On Saturday 24 September 2011 14:34:48 Johan Scheepers wrote:
> Good day,
> 
> Downloaded dvd-1 from .....
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-dvd/ (19 Sept).
> 
> Is it possible to install debian from dvd-1 only ??

Yes

> Installed it on an external usb drive..all went well untill...
> 
> Near the beginning was told some non-free files required..(names
> provided) install by stick or whatever.
> Skipped this.
> 
> The end ..unable to install grub.
> So tried lilo. Still no go. So finished install.
> So no booting.
> 
> Can not remember that such has happened to me with any of the flavours
> tried.
> 
> Would like to try it out if I can boot it.
> Some suggestions please
> Thanks
> Johan S


I had that once, the culprite was that I had not made a separate boot partition
Thierry


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