I am no expert but I am more than willing to follow along.
Perhaps you have found a bug.
I don't have an optical drive, I use USB, but that should not matter.
On 10/13/19 3:56 PM, Wayne Sallee wrote:
The non-graphical needs work too:
There's no manual partitioning option without going first to guided
partitioning, so if you don't like the way it wants to partition the
drive, and you look for manual parition, that option is not available.
Odly enough the manual partition option is only available inside the
guided partition options.
There's a false warning about no root file system defined. Chosing
"continue" gets you back to the partition options, and the root
partition shows normal, but if you chose the root partition to fix it,
there are a lot of options missing. It's broken. You have to choose
"back", or "guided" partitioning to fix it.
So if you want to follow along for the ride, put the 10.1.0 Live
Install CD in, and when you get to the partition option,
10.1.0 Live?
Let's be more precise.
looking in
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/10.1.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/
I find 8 different versions (desktops) ... Which ISO are you using?
Graphical Debian Installer
Language, and other stuff :-)
Guided Use Entire Disk
Continue on selected disk
All files on on partition
Click on Swap
Delete the partition
Click on Primary Extention 4
Resize partition
There is no resize partition. Really???
So I guess we will have to delete the partition
Delete Partition
Create Partition
There is no create partition.
Click on empty space.
Create Partition
Continue
Primary
Looks good.
Continue.
Ext4
Didn't we just see this same page before?
Continue
Ext 4
Ok, we are going in circles here.
Around and around we go, where we stop nobody knows.
Done setting up partition
Good we are not going in circles any more.
Continue
We are going in circles again.
Continue
Finish partitioning, and write changes to disk.
no swap
continue
yes write to disk
continue
Finally it's installing.
Now let's try it with Debian live 9.2.0
Graphical Installer
Language, and other stuff :-)
Guided Use Entire Disk
Continue on selected disk
All files in one partition
Click on main disk
Nothing happens.
Double click on main disk.
What's this???
Go back.
Click on Swap
Nothing happens. That's fine.
Double click on swap
Delete partition.
Double click on ext4
Resize Partition
What no resize option???
Delete partition
Click on free space
Create new partition
Looks good
Continue
Primary
Continue
Oh yes this is where it goes in circles.
Hey look there is a resize partition option whey was it not there before?
Done setting up partition.
Looks good
Continue.
Oh yes this is where we go in circles again.
Finish partition and write to disk.
No swap continue
What?? why is "write the changes to disk" in small dim letters?
So after reading all the other not so clear stuff I see the "write the
changes to disk", oh there it is, yes, do it.
What??? yes the hard drive has files on it, yes it will overwrite, yes
I know that, but why is it complaining that those files could cause a
problem with the current installation ????? And some of the files may
be overwritten??? They should all be overwritten. Something is
obviously wrong here. I'll click continue anyway. :-)
Install failed. It does not really say why. It just said that the
"install the system" failed.
Continue
Continue
We are going in circles again. It is again saying that there are files
already on the disk.
No Back button. What happened to the "back" button ???
Continue
Yes of course it fails.
Continue
Partition disk
It looks good, but click on ext4 partition anyway.
"Format partition: no keep partition" What????
Delete the partition
Click on free space
Nothing happens.
Double click on free space.
Nothing happens.
Continue
Create new partition (There's no "Delet partiton")
Size looks good
Continue
Primary
I can see that it is really not going to create a partition, it is
going to reuse the partition with data on it.
But at least now there is an option to "delet partition"
Delete Partition
Click on free space
Create new partition.
Size looks good.
Continue
Primary
It still does not look right, but let's try clicking on "Done setting
up the partition" and see if it works.
Done setting up the partition
Double clicking did not do anything.
Continue
Let's go back and try double clicking again.
Back
Whoa What are we doing back at the main menue.
I'm tired of this.
Goodby.
I'm using the non-graphical version from now on.
Wayne Sallee
wa...@waynesallee.com
http://www.WayneSallee.com
-------- Original Message --------
*Subject: * Re: Debian Installer, Manual Partitioning is a Joke
*From: * Peter Ehlert <pe...@sdi-baja.com>
*To: * Debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
*CC: *
*Date: * 2019-10-2 08:28 AM
Thanks for coming back Wayne
Can you please take a few minutes and explain Exactly which items you
are having trouble with.
On 10/1/19 10:34 AM, Wayne Sallee wrote:
(snip)
With the graphical version, some items when you click on them, you
get some kind of results, other items when you click on them, do
nothing.
With the graphical version, it takes you in circles. Around and
around you go, where you'll stop nobody knows.
With the graphical version it takes for ever to try to get simple
things done.
^^ that really does not say anything sir. "some items" , "some kind
of results" , "in circles" etc.
please explain
Yes, it is a bit intimidating the first few times around, but pleas
help us out.
Wayne Sallee
wa...@waynesallee.com
http://www.WayneSallee.com
