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  Failed installs pcr1 <pcr@pcrt.us> - 2016-04-18 19:20 +0200
    Re: Failed installs arian <debian@semioptimal.net> - 2016-04-18 19:40 +0200
    Re: Failed installs cbannister@slingshot.co.nz - 2016-04-19 13:30 +0200
    Re: Failed installs Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-04-19 14:00 +0200
      Re: Failed installs Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-04-25 11:40 +0200
    Re: Failed installs Selim T. Erdoğan <selim@alumni.cs.utexas.edu> - 2016-04-25 11:40 +0200

#166873 — Failed installs

I have for some time been, and after many attempts remain, unable to 
install Debian, which I previously have used for many years.  The 
failures occur during "select and install", about a third of the way 
through, but not always at the same place.  My terabyte disk is 
partitioned with /boot of 1gB, / of 500 gB,  16 gB of swap, and the rest 
as /home, with about 200M not used.  I have 8 gB of ram. Ubuntu-gnome 
installs easily and functions correctly.

If you can suggest anything I would appreciate it.  This is just 
bewildering to me.  Thanks,

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#166874

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Hi pcr,
> The failures occur during "select and install", about a third of the way through, but not always at the same place.
definitely sounds strange, have you switched to debug output to see wether anything suspicious is there? (ctrl-alt-f4)

> My terabyte disk is partitioned with /boot of 1gB, / of 500 gB,  16 gB of swap, and the rest as /home, with about 200M not used.  I have 8 gB of ram. Ubuntu-gnome installs easily and functions correctly.

that's a bit odd - if you're not putting a ton of stuff in, say, /var, /home is usually what's growing biggest. But that should not bother an installation at all.

regards, Arian

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#166884

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:12:12AM -0600, pcr1 wrote:
> I have for some time been, and after many attempts remain, unable to install
> Debian, which I previously have used for many years.  The failures occur
> during "select and install", about a third of the way through, but not
> always at the same place.

You're going to have to supply more information than that if you expect any
help.

Please read:
http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power.
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On 18 April 2016 at 18:12, pcr1 <pcr@pcrt.us> wrote:

> I have for some time been, and after many attempts remain, unable to
> install Debian, which I previously have used for many years.  The failures
> occur during "select and install", about a third of the way through, but
> not always at the same place.  My terabyte disk is partitioned with /boot
> of 1gB, / of 500 gB,  16 gB of swap, and the rest as /home, with about 200M
> not used.  I have 8 gB of ram. Ubuntu-gnome installs easily and functions
> correctly.
>
> If you can suggest anything I would appreciate it.  This is just
> bewildering to me.  Thanks,
>
>
​Have you tried a live cd with debian on it?

Regards

MF​

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On 19 April 2016 at 22:04, pcr1 <pcr@pcrt.us> wrote:

> Yes and that works fine.  I've ordered a new drive to see if that helps.
> PCR
>

​If your current drive works with Ubuntu, why not try installing ubuntu
first in one partition and then debian in a second one.

This sounds a bit voodoo like but maybe debian will prefer sitting on a
different region of the disk - and then work OK.

Regards

MF​




>
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> On 04/19/2016 05:53 AM, Michael Fothergill wrote:
>
>
>
> On 18 April 2016 at 18:12, pcr1 <pcr@pcrt.us> wrote:
>
>> I have for some time been, and after many attempts remain, unable to
>> install Debian, which I previously have used for many years.  The failures
>> occur during "select and install", about a third of the way through, but
>> not always at the same place.  My terabyte disk is partitioned with /boot
>> of 1gB, / of 500 gB,  16 gB of swap, and the rest as /home, with about 200M
>> not used.  I have 8 gB of ram. Ubuntu-gnome installs easily and functions
>> correctly.
>>
>> If you can suggest anything I would appreciate it.  This is just
>> bewildering to me.  Thanks,
>>
>>
> ​Have you tried a live cd with debian on it?
>
> Regards
>
> MF​
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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#167070

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:12:12AM -0600, pcr1 wrote:
> I have for some time been, and after many attempts remain, unable to install
> Debian, which I previously have used for many years.  The failures occur
> during "select and install", about a third of the way through, but not
> always at the same place.  My terabyte disk is partitioned with /boot of
> 1gB, / of 500 gB,  16 gB of swap, and the rest as /home, with about 200M not
> used.  I have 8 gB of ram. Ubuntu-gnome installs easily and functions
> correctly.
> 
> If you can suggest anything I would appreciate it.  This is just bewildering
> to me.  Thanks,

Reminds me of 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794410

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