Quoting Craig Sanders ([email protected]): > The debian installer (and presumably ubuntu and others) let you switch to > another console tty with Alt-F2, Alt-F3 etc to get a root shell. You can > manually create the partitions you want, then switch back to tty1 to install > on the partitions you just created. > > IIRC, on debian tty1 is the installer menu, tty2 & tty3 are for shells, and > tty4 is a log tail of info and error messages etc printed by the installer.
And very handy all the other virtual consoles are, too. (1994 thanks you for that tip, Craig. ;-> ) Still, I continue to prefer to use a best-of-breed live-CD disk with a very recent kernel (maximal hardware support) and highly reliable and diverse command-line tools for utility purposes such as partitioning and initial mkfs -- a superior environment for that purpose, IMO, than distro installers, even ones I like, like Debian's, are ever likely to furnish. I therefore also recommend that approach to others. _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main
