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  • Re: Installation Process

    From Nicolas George@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 28 18:50:01 2025
    Ife Wright (HE12025-03-28):
    I want to install debian but I don't understand why I have to erase everything on my hard disk to do it,I just want to install without erasing
    my hard disk

    You do not need to erase anything, the installation process will
    overwrite whatever it needs. That includes the root data structures of
    most anything that could already been there, so the rest, the data that
    will not have been overwritten, will be mostly unusable without a lot of effort.

    Regards,

    --
    Nicolas George

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  • From Jerome BENOIT@21:1/5 to Nicolas George on Fri Mar 28 20:50:01 2025
    Hi,

    On 28/03/2025 18:42, Nicolas George wrote:
    Ife Wright (HE12025-03-28):
    I want to install debian but I don't understand why I have to erase
    everything on my hard disk to do it,I just want to install without erasing >> my hard disk

    Before to do so, you want to make a backup of your data (basically your HOME directory)
    on an external support.

    Note that if you just want to have a look on how Debian can work on your box, you want to play with a Debian live-cd.


    You do not need to erase anything, the installation process will
    overwrite whatever it needs. That includes the root data structures of
    most anything that could already been there, so the rest, the data that
    will not have been overwritten, will be mostly unusable without a lot of effort.

    Regards,



    Cheers,
    Jerome

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  • From COMCAST@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 28 20:20:01 2025
    I have a working install of 12.90. But am experiencing a minor hiccup.

    When i plug-in my copy of 12.90, immediately l get all connection from
    other servers in my local group drop there connections.

    I'm at a loss how config this to stop?

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  • From David Christensen@21:1/5 to Ife Wright on Fri Mar 28 20:50:01 2025
    On 3/28/25 10:11, Ife Wright wrote:
    I want to install debian but I don't understand why I have to erase everything on my hard disk to do it,I just want to install without erasing
    my hard disk


    It sounds like what you want is "dual boot" -- e.g. a bootable disk
    drive with more than one operating system. To accomplish such, you need
    to determine what firmware mode your computer is using -- typically
    BIOS, UEFI, or UEFI Legacy -- and what partitioning scheme is on the
    disk drive -- typically MBR or GPT. You will also need space on the
    disk drive to put Debian. This typically means shrinking the Windows C: partition. Once you have accomplished those things, you will need the knowledge and skill to add a second operating system without breaking
    the first. Going forward, you will need the knowledge and skills to trouble-shoot things when they do break.


    While there are experts who succeed at dual-boot, I find my time is
    better spent by putting mobile racks in my computers, or buying laptops
    with accessible disk drives, and putting each operating system on its
    own disk drive. Alternatively, I leave the factory operating system,
    install a hypervisor, and add a virtual machine for each additional
    operating system.


    David

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  • From David Christensen@21:1/5 to COMCAST on Fri Mar 28 21:10:01 2025
    On 3/28/25 11:49, COMCAST wrote:
    I have a working install of 12.90. But am experiencing a minor hiccup.

    Please open a terminal, run the following command, and copy and paste
    the entire console session into a reply -- prompt, command entered,
    output displayed:

    2025-03-28 12:16:06 dpchrist@laalaa ~
    $ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a
    11.11
    Linux laalaa 5.10.0-34-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.234-1 (2025-02-24)
    x86_64 GNU/Linux


    When i plug-in my copy of 12.90, immediately l get all connection from
    other servers in my local group drop there connections.

    I'm at a loss how config this to stop?


    Please tell us about the "other servers", your "local group", what is connected, how you know the connections are dropped, and what you have configured beyond that provided by the Debian Installer and/or via a
    package manager.


    It would be helpful if you could run commands in a terminal that
    demonstrate what you are talking about, and then cut and paste your
    console session into a reply.


    David

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