Package: installation-reports Boot method: DVD Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-9.4.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso Date:2018/3/26
Machine: ESPRIMO E5615 (Fujitsu-Siemens) Processor: AMD ATHLON 64 Memory: 2x512M Partitions: Single partition (+1G swap) Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card: [O] Configure network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Install base system: [E] Clock/timezone setup: [ O] User/password setup: [O ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Overall install: [ ] Comments/Problems: Install starts as expected, it .... Retrieves/extracts packages from the CD...then messages say Unpacking....<various>... Configuring....<various>... Unpacking the base system.... etc Configuring.....<various>... Configuring APTsources... Preparing linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64... Then ERROR "Unable to install the selected kernel An error was returned while trying to install the kernel into the target system. Kernel package: 'linux-image-amd64'. Check /var/log/syslog or see virtual console 4 for the details. " Note: I am fairly inexperienced installing a Debian instance - so chances are I have done something incorrectly, though I read right through the installation guide and I don't think I have missed something obvious. Have tended to follow the 'recommended' set-up as indicated in the GUI installer. Thanks and regards, Charles