Re: Problems installing wheezy

Thanks Ivan for the reply, I feel the only modification would be the grub
as I will have to install it over the whole hard disk as I have a dual boot
of windows.
Can you tell me more about my /home partition (Point # 2)

I will try your method and will report.

But I want to know, even after downloading a whole 4 gb dvd, do I really
need an Internet connection?


On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Ivan Kovnatsky <[email protected]>wrote:

> 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 <[email protected]>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
>>
>
>


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Regards,
Anubhav Yadav