Thanks a lot greg. Exactly what I wanted to hear. So i have got a backup of my home in an extern hard disk. I will only copy documents and other source files.
However the installation problem still holds. On Aug 11, 2013 11:31 AM, "Gregory Nowak" <g...@gregn.net> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 04:35:09AM +0000, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > > Hello everyone, this is my first post here. > > I am facing lot of problems in installing wheezy. > > > > 1) I downloaded the dvd-1 image of amd-64 precisely > > debian-7.1.0-amd64-DVD-1 for installing wheezy. I checked the md5sum of > my > > downloaded file and it was the same as of the original. So the image was > > verified. > > > > Being a hybrid image, I just ran the following commands to make a > bootable > > usb stick > > cp debian-7.1.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso /dev/sdc/ > > sync > > > > As expected the files were copied to the usb. But when I booted my > machine, > > it said isolinux missing or something, ie the bootable stick failed. > > > > I then used win32diskimager and it failed too. > > > > After that I used unetbootin which made the usb bootable and the > > installation started too, but the installation failed saying the CD-ROM > > does not seem to contain a valid "release" file. > > > > As a last resort trying to install through usb, I used universal usb > > installer, which worked. I made all the partition, set all the passwords > > and did other settings, but this installation failed too, this time on > base > > installation step saying that it could not download the following > packages. > > liblzma (and two more) > > The only reason of mine downloading the dvd image of around 4 gb was to > > avoid using internet as I don't have access to Internet at home. > > > > I don't know whats the problem, I have been at it since two days and > still > > unable to install debian. I will be getting a blank dvd and will try to > > burn the image and install it (tomorrow as its 4 am here) Some guys at > > #debian said that usb stick never works for installing debian . > > > > 2) I was an ubuntu user for the past 4 years and have decided to move on > > (thanks to the illogical changes to their vision) and made up my mind to > > install debian. As I was very new to installing linux 4 years back, I had > > managed to create just one big partition and mounted it as /. > > So this time before updating to debian, I moved my /home partition to an > > altogether new partition and wanted to mount my /home to this new > partition > > while installing debian. Now as I was unable to install debian (see #1) I > > installed mint, and mounted that new partition as /home. Now that /home > > contained a .config folder which is giving many errors at startup on > mint, > > Will it happen in debian? Should I really backup my /home partition. > While > > on ubuntu I had compiled many software and libraries in my /home folder > > itself. Will they all work again in debian (or mint) or do I need to > > install them again? I had also backed up my /home to an external hardisk > so > > I can just copy paste real important stuff into my new home partition on > > debian (or mint) later. > > > > (I was a newbie and didn't new that I should have moved those source > files > > to a partition like /usr/ or /opt before compiling them) > > > > Thats it, those are the two problems that I am facing as of yet. I do not > > want to give up so easily, and I really want to be a part of this > > community. Please help me. > > > > (if your have reached here and are still reading > > Thanks (for not getting annoyed at such a big post) > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Anubhav Yadav > > Hello Anubhav. I am new here myself, though a debian user since late > 2005. I can't help with your dvd/usb install issue. Hopefully someone > else will be able to. As far as your home partition, I personally tend > not to just take an old home directory, and copy it to home on the new > machine. I call the old home directory old_home for example, and copy > it under the new home directory. Then I go through old_home, and move > from there whatever I want to keep to the new home directory, > verifying that whatever I move isn't going to cause problems. > > As far as your custom software, you'll probably need to compile it > again due to newer shared libraries on debian/mint. HTH. > > Greg > > > -- > web site: http://www.gregn.net > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-mana...@eu.org > > > -- > 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/20130811060110.gb5...@gregn.net > >
