Greetings, On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Jędrzej Dąbrowa <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I wanted to install debian from a live usb. I downloaded four .iso > debian-live-7.8.0-amd64 images, with KDE, GNOME, xfce and lxde and copied > them (one at once) on my flash drive, using > > Can you provide the url you downloaded from? > cp image.iso /dev/sdX > sync > > I always use dd. > When I boot from the USB I get the welcome screen, where I can choose to > try debian live, do the same in fail-safe mode, install etc. Whatever I > choose, the next thing I see a screen telling me to choose language, keymap > etc., and then GParted screen shows up (even when I just want to run live > session). At this point mouse and and keyboard stop working (both laptop > built-ins and external usb ones), I wanted to enter the console using > ctrl+alt+f1, but with no effect. The only thing I can do is to reboot. This > happens on my Asus laptop and with every live image I downloaded. I cannot > investigate any further, as I any action I take causes no effect. > > _If_ you are ok with losing all data on the device (did you read the part about losing all data on drive?) , then you _could_ _consider_ (this is your choice, and only your choice) doing a small zero fill on the drive. This _should_ eliminate anything that contributing to the list of things causing issue. WARNING: Did you read the part about losing all data on drive? I tried the same usb stick on a different machine, a desktop PC, and when I > chose "run live" a debian desktop showed up and it was fully functional. > > This would _imply_ that the key is ok. > What may be the cause and what can I do to be able to run debian live and > install it? > > See above and _read_ WARNING!!! > Thanks and regards, > Jed > Hope this information assists and please report back on your outcome.
