On my own followup, below is the installation log, indicating something major is seriously amiss with installing jessie-tde live isos on a virtualbox vm. Iam stopping trying to install jessie-tde on a vm for now, will try to install it on an old t61 laptop instead, but any help with the mess below would be appreciated. d. ...................... Current default time zone: 'Pacific/Honolulu' Local time is now: Mon Nov 24 00:39:08 HST 2014. Universal Time is now: Mon Nov 24 10:39:08 UTC 2014. mke2fs 1.42.12 (29-Aug-2014) Usage: mount [-lhV] mount -a [options] mount [options] [--source] <source> | [--target] <directory> mount [options] <source> <directory> mount <operation> <mountpoint> [<target>] Options: -a, --all mount all filesystems mentioned in fstab -c, --no-canonicalize don't canonicalize paths -f, --fake dry run; skip the mount(2) syscall -F, --fork fork off for each device (use with -a) -T, --fstab <path> alternative file to /etc/fstab -h, --help display this help text and exit -i, --internal-only don't call the mount.<type> helpers -l, --show-labels lists all mounts with LABELs -n, --no-mtab don't write to /etc/mtab -o, --options <list> comma-separated list of mount options -O, --test-opts <list> limit the set of filesystems (use with -a) -r, --read-only mount the filesystem read-only (same as -o ro) -t, --types <list> limit the set of filesystem types --source <src> explicitly specifies source (path, label, uuid) --target <target> explicitly specifies mountpoint -v, --verbose say what is being done -V, --version display version information and exit -w, --rw, --read-write mount the filesystem read-write (default) -h, --help display this help and exit -V, --version output version information and exit Source: -L, --label <label> synonym for LABEL=<label> -U, --uuid <uuid> synonym for UUID=<uuid> LABEL=<label> specifies device by filesystem label UUID=<uuid> specifies device by filesystem UUID PARTLABEL=<label> specifies device by partition label PARTUUID=<uuid> specifies device by partition UUID <device> specifies device by path <directory> mountpoint for bind mounts (see --bind/rbind) <file> regular file for loopdev setup Operations: -B, --bind mount a subtree somewhere else (same as -o bind) -M, --move move a subtree to some other place -R, --rbind mount a subtree and all submounts somewhere else --make-shared mark a subtree as shared --make-slave mark a subtree as slave --make-private mark a subtree as private --make-unbindable mark a subtree as unbindable --make-rshared recursively mark a whole subtree as shared --make-rslave recursively mark a whole subtree as slave --make-rprivate recursively mark a whole subtree as private --make-runbindable recursively mark a whole subtree as unbindable For more details see mount(8). Usage: mount [-lhV] mount -a [options] mount [options] [--source] <source> | [--target] <directory> mount [options] <source> <directory> mount <operation> <mountpoint> [<target>] Options: -a, --all mount all filesystems mentioned in fstab -c, --no-canonicalize don't canonicalize paths -f, --fake dry run; skip the mount(2) syscall -F, --fork fork off for each device (use with -a) -T, --fstab <path> alternative file to /etc/fstab -h, --help display this help text and exit -i, --internal-only don't call the mount.<type> helpers -l, --show-labels lists all mounts with LABELs -n, --no-mtab don't write to /etc/mtab -o, --options <list> comma-separated list of mount options -O, --test-opts <list> limit the set of filesystems (use with -a) -r, --read-only mount the filesystem read-only (same as -o ro) -t, --types <list> limit the set of filesystem types --source <src> explicitly specifies source (path, label, uuid) --target <target> explicitly specifies mountpoint -v, --verbose say what is being done -V, --version display version information and exit -w, --rw, --read-write mount the filesystem read-write (default) -h, --help display this help and exit -V, --version output version information and exit Source: -L, --label <label> synonym for LABEL=<label> -U, --uuid <uuid> synonym for UUID=<uuid> LABEL=<label> specifies device by filesystem label UUID=<uuid> specifies device by filesystem UUID PARTLABEL=<label> specifies device by partition label PARTUUID=<uuid> specifies device by partition UUID <device> specifies device by path <directory> mountpoint for bind mounts (see --bind/rbind) <file> regular file for loopdev setup Operations: -B, --bind mount a subtree somewhere else (same as -o bind) -M, --move move a subtree to some other place -R, --rbind mount a subtree and all submounts somewhere else --make-shared mark a subtree as shared --make-slave mark a subtree as slave --make-private mark a subtree as private --make-unbindable mark a subtree as unbindable --make-rshared recursively mark a whole subtree as shared --make-rslave recursively mark a whole subtree as slave --make-rprivate recursively mark a whole subtree as private --make-runbindable recursively mark a whole subtree as unbindable For more details see mount(8). Usage: mount [-lhV] mount -a [options] mount [options] [--source] <source> | [--target] <directory> mount [options] <source> <directory> mount <operation> <mountpoint> [<target>] Options: -a, --all mount all filesystems mentioned in fstab -c, --no-canonicalize don't canonicalize paths -f, --fake dry run; skip the mount(2) syscall -F, --fork fork off for each device (use with -a) -T, --fstab <path> alternative file to /etc/fstab -h, --help display this help text and exit -i, --internal-only don't call the mount.