On Thursday 04 April 2019 13:12:58 Felix Miata wrote: > Gene Heskett composed on 2019-04-04 10:39 (UTC-0400): > > So how _exactly_ do I make the installer take what it finds, format > > it, and just get on with it? > > First select manual partitioning (all these are the same screen): > https://www.howtoforge.com/images/debian_stretch_minimal_server/debian >-9-server-img-16.png > https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/images/inst-partman.png > https://photonsphere.org/img/PartitionDisks.png > > Then select the disk (should resemble one of these): > https://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Select-free-space-t >o-partition.png > https://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Overview-of-disks.p >ng https://photonsphere.org/img/PartitionDisksManual3.png > > Choose the partition to configure (I think these are actually the same > screen as previous group, except with disk's partitions expanded): > https://www.pontikis.net/blog/media/2013/04/debian-7-wheezy-rc1-lamp-s >erver-setup-step-by-step/post/VBX_DEBIAN7_31_partitioning.png > https://blog.sleeplessbeastie.eu/assets/uploads/2013/10/debian_install >-partition_disks-partitions_end.png > > Here's the screen where the main business gets done, selecting mount > point, format type, mount options, volume label: > https://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Swap-Partition-Deta >ils.png > https://photonsphere.org/img/PartitionDisksBootPartitionSettings.png > https://www.pontikis.net/blog/media/2013/04/debian-7-wheezy-rc1-lamp-s >erver-setup-step-by-step/post/VBX_DEBIAN7_25_partitioning.png > > Select mount point detail screen: > https://www.pontikis.net/blog/media/2013/04/debian-7-wheezy-rc1-lamp-s >erver-setup-step-by-step/post/VBX_DEBIAN7_26_partitioning.png > > If I knew how to get my own screencaps from a text install on real > hardware (not a virtual machine) I would make my own web page to do > what the Debian Handbook seems can't be bothered to do. It would > probably be somewhat like > https://www.pontikis.net/blog/debian-7-wheezy-rc1-lamp-server-setup-st >ep-by-step except the images would be big enough to see without having > to open each in turn.
So the takeaway is that I'm not the only one with the problem. One can take snapshots with a digital camera, and gimp can make them printable. But it costs money for the camera. Sigh... Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
