On Tuesday 21 August 2018 12:49:53 Felix Miata wrote: > Gene Heskett composed on 2018-08-21 12:06 (UTC-0400): > > On Tuesday 21 August 2018 10:56:56 Felix Miata wrote: > >> As I implied 24 hours ago in this thread, it doesn't need fixing. > >> Jessie came in between Wheezy and Stretch, a long time (two > >> years?). There are multiple workarounds for those who skipped over > >> Jessie: > >> > >> 1-Format the installation target using Wheezy or Jessie or old > >> Knoppix or old anything in advance of starting the installer. > >> Formatting is an /optional/ part of the installation process (as is > >> partitioning). > > > > I did try to do that, it showed me the partitions I had setup in > > gparted, but would not skip the selection and format steps. > > I think you must be misunderstanding what these steps are. They must > be used to specify which existing partitions to use, where to mount > them, mount options, etc. Once these have been done with supported > formatted empty partitions, the installer will default to "do not > format". Even if they managed to return "format partition", you can > change the selection to "do not format". printed, I'll try it again. Thanks Felix. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
