Re: Failed installs

2016-04-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 19 April 2016 at 22:04, pcr1 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

Re: Failed installs

2016-04-25 Thread Selim T . Erdoğan
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:12:12AM -0600, pcr1 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

Re: Failed installs

2016-04-19 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 18 April 2016 at 18:12, pcr1 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

Re: Failed installs

2016-04-19 Thread cbannister
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:12:12AM -0600, pcr1 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

Re: Failed installs

2016-04-18 Thread arian
Hi pcr, > The failures occur during "select and install", about a third of the way > through, but not always at the same place. definitely sounds strange, have you switched to debug output to see wether anything suspicious is there? (ctrl-alt-f4) > My terabyte disk is partitioned with /boot of

Failed installs

2016-04-18 Thread pcr1
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