[Jonas Smedegaard]
>> One thing I noticed is that the firmware-linux package is non-free and
>> thus should probably not be installed by default without user consent.
>
> Better would be a debconf dialogue asking if the user would like to
> include the formware-linux package - with "No thanks" a
Well i have good news and bad news. The good news is that i got the
installation to work and grub installed. The bad news is that it will
not install grub from the live xfce session, it will only install grub
from the boot menu 'install' option.
I noticed that Alt+F4 does give useful stuff in
kOn Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 1:44 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> What I might do instead is give up on firmware-linux and for more more
> specific firmware check if any was used during install (e.g. using
> firmware-* netboot image or feeding firmware udebs from a separate USB
> stick) and if so install
As per http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/456234
a little work-around:
8<--
d-i preseed/late_command string \
in-target *DOSTUFF*; \
cp /target/etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces;
-->8
That way it overwrites the netcfg ge
I had tried Alt+F4 as i thought that might be the case, but there was no
information presented at the console.
Unfortunately, i dont see an 'advanced options' option in the boot
screen. Is it because i'm using unetbootin that this option is not
there. I had tried using dd to put the iso on the
Package: netcfg
As one cannot easily update /etc/network/interfaces due to netcfg
overwriting it after late_command (see also #740895)
it would be useful if we can have something akin to:
iface eth0 inet static
...
pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/autoconf
pre
Package: netcfg
The preseed options are:
d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string IP
d-i netcfg/get_gateway string GW
d-i netcfg/get_netmask string NM
d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string NS
This allows specifying either IPv4 or IPv6, but not both, hence you get
an IPv4-only or an IPv6-only node. While that
On Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 09:49:41PM +, Miguel Figueiredo wrote:
> You can switch console by pressing Alt+Number of console, for
> example to switch to console 4:
>
> ALT+4
Unless something has changed, at least in the past it had to be left alt,
and F4, but maybe there are new shortcuts I don'
On 05-03-2014 22:05, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 09:49:41PM +, Miguel Figueiredo wrote:
You can switch console by pressing Alt+Number of console, for
example to switch to console 4:
ALT+4
Unless something has changed, at least in the past it had to be left alt,
and F4,
On 05-03-2014 21:28, Jay Philips wrote:
Hi KiBi,
I would be glad to supply more information, but dont know what the 4th
console is.
You can switch console by pressing Alt+Number of console, for example to
switch to console 4:
ALT+4
I searched online for the phrase but couldnt find any
exp
Hi KiBi,
I would be glad to supply more information, but dont know what the 4th
console is. I searched online for the phrase but couldnt find any
explanation of it. I checked the errata[1] as you suggested, but
unfortunately it doesnt relate to me as grub isnt getting installed on
my usb and
Package: installation-reports
Severity: minor
Tags: d-i
Debian jessie installed without any problems.
(Netinstall of Debian wheezy wouldn't work because ethernet wasn't recognized.)
-- Package-specific info:
Boot method: CD
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/a
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 08:14:48AM -0800, Schlacta, Christ wrote:
> On Feb 28, 2014 7:59 AM, "Lennart Sorensen"
> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 07:41:39AM -0700, R Edwards wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I have a persistent problem and I was hoping that the Debian install
> discs would solve it
Cyril,
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Control: retitle -1 installation-reports: /root directory deleted when
> re-installing
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> Paul Hardy (2013-09-21):
> >
> > Comments/Problems:
> >
> > My system experienced a Linux kernel panic while compiling a source
Your message dated Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:04:16 +0100
with message-id <20140305090416.gj19...@mraw.org>
and subject line Re: Bug#740426: installation-reports: failure to
partition/install grub
has caused the Debian Bug report #740426,
regarding installation-reports: failure to partition/install grub
t
Your message dated Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:01:40 +0100
with message-id <20140305090140.gi19...@mraw.org>
and subject line Re: Bug#740674: installation-reports: netinst fails to query
network mirrors
has caused the Debian Bug report #740674,
regarding installation-reports: netinst fails to query network
Hi Jay,
Jay Philips (2014-03-05):
> Package: debian-installer
>
> I was installing debian from the 7.4 64-bit xfce installer and chose
> not to setup my internet settings, but during the grub bootloader
> installation part, I got the following error "The 'grub-pc' package
> failed to install int
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