Debian installation problems

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You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Debian installation Problem. Thread starter DeanSum Start date Feb 7, DeanSum Member. Joined May 18, Messages 36 Reaction score 12 Credits 0. I hope this is the right place. I downloaded debian Then burned it to a cd. I ran the cd and it seemed to go through an installation procedure. When it got to the end it said remove the cd and it will finish installing.

All I get now is a blinking curser in the upper left hand corner. If I turn the computer off and then on, all I get is the blinking curser. Deleted member Guest. Expert mode gives you full control over debian-installer. In the character-based environment the use of a mouse is not supported. Here are the keys you can use to navigate within the various dialogs.

The up and down arrow select different items within a scrollable list, and also scroll the list itself. In addition, in long lists, you can type a letter to cause the list to scroll directly to the section with items starting with the letter you typed and use Pg-Up and Pg-Down to scroll the list in sections.

The space bar selects an item such as a checkbox. Use Enter to activate choices. Some dialogs may offer additional help information. If help is available this will be indicated on the bottom line of the screen by displaying that help information can be accessed by pressing the F1 key. Error messages and logs are redirected to the fourth console. The graphical installer basically works the same as the text-based installer and thus the rest of this manual can be used to guide you through the installation process.

I show a little complicated partition table in this tutorial. It is an EFI system with Windows There is also a Linux partition with ext4 file system. It is suitable for dual-booting Linux and Windows. The partitioning has not changed since then. The EFI partition is usually recognized automatically. So, I select the Linux partition to install Debian on it. To that end, I re-assign the ext4 file system to it.

You will see that each of the partition settings opens in a new window. This is unusual if you are used to more user-friendly installers such as the Ubiquity installer of Ubuntu. When you press Continue , you will return to the previous screen.

I found it confusing when I was installing Debian the first time. So, you just need to get used to it. You also need to format this partition. Select the format this partition option and press enter. The setting will be changed to Format it. You need to have at least the root mounting point to install the system. The rest can be kept at default. So, I select Done setting up the partitions and press continue.

You will be returned to the main partition table screen. Where you will see the new partition table for Windows and Debian dual-boot. Check it before applying any changes. If everything is alright.

Select Finish and write changed to the disk. If you do not create a swap partition and choose to use a swap file instead, you will see the warning that you have not created any swap partition:. You can also switch a network mirror to the one which is the closest to you. This way you may gain some download speed. But I recommend keeping it at default. I recommend participating in the package usage statistics.

This will help the Debian developers to prioritize package development. The last choice you have to make is to select a desktop environment. Press Continue and then wait around 15 minutes while Debian is being installed.

However, if you install in the legacy mode , you also need to choose where to install the GRUB bootloader. If you did not create a swap partition, you need to create a swap file. You can read more about the Linux swap file. I only briefly show how to create it here. The installation process of Debian 10 Buster is not much different from the installation of Debian 9. The key points include:. I hope will get your Debian 10 Buster installed. If not, feel free to ask questions in the comments below.

This is not my first experience with Debian I had Debian 9.