefer sitting on a different region of the disk - and then work OK. Regards MF > > > On 04/19/2016 05:53 AM, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > On 18 April 2016 at 18:12, pcr1 <p...@pcrt.us> wrote: > >> I have for some time been, and after many attempts remain, unable to >> install Debian, which I previously have used for many years. The failures >> occur during "select and install", about a third of the way through, but >> not always at the same place. My terabyte disk is partitioned with /boot >> of 1gB, / of 500 gB, 16 gB of swap, and the rest as /home, with about 200M >> not used. I have 8 gB of ram. Ubuntu-gnome installs easily and functions >> correctly. >> >> If you can suggest anything I would appreciate it. This is just >> bewildering to me. Thanks, >> >> > Have you tried a live cd with debian on it? > > Regards > > MF > > > > > > > -- Climostat Ltd Rm 5169 The Heath Business & Technical Park The Heath Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4QX Tel. 01 928 515 015
