Bug#1070483: btrfs root volume being mounted as ro upon boot

Package: installation-reports Severity: important Boot method: USB stick Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-12.5.0-amd64-gnome.iso Date: 19.04.2024 Machine: Framework 16 Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics Memory: 2

Bookworm install and btrfs

the operating system and not touch the data. I am sure you are thinking of something like this already, then take this as another vote. Sincerely, Richard

Bug#684128: src:debian-installer: allow use of binary units in disk partitioner

Holger Wansing writes: > Justin B Rye wrote (Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:04:09 > +0100): >> Holger Wansing wrote: >> > Thorsten Glaser : >> >> Could this information (valid unit sufficēs) be added to the dialogue >> >> where the size is entered? Screen space should suffice. >> [...] >> > CC'ing

Bug#987503:

On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 7:48 PM Cyril Brulebois wrote: > For the avoidance of doubt, the relevant partman-auto code is present > in buster, bullseye, and bookworm. Thanks for the correction; I was under the impression that this has been more recent. I don't install my systems very often,

Bug#987503:

reinstall the system or reformat by hand with all the data moving that entails. The fact that we're stuck with this for a whole stable release cycle makes things even worse. Richard

dosfstools for EFI partition?

Hi, Hopefully this is the right, or close enough, place ... Given that EFI is common, should dosfstools now be a standard package, so that we can fsck the partition when required? Happy to file as a bug, if I know what to file it against. Cheers, Richard

Bug#1024870: Scenario in which --extra-suites leads to breakage

bootstrap completes successfully. It appears that the relevant portion of the script is not guarding against the possibility of an empty package list. --Daniel -- Daniel Richard G. || sk...@iskunk.org My ASCII-art .sig got a bad case of Times New Roman.

Bug#1015887: debian-installer: Adding https repo doesn't work without manually installing ca-certificates

. Cheers, Richard syslog.gz Description: application/gzip

Bug#1015887: debian-installer: Adding https repo doesn't work without manually installing ca-certificates

that. The BTS UI doesn't seem to allow searching on the content of bug discussions; only subject and other metadata. I can't see any other debian-installer bugs that mention ca-certificates in the subject. Cheers, Richard

Bug#1015887: debian-installer: Adding https repo doesn't work without manually installing ca-certificates

Package: debian-installer Severity: important Dear Maintainer, Using netinst bullseye 11.4 installer: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-11.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso I chose to add a network mirror, using https, and the default 'deb.debian.org'. I used

Alcatel Linkzone sold by T-Mobile, labeled "4G LTE HotSpot

I am using an Alcatel Linkzone sold by T-Mobile. It is labeled "4G LTE HotSpot. The WiFi has been turned off via the device's setup menu. Is anyone on this list using that device? ?? ;} I am trying to install Debian 11.3 [requires non-free firmware] I have succeeded. *ROFL* ;/

Bug#987503: swap partition only 1 GB instead of at least 1 x RAM size

If hibernation is broken by default it would be wise to disable it completely because some systems may trash or lockup if they attempt to hibernate with 1G of RAM.

Re: Installation comment

On 26/07/21 5:42 pm, Geert Stappers wrote: On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 03:43:18AM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: Hi all, Sorry for the minimal detail - hopefully someone else will understand this much better than I do, and be able to fill in if required. Failing that, I might be able to do better

Installation comment

, Richard

Re: Installer annoyance - a bug?

On 06/06/2021 09:51 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sun, Jun 06, 2021 at 07:48:06AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: There is *functional/quality/?* difference between an install from a physical CD/DVD and from an "equivalent" flash drive. There's no functional difference: the

Installer annoyance - a bug?

There is *functional/quality/?* difference between an install from a physical CD/DVD and from an "equivalent" flash drive. I have a very atypical use case: 1. internet is *not* available to support installation. 2. my goal is what I consider a minimalist GUI When I first used Squeeze: 1.

Re: How does the debian development team build Root Filesystems with Desktop UI Support?

On 06/02/2021 01:37 AM, Geert Stappers wrote: On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 02:58:23PM +0900, Yuichi Tsujiwaki wrote: Hi, how does the debian development team create rootfs with a GUI? AFAIK not If you're using multistrap, could you please tell me where the config file is? I'm looking for a

Re: Extracting documentation from Debian installer

On 05/12/2021 03:09 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Steve McIntyre (2021-05-12): So look around the other projects under the installer-team umbrella. The same still applies for messages in the installation - look in the templates files. The translation process implies gathering all templates into

Re: Extracting documentation from Debian installer

On 05/12/2021 09:39 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 09:27:50AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 05/12/2021 08:37 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: debian-installer/packages/grub-installer/debian is your starting point Using the MATE search tool I don't find such a directory

Re: Extracting documentation from Debian installer

On 05/12/2021 08:37 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 07:53:24AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 05/10/2021 11:02 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 10:00:01AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 05/10/2021 09:32 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Mon, May 10

Re: Extracting documentation from Debian installer

On 05/10/2021 11:02 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 10:00:01AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 05/10/2021 09:32 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 08:18:06AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Debian's goal might be described as providing "the most

Re: Extracting documentation from Debian installer

On 05/10/2021 09:32 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 08:18:06AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Debian's goal might be described as providing "the most power to a maximally diverse audience". My underlying problem is that it does that *TOO* well. I need

Extracting documentation from Debian installer

Debian's goal might be described as providing "the most power to a maximally diverse audience". My underlying problem is that it does that *TOO* well. I need two types of information that I doubt are documented anywhere except in the source code. I. Text of error/cautionary messages.

