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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grub error: you need to load kernel first
I'm installing Debian 9 on an HP ProLiant DL180. When I boot from a USB drive, it opens grub2 and when I type boot it gives an error : you need to load kernel first.
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What's the consequences if I don't install the "standard system utilities" of Debian?
During the installation, there is a choice to let you choose which desktop and whether or not install the standard system utilities. See here for the screen shot and the packages included.
Personally ...
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Debian Desktop Environment in Installer
I have researched the heck out of this question and found two pages about the issue but not clarifying it.
In the debian-installer during the optional software selection phase you have these options:
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Which Debian kernel should I install?
I've started installing Debian testing on amd64 and I've come to a screen asking me to install a kernel. It gives me a choice between linux-image-3.16-2-amd64, linux-image-amd64, and none.
What is ...
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How can I install Debian with full-disk encryption and a custom sized swapfile?
I'm trying to use a Debian network cd to install it, via the advanced graphical installer. I want to use the full-disk encryption option, but I'm trying to install it on an older machine. I think it ...
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Debian laptop installation fails due to debootstrap error "Failed to determine the codename for the release" at "Install the base system"
So I'm trying to install Debian 9.0 to my laptop (UEFI) via DVD and everything worked fine except that the mousepad doesn't work (yet?) and that I'm getting this error:
Debootstrap error
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Debian install failing due to CDROM not being detected
A similar question got asked but got closed.
If you install Debian 7.7 to a USB in Windows with unetbootin and then try to install Debian from that USB, it will complain that it 'cannot mount CDROM' ...
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Why is my Debian Linux kernel not getting upgraded after 'apt install'?
I spent the better part of the month trying to install, reinstall, delete manually, and reinstall the latest linux-image-4.9.0-8 (or thereof) onto my Debian 9 (Stretch), but it will always (re)...
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How do I install "non-free firmware" (wifi driver) from USB? (Debian)
I just installed Debian on laptop, it tells me
Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate. The firmware can be loaded from removable media, such as a USB stick or floppy.
The ...
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Is it still possible to install Debian 5 in 2018?
I would like to install Debian 5 on an older PC, because I expect that the kernel of Debian 5 would work better on this computer.
I downloaded the netinstall ISO from debian.org and I tried to ...
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Where does the Debian installer choose MBR vs GPT?
I am able to install Debian 9.9. My query is: how does the Debian installer decide whether to use MBR or GPT? I don't see that option while installing Debian.
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RAID 1 of /boot/efi partition on Debian
I have a CentOS 8 installation, where the partitioning and RAID 1 configuration where done using the automatic partitioning of the CentOS installer. Here is the output of lsblk:
sda 8:0 0 ...
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MariaDB - dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
I have tried to install ISPConfig3 on Debian Jessie 8.1, and it couldnt connect to mySQL (mariaDB 10.1). So I CTRL+C to kill the install and I tried to manually login to mySQL, but I failed. It was ...
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Switch tabs in Debian installer over serial console with PuTTy
I'm currently trying to install Debian on a system with no video output. All I have is serial console.
I know how to get it started and all, and even made it install automatically with a preseeded ...
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Why debootstrap can only run as root?
I want to download Debian system using debootstrap (creating chroot environment) and when I run debootstrap stable ./dir $debian_ftp, debootstrap says:
E: debootstrap can only run as root
Why can't ...
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What values from debconf-get-selections should not be preseeded?
I want to replicate the Debian installation choices made for my system's current configuration in the installation of a new system.
Debian can be pre-configured through a "pre-configuration" ...
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Installing Debian: Force UEFI, what does it affect?
I've got a laptop here that came with a Windows 8 installation. What I did: Removed the harddisk, put in an SSD, and now I've (unsuccessfully) tried to install Debian. I've used all the default ...
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Using d-i partman recipe strings?
I want to automatically partition all of my workstations in the same way:
First partition is a bootable 1GB ext4 /boot partition
Second partition is a 2GB swap partition
Third partition is an ext4 / ...
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How does debian-installer configure WiFi during installation?
I am building Raspberry Pi images using the raspi3-image-spec project. Since it isn't the result of a conventional d-i installation, it obviously neither asks nor configures the root with WiFi ...
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Is it possible to get shell at the end of debian installation but before rebooting?
I want to run some post-installation commands. The installer offers only reboot option. Is it possible to do that?
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is there a try debian without install option?
I made a usb installer, but I can't see this option as in ubuntu. Below is the screenshot. Is there a simple way that I can try debian out without destory my current system?
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Preseed directive to skip another CD/DVD scanning
Please see the image below, is there a preseed directive to skip this Debian9 installer step?
Currently I use the following config relevant to the package manager:
### Apt setup
d-i apt-setup/non-free ...
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debian installer error "Your installation CDROM couldn't be mounted" [closed]
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I found a solution: after the installer demands the CD-ROM, take the USB out of the port and then reinsert it. Scan again for the CD-ROM and the USB drive will be recognized. The ...
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Preseeding Ubuntu installation so it uses all the disk
I need to preseed a dual boot installation of Ubuntu 10.04. I want partman to use all already existing Linux partitions and all free space (like the option when installing Fedora) what would that ...
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Debian10: No such file or directory: /dev/dri/card0
I'm installing Debian 10 but I cannot startx nor have a GUI. I think the problem is about some driver.
Here are the errors I've got in /var/log/Xorg.0.log :
[drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:...
