Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection

2014-03-05 Thread Jay Philips
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

Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection

2014-03-05 Thread Jay Philips
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

Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection

2014-03-05 Thread Lennart Sorensen
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'

Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection

2014-03-05 Thread Miguel Figueiredo
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,

Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection

2014-03-05 Thread Miguel Figueiredo
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

Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection

2014-03-05 Thread Jay Philips
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

Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection

2014-03-05 Thread Cyril Brulebois
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

Bug#740795: problems installing debian without internet connection

2014-03-04 Thread Jay Philips
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 into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, th