Bug#697442: better experience with wheezy installer
On 01/05/13 19:02, Brian Potkin wrote: > Thank you for following up on your experience. >> The only issue is the font on the console is set to 600x480 and not 1024x768 >> or even 1280x1024. I usually put this in /etc/default/grub: GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024 GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x1024 It seems to be the neatest way. > TAB at the boot menu and vga=791 or vga=794 on the kernel command line. I thought vga was deprecated. What I do notice is things like systemrescuecd and parted-magic manage to get the console fonts right. Debian doesn't seem to try. I like to have a really small font at boot time - it gives a chance to read the messages before they disappear off the top. >> Before I reinstalled with the net-dist CD I wiped partition table and >> reinstalled with netboot PXE. I missed out the keyboard section again. It >> all installed OK but didn't boot - no grub. In rescue system iniramfs > > Where did GRUB install to? Or did you specify where it was to go? I > generally do the latter. MBR of the hdd I hope. Nowhere else for it to go. >> complained about no kbd. I went back to keyboard section and it immediately >> hung-up. I think there's a problem there. > > Not for much longer. Please see bug #697449. Oh good! At least I've not gone completely mad :-) Dick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#697442: better experience with wheezy installer
On Sat 05 Jan 2013 at 15:20:06 +, Dick Middleton wrote: > Following my rant I zeroed the partition table and started over. > > It all went swimmingly well. Using the net-dist CD. > > No problems with xfs or crypto and errors. Also no finger trouble. Thank you for following up on your experience. > The only issue is the font on the console is set to 600x480 and not 1024x768 > or even 1280x1024. TAB at the boot menu and vga=791 or vga=794 on the kernel command line. > So I don't know what was wrong last night. I have trouble remembering what went wrong an hour ago. :) > Before I reinstalled with the net-dist CD I wiped partition table and > reinstalled with netboot PXE. I missed out the keyboard section again. It > all installed OK but didn't boot - no grub. In rescue system iniramfs Where did GRUB install to? Or did you specify where it was to go? I generally do the latter. > complained about no kbd. I went back to keyboard section and it immediately > hung-up. I think there's a problem there. Not for much longer. Please see bug #697449. Regards, Brian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#697442: better experience with wheezy installer
Following my rant I zeroed the partition table and started over. It all went swimmingly well. Using the net-dist CD. No problems with xfs or crypto and errors. Also no finger trouble. The only issue is the font on the console is set to 600x480 and not 1024x768 or even 1280x1024. So I don't know what was wrong last night. Before I reinstalled with the net-dist CD I wiped partition table and reinstalled with netboot PXE. I missed out the keyboard section again. It all installed OK but didn't boot - no grub. In rescue system iniramfs complained about no kbd. I went back to keyboard section and it immediately hung-up. I think there's a problem there. http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/netboot/netboot.tar.gz Thanks Dick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
