[colug-432] Installation Problem

Thu Aug 16 15:21:51 EDT 2018

The SSD is the first entry.

root at AbNormal:/home/comp# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/sdb: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0bc7db76

Device     Boot      Start        End    Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1  *          2048 3890460671 3890458624  1.8T 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2       3890462718 3907028991   16566274  7.9G  5 Extended
/dev/sdb5       3890462720 3907028991   16566272  7.9G 82 Linux swap / 
Solaris

Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.

Disk /dev/sdc: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0003d403

Device     Boot    Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1             63  41945714  41945652    20G 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2       41945715 976768064 934822350 445.8G 83 Linux

Which log?  All of them are rather large.

On 08/16/2018 03:13 PM, Chris Punches wrote:
> Is your ssd drive detected (lsblk or fdisk -l) Also what do the logs 
> say on tty0?
>
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 3:11 PM Stephen P. Molnar 
> <s.molnar at sbcglobal.net <mailto:s.molnar at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>
>     True.ï¿½ However, when the installer got to the point of my
>     telling it to go ahead and format the drive it went back to the
>     previous page.
>
>     Just to check the drive I downloaded the live distribution, burned
>     it to a cd and it ran without any problems.ï¿½ Unfortunately,
>     there was no option to install the OS.
>
>     On 08/16/2018 02:51 PM, Chris Punches wrote:
>>     There's a built-in partitioning tool in the graphical install wizard
>>
>>     On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 2:45 PM Stephen P. Molnar
>>     <s.molnar at sbcglobal.net <mailto:s.molnar at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>>
>>         I'm almost embarrassed having to ask this question, but
>>         Google doesn't
>>         seem to be my friend.
>>
>>         I want to install Debian Stretch on a new, completely blank,
>>         SSD. Do I
>>         have to partition the drive before running the Debian
>>         installer?ï¿½ If so,
>>         any particular choice of partitions?
>>
>>         As I said, I'm rather embarrassed, but I really don't know
>>         the answer.
>>
>>         Thanks in advance.
>>
>>         -- 
>>         Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
>>         Consultant
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