On 12/5/2020 7:32 PM, Jerry Mellon wrote:
Thanks John. I’m not brave enough to try that yet. I will just backup. Do I need to re format or will the install take care of that?
No, the Debian installer (d-i) will per default take care of that for you. Here's what I would suggest: - Backup what you need as you will loos everything that is on the disk that will be reinstalled - Execute the below commands in a terminal to download the proper iso file: $ mkdir debian-amd64-10.7 $ cd debian-amd64-10.7 $ wget https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-10.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/SHA512SUMS.sign https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/SHA512SUMS || echo "Something went rong when checksumming." $ sha512sum -c SHA512SUMS --strict --ignore-missing || echo "Something went rong while verifying." $ gpg --keyserver hkps://keyring.debian.org --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --verify *.sign Note that if you requires non-free firmware during installation you might want the below URL instead: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/10.7.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/ If you want non-free firmware you can simply substitute the URLs in the wget line above. - If the above commands are successfull - Install as you have already done but with the correct architecture - When prompted on how to format the disk select the line that resemble "Install home directories in a separate partition" P.S. Please post through the list so others can chime in when needed or when I'm rong! :) -- John Doe
