On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
> On 12/5/2015 9:20 AM, Patrick J. Timlick wrote:
> > I think you should add more detail. Show your partition tables, show the
> > commands you used to install, show the messages that indicate the wrong
> > thing happened.
>
> I think you have me moving in a productive {possibly not "*THE*
> right"} direction.
>
You don't want to go in the productive direction?
> "Show your partition tables" lead to reading up on fdisk.
>
put the output of sudo fdisk -l in your query.
> I don't know to "show the commands you used to install" as was
> responding to prompts from the installer.
Write down what the installer ask and what you answered.
> I was hoping that log
> files would give useful info.
>
Look through /var/logs for potential clues, and put them in your query.
>
> In answer to my second question of my debian-user post, I
> discovered existence of
> "/var/log/installer/". I had read "Debian GNU/Linux Installation
> Guide" several times in the last couple of years. That's why I
> knew log files existed. Just didn't remember where.
>
> As to "show the messages that indicate the wrong thing happened",
> there were none - i.e. a "silent" failure. The only system was
> inability to boot the newly installed system.
>
put the commands you used to try to unsucessfully boot and the response
from the system.
>
> I'm now setting out to do a series of installs to *CLEAN* media.
>
> That explicitly means use of "dd" with "if=/dev/zero".
I wouldn't bother with that, but I'm always encouraged to see the
scientific method in use.
> Yess I do
> have hardware dedicated to 'educational' experiments <GRIN> { >
> 50 yrs of component level trouble shooting has taught me to start
> from a known state ;}
>
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 6:11 AM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I posted the following question Dec 2 to the debian-user list. My
> >> observation has of that list has been initial replies will be
> >> within 24 hours.
> >>
> >> My inference is question was poorly framed or not posted to
> >> suitable forum.
> >> { I've made minor edits indicated by [[new text]] .}
> >> Comments please. Thank you.
> >>
> >> On 12/2/2015 12:06 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>> I have successfully installed Squeeze {6.0.10} to a flash drive.
> >>> I can't seem to do the same with Jessie {8.0}.
> >>>
> >>> All my installs are from purchased copies of DVD 1.
> >>> Both Squeeze and Jessie install to the hard drive without problems.
> >>>
> >>> My first attempt [[installing to flash]] with Jessie was using Expert
> >> mode but accepting
> >>> all defaults except configuring network [none present] and
> >>> setting clock to UTC. On reboot all I got was a blank screen and
> >>> a flashing cursor.
> >>>
> >>> On my second attempt I first installed Squeeze to the flash drive
> >>> to verify that all hardware [and the operator ;] was functional.
> >>> It/I was.
> >>>
> >>> I then installed Squeeze to entire [[flash]] drive. It booted normally.
> >>> I shrank the Squeeze partition with Gparted and then attempted to
> >>> install Jessie to the freed space. All appeared to go as expected.
> >>>
> >>> HOWEVER, on reboot I saw the Grub screen created by the install
> >>> of Squeeze.
> >>> I booted to Squeeze and ran update-grub.
> >>> On reboot there were now entries for both Squeeze and Jessie.
> >>> BOTH could be started and appeared normal.
> >>>
> >>> 1. Is this a known problem? How would I search BTS for it?
> >>> 2. How would I have the installer send all relevant log files to
> >>> my hard drive?
> >>>
> >>> TIA
> >>>
> >>
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