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How to install a minimal Debian?
I am looking for a minimal version of Debian, I would install something like the Dekstop Environment by myself, just like the Alpine installer. Is there some minimal installation of Debian?
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Display related problems during Debian installation
I am building a new PC, and I can’t install Debian. When I start my USB boot drive, I see the booting menu as below.
Then when I select "Graphical install" and I get the following problem:
When I ...
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Installing missing firmware in debian
During installation I got a few pop ups stating that hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate. At that time I didn't have those files so I continued with the installation, but now my now ...
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Prevent Language selection at ubuntu installation
I would like to make a completely unattended installation of Ubuntu Server 14.04 from an USB drive where I extracted the ubuntu-14.04.2-server.iso
In /syslinux/txt.cfg of the USB drive, I added the ...
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How to increase number of inodes at partitioning during installation of Debian?
My system needs a very high number of inodes on the partition because it is going to store many, many small files. (It's going to be an OSM, OpenStreetMap TileServer running mapnik and tirex).
As ...
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GRUB fails to install during Debian 10 installer (re: UEFI, SuperMicro motherboard)
I've installed a new motherboard into my server (SuperMicro X9DRi-F) and I'm trying to install a fresh copy of Debian 10. However, when it tries to install GRUB it fails:
Unable to install GRUB in ...
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Debian blu-ray and dvd both have 3 disks, what is the purpose of the blu-ray discs?
I tried to download the Debian "testing" (aka "stretch) install media that is blu-ray because I wanted a one disk solution. When I went to the Debian site to download the blu-ray disk... there was 3 ...
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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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How to put rtlwifi drivers on Debian installation USB?
I downloaded the Debian amd64 netinstall ISO and placed it on a USB stick using
dd if=debianblahblah.iso of=/dev/sdb
The installer works fine, but my laptop requires proprietary wireless drivers (...
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Does Debian use GB or GiB for its partition manager during installation?
I'd like to create a 5GB (1000) as one partition during the install of Debian. However, I'm not sure if if the partition manager uses Gib or GB.
The version of Debian to be installed is 8.4 using the ...
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How to use proprietary wireless drivers during Debian USB install?
I downloaded the Debian amd64 netinstall ISO and put it onto a USB stick. The installer runs fine, but my laptop requires proprietary wireless drivers (iwlwifi) to get internet during the install. ...
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How to force to override files when creating deb package?
I am trying to create a deb package of programX.Y, it is possible that in the destine system exist the same program but other version (programX.Z) if I generate a deb pacakge with:
dpkg-buildpackage -...
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Size of EFI System Partition (ESP)
The default Debian installer partition scheme creates a 500MB ESP mounted on /boot/efi. All of my servers only have a couple MBs on that partition. My question is: why such a large partition? And ...
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Debian live install ''How to launch the installer on the terminal without aborting the live session?''
On debian Jessie Live CD it is possible to run the installer by choosing Install debian Jessie or by running sudo debian-installer-launcher from the terminal , but the installer will be launched on ...
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How do you write a grub.cfg menuentry for Debian Netinst (8.2 as of writing) to boot via USB?
I keep several Linux distros on a USB stick and manage them by simply writing grub.cfg entries for each distro. The other distros I keep on the stick boot and run just fine, but I (and others, it ...
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How to prevent network autodetection in debian-install?
I'm trying to use the Debian install media rescue mode on a Sun Ultra 10 so that I can use the shell to investigate an old SCSI disk I have.
It seems that the last version of Debian where a SPARC ...
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Creating custom sized LVM partitions during installation (Debian)?
Is there a simple way to be able to create custom sized LVM partitions when installing Debian (using Debian 8, jessie)?
If you use the guided partitioner, and even accept its helpful options to ...
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Different console font sizes on two installations of debian wheezy
I have installed Debian Wheezy on two different partitions of the same desktop computer.
The first installation was done a few months ago with a version 7.5 iso image. The installation has been ...
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Debian preseed: How to force prompt for hostname and domain?
I have a preseed file which works perfectly in that the install goes from start to finish fully automated without prompts.
However, I want to force a prompt for hostname and domain.
I have tried ...
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Debian preseed doesn't create lvm's, but are in the expert recipe
I created a preseed script with help from this blog and I altered it to create some logical volumes on it too.
The result of the script is this:
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
d-...
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Warning about partition offset when installing Debian
I got an error:
the partition /dev/sda1 assigned to / starts at an offset of 3584 bytes from the minimum alignment for this disk, which may lead to very poor performance.
I want to install Debian ...
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Tool to create recipe to preseed partitioning
I want to preseed an Ubuntu 12.04 installer using a custom partitioning recipe. My disk layout is reasonably complex, and so is the recipe syntax itself. Hand-crafting such a recipe seems tedious and ...
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How can I (re)show post-installation notes?
Occasionally, a package shows a post-install message. How can I replay this message for a given package on a Debian system?
Compare to FreeBSD: pkg info -D PACKAGE
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Reason for BusyBox environment in debian-installer?
Debian-installer main menu has an "Execute a shell" option which starts an ash(Almquist shell) in BusyBox environment. One can exit this environment back to debian-installer with the exit command. ...
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Can't install debian because installer doesn't parse IP correctly?
I am trying to install debian on Virtual box using debian-7.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso
When I insert my proxy server http://192.168.2.2:3128, it says the installer failed to access the mirror. However on ...
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