So it immediately goes to the Dell Disk Checking program.Īs for Debian documentation. My trouble is that after every longwinded installation to a new USB, the Debian 10 system won't boot although it's listed as an available option on the boot menu.Īs I understand it, after installation of Debian to the USB, the grub loader should have both a new entry and a location on the Debian USB drive from which to boot. Maybe there's a connection between existing Ubuntu systems and the fact that the new addition to the grub loader is for Debian. I have never had any problems installing Debian.
I wonder if my choosing Gnome is off the beaten track as far as serious testing goes ? I used to like KDE in the old days on Red Hat but today I find Gnome easier to follow visually and more explicit in its functions. On YouTube and suchlike I see lots of installs of Debian but they nearly always use KDE as their desktop. Funny if not so inconvenient.Īm I missing something here ? Or does Debian only want people to have full installs on a SSD drive ? (I would think this narrow-mindedness most untypical of Debian.) The installer menu is just like something 15 years ago - it all seems based on a user presenting a CD system image and no option for a USB image exists. No option to seek a USB drive as a location for the Debian installer exists - or at least is "seen" by the program. But the problem here is that this only seems to look in the CD drive for an installation ISO. In a way, the existence of drives sdb and sdc is implied by the sda and sdd designations - but not displayed as installation options.Īs what I'm trying to do is a common practice among people exploring a new distro - as well as those wanting to permanently configure their live installation disk - I find it odd that I am not facilitated by the Debian 10 installer.įor good measure, I also tried the graphical and non-graphical installer options from the Debian boot menu. It ignores the 2 USB drives, one for the live Debian installer, the other for holding the full installation. This Calamares process began a series of of steps leading to a choice of disk to install it on - see screenshot below.Īll the installer "sees" are the 2 SDD drives on my machine: sda (my main drive) and sdd (my backup drive).
After the live installer finished booting up, I clicked the button to install Debian 10. After making the live USB installer, I booted from it and choose the default option, i.e. img so that the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator software saw it. I had to change the download file extension from. I downloaded an ISO that has Debian 10, Gnome and non-free software for drivers, etc from here.
I'm an Ubuntu user who is exploring Debian and want to install Debian 10 onto a USB drive.
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