Re: SOLVED - I hope! was: Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-04-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
Lisi Reisz wrote: > >Right. Have installed 4.4.6. I appear to have a working computer > >Thanks to all, especially Steve and Henrique. I'll flash the BIOS when I see >another version of the firmware available, but meanwhile all seems great - >though I obviously don't know yet how

SOLVED - I hope! was: Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-04-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 08 April 2016 18:03:00 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 08 April 2016 17:50:13 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Thursday 31 March 2016 18:24:35 Steve McIntyre wrote: > > > > So: my mouse doesn't work, although it had been working initially, the > > sound doesn't work. But Debian installed this

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-04-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 08 April 2016 17:50:13 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 31 March 2016 18:24:35 Steve McIntyre wrote: > So: my mouse doesn't work, although it had been working initially, the > sound doesn't work. But Debian installed this time. It would be nice if > it were usable!! Having re-read

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-04-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 31 March 2016 18:24:35 Steve McIntyre wrote: > Yup, of course! I can see that based on your information "Giga-Byte > GA-H110M-S2H" Henrique has provided more help and it may be > bleeding-ege hardware issues.  Let's see how that goes when you get > back from your trip, I guess. :-)

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-04-03 Thread David Wright
On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 23:09:14 (+0100), Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 02 April 2016 05:11:43 David Wright wrote: > > Yes, it does annoy me that the link doesn't warn you of that. > > I don't know how you browse so this might not help you, but here > > is what I do: > > > > After navigating to

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-04-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 02 April 2016 05:11:43 David Wright wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > >On Tuesday 29 March 2016 23:55:33 Steve McIntyre wrote: > >> look in the directories on cdimage.debian.org for the > >> signed checksums alongside the images: > > > >I'm very grateful for everything the dds do, honestly.

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-04-01 Thread David Wright
Lisi Reisz wrote: >On Tuesday 29 March 2016 23:55:33 Steve McIntyre wrote: >> look in the directories on cdimage.debian.org for the >> signed checksums alongside the images: > >I'm very grateful for everything the dds do, honestly. But please, now that >you help the blind a little, could you

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-04-01 Thread Brian
On Tue 29 Mar 2016 at 16:08:19 -0400, Alan McConnell wrote: > And now I'm meandering, for I don't know what further information to give, > that > will help the members here to make further suggestions. But I shall be > grateful > for any help I receive. We would be delighted to receive

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-31 Thread Steve McIntyre
Lisi Reisz wrote: >On Tuesday 29 March 2016 23:55:33 Steve McIntyre wrote: >> Lisi Reisz wrote: >> >No help - but "Join the club". Been there, done that, got the tee shirt. >> >Mine was a new computer and, after over a day of tearing my hair out, >> > trying again, trying differently,and

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-31 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 30/03/2016 17:17, Alan McConnell a écrit : I have two further requests: 1. does anyone know how to proceed from the prompt 'grub>' There are all kinds of commands available from that point; will any lead me to the goal of getting a kernel to boot? It is

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-31 Thread Brian
On Wed 30 Mar 2016 at 11:17:29 -0400, Alan McConnell wrote: >I have read the guide online. It contains nothing that I did not >know, or have not followed. It says nothing about un-explained >failures. > >I have two further requests: 1. does anyone know how to

ERRATUM Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-30 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 30 March 2016 18:15:30 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 30 March 2016 17:42:14 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016, at 07:21, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > Yes, I have finally found out. It's a Giga-Byte GA-H110M-S2H. > > > > Oho, that tells me a lot. > > Thank you

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-30 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 30 March 2016 17:42:14 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016, at 07:21, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Yes, I have finally found out. It's a Giga-Byte GA-H110M-S2H. > > Oho, that tells me a lot. Thank you so much, Henrique. I am about to go away and am a bit rushed, so

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-30 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016, at 07:21, Lisi Reisz wrote: > Yes, I have finally found out. It's a Giga-Byte GA-H110M-S2H. Oho, that tells me a lot. First, it tells me your specific motherboard and processor won't work well (as in it will be quite crash-prone) *unless* you updated its "BIOS" (really,

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-30 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 30 March 2016 16:17:29 Alan McConnell wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "David Christensen" <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 12:30:49 AM > Subject: Re: Repeated failure of inst

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-30 Thread Alan McConnell
- Original Message - From: "David Christensen" <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 12:30:49 AM Subject: Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie On 03/29/2016 01:08 PM, Alan McConnell wrote: > ... The _man

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-30 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 29 March 2016 23:55:33 Steve McIntyre wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > >No help - but "Join the club". Been there, done that, got the tee shirt. > >Mine was a new computer and, after over a day of tearing my hair out, > > trying again, trying differently,and re-downloading etc. etc., I > >

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-29 Thread David Christensen
On 03/29/2016 01:08 PM, Alan McConnell wrote: ... The _many_ install attempts crashed at random points ... And now I'm meandering, for I don't know what further information to give, that will help the members here to make further suggestions. But I shall be grateful for any help I receive.

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-29 Thread Brian
On Tue 29 Mar 2016 at 16:08:19 -0400, Alan McConnell wrote: > Long before I joined this List, I purchased a DVD and a thumb device from > LinuxCollections. The DVD contained the first Jessie DVD, and, I'm guessing, > the thumb device contained the rest. You shouldn't have to guess; any OS

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
Lisi Reisz wrote: > >No help - but "Join the club". Been there, done that, got the tee shirt. >Mine was a new computer and, after over a day of tearing my hair out, trying >again, trying differently,and re-downloading etc. etc., I installed Ubuntu >MATE (how are the mighty fallen!!), just to

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
a...@his.com wrote: >Long before I joined this List, I purchased a DVD and a thumb device from >LinuxCollections. The DVD contained the first Jessie DVD, and, I'm guessing, >the thumb device contained the rest. > >I kept the same partitions that I had had on my old squeezy install. >the first was

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 11:13:54PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 29 March 2016 21:08:19 Alan McConnell wrote: > > The DVD contained the first Jessie DVD, and, I'm guessing, > > the thumb device contained the rest. > > It doesn't look like it. It looks as though the USB key only has the

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 29 March 2016 21:08:19 Alan McConnell wrote: > The DVD contained the first Jessie DVD, and, I'm guessing, > the thumb device contained the rest. It doesn't look like it. It looks as though the USB key only has the first DVD on it. To get all the DVDs you need to buy all the DVDs -

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 29 March 2016 21:08:19 Alan McConnell wrote: > Long before I joined this List, I purchased a DVD and a thumb device from > LinuxCollections. The DVD contained the first Jessie DVD, and, I'm > guessing, the thumb device contained the rest. > > I kept the same partitions that I had had

Repeated failure of install of Jessie

2016-03-29 Thread Alan McConnell
Long before I joined this List, I purchased a DVD and a thumb device from LinuxCollections. The DVD contained the first Jessie DVD, and, I'm guessing, the thumb device contained the rest. I kept the same partitions that I had had on my old squeezy install. the first was /boot, the fifth was /,