Re: Is _Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide_ current?

On 05/07/2021 01:21 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: Hello, Yes, the guide is current. Richard Owlett, le ven. 07 mai 2021 09:46:47 -0500, a ecrit: I wish to install Debian 10 on a laptop with no internet connectivity following instructions at https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03

Is _Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide_ current?

@defaultinstall:/home/richard# install-mbr /dev/sdc install-mbr:/dev/sdc: Probable detection of modern MBR format which is currently incompatible with install-mbr. Installing will probably break Windows installations on this system. Use --force to override. Is this expected? TIA

Re: serial console install issues

On 13/04/21 12:31 pm, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Mon, 2021-04-12 at 13:48 +1200, Richard Hector wrote: On 11/04/21 9:26 pm, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Richard Hector, le dim. 11 avril 2021 21:18:49 +1200, a ecrit: > > On 11/04/21 9:10 pm, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > $ git gre

Re: serial console install issues, all the links of the chain

ts - is that a thing? But I also don't see the significance - I've had no issues that look like communications problems, flow control problems or anything like that. Cheers, Richard

Re: serial console install issues

installer-team/installation-guide/-/commit/a1c7f0400ce6136f0c330158a827155bc2e17203 Interesting, and probably useful, but unrelated to any of my issues :-) Cheers, Richard

Re: serial console install issues

On 11/04/21 11:51 am, Richard Hector wrote: Then finally, I can't remember how, I discovered that it didn't like displaying on a 24-line terminal, which most of the terminals I tried default to. With a 25-line terminal, it all seems useable - and Minicom mostly displays it ok too (not quite

Re: serial console install issues

On 12/04/21 1:48 pm, Richard Hector wrote: I got the hang of the boot parameters, though that section doesn't mention removing the 'vga=xxx' section from the linux command line. I'm not sure if that's important; I'll have to retest to confirm. I've checked that. It works ok without removing

Re: serial console install issues

On 12/04/21 4:38 am, Lou Poppler wrote: On Sun, 2021-04-11 at 21:18 +1200, Richard Hector wrote: I think so, yes. But my problems started earlier than booting linux, at the SysLinux menu. Perhaps what's needed is more of an appendix for dealing with serial consoles? Anyway, I'll try

Re: serial console install issues

On 11/04/21 9:26 pm, Samuel Thibault wrote: Richard Hector, le dim. 11 avril 2021 21:18:49 +1200, a ecrit: On 11/04/21 9:10 pm, Samuel Thibault wrote: > $ git grep -i "Boot console" . > en/boot-installer/parameters.xml: Boot console > po/[...] > > That's very most

Re: serial console install issues

On 11/04/21 9:10 pm, Samuel Thibault wrote: Geert Stappers, le dim. 11 avril 2021 10:55:28 +0200, a ecrit: On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 08:57:38AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 11:51:57AM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > > > > a serial port and no

serial console install issues

I'm not sure whether the issues are in the terminal emulation (either the xterm or comms program), or in the menu system (is that SysLinux?) or somewhere else, or whether the mismatch in number of lines inevitably causes problems. I hope this isn't to vague :-) Thanks, Richard

Re: Possible kernel bug

You'll get a more relevant response at debian-u...@lists.debian.org HTH On 03/17/2021 10:42 PM, Brian Koblenz wrote: I have built a fresh version of Buster. I have a ZTE M833V usb dongle plugged into my Raspberry Pi3+. I have observed hangs only during boot after usb_modeswitch for the

Re: XFS file system creation fails (https://chuangtzu.ftp.acc.umu.se/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-testing-amd64-netinst.iso)

. Might be an idea to investigate why libnih is required by xfsprogs these days as the library is pretty much dead upstream [1]. Two different libraries? It seems to be complaining about libinih, not libnih. Richard

Re: Bug#979386: debian-installer: Install Annoyance

On 01/05/2021 06:38 PM, Mike McCulley wrote: Package: debian-installer Version: buster Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, I have a triple-boot setup so GRUB and swap both exist, and that creates the annoyance. Debian installer displays messages about the necessity of having GRUB installed,

Bug#842626:

not remember > that nobody took the care to implement it while it was reported 4 years > ago. Presumably, you could link to the old bug in the new one ;-) Richard

