Questions tagged [debian-installer]
Debian-installer (d-i) is the system installation program used by Debian and one of two used by Ubuntu, along with /ubiquity. Use this for questions specifically about d-i. For generic system installation questions, use /system-installation.
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Debian 11 doesn't see Disk
At wit's end, I am working with:
debian-11.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso, and
Dell Latitude 7390 with Win10 Pro
Installer does not see the laptop's disk
I have tried:
Standard procedure for installer to ...
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Where can I find a list of timezone options available during install process of a distro?
I'm building an app where it makes sense for the user to be able to select a different timezone than their actual own timezone for certain operations, without going too much into details, I can assure ...
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The Debian network installer can't detect the installation media
I'm trying to install Debian 11.6.0 on an old laptop. Using Windows, I copied the files in the debian-11.6.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso file to a new FAT32 partition in the SSD and. I then added the .efi ...
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Debian USB installation only boots once
I am trying to install Debian 11.6.0 on a USB. All of what I describe is done on a Lenovo Ideapad 5 laptop running Windows 11. Following the instructions for installing Debian from the Debian wiki, I ...
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How to use devmem command in debian 11?
Why Debian doesn't have devmem2
I tried to install devmem using command sudo apt-get install devmem2
I got the following error
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading ...
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Debian 11 GUI Installer - How to "use the largest continuous free space" AND "set up encrypted LVM"?
The Debian GUI Installer provides multiple automated partitioning options. I've had no issues with "use entire disk and set up encrypted LVM" so far. But toady I had to install Debian on a ...
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How to create a live-cd that launches debian-installer and works properly?
I'm trying to create a custom Debian live-cd with live-build and debian-installer.
I need a "Desktop" Debian Installer. As described in the manual:
"Desktop" Debian Installer: ...
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Can I divide the disk which has linux installed
I have 2TB disk and I partitioned disk into 2 file systems. 1TB is NTFS to be used by windows which is booting from SSD.
The other 1TB I am setting it as ext4 and installing linux.
Do you think any ...
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Unaligned pointer 0xfffffffffffffffff grub debian 11
I just installed debian 11 alongside windows 10.
On grub menu I select debian. Then when loading initial ram disk I get unaligned pointer error.
Is it kind of RAM error or something wrong with grub?
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Optiplex 5040 not recognizing Debian 11
I want to set up a NAS/media server with my Optiplex and I want to use headless Debian. I have successfully installed Debian 11.5 on my system, but when I try to boot into it, I get the error "no ...
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How to partiotion a disk for Debian install such as user files are independant from OS and BTRFS snapshot feature is enabled?
Hi everyone,
This is my first time installing Debian, and I'm trying to achieve that in legacy BIOS mode, but I'm having a bit of trouble finding the best way of partitioning my disk.
One way I found ...
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Debian live usb shows GRUB repair on boot
I am a total beginner in Linux and is trying to reinstall my system. I am using an Acer laptop with Intel cpu. My only operating system is Parrot OS (a Debian distro) and I accidentally deleted my /...
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Any Debian installation always fails eventually on my Framework (the Notebook)
As of yesterday, my debian sid system on the Framework (the notebook company, that builds modular notebook) 11th gen. broke down and I urgently needed my notebook to work, so I opted for a fresh ...
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Trying to customize debian 11 with cubic and a preseed file : the preseed file is ignored
I'm working on a method to add any parameter I may need now and in the future to debian without the installer make some questions to final user and maybe I found it,thanks to the help of some good ...
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How to add a public ssh key using debian preseed file?
Using debian preseeding, I want to copy a public key to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys with correct permissions so that I can use ansible to configure the rest of system.
I already selected openssh-server ...
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Automatic installation using Debian with preseed inserted into initrd ignores keyboard configuration
This is my full preseed.cfg:
# Locales
d-i debian-installer/language string en_GB:en
d-i debian-installer/country string ES
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_GB.UTF-8
# Keyboard
d-i keyboard-...
