On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorb...@gmail.com> wrote: > on 20:34 Thu 17 Feb, Neal Hogan (nealho...@gmail.com) wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorb...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > on 19:30 Thu 17 Feb, Neal Hogan (nealho...@gmail.com) wrote: >> >> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorb...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > on 18:11 Thu 17 Feb, Neal Hogan (nealho...@gmail.com) wrote: >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius >> >> >> <dredmorb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> > on 21:01 Wed 16 Feb, Neal Hogan (nealho...@gmail.com) wrote: > >> >> >> >> Every installation medium that I've tried fails. Those trials >> >> >> >> include >> >> >> >> net-install-iso, mini-iso, full-diskOne-iso. . .with both linux and >> >> >> >> bsd kernels. > >> >> >> > Are you using the graphical or console installer? >> >> >> >> >> >> There was no option. It appeared graphical. >> >> > >> >> > You should have the option of selecting at boot time. >> >> >> >> I agree >> > >> > Agree or not, the option should be presented. You might, say, rather >> > than being all agreeable and stuff, actually verify this on your >> > installation media by, say, booting it and checking. >> > >> >> I did . . that is why I said that there was no option and agree that >> there should be one. I've indicated my install media in response to >> others and above. > > Booting the Debian squeeze netinst ISO under qemu from > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.0-i386-netinst.iso > > ... the first boot screen reads: > > debian > The Universal Operating System > > Installer boot menu > > Install > Graphical install > Advanced options > Help >
I confirm this. The link's iso that you provide offer those options . . . my options were default install automated install expert install I'm in the process of getting the iso's that gave me those options > The default selection is "Install" (the text installer). > > > On booting the installer and proceeding to the root password prompt, > switching to virtual console #2 (<alt>-<F2>), I find fdisk in /usr/sbin. > > > As my good friend HAL notes: > > "Well, I don't think there is any question about it. It can only be > attributable to human error. This sort of thing has cropped up > before and it has always been due to human error." > > http://www.palantir.net/2001/tma1/wav/error.wav > > > Either you're not using the Debian Squeeze installer, or you're not > using it correctly. > > -- > Dr. Ed Morbius, Chief Scientist / | > Robot Wrangler / Staff Psychologist | When you seek unlimited power > Krell Power Systems Unlimited | Go to Krell! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/20110218193314.gn3...@altaira.krellpowersys.exo > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTik_RQnTWA=1sxwkkkvkeg2chjd36z-desjdw...@mail.gmail.com
