![]() What costs so much time are especially the bad installer user interfaces.įor example the new Ubuntu 14.04 Live installer comes with animations, Rarely I was off with less than one day of work when installing Together with internet access, enough to install LINUX. The machine has a CD-ROM drive, but no burner to write someĪlso I have no current LINUX boot/install CD.īut the existence of one already running operating system (WINDOWS) is, See my experiences on bottom of this page! If you have a working CD-burner or floppy disk drive.īut mind that this boot loader might kill your LINUX boot loader, ![]() If USB ain't there, your only option is to use The BIOS (where you define the boot device order) My old computer does not offer the opportunity to boot from an USB stick. disk) having aīasic operating system on it that can partition hard-disks, createįile systems, and then copy data onto them. To install a new operating system you need a "boot device", which isĪ pluggable data store (CD, DVD, USB-stick, ext. So I decided to try out whether I could install an up-to-date LINUX on it,Ībandoning the other two, because they are too old for upgrading. It already has three operating systems, a WINDOWS-XP SP-1, an Ubuntu 6.06 and a Suse 8.1. I have an old computer that still works, with 500 MB memory (yes such exists). The repair of such a device costs much more than a new one. Which was the hard disk itself booted from. ISO image, although it was placed in C:\ (WINDOWS root directory), "root directory of your hard drive" ? When I booted, the installer did not find any Nice to know, but which ISO? CD-1 ? DVD-1 ? The Live ISO ? Hybrid ? What exactly means Besides, not very much useful can be found on the internet concerning this message!īefore rebooting, place a Debian install iso file on the root directory of your hard drive or USB drive. The partition editor worked quite normal, I could create, delete and even resize partitions. You will not be able to create, delete or resize partitions on this disk, but you may be able to install to existing partitions there. Or consider this "meaningful" message directly in the partition editor: via-ircc 0000:00:11.C: device not available (can't reserve ) This is what Ubuntu showed me while booting: Here are three "communication attempt" examples. It is also essential to have a router that allows you to use several computersĪt the same time on your internet access. (For instance I write this Blog during that installation adventure now.) I use this rarely for work, but I keep it up-to-date and going. I have a cheap netbook for quickly looking at the internet. You need the internet to translate these "communication attempts" into comprehensible hints what is wrong. The error messages that appear on the screen are not for normal people. In such situations it is always helpful to have internet access. Spend when an online upgrade goes wrong (yes, such happens). It is little time compared to what you will have to When you use LINUX, take the time to create an USB boot stick afterĪ successful installation. Login- and server-informations about my internet provider. I have that stuff in a box near the computer, including all You should also write any administration password used during installationĭown there. Putting them into an envelope with name, date and content list is very useful. You should be able to find it even after many years. Have your operating system CD (repair CD) or your USB boot stick on a safe place. But for the simple possibility to have one It is like the seat belts in your car: 99% of the time you fasten them Most emergencies happen after a long time, when the hardware starts to get old. Images (photos) and applications, where I do additional monthly backups. I use my FTP space on my internet provider's server for that.Īnd I have separate USB sticks for text files (source code), Save your data any time before you log out or shut down or switch off. Is a necessity to survive such situations without severe injuriesįrom running your head against the wall :-) Making regular backups of your work, on any computer you work, Hard to imagine, isn't it? But it can happen every day, even to you. So I found myself nose deep down (between screen and keyboard :-), Vendors never tried to agree about) to set the first boot device to the CD-ROM Where you can press F-12 (or ESCAPE, or DEL, or any of these keys hardware It did not even come up to the CMOS/BIOS option There was no sound, no operating system booting, ![]() We successfully absolved these exams of digital life long ago.īut then that machine did'nt do anything when I started it, except switching on Operating systems, hardware, installations, what's that? In our speculations about cloud circulation:-) ![]() Mostly we have our noses high up in the air, thinking that nothing can harm us
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