Mark, There is a specific method to install to USB. Please see : http://wiki.debian.org/BootUsb
Otherwise, you can use the instructions included here : http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual To install to a HD. (There are many different options.) Please be aware that (to my knowledge) those who respond on this list do so on a volunteer basis. Please be pleasant and courteous. Thank you Shane On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Mark Filipak <markfilipak.li...@gmail.com>wrote: > Do you want to help? > If no, stop reading now (I don't need more heckling). > > What I did: > 1 - Booted Windows. > 1.1 - Copied the Debian-Gnome Live ISO to an 8-GB USB. > 1.2 - Shut down Windows. > 2 - Booted Debian-Gnome from 8-GB USB - success! > 2.1 - Shut down Debian-Gnome. > 3 - Booted Windows. > 3.1 - Copied the Debian-LXDE Live ISO to a 1-GB USB. > 3.2 - Shut down Windows. > 4 - Booted Debian-LXDE from 1-GB USB - success! > > 4.1 - Shut down Debian-LXDE. > - Objective: Install Debian-LXDE to 8-GB USB - > 5 - Removed hard disk (just to be safe). > 6 - Booted Debian-LXDE on 1-GB USB. > 6.1 - Attempted install to 8-GB USB (overwrite Debian-Gnome already on it). > 6.2 - Install failed! > 6.3 - My Guess: The 8-GB USB is being automounted. > 6.9 - Shut down Debian-LXDE. > 7 - Reinserted hard disk. > 8 - Booted Windows > 8.1 - Wiped out existing 8-GB USB partition. > 8.2 - Shut down Windows. > 9 - Removed hard disk. > 10 - Booted Debian-LXDE on 1-GB USB. > 10.1 - Attempted install to 8-GB USB (should have no existing partitions). > 10.2 - Install failed! > 10.3 - Confirmed: Debian-LXDE automounted the existing 8-GB USB - NO > PARTITION! WTF! > 10.4 - Unmounted the 8-GB USB. > 10.5 - Attempted install to the 8-GB USB. > 10.6 - Install failed! > 10.7 - Tried to mount 8-GB USB (test). > 10.8 - "Error mounting: mount: wrongfs type, bad option, bad Superblock on > /dev/sdb2. Missing codepage or helper program, or other error. In some > cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so." - WTF! > 10.9 - Shut down Debian-LXDE. > 11 - Reinserted my hard disk. > 12 - Booted Windows > 12.1 - Created a single, FAT-32 partition on 8-GB USB. > 12.2 - Shut down Windows. > 13 - Removed hard disk. > 14 - Booted Debian-LXDE on 1-GB USB. > 14.1 - Created 2.5-GB /, 0.5-GB swap, and 5.0-GB /windows (FAT-32). > 14.2 - Attempted install to the 8-GB USB (newly partitioned). > 14.3 - Install succeeded! > 14.4 - Automatic GRUB install failed! > 14.5 - Attempted to install LILO. > 14.6 - LILO install failed! > > Okay, what went wrong: > Automounting got in the way. > Installer did not unmount the filesystems on the target drive. > Automounting got fooled by erased partition. > Mount error message too cryptic - too generic (does not tell what actually > happened). > GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help. > > Any/all help appreciated except from Lisi Reisz. > > Ciao - Mark. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > debian-user-REQUEST@lists.**debian.org<debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org>with > a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/**5130f5d7.8040...@gmail.com<http://lists.debian.org/5130f5d7.8040...@gmail.com> > > -- Shane D. Johnson IT Administrator Rasmussen Equipment
