Re: Help-Install not compatible with my PC
On Fri 24 Jul 2015 at 21:03:21 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: Le sextidi 6 thermidor, an CCXXIII, Erwan David a écrit : I thiink you should dd the .iso to the stick, not cp Both work, and dd will give terrible performance without extra options. What advice do you intend suggest including in https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/ -- 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/24072015210843.d0f8642a5...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
Re: Help-Install not compatible with my PC
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Fri 24 Jul 2015 at 21:03:21 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: Le sextidi 6 thermidor, an CCXXIII, Erwan David a écrit : I thiink you should dd the .iso to the stick, not cp Both work, and dd will give terrible performance without extra options. What advice do you intend suggest including in https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/ I have a Dell GX280, It has no problem with booting from usb. You might need to change boot order in bios. Robert https://lists.debian.org/24072015210843.d0f8642a5...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
Re: Help-Install not compatible with my PC
On Fri 24 Jul 2015 at 20:59:12 +0200, Erwan David wrote: Le 24/07/2015 20:55, Gary Dale a écrit : On 24/07/15 02:11 PM, Chris wrote: Hi, I've looked every where but cant find anything other than people saying try the net install I've tried the net install and it still has the same problem. The problem is when the installer gets to Detect and mount CD-Rom it keeps saying no common cdrom how can I mount my cdrom and tell the install where it is. It boots and I can see the drive in /dev/disk/by-id I've tried putting this in when it asks where the cdrom is to no avail. please help sorry if this is not formatted well my good keyboard is on the machine I'm trying to install debian. I've tried installing older versions of debain as I saw someone say that the newer kernel doesn't support dell but that wouldn't work either. I'm trying to install Debian-8-from-DVD-and-tried-netinst on a DELL-optiplex-gx280, P4-1.6 tx in advance If it's having trouble installing from CD, you can try installing from USB stick instead. Debian makes it easy by having their .iso files bootable from CD or USB. Just cp the .iso to the USB device (not to a partition on it). e.g. if your USB stick shows up as /dev/sdd1, cp the .iso to /dev/sdd (note the lack of partition number). This will wipe out the entire stick, so make sure you don't have anything important on it. I thiink you should dd the .iso to the stick, not cp From https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.txt.en cp debian.iso /dev/sdX cat can also be used. We have no idea how the OP wrote the ISO. If we knew that we might know where the problem lies. -- 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/24072015201117.f323ab9b2...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
Re: Help-Install not compatible with my PC
Le sextidi 6 thermidor, an CCXXIII, Erwan David a écrit : I thiink you should dd the .iso to the stick, not cp Both work, and dd will give terrible performance without extra options. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Help-Install not compatible with my PC
On Fri 24 Jul 2015 at 15:05:59 -0400, Whit Hansell wrote: On 07/24/2015 02:55 PM, Gary Dale wrote: On 24/07/15 02:11 PM, Chris wrote: Hi, I've looked every where but cant find anything other than people saying try the net install I've tried the net install and it still has the same problem. The problem is when the installer gets to Detect and mount CD-Rom it keeps saying no common cdrom how can I mount my cdrom and tell the install where it is. It boots and I can see the drive in /dev/disk/by-id I've tried putting this in when it asks where the cdrom is to no avail. please help sorry if this is not formatted well my good keyboard is on the machine I'm trying to install debian. I've tried installing older versions of debain as I saw someone say that the newer kernel doesn't support dell but that wouldn't work either. I'm trying to install Debian-8-from-DVD-and-tried-netinst on a DELL-optiplex-gx280, P4-1.6 tx in advance If it's having trouble installing from CD, you can try installing from USB stick instead. Debian makes it easy by having their .iso files bootable from CD or USB. Just cp the .iso to the USB device (not to a partition on it). e.g. if your USB stick shows up as /dev/sdd1, cp the .iso to /dev/sdd (note the lack of partition number). This will wipe out the entire stick, so make sure you don't have anything important on it. Just a thought. Make sure your cd/dvd is the first item in the boot lineup of the BIOS. IOW, go itno BIOS, go to boot listing and set CD/DVD to the first in line then the HD second or after even the USB ports, if in the list. HTH This is a good piece of advice. But the only possible reason you think a CD ROM is involved is because it is mentioned by the installer. Which does not mean the OP used a CD. The problem is that the installer doesn't know whether the image is on a USB stick or a CD. Or, if it does, it doesn't inform the user. In spite of many advancements in d-i it still deals in terms of CD-ROM. -- 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/24072015204634.9335d67ee...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
