Hi. The status of the Jessie system is tracked on <URL: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Jessie >, and there are several fatal problems blocking testing. But if you want to test anyway, here is a recipe on how to get the installation limping along.
First, download the ISO <URL: ftp://ftp.skolelinux.no/cd-edu-testing-nolocal-netinst/debian-edu-amd64-i386-NETINST-1.iso > (or http, or rsync). The ISO build is currently broken, so we do not get a new ISO every 12 hours or so, but thankfully the ISO we got is able to install. When you get to the profile question, go to tty2 (Alt-Ctrl-F2), run nano /usr/bin/edu-eatmydata-install and add 'exit 0' as the second line, disabling the eatmydata optimization. When you get the grub question at the end, answer /dev/sda (or if this do not work, figure out what your correct value would be. All my tests need /dev/sda, so I have no advice if it do not fit your need. If you installed a profile including a graphical desktop, log in as root after the initial boot from hard drive, and install the education-desktop-XXX metapackage. XXX can be kde, gnome, lxde, xfce or mate. If you want several desktop options, install more than one metapackage. Once this is done, reboot and you should have a working graphical login screen. I believe the ISO build will start working on two days when the new tasksel package enter testing and Steve McIntyre get a chance to update the debian-cd git repository. The eatmydata, grub and desktop issues are already fixed in unstable and testing, and should show up on the ISO as soon as the ISO build start working again. I hope this get you going with the installation testing, as we are quickly running out of time trying to get our Jessie based installation ready before the distribution freeze in a month. -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
