HOW TO install DebEX Barebone to hard disk

Please follow my instructions since it is a bit tricky to install DebEX Barebone. Perhaps there is a bug in Debian-Installer, but I'm not sure.

1. Start up your computer from the DebEX Barebone DVD or USB stick. You will see this.

Choose "Graphical install". Follow Debian-Installer's instructions. Everything is quite simple so far. Choose to call your new user user. You can always later on create a new user.

2. When it is time to install the Grub2 bootloader you will probably see this.

This is what I suspect is a "bug" in the install program. No matter what you do the cdrom won't be detected. You will possibly also see this.

Don't panic. There are things to do. Finally you will have to go back to the Menu screen. It will look like this.

Mark the line that says "Dectect disk" and click Continue. If you are lucky the Grub installation will start now. It will look
like this.

As you will see you will get the chance to install GRUB in MBR (/dev/sda), which you should take. Finally the installation is ready and you will see this.


HOW TO add start data for DebEX Barebone if you already are using Grub 2 as bootloader on your computer - example

Add this to /boot/grub/grub.cfg

menuentry 'DebEX Barebone - Debian Jessie (sda8)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos8)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 732e3537-7c72-4f92-9bf7-f5d57c1eedf8
echo 'Loading Linux 3.9-1-amb64 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.9.1-amd64 root=UUID=732e3537-7c72-4f92-9bf7-f5d57c1eedf8 ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.9-1-amd64
}

NOTE 1

Normally you don't have to do what I just wrote if you already have Grub 2 installed. I.e. before you start your DebEX Barebone installation. Just finish Debian-Installer without installing Grub 2 in MBR. Then start up the Linux system where you have Grub 2 installed and run the command update-grub.

HOW TO chroot into the partition on which you have installed DebEX Barebone and install Grub 2 manually

If you can't get Debian-Installer to install Grub2 for you you can always do it manually. In the example above and below I have installed DebEX Barebone to /dev/sda8. Go back to the Menu screen and choose "Execute a shell". Run the following commands:
mkdir /mnt/sda8
mount /dev/sda8 /mnt/sda8 < ie mount the install partition
mount -t proc proc /mnt/sda8/proc
mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sda8/sys
mount --bind /dev /mnt/sda8/dev
chroot /mnt/sda8 /bin/bash < ie "chroot" into the install partition
grub-install /dev/sda < ie install grub2 in MBR (/dev/sda)
update-grub < create start data for all Linux and Windows systems on your computer
exit < leave chroot

NOTE 2 : To do before upgrading the system or installing new packages
The file /etc/apt/sources.list must be replaced by this one - sources.list-change-to-this-after-installation. (You will also find the aforementioned file in the folder /etc/apt). Then run (as root) apt-get update. After that you can install whatever you want. Suggestion: Install Enlightenment (E17), which is a wonderful Desktop environment. To use E17 change ~/.xinitrc to exec enlightenment_start.


Good luck!

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