Re: Help-Install not compatible with my PC
Le 24/07/2015 20:55, Gary Dale a écrit : On 24/07/15 02:11 PM, Chris wrote: Hi, I've looked every where but cant find anything other than people saying try the net install I've tried the net install and it still has the same problem. The problem is when the installer gets to Detect and mount CD-Rom it keeps saying no common cdrom how can I mount my cdrom and tell the install where it is. It boots and I can see the drive in /dev/disk/by-id I've tried putting this in when it asks where the cdrom is to no avail. please help sorry if this is not formatted well my good keyboard is on the machine I'm trying to install debian. I've tried installing older versions of debain as I saw someone say that the newer kernel doesn't support dell but that wouldn't work either. I'm trying to install Debian-8-from-DVD-and-tried-netinst on a DELL-optiplex-gx280, P4-1.6 tx in advance If it's having trouble installing from CD, you can try installing from USB stick instead. Debian makes it easy by having their .iso files bootable from CD or USB. Just cp the .iso to the USB device (not to a partition on it). e.g. if your USB stick shows up as /dev/sdd1, cp the .iso to /dev/sdd (note the lack of partition number). This will wipe out the entire stick, so make sure you don't have anything important on it. I thiink you should dd the .iso to the stick, not cp -- 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/55b28b00.3010...@rail.eu.org
Re: Help-Install not compatible with my PC
On 07/24/2015 02:55 PM, Gary Dale wrote: On 24/07/15 02:11 PM, Chris wrote: Hi, I've looked every where but cant find anything other than people saying try the net install I've tried the net install and it still has the same problem. The problem is when the installer gets to Detect and mount CD-Rom it keeps saying no common cdrom how can I mount my cdrom and tell the install where it is. It boots and I can see the drive in /dev/disk/by-id I've tried putting this in when it asks where the cdrom is to no avail. please help sorry if this is not formatted well my good keyboard is on the machine I'm trying to install debian. I've tried installing older versions of debain as I saw someone say that the newer kernel doesn't support dell but that wouldn't work either. I'm trying to install Debian-8-from-DVD-and-tried-netinst on a DELL-optiplex-gx280, P4-1.6 tx in advance If it's having trouble installing from CD, you can try installing from USB stick instead. Debian makes it easy by having their .iso files bootable from CD or USB. Just cp the .iso to the USB device (not to a partition on it). e.g. if your USB stick shows up as /dev/sdd1, cp the .iso to /dev/sdd (note the lack of partition number). This will wipe out the entire stick, so make sure you don't have anything important on it. Just a thought. Make sure your cd/dvd is the first item in the boot lineup of the BIOS. IOW, go itno BIOS, go to boot listing and set CD/DVD to the first in line then the HD second or after even the USB ports, if in the list. HTH Whit -- 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/55b28c97.6090...@comcast.net
Re: Help-Install not compatible with my PC
On 24/07/15 03:15 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 24 Jul 2015 at 20:59:12 +0200, Erwan David wrote: Le 24/07/2015 20:55, Gary Dale a écrit : On 24/07/15 02:11 PM, Chris wrote: Hi, I've looked every where but cant find anything other than people saying try the net install I've tried the net install and it still has the same problem. The problem is when the installer gets to Detect and mount CD-Rom it keeps saying no common cdrom how can I mount my cdrom and tell the install where it is. It boots and I can see the drive in /dev/disk/by-id I've tried putting this in when it asks where the cdrom is to no avail. please help sorry if this is not formatted well my good keyboard is on the machine I'm trying to install debian. I've tried installing older versions of debain as I saw someone say that the newer kernel doesn't support dell but that wouldn't work either. I'm trying to install Debian-8-from-DVD-and-tried-netinst on a DELL-optiplex-gx280, P4-1.6 tx in advance If it's having trouble installing from CD, you can try installing from USB stick instead. Debian makes it easy by having their .iso files bootable from CD or USB. Just cp the .iso to the USB device (not to a partition on it). e.g. if your USB stick shows up as /dev/sdd1, cp the .iso to /dev/sdd (note the lack of partition number). This will wipe out the entire stick, so make sure you don't have anything important on it. I thiink you should dd the .iso to the stick, not cp From https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.txt.en cp debian.iso /dev/sdX cat can also be used. We have no idea how the OP wrote the ISO. If we knew that we might know where the problem lies. No, but I've seen the problem crop up before. I haven't seen it recently but remember it from the days before you could boot from a usb stick. -- 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/55b2904a.4040...@torfree.net
Re: Help-Install not compatible with my PC