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Debian 11 fresh install boots into grub
I’m brand new to all of this Linux stuff. I installed Debian 11.5 on my iMac using a bootable thumb drive and at the end, when it said installation successful, i pressed continue to boot into Debian. ...
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How to check if minimal Debian was installed after the fact?
Is there a way to check if minimal Debian 11 was installed after the installation was completed?
I want to know if standard system utilities or SSH server was selected during installation. The server ...
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Debian installer unable to detect preseed.cfg file
I am trying to do a fully headless Debian install for an old x86_64 Windows NAS that has no display output. Aside from serial interfacing (which is not documented for my hardware), preseeding is my ...
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Best practice for including custom .deb in Debian preseed
I have a bootable Debian 11 USB drive, and I'm writing a preseed configuration file to be loading at installation time.
I've written a custom app.deb (not the actual name), and my goal is to have it ...
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Debian-installer preseed: include sub-files and running multiple late_ and early_ commands
I have been using a preseeded USB disk for a few years now, but am hitting a wall.
One of my machines needs the RTW89 module and firmware to access the internet. I have succeeded in building the ...
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Debian bootloader is overlapping USB UEFI image
I've recently decided to swap Windows for Debian on my notebook, so i began installing a non-free drivers-ready ISO from a bootable USB. When i went to check back on the installation, the screen was ...
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How to change graphical installer menu color in debian
I want to change this green color in scroll bar and selected option
where should we make the changes.
I have tried changing menu colors in isolinux.cfg but no luck
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Where to add files Linux ISO
I have a Debian 11 ISO file. I used the procedure described here https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Modify/CD to open, edit, and re-make the bootable iso.
I want to add a bash script that I can ...
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Trying to emulate Debian etch arm guest inside amd64 host
Well, I deleted my last question due to a lack of details. The point is that I'm trying to compile a C program using very old libraries for which I don't have the source.
I discovered some time ago ...
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What are the steps to get printing working during Bullseye install?
On Debian Buster, during the install process, I simply chose "Print server" from the short list of items to install (I believe in a component called the "tasksel"), and when I ...
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Is it dangerous to install Debian with an active internet connection?
After installing Debian, I was reading through the Securing Debian Manual, and I found a warning to not connect to the internet during installation.
This surprised me, because this seems to be the ...
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Keyboard not working during Debian Install on LG Ultra laptop
During install of an LG ultra laptop ( 17U70P ), the mouse work correctly, but the keyboard stop reacting after booting into "Graphical Install".
I was looking in the bios configuration, and ...
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How to make a removable media (USB stick) recognized by Debian11 netinst?
I'm trying to install Debian 11 firmware-11.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso from:
11.3.0+nonfree an the A6-5400K machine (see below).
Of many attempts the most successful end up with:
[!!] Detect network ...
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Linux (Debian) on a Surface Pro 8
I have been investigating for a few days if I can install a Linux distro (Preferably Debian) what I have seen so far is information on the Surface Pro 7 I do not know to what extent it is different or ...
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Installing Debian on the same partition as Windows
I’m trying to dual boot Debian with Windows 10.
The problem is that Windows isn’t able to shrink the partition due to an error I wasn’t able to resolve…
So i was wondering, is the Debian installer ...
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Is there any Debian 11 ISO (~700MB) for offline installation?
In previous versions of Debian, there used to be a version of ISO designed for offline installation. Here is an example for Debian 10:
debian-10.12.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso
However for the latest ...
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How to fix this calamares bug
today I did a fresh install from debian 11 (with my old $HOME)and run in this calamares bug
How can I fix this?
alex@Taomon:~$ LANG=C
alex@Taomon:~$ id
uid=1000(alex) gid=1002(alex) groups=1002(alex),...
