On Tue 07 Jun 2022 at 16:24:02 (-0400), gene heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday, 7 June 2022 15:16:16 EDT Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 02:17:08PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> > Fourth: Use the text mode expert install.
>
> I have so far, but powered off to bail out when I couldn't figure out
> what to do next. Before it wrote anything.
> > Document this step by step: write yourself a tasklist and tick off each
> > small step as it completes.
> >
> > As someone who has done, conservatively, 500 installs - many with the
> > text mode installer - it is not as hard as you seem to make it every
> > single time. But, without knowing at what step you fail and precisely
> > what you see when you do fail - what error messages, what it's telling
> > you and what steps you are thinking of taking BEFORE you take them,
> > I'm at a loss to know.
> The D-I needs to grow the capability to mount an otherwise unused drive,
> and store as png's, snapshots of the screen. That way no one can accuse
> me of copy/paste fibbing. I can also take screen shots but the list
> server, even if I could figure out how to get it out of the camera and
> submit them, would justifiably balk at the 5+ megs a pix that would be.
As you're using the advanced text d-i, it's very simple to take
screenshots that you can include in your posts. They will look very
much like the ones I post, because this is how I generate them.
When you get to this screen:
┌────────────────────┤ [?] Load installer components from CD
├────────────────────┐
│
│
│ All components of the installer needed to complete the install will be
loaded │
│ automatically and are not listed here. Some other (optional) installer
│
│ components are shown below. They are probably not necessary, but may be
│
│ interesting to some users.
│
│
│
│ Note that if you select a component that requires others, those components
│
│ will also be loaded.
│
│
│
│ Installer components to load:
│
│
│
… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …
…
│ [ ] nbd-modules-4.9.0-7-686-di: Network Block Device modules
▒ │
│ [*] network-console: Continue installation remotely using SSH
▒ │
│ [ ] ntfs-modules-4.9.0-7-686-di: NTFS filesystem support
▒ │
… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …
…
│
│
│ <Go Back> <Continue>
│
│
│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
select "network-console" as shown above.
When the network has been configured, select this option from
the main menu:
Continue installation remotely using SSH
It will ask you to type (twice) a password, and then tell you how to
connect to the d-i from another machine:
┌────────────────┤ [!!] Continue installation remotely using SSH
├────────────────┐
│
│
│ Start SSH
│
│ To continue the installation, please use an SSH client to connect to the IP
│
│ address 192.168.1.xxx fe80::xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx and log in as the
"installer" │
│ user. For example:
│
│
│
│ ssh instal...@192.168.1.xxx
│
│
│
│ The fingerprint of this SSH server's host key is:
│
│
│
│ SHA256:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
│
│
│
│ Please check this carefully against the fingerprint reported by your SSH
client.│
│
│
│ <Continue>
│
│
│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
which you do (from xterm on the computer with the most comfortable chair):
┌────────────────────────────┤ [!!] Configuring d-i
├─────────────────────────────┐
│
│
│ This is the network console for the Debian installer. From here, you may
│
│ start the Debian installer, or execute an interactive shell.
│
│
│
│ To return to this menu, you will need to log in again.
│
│
│
│ Network console option:
│
│
│
│ Start installer
│
│ Start installer (expert mode)
│
│ Start shell
│
│
│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Select the middle option here, and then continue installing from
the main menu option:
Set up users and passwords
>From your xterm, you can cut and paste text in the usual manner,
without any problems of image size. If you're used to using the Alt-F2
through F4 screens on the d-i, just login again from another xterm
and choose "Start shell". For an F4-like log, start a shell and type:
# tail -f /var/log/syslog
I always install my systems in this manner from my normal workstation.
PS, I wouldn't try to revert to using the d-i on the original
screen once you're running it remotely, except that you might
find it handy to leave the original screen showing the F4 log.
Cheers,
David.