<type> helpers -l, --show-labels lists all mounts with LABELs -n, --no-mtab don't write to /etc/mtab -o, --options <list> comma-separated list of mount options -O, --test-opts <list> limit the set of filesystems (use with -a) -r, --read-only mount the filesystem read-only (same as -o ro) -t, --types <list> limit the set of filesystem types --source <src> explicitly specifies source (path, label, uuid) --target <target> explicitly specifies mountpoint -v, --verbose say what is being done -V, --version display version information and exit -w, --rw, --read-write mount the filesystem read-write (default) -h, --help display this help and exit -V, --version output version information and exit Source: -L, --label <label> synonym for LABEL=<label> -U, --uuid <uuid> synonym for UUID=<uuid> LABEL=<label> specifies device by filesystem label UUID=<uuid> specifies device by filesystem UUID PARTLABEL=<label> specifies device by partition label PARTUUID=<uuid> specifies device by partition UUID <device> specifies device by path <directory> mountpoint for bind mounts (see --bind/rbind) <file> regular file for loopdev setup Operations: -B, --bind mount a subtree somewhere else (same as -o bind) -M, --move move a subtree to some other place -R, --rbind mount a subtree and all submounts somewhere else --make-shared mark a subtree as shared --make-slave mark a subtree as slave --make-private mark a subtree as private --make-unbindable mark a subtree as unbindable --make-rshared recursively mark a whole subtree as shared --make-rslave recursively mark a whole subtree as slave --make-rprivate recursively mark a whole subtree as private --make-runbindable recursively mark a whole subtree as unbindable For more details see mount(8). df: Warning: cannot read table of mounted file systems: No such file or directory mount: failed to read mtab: No such file or directory cat: /proc/cmdline: No such file or directory userdel: user mail spool (/var/mail/user) not found groupdel: group 'user' does not exist Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully /chrootscript: line 83: /home/plain/.trinity/share/config/: Is a directory /chrootscript: line 84: /home/plain/.trinity/share/config/: Is a directory sed: couldn't edit /home/plain/.trinity/share/config/: not a regular file /usr/sbin/grub-install: /usr/sbin/grub-install: cannot execute binary file /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?). .............................................................................................. On Monday 24 November 2014 12:17:39 am kanenas@... wrote: > hope i am not off topic, no systemd comments here, just a couple of > comments on exe-jessv-2014109,110 and 112. I tried to install them in a > vbox vm on a wheezy-tde13.5.13.2 host, vbox ver. 4.3.18 r96516. In all > instances grub failed to install and grub rescue would only allow the ls > and set commands to be executed, all other commands i tried (cat, linux > etc) produced the error "no such command". Trying "do not install grub" > also failed with the message "grub missing". Any hints / ideas? > thanks in advance, > dimitris (newbie in list) > > On Friday 14 November 2014 08:02:47 pm Robert Peters wrote: > > On 10 November 2014 15:59, David Hare <davidahare@...> wrote: > > > A new (experimental) Exe GNU/Linux version exegnu-jessv-20141109.iso is > > > available. > > > > > > It is current TDE R14 on (mostly current and original) Debian Jessie. > > > > > > All *systemd* packages are excluded using /etc/apt/preferences. > > > Recompiled (without *systemd*) libpulse0 (mplayer dep) and dbus are > > > used. Cups version is pinned to 1.7.1-5. > > > > > > A few important packages may be missing or not working properly. There > > > is only me to test it so far, any help appreciated. Updates will > > > follow. > > > > > > http://exegnulinux.net/downloads/jessie/ > > > > It is working fairly well for me now. Installed it with /home on the > > same partition as /, since the instructions imply that putting /home > > on a separate partition will cause that partition to be formatted, > > which I don't want to happen. > > A few glitches: the wizard runs each time on startup. Iceweasel won't > > start, claiming that an instance of it is already running. I > > installed Skype from deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ > > stable non-free; it segfaults when I try to run it. > > -R > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... 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