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Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1

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On 06/10/18 13:44, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
> 
> I have the dvd written, and a new 2T drive currently occupying the 
> /dev/sdc slot.
> 
> What I want, since the drive has been partitioned to /boot, /home,
> /, and swap, is 1; for this install to not touch any other drive 
> currently mounted, and 2; use the partitions I've already setup on 
> this new drive without arguing with me.
> 
> and 3: to  treat the grub install as if there are no other drives 
> hooked up. I don't need grub to fill half the boot screen with data 
> from the other drives.
> 
> How do I best achieve that?


On 06/10/18 20:41, Rick Thomas wrote:
> As others have pointed out, 1 and 2 are just a matter of using the 
> tools the installer provides.  To accomplish 2, you should probably 
> choose “manual” partitioning.  You may need to choose “expert” mode
> at boot time for the installer.
> 
> As for 3, my approach would be to open up the box and temporarily 
> disconnect the power from the other two disks while installing to
> the third disk. 

If you want to disconnect a drive:  disconnect both the power and the 
data cables, so that the data cable cannot back feed the drive electronics.


Disconnect all drives except the new 2 TB drive and your optical drive, 
then boot the installer.  That should solve all three of your 
requirements.  Once you've booted into your fresh OS, edit /etc/crypttab 
and/or /etc/fstab to use UUID's or /dev/disk/* paths to uniquely 
identify the partitions.  (I use MBR partitioning for my system drives, 
and swap partitions appear to lack a UUID.  /dev/disk/* paths seem to 
work for swap partitions on recent Debian distributions.)


You will want to choose "manual" partitioning in the installer to select 
the partitions/ swap spaces/ file systems you have already created.


I don't think "expert" mode is required -- it just seems to make the 
installer steps explicit (?).

> After the install you can reconnect the power and
> you will wind up with two bootable drives. You will then have to
> choose between them at the BIOS level.
I put mobile racks in all my desktop and server cases, and use small 
(16~80 GB) HDD's/SSD's for boot, swap, and root.  When I want a 
different OS, I power down, swap system drives, and boot.


(I keep the local contents of my home directory minimal, put the 
majority of my data into a personal share on my file server, and mount 
that into my home directory.)


David

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new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-10 22:50 +0200
  Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2018-06-11 02:30 +0200
    Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-11 06:20 +0200
  Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Charlie S <taoquester@gmail.com> - 2018-06-11 03:00 +0200
    Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-11 06:30 +0200
  Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2018-06-11 05:50 +0200
    Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-11 06:40 +0200
  Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-06-11 06:20 +0200
    Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-11 06:40 +0200
      Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-06-14 07:20 +0200
        Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-14 11:00 +0200
          Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-06-15 08:30 +0200
            Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-15 09:50 +0200
  Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Mirko Parthey <mirko.parthey@web.de> - 2018-06-11 12:50 +0200
    Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-11 13:50 +0200
      Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-14 11:10 +0200
      Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1 Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-06-14 11:10 +0200

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