On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:54:48PM +0200, Riccardo Boninsegna wrote: > Il 13/ago/2015 10:21 PM, "Haines Brown" <hai...@histomat.net> ha scritto: > > I guess I'll just try to reinstall. I initially tried to install > > testing/ascii, but couldn't complete install software. So I retreated to > > jessie, and had the same problem, but after choosing not to install CUPS > > (and no desktop manager), I finally succeeded but for the problem under > > discussion. When I redo, I'll repartition and not use the default > > partitioning scheme. I'll report on my success. > > Now I understand: you went through "Install the base system" (if not more, > most > likely given the issue is with Xfce), then went back to "choose a mirror" to > switch releases, then back again to base system/package manager/install > software without going back to partitioning to reformat root? > > That's where it went wrong, then: "install the base system" blindly overwrites > dpkg's status file with one matching the debootstrap that happens for the most > of that step (before it says to select a kernel package)! > > There is a warning if you "install the base system" on a non-empty partition > but it's easy to miss if you went through partitioning again without > reformatting, as it immediately follows "warnings" such as saving the > partition > table and complaining about not using a swap partition!
Yes, you spotted the problem. Perhaps only when I did chroot (cross) installations, but it seems I used to partition and format a hard disk before installing, and then skip the partitioning step in the installation. But Devuan installation routine insisted that I partition the drive because it seems to have removed mount points and filesystem. I defined them and wrote to disk but I suspect without re-formatting. That was my mistake. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
