Hey Anubhav, Not sure if you will like the way I would install in you situation (in case of lack of internet connection).
Since you're debian user I'm proposing to install in the following way: https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap. You need to get ready debian-based system, configure /etc files, and install grub to your new / to be able to boot. Don't forget to tar your / content with --preserve-permissions when you will grab data to install it. -Ivan On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:53 AM, Anubhav Yadav <anubhav1...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello everyone, this is my first post here. > I am facing lot of problems in installing wheezy. > > 1) I downloaded the dvd-1 image of amd-64 precisely > debian-7.1.0-amd64-DVD-1 for installing wheezy. I checked the md5sum of my > downloaded file and it was the same as of the original. So the image was > verified. > > Being a hybrid image, I just ran the following commands to make a bootable > usb stick > cp debian-7.1.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso /dev/sdc/ > sync > > As expected the files were copied to the usb. But when I booted my > machine, it said isolinux missing or something, ie the bootable stick > failed. > > I then used win32diskimager and it failed too. > > After that I used unetbootin which made the usb bootable and the > installation started too, but the installation failed saying the CD-ROM > does not seem to contain a valid "release" file. > > As a last resort trying to install through usb, I used universal usb > installer, which worked. I made all the partition, set all the passwords > and did other settings, but this installation failed too, this time on base > installation step saying that it could not download the following packages. > liblzma (and two more) > The only reason of mine downloading the dvd image of around 4 gb was to > avoid using internet as I don't have access to Internet at home. > > I don't know whats the problem, I have been at it since two days and still > unable to install debian. I will be getting a blank dvd and will try to > burn the image and install it (tomorrow as its 4 am here) Some guys at > #debian said that usb stick never works for installing debian . > > 2) I was an ubuntu user for the past 4 years and have decided to move on > (thanks to the illogical changes to their vision) and made up my mind to > install debian. As I was very new to installing linux 4 years back, I had > managed to create just one big partition and mounted it as /. > So this time before updating to debian, I moved my /home partition to an > altogether new partition and wanted to mount my /home to this new partition > while installing debian. Now as I was unable to install debian (see #1) I > installed mint, and mounted that new partition as /home. Now that /home > contained a .config folder which is giving many errors at startup on mint, > Will it happen in debian? Should I really backup my /home partition. While > on ubuntu I had compiled many software and libraries in my /home folder > itself. Will they all work again in debian (or mint) or do I need to > install them again? I had also backed up my /home to an external hardisk so > I can just copy paste real important stuff into my new home partition on > debian (or mint) later. > > (I was a newbie and didn't new that I should have moved those source files > to a partition like /usr/ or /opt before compiling them) > > Thats it, those are the two problems that I am facing as of yet. I do not > want to give up so easily, and I really want to be a part of this > community. Please help me. > > (if your have reached here and are still reading > Thanks (for not getting annoyed at such a big post) > > -- > Regards, > Anubhav Yadav >
