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[SOLVED] First time installing linux (Debian). Got this error. Please help (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I installed it from the Calamaries Installer found in the LIVE USB ISO this time. And Instead of my primary hdd, I installed it on the other one. Works now, thanks for all of your support, dear nerds.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hi, it would be useful to know what kind of device you are installing on. For a laptop the model and make would be especially useful. If it is a PC then the drive configuration would be interesting (what kind of drive, how many etc.)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's a PC. Two Hard Disk Drives

1st Drive: SATA:PM-KINGSTON S

2nd Drive: SATA:SM-ST500LT012

edit: 1st one is of around 138GB, 2nd one has around 500GB

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ok, that looks like a fairly standard setup. I guess taking a look at the boot loader itself would be the next step. When you see the Debian bootloader you could try pressing 'e' to view what commands it uses internally to boot. The lines starting with "linux" and "initrd" would be most interesting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So it still uses a MSDOS partition table, interesting. This usually only happens on systems that do not support EFI at all.

Is your BIOS and main board fairly old per chance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, around 14 years old lmao