by Bog » I should try reinstalling but only use the first disk. (That would weed out the other repositories right?)
I am thinking maybe you have not read any of the install documentation, to start with,
no , you do not need all those DVDs, Yes, the first one is all you need:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstall
Although there are over 30 CDs (or 5 DVDs) in a full set, only the first CD is required to install Debian. The additional CDs are optional and include extra packages, that can be downloaded individually during the installation, or later.
If you want to file a bug report:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ ... 04.html.en
5.4.7. Submitting Installation Reports
----- (part)----If you have a working Debian system, the easiest way to send an installation report is to install the installation-report and reportbug packages (apt install installation-report reportbug), configure reportbug as explained in Section 8.5.2, “Sending E-Mails Outside The System”, and run the command reportbug installation-reports.
Alternatively you can use this template when filling out installation reports, and file the report as a bug report against the installation-reports pseudo package, by sending it to <
submit@bugs.debian.org>.
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Package: installation-reports
Boot method: <How did you boot the installer? CD? floppy? network?>
Image version: <Full URL to image you downloaded is best>
Date: <Date and time of the install>
Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>
Processor:
Memory:
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [ ]
Detect network card: [ ]
Configure network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
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There is a lot of information available, and it is very important, especially when it is someone that has never installed Debian before, there is to much to explain in 1 or 2 posts, it probably is not that the installer is broken or that the ISO is no good, that might
depend on which iso you are using to start with though.
Note:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... -of-debian
"Initially, you will only need to download and use the first image of a set (labelled as debian-something-1 to be able to start the Debian installer and set up Debian on your computer. If there are more images available here (labelled debian-something-2, debian-something-3, etc.), they contain the extra packages that can be installed on a Debian system (as mentioned previously). They will not be bootable and are entirely optional.
I have never tried using any of the other CD or DVD images, and all ways just use 1 Dvd.
So I am having to do some searches, and find more info on doing it that way, you should
have and could do that your self, before starting this project. Using multiple DVD's is not
recommended, it would be a last resort and only in a situation where one did not have internet access, and they needed all the bell's and whistles, etc. The first DVD is all you need to install a very reliable and working OS.
99% of the people that have problems installing, the problem was not the ISO or DVD, but the simple fact that they read 0 documentation, and the other 1% is because they have very unusual types of hardware.
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From:
https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/
Furthermore, in most cases it is not necessary to download all of the images for your architecture. The packages are sorted by popularity: The first CD/DVD/BD contains the installation system and the most popular packages. The second one contains slightly less popular ones, the third one even less popular ones, etc. You will probably only need the first couple of DVDs (or the first few CDs) unless you have very special requirements. (And in case you happen to need a package later on which is not on one of the CDs/DVDs/BDs you downloaded, you can always install that package directly from the Internet.)
