On Monday 13 July 2015 13:30:40 Richard Owlett wrote: > Jonathan Levine wrote: > > On 7/11/15, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > >> You might want to try a live-cd {https://www.debian.org/CD/live/}. > >> The netinst cd is a very minimal system. I can see it "running" > >> when a "full" system might not. When I was looking for a distro I > >> purchased live-cd's > >> [https://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/] to determine compatibility > >> with my hardware. [I was on dial-up so downloading was not > >> feasible ;] > > > > Okay, I'll keep it in mind, and perhaps give it a try if nobody can > > shed any light on the current install. The only reason I'm reluctant > > is that I'm on a satellite ISP - and a small and expensive traffic cap - > > so sucking down full install CDs would presumably chew up a lot of > > my allocation. That's why I chose the small CD network install - I > > figured it'd hold the download down to just what was needed. > > Complete set all of 13 Jessie DVD's are available from my > preferred vendor for ~$35(US), Install over dial-up being > completely impractical. I've moved to a 3G/LTE ISP, choosing a > 1GB/mo plan, so I will continue to purchase DVD sets.
I disagree with Richard on this, Jonathon. You took much the best approach. There must be a solution which does not involve 13 DVDs! I have been using Debian for over 11 years and in all that time I have never had to solve a problem by deviating from the net-install, and only very rarely by reinstalling. Don't go playing around with 14 DVDs. Richard has special and idiosyncratic needs and requirements. I'll look back at your problem and see if I can suggest a different approach. I had been leaving it to the experts (which I am not on Jessie). Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201507131431.42021.lisi.re...@gmail.com