Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

2016-04-17 Thread Tom Browder
I used the Mate DVD (8.4) with the non-free packages for a fresh install on my Dell 6500 laptop. The initial installation went fine. Then I powered down and went to give a presentation and could not get it to boot into the graphical desktop. I reinstalled again and had the same failure. In a

Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

2016-04-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 14 April 2016 17:57:19 EGO-II.1 wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been trying for about a week now to get Debian with the MATE > desktop installed on my PC. Is this another Skylake problem? It *is* after all a Skylake! I had failures at various stages until I got help:

Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

2016-04-15 Thread Brian
On Thu 14 Apr 2016 at 17:16:26 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 14 April 2016 15:26:11 Brian wrote: > > > On Thu 14 Apr 2016 at 12:57:19 -0400, EGO-II.1 wrote: > > > > > > FIts just strange that it stops immediately after trying to install > > > grub. What's changed with the .ISO's on

Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

2016-04-14 Thread David Christensen
On 04/14/2016 09:57 AM, EGO-II.1 wrote: I've been trying for about a week now to get Debian with the MATE desktop installed on my PC. For some reason it runs the CD fine, then when it gets to the grub install part? it fails. I have tried by burning the .iso file to both DVD and CD and it keeps

Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

2016-04-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 14 April 2016 15:26:11 Brian wrote: > On Thu 14 Apr 2016 at 12:57:19 -0400, EGO-II.1 wrote: > > I've been trying for about a week now to get Debian with the MATE > > desktop installed on my PC. For some reason it runs the CD fine, > > then when it gets > > Everything is OK up to

Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

2016-04-14 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi EGO-II.1, i forward your message to the mailing list. (List: see below). It seems necessary that you subscribe to the list in order to get the other replies to your question. At https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ write your e-mail address into the "Subscribe/Unsubscribe" field and click

Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

2016-04-14 Thread Brian
On Thu 14 Apr 2016 at 12:57:19 -0400, EGO-II.1 wrote: > I've been trying for about a week now to get Debian with the MATE desktop > installed on my PC. For some reason it runs the CD fine, then when it gets Everything is OK up to installing Grub, then. > to the grub install part? it fails. I

Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

2016-04-14 Thread John L. Ries
From: EGO-II.1 <eoconno...@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso? Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:15:13 + Resent-From: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Hello all, I've been trying for

Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

2016-04-14 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, (I Cc: you because the X-Spam-Status: header does not list you as "LDOSUBSCRIBER".) > For some reason it runs the CD fine, I understand that you get to the first menu which offers installation. Like: https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/images/inst-boot.png

Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

2016-04-14 Thread Felix Miata
EGO-II.1 composed on 2016-04-14 12:57 (UTC-0400): I've been trying for about a week now to get Debian with the MATE desktop installed on my PC. For some reason it runs the CD fine, then when it gets to the grub install part? it fails. I have tried by burning the .iso file to both DVD and CD and

Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

2016-04-14 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 14 April 2016 at 17:57, EGO-II.1 wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been trying for about a week now to get Debian with the MATE desktop > installed on my PC. For some reason it runs the CD fine, then when it gets > to the grub install part? it fails. I have tried by burning

Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

2016-04-14 Thread EGO-II.1
Hello all, I've been trying for about a week now to get Debian with the MATE desktop installed on my PC. For some reason it runs the CD fine, then when it gets to the grub install part? it fails. I have tried by burning the .iso file to both DVD and CD and it keeps failing on either one. Can