On Sep 8, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Stephen Allen wrote:
Long ago when I was doing this frequently to test the (then very new)
Sarge installer, by doing an "expert" mode install (setting
"DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low" as Nicholas recommends), you could skip
over the
attempt to install quik by going to a step called (at the time)
something like "proceed without a boot loader" in the main menu.
This
prevented the quik installer from destroying the boot-partition
information in NVAM. So when the time came to reboot, you went
directly
into OS-9. There was no need for the "update Apple hard disk
drivers"
step with the OS-9 CD that Nicholas describes.
A lot of things have changed since Sarge, and this bit of lore may no
longer be applicable. I'll try it out with Lenny myself on a spare
disk, and report back.
I'm missing something; How does one invoke 'expert' mode in the
installer ?
Quoting Nicholas:
In the additional kernel arguments box, type
"DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low" (no quotes)
This will start up the installer in "expert" mode.
There are other ways, but they are more round-about. This is the
easiest.
"Expert" mode is running the installer with "DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low".
The meaning of that is the installer will ask all questions that have
priority higher or equal to "low". Priority "high" questions *must*
be answered -- the installer can't proceed without those answers.
Priority "low" questions are more likely to be OK with the defaults.
In your case, the default for one of those questions -- just barging
ahead to install the default (quik) boot loader -- is not acceptable.
You will have to answer a lot more questions, but usually the default
answers (just hit the return key) will be OK. As a side-effect of
exposing the low-level details, you'll learn some things about the
Debian installer that may be interesting -- even helpful, though
that's not the main purpose of this suggestion.
Hope this helps!
Rick
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