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Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso?

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EGO-II.1 composed on 2016-04-14 12:57 (UTC-0400):

> I've been trying for about a week now to get Debian with the MATE
> desktop installed on my PC. For some reason it runs the CD fine, then
> when it gets to the grub install part? it fails. I have tried by burning
> the .iso file to both DVD and CD and it keeps failing on either one. Can
> anyone shed some light on this matter for me? I have installed Debian
> from CD's / DVD's in the past and never experienced this problem. I
> there something the devs have removed from a standard .iso file? I mean
> if push comes to shove I'll most likely just have to go the Ubuntu
> route, but I was trying to deal directly with the "superior server"
> distro. Any help anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.

> Many Thanks!

> Oh! Here's some "specs" for y'all!

> MACHINE FOR INSTALL: Dell Inspiron 3650 Desktop/i5/32GB RAM/1TB HDD
> USED: Debian 8.x .ISO Image w/ The MATE Desktop Environment -DVD
> USED: Debian 8.x .ISO Image w/ The MATE Desktop Environment - CD

> FIts just strange that it stops immediately after trying to install
> grub. What's changed with the .ISO's on the Debian homepage? Is this
> because if the whole "Systemd" issue?...or is this something they've
> implemented in order to improve some other feature? AAAArrrrrgggghjhhh!!!
> (And although this is might seem like a simple
> "desktop-in-the-backroom-office" type of thing. This is in all actuality
> the beginning stages of "testing" for the company I work for!!)

To help, we may need to see output from one of the following:

gdisk -l
fdisk -l
parted -l

Motherboard's firmware settings may be involved too, GUID vs. MBR/BIOS 
partitioning. Secure boot setting might need to be disabled or adjusted.
-- 
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words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)

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Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a  standard CD .iso? "EGO-II.1" <eoconnor25@gmail.com> - 2016-04-14 19:20 +0200
  Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a  standard CD .iso? Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-04-14 19:30 +0200
  Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-04-14 19:40 +0200
  Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a  standard CD .iso? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-04-14 19:40 +0200
  Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from  a standard CD .iso? "John L. Ries" <jries@salford-systems.com> - 2016-04-14 20:00 +0200
  Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from  a standard CD .iso? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-04-14 21:30 +0200
    Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-04-14 23:20 +0200
      Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from  a standard CD .iso? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-04-15 20:40 +0200
  Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-04-14 22:50 +0200
  Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a  standard CD .iso? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-04-15 08:00 +0200
  Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a standard CD .iso? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-04-17 13:30 +0200
    Re: Can you help me figure out why I can't get Grub to install from a  standard CD .iso? Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2016-04-17 15:40 +0200

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