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"Package 'open-vm-tools' has no installation candidate" on Debian 10 [duplicate]
I'm following these instructions to install VMWare open tools:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/11.0.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vmwaretools.doc/GUID-C48E1F14-240D-4DD1-8D4C-25B6EBE4BB0F.html
In ...
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Unable to PXE install with DVD Repo in Preseed
I have set up an nginx instance where it hosts the entirety of the DVD debian 11 iso file. This because I want to use it as a repo. It's unsigned, but the Release file and packages are there as it ...
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What is the m7601.bin firmware in Debian 11?
While installing Debian 11, in the very early stages the installer warns that it does not have firmware called "m7601.bin". It asks if I have this file on an ejectable media, like a USB ...
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WARNING ** : bad d-i Packages file (time distortion or clock problem)
I install a linux archive via an old NAS in flash kernel boot, and after struggling with the packages, apt fires me on that:
Jan 1 01:08:26 main-menu[209] : INFO : The menu item 'download-installer' ...
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WSL Linux - Kali SET Package Install issue
I'm fairly new to kali-linux, so I apologize for my lack of expertise.
I had installed Kali-Linux and Ubuntu successfully and updated everything. However, when installing Packages for Kali (only had ...
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ACPI error (AE-ALREADY-EXISTS) while installing Debian
When I boot up my Debian 11.2 live USB stick it gives me these errors:
ACPI BIOS Error(bug) : Failure creating named object[\ADBG], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS
ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/...
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Why doesn't Raspbian apt-get resolve package version correctly?
I am trying to install a couple of utilities on a RaspberryPi (probably model 3B), but I have problems with the apt-get command resolving package versions.
Specifically, trying to install minicom, I ...
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GRUB install on Debian 11 live image failed to get canonical path of 'overlay'
We're building a Debian based product. To simplify building these in the factory, I'm trying to build a live disk that will install the main OS. We have an older product that uses this processbut was ...
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lost partition table after dist-upgrade (debian)
My setup is as follows:
/dev/sda
-> /dev/sda/1 = SSD, unecrypted, ext4 filesysstem, all files in single partitions OS install.
/dev/sdb
-> /dev/sdb1 - HDD, unencrypted, ext4 - linux raid (...
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no ethernet connection when installing debian
no ethernet connection when installing debian.
I am using debian net install.
I just need to connect to internet & i plugedin ethernet cable but its unable to connect.
I am inside installer so ...
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Installing CUDA Toolkit (11.5) on Debian (11)
The instructions to install CUDA Toolkit (11.5) on Debian (11) are nicely organized here: developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads.
But I seem to run in a small dependency issue, whether I try the deb (...
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How do I install Debian offline?
I'm trying to install Debian 11 on a computer without an internet connection.
According to the Debian website:
To install Debian on a machine without an Internet connection, it's
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Debian live is not recognizing my ssd
I originally tried posting this on the Debian forums, with no luck; the forum kept asking me to sign in again whenever I pressed 'post'.
My computer has not been working for the past few days. For a ...
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Debian 11 Setup fails with a shim_init() error
Basically I have the same problem as described here (https://linux.debian.user.narkive.com/csvu5OQJ/shim-init-error-for-debian-live-11-0-0-amd64-kde-iso) but I don't have a solution. The only ...
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Linux on an USB drive: Advantages of Rufus?
I have a USB flash drive with a Debian install. Not a "live" system, but a normal full install.
I made it with the normal Debian installer, by choosing the USB drive as "hard disk" ...
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How do you load a third-party module in debian-installer?
I'm trying to install Debian Bullseye on a new Lenovo laptop (T14s Gen1). The laptop has a Realtek 8852AE wifi chip, for which currently no driver has been added to the kernel. There is a Github ...
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Is it safe to abort the Debian installer while it's downloading the nonessential packages?
I decided after a while of using Ubuntu that it wasn't right for me, so I decided to install Debian 11 instead. (I had nothing important on the computer.)
I got it all working at the beginning, but ...
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