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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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I used the Mate DVD (8.4) with the non-free packages for a fresh install on
my Dell 6500 laptop. The initial installation went fine. Then I powered
down and went to give a presentation and could not get it to boot into the
graphical desktop. I reinstalled again and had the same failure.

In a final (and successful, whew!) atttempt I used the regular x64
netinst CD, selected Mate as my only desktop, and all has been well since
(fingers still crossed but loosening by the day).

Note the Debian website says the special DVDs don't get as much testing, so
I suspect my laptop might have found a bug.  Unfortunately I don't have
ensough data to confirm that.

HTH

Best regards,

-Tom

P.S. I love the Mate desktop as it is. Please don't add any more bells and
whistles from the pop culture, just maintain it in the choice of desktops
for the normal Debian distribution.

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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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