Installing linux - Revision history

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Lilith2 at 20:55, 12 August 2015

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 * At boot, enter the BIOS by pressing <em>F2.</em> Some machines use other keys http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/accessbios.htm and if you have a Windows 8.1 tablet or device with a UEFI BIOS, then booting to the BIOS no longer works the way it did on classic desktop PCs http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-access-the-bios-on-a-windows-8-computer/ and once you are in, you have to shut off Secure Boot and Fast Boot (and Quick Boot) in the UEFI or turn UEFI off completely in favour of "Legacy BIOS". If your EFI based PC is not booting debian, here is an easy way to reinstall grub-efi, the bootloader used by debian on these PCs: https://wiki.debian.org/GrubEFIReinstall#Reinstalling_grub-efi_on_your_hard_drive
 * Set the BIOS to boot from your installation medium, save, and exit.
-Booting will continue and if all went well, your first installer screen appears.
+Booting will continue and if all went well, your first installer screen appears. If not, https://www.happyassassin.net/2014/01/25/uefi-boot-how-does-that-actually-work-then/ and/or ask us on IRC.
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 == F*&^% bootloader and rescue mode == <!--T:145-->
-Sometimes, things go wrong, and the system you've carefully installed is no longer bootable. Perhaps the boot loader configuration broke while trying out a change, or right after installation of debian the system does not boot, etc. Whatever happened, boot from your installation medium in rescue mode:
+Sometimes, things go wrong, and the system you've carefully installed is no longer bootable. Perhaps the boot loader configuration broke while trying out a change, or right after installation of debian the system does not boot, etc.
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 Boot from the USB, CD- or DVD-ROM:
 * Put boot medium with installer in slot and restart machine.
-* At boot, enter the BIOS by pressing <em>F2.</em> Some machines use other keys http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/accessbios.htm and if you have a Windows 8.1 tablet or device with a UEFI BIOS, then booting to the BIOS no longer works the way it did on classic desktop PCs http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-access-the-bios-on-a-windows-8-computer/ and once you are in, you have to shut off Secure Boot and Fast Boot in the UEFI or turn UEFI off completely in favour of "Legacy BIOS".
+* At boot, enter the BIOS by pressing <em>F2.</em> Some machines use other keys http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/accessbios.htm and if you have a Windows 8.1 tablet or device with a UEFI BIOS, then booting to the BIOS no longer works the way it did on classic desktop PCs http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-access-the-bios-on-a-windows-8-computer/ and once you are in, you have to shut off Secure Boot and Fast Boot (and Quick Boot) in the UEFI or turn UEFI off completely in favour of "Legacy BIOS". If your EFI based PC is not booting debian, here is an easy way to reinstall grub-efi, the bootloader used by debian on these PCs: https://wiki.debian.org/GrubEFIReinstall#Reinstalling_grub-efi_on_your_hard_drive
 * Set the BIOS to boot from your installation medium, save, and exit.
 Booting will continue and if all went well, your first installer screen appears.

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-The next steps do not require any user interaction. The "base system" packages, [[/Linux_applications#dpkg|dpkg]] and [[/Linux_applications#apt|apt]] for managing packages, and utilities to boot the system, are installed.
+The next steps do not require any user interaction. The "base system" packages, [[Linux_applications#dpkg|dpkg]] and [[Linux_applications#apt|apt]] for managing packages, and utilities to boot the system, are installed.
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 $ sudo apt-get update
-  $ sudo apt-get upgrade
+  $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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