Package: installation-reports Boot method: "-cdrom" key in qemu with OVMF firmware Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-12.0.0-amd64-kde.iso Date: Jul 8 2023
Machine: ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, "-cpu host -smp 6" flags in qemu Memory: "-m 6000" flag in qemu Partitions: "Guided partition" method during the installation with a single root partition. The entire qemu command: qemu-system-x86_64 -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci -cpu host -smp 6 -m 6000 -enable-kvm -device virtio-vga-gl -display gtk,gl=on -drive file=/usr/share/edk2-ovmf/OVMF_CODE.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly=on -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=OVMF_VARS.fd -drive format=raw,file=sda.img,if=virtio -drive format=raw,file=sdb.img,if=virtio -cdrom ~/debian-live-12.0.0-amd64-kde.iso qemu --version output: "QEMU emulator version 7.2.3" Host OS: Gentoo Linux With "qemu-img create -f raw -o size=6G sda.img" i.e. 6GB virtual hdd: Initial boot: [O] Detect network card: [O] Configure network: [O] Detect media: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Install base system: [E] proceeds to the system installation step despite not having enough space in the root partition, fails with an uninformative error message "the step that failed : install the system", in all three installation modes (livecd, graphical, text) with "qemu-img create -f raw -o size=12G sda.img" (should work according to this documentation entry https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch03s04.en.html): Overall install: [E] Installs seemingly successfully, but shows black screen after login due to completely exhausted disk space on the root partition. "Avail 0" in df output. I.e. installation process exhausted disk space but completed installation without an apparent error. with "qemu-img create -f raw -o size=22G sda.img" works perfectly fine.