[sf-lug] Fwd: Re: Debian install without a desktop

[Alex Kleider]

Sorry, hit Reply rather than Reply-All the first time...

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Subject: Re: [sf-lug] Debian install without a desktop
Date: 2020-04-16 09:37
 From: Alex Kleider <akleider at sonic.net>
To: tom r lopes <tomrlopes at gmail.com>

On 2020-04-16 03:05, tom r lopes wrote:


> Flashing cursor like that, in a legacy bios system, means the boot 
> loader
> is missing .
> 
> There needs to be something installed to the MBR of the drive.  I'm not 
> too
> familiar
> with Debian but I would guess that a some point of the install you 
> would be
> asked
> where to install grub.  This should be something like /dev/sda  or
> whichever drive is
> set to boot.  Not one of the actual partitions.
> 
Thanks, that might be the root of the problem.
I'll do it again and pay particular attention to that stage of the 
install. Not impossible that I rushed past that part without toggling 
the yes to a no.

The other answers I got were from list members that thought I got to a 
point of being able to use my key board..but thanks for trying to help 
anyway.
cheers,
Alex