Debian-installer (d-i) is the system installation program used by Debian and one of two used by Ubuntu, along with /ubiquity. Use this for questions specifically about d-i. For generic system installation questions, use /system-installation.
Questions tagged [debian-installer]
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grub error: you need to load kernel first
I'm installing Debian 9 on an HP ProLiant DL180. When I boot from a USB drive, it opens grub2 and when I type boot it gives an error : you need to load kernel first.
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What's the consequences if I don't install the "standard system utilities" of Debian?
During the installation, there is a choice to let you choose which desktop and whether or not install the standard system utilities. See here for the screen shot and the packages included.
Personally I don't like to install many packages I don't…
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Debian Desktop Environment in Installer
I have researched the heck out of this question and found two pages about the issue but not clarifying it.
In the debian-installer during the optional software selection phase you have these options:
Debian desktop environment (already ticked by…
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Which Debian kernel should I install?
I've started installing Debian testing on amd64 and I've come to a screen asking me to install a kernel. It gives me a choice between linux-image-3.16-2-amd64, linux-image-amd64, and none.
What is the difference between these options? Which do I…
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How can I install Debian with full-disk encryption and a custom sized swapfile?
I'm trying to use a Debian network cd to install it, via the advanced graphical installer. I want to use the full-disk encryption option, but I'm trying to install it on an older machine. I think it has about 1GB of RAM. I installed Pop!_OS on…
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Debian laptop installation fails due to debootstrap error "Failed to determine the codename for the release" at "Install the base system"
So I'm trying to install Debian 9.0 to my laptop (UEFI) via DVD and everything worked fine except that the mousepad doesn't work (yet?) and that I'm getting this error:
Debootstrap error
Failed to determine the codename for the release.
at the…
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Debian install failing due to CDROM not being detected
A similar question got asked but got closed.
If you install Debian 7.7 to a USB in Windows with unetbootin and then try to install Debian from that USB, it will complain that it 'cannot mount CDROM' and the install will not go any further.
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How do I install "non-free firmware" (wifi driver) from USB? (Debian)
I just installed Debian on laptop, it tells me
Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate. The firmware can be loaded from removable media, such as a USB stick or floppy.
The missing firmware files are: iwlwifi-7265-9.ucode…
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Why is my Debian Linux kernel not getting upgraded after 'apt install'?
I spent the better part of the month trying to install, reinstall, delete manually, and reinstall the latest linux-image-4.9.0-8 (or thereof) onto my Debian 9 (Stretch), but it will always (re)boot into that wrong version of Linux 3.16.0-5.
I even…
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Is it still possible to install Debian 5 in 2018?
I would like to install Debian 5 on an older PC, because I expect that the kernel of Debian 5 would work better on this computer.
I downloaded the netinstall ISO from debian.org and I tried to install it on a Virtualbox machine. I got this error:…
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Why debootstrap can only run as root?
I want to download Debian system using debootstrap (creating chroot environment) and when I run debootstrap stable ./dir $debian_ftp, debootstrap says:
E: debootstrap can only run as root
Why can't debootstrap be run without root permissions?
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MariaDB - dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
I have tried to install ISPConfig3 on Debian Jessie 8.1, and it couldnt connect to mySQL (mariaDB 10.1). So I CTRL+C to kill the install and I tried to manually login to mySQL, but I failed. It was complaining about the socket. So I purged and…
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Installing Debian: Force UEFI, what does it affect?
I've got a laptop here that came with a Windows 8 installation. What I did: Removed the harddisk, put in an SSD, and now I've (unsuccessfully) tried to install Debian. I've used all the default options of the Graphical Installer and chose not to…
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What values from debconf-get-selections should not be preseeded?
I want to replicate the Debian installation choices made for my system's current configuration in the installation of a new system.
Debian can be pre-configured through a "pre-configuration" (aka "preseed") file, which basically contains the answers…
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Where does the Debian installer choose MBR vs GPT?
I am able to install Debian 9.9. My query is: how does the Debian installer decide whether to use MBR or GPT? I don't see that option while installing Debian.
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