Re: trying to install bullseye for about 25th time.
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:
> > But I've put another drive in, that I want to install a non efi
> > system on too.
> >
> >
> > Ideas as to how to proceed?
>
> Hi Gene,
>
> First: get yourself an iso with all the firmware on to start with.
>
got that.
> Second: Disconnect all your FTDI and serial leads.
keyboard/mouse, one printer left plugged in.
> Third: Use UEFI - it makes sense at this point.
Can I still mount and use my /home raid10, and 1 or 2 other drives if I
switch it?
>
> 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.
> When it comes to using your
> RAID, single step through the partitioning. Use the partitioner's
> expert mode to label the partition on your RAID as home and untick the
> format - that should work.
>
> Fifth: Uncheck any desktop environment in tasksel.
>
> Sixth: After that point, and only at that point, install TDE
>
> Seventh: Reinstate your serial leads one by one - and at that point,
> sort out your issues with nut, printers and so on.
And printed this for the checklist.
>
> 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.
> All the very best, as ever,
>
> Andy Cater
Back atcha Andy, take care & stay well.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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