I posted the following question Dec 2 to the debian-user list. My
observation has of that list has been initial replies will be
within 24 hours.
My inference is question was poorly framed or not posted to
suitable forum.
{ I've made minor edits indicated by [[new text]] .}
Comments please. Thank you.
On 12/2/2015 12:06 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I have successfully installed Squeeze {6.0.10} to a flash drive.
> I can't seem to do the same with Jessie {8.0}.
>
> All my installs are from purchased copies of DVD 1.
> Both Squeeze and Jessie install to the hard drive without problems.
>
> My first attempt [[installing to flash]] with Jessie was using Expert mode
> but accepting
> all defaults except configuring network [none present] and
> setting clock to UTC. On reboot all I got was a blank screen and
> a flashing cursor.
>
> On my second attempt I first installed Squeeze to the flash drive
> to verify that all hardware [and the operator ;] was functional.
> It/I was.
>
> I then installed Squeeze to entire [[flash]] drive. It booted normally.
> I shrank the Squeeze partition with Gparted and then attempted to
> install Jessie to the freed space. All appeared to go as expected.
>
> HOWEVER, on reboot I saw the Grub screen created by the install
> of Squeeze.
> I booted to Squeeze and ran update-grub.
> On reboot there were now entries for both Squeeze and Jessie.
> BOTH could be started and appeared normal.
>
> 1. Is this a known problem? How would I search BTS for it?
> 2. How would I have the installer send all relevant log files to
> my hard drive?
>
> TIA
>
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