On 24/07/15 02:11 PM, Chris wrote: Hi, I've looked every where but cant find anything other than people saying try the net install I've tried the net install and it still has the same problem. The problem is when the installer gets to Detect and mount CD-Rom it keeps saying no common cdrom how can I mount my cdrom and tell the install where it is. It boots and I can see the drive in /dev/disk/by-id I've tried putting this in when it asks where the cdrom is to no avail. please help sorry if this is not formatted well my good keyboard is on the machine I'm trying to install debian. I've tried installing older versions of debain as I saw someone say that the newer kernel doesn't support dell but that wouldn't work either. I'm trying to install Debian-8-from-DVD-and-tried-netinst on a DELL-optiplex-gx280, P4-1.6 tx in advance If it's having trouble installing from CD, you can try installing from USB stick instead. Debian makes it easy by having their .iso files bootable from CD or USB. Just cp the .iso to the USB device (not to a partition on it). e.g. if your USB stick shows up as /dev/sdd1, cp the .iso to /dev/sdd (note the lack of partition number). This will wipe out the entire stick, so make sure you don't have anything important on it. -- 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/55b28a2e.9060...@torfree.net
Re: Help-Install not compatible with my PC
On 24/07/15 03:21 PM, Gary Dale wrote: On 24/07/15 03:15 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 24 Jul 2015 at 20:59:12 +0200, Erwan David wrote: Le 24/07/2015 20:55, Gary Dale a écrit : On 24/07/15 02:11 PM, Chris wrote: Hi, I've looked every where but cant find anything other than people saying try the net install I've tried the net install and it still has the same problem. The problem is when the installer gets to Detect and mount CD-Rom it keeps saying no common cdrom how can I mount my cdrom and tell the install where it is. It boots and I can see the drive in /dev/disk/by-id I've tried putting this in when it asks where the cdrom is to no avail. please help sorry if this is not formatted well my good keyboard is on the machine I'm trying to install debian. I've tried installing older versions of debain as I saw someone say that the newer kernel doesn't support dell but that wouldn't work either. I'm trying to install Debian-8-from-DVD-and-tried-netinst on a DELL-optiplex-gx280, P4-1.6 tx in advance If it's having trouble installing from CD, you can try installing from USB stick instead. Debian makes it easy by having their .iso files bootable from CD or USB. Just cp the .iso to the USB device (not to a partition on it). e.g. if your USB stick shows up as /dev/sdd1, cp the .iso to /dev/sdd (note the lack of partition number). This will wipe out the entire stick, so make sure you don't have anything important on it. I thiink you should dd the .iso to the stick, not cp From https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.txt.en cp debian.iso /dev/sdX cat can also be used. We have no idea how the OP wrote the ISO. If we knew that we might know where the problem lies. No, but I've seen the problem crop up before. I haven't seen it recently but remember it from the days before you could boot from a usb stick. As I recall, the problem was that booting from the CD reader takes place in the BIOS while accessing it from Linux needs a driver. If the CD reader needs a special driver, you could be in trouble. -- 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/55b29510.4010...@torfree.net
Re: Help-Install not compatible with my PC
On Fri 24 Jul 2015 at 15:21:46 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 24/07/15 03:15 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 24 Jul 2015 at 20:59:12 +0200, Erwan David wrote: Le 24/07/2015 20:55, Gary Dale a écrit : https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.txt.en cp debian.iso /dev/sdX cat can also be used. We have no idea how the OP wrote the ISO. If we knew that we might know where the problem lies. No, but I've seen the problem crop up before. I haven't seen it recently but remember it from the days before you could boot from a usb stick. There should be no difference between booting from a correctly written CD or USB stick. I would stress correctly written. How the OP went about it is a crucial bit of information which could be given to us. I agree the USB situation seems a lot more reliable than the CD one was. -- 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/24072015203415.7f5966fe5...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
Help-Install not compatible with my PC
Hi, I've looked every where but cant find anything other than people saying try the net install I've tried the net install and it still has the same problem. The problem is when the installer gets to Detect and mount CD-Rom it keeps saying no common cdrom how can I mount my cdrom and tell the install where it is. It boots and I can see the drive in /dev/disk/by-id I've tried putting this in when it asks where the cdrom is to no avail. please help sorry if this is not formatted well my good keyboard is on the machine I'm trying to install debian. I've tried installing older versions of debain as I saw someone say that the newer kernel doesn't support dell but that wouldn't work either. I'm trying to install Debian-8-from-DVD-and-tried-netinst on a DELL-optiplex-gx280, P4-1.6 tx in advance -- 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/55b27fce.4050...@gmail.com