Re: "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs examples

On 06/16/2020 05:41 AM, Holger Wansing wrote: Hi, Richard Owlett wrote: This is a rewrite of my original post after having received input directly and indirectly related to my problems. I wish to have an uncluttered install of Debian 10 with MATE desktop. It is my understanding that when

Re: "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs examples

On 06/14/2020 10:21 AM, Holger Wansing wrote: Hi, [snip] If you just want an installation with Mate, I don't understand why you would want to remove the 'recommends' but ... Because MATE with all the recommended packages is too cluttered. It has tools to do a range of tasks that most need

Correcting typo was [Re: "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs examples]

On 06/14/2020 05:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: This is a rewrite of my original post after having received input directly and indirectly related to my problems. I wish to have an uncluttered install of Debian 10 with MATE desktop. It is my understanding that when MATE is selected, the installer

Re: "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs examples

On 06/14/2020 06:51 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Quoting Richard Owlett (2020-06-14 12:52:10) Reading [https://packages.debian.org/buster/mate-desktop-environment] indicates that not installing "suggested" will achieve my *specified* goal.

"Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs examples

This is a rewrite of my original post after having received input directly and indirectly related to my problems. I wish to have an uncluttered install of Debian 10 with MATE desktop. It is my understanding that when MATE is selected, the installer begins with mate-desktop-environment. Reading

Re: "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs broader choice of examples

On 06/09/2020 03:46 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/09/2020 01:24 PM, Holger Wansing wrote: Hi, Richard Owlett wrote: I need to do a very atypical install. It needs exactly one parameter to be pre-seeded. I wish to set it at the boot prompt. An overview is given at https://www.debian.org

Re: "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs broader choice of examples

On 06/09/2020 01:24 PM, Holger Wansing wrote: Hi, Richard Owlett wrote: I need to do a very atypical install. It needs exactly one parameter to be pre-seeded. I wish to set it at the boot prompt. An overview is given at https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/i386/apbs02.en.html#preseed-auto

"Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs broader choice of examples

I need to do a very atypical install. It needs exactly one parameter to be pre-seeded. I wish to set it at the boot prompt. An overview is given at https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/i386/apbs02.en.html#preseed-auto which in turn leads to

Bug#907343: Same issue with dual-boot Fedora 32 and Ubuntu 20.04

ipt, which puts them in alphabetical order. -- Richard Fearn richardfe...@gmail.com

"Expert" mode as DIAGNOSTIC tool during installation ??????

This post is prompted by several things: 1. First time users of the Debian installer trying to describe their observed symptoms. 2. Over five decades dealing with end-users in situations ranging from rejecting concrete for a new sidewalk to convincing to a bio-chem grad student

Exploring the Debian installer

The Debian Installer does an excellent job of "delivering maximum functionality for the widest possible audience". I wish to do very customized installs. They might be described as "minimalist - think not requiring anything beyond a IBM PC/XT or PC/AT. Also, when exploring options, I may do

Re: netinst sums and signatures?

On 2/11/19 6:56 PM, Richard Hector wrote: > On 2/11/19 4:04 AM, john doe wrote: >> On 11/1/2019 2:13 PM, Richard Hector wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I usually install using a netinst image, which I find here: >>> >>> https://www.debian.org/CD/n

Re: netinst sums and signatures?

On 2/11/19 4:04 AM, john doe wrote: > On 11/1/2019 2:13 PM, Richard Hector wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I usually install using a netinst image, which I find here: >> >> https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ >> >> I figured I should verify the checksum and

netinst sums and signatures?

the image, but that doesn't appear to be true for (the above source of) the netinst images. Can the appropriate sums and signatures be include on the netinst image page? I can file a bug if that's better, but I'm not sure what against. Thanks, Richard

Re: Multiple console support

) only has serial. And only server-class machines generally do the redirection, don't they? There are plenty of use cases for a headless machine that doesn't need to be expensive, where serial would be useful and a screen inconvenient. Is there a disadvantage to doing the same thing on all arches? R

Re: Installer - add BIOS boot partition?

On 12/01/19 3:44 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 02:31:22PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: >> That worked great, thanks. Though it seems the '1.0MB' free before my >> first partition wasn't big enough (or not aligned right?) so I had to >> start from scratc

Re: Installer - add BIOS boot partition?

On 11/01/19 2:31 PM, Richard Hector wrote: > Incidentally, could/should I have made that RAID1? I created bios > partitions on both my disks, and have grub-install-ed to both. The > partitions do seem to be identical. I should clarify - I have 4 partitions on each drive: bios raid: /

Re: Installer - add BIOS boot partition?

On 11/01/19 6:52 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 11:04:16PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I've just done most of an installation on a BIOS machine, with a pair of >> new 4TB disks, which require GPT. >> >> Grub fails t

Installer - add BIOS boot partition?

fit in the space before my first existing partition, is that right? Any tips on creating such a thing, preferably from within the di environment? Or do I need to do some partitioning before starting the installer? Links to relevant references or howtos welcome. Thanks, Richard

Re: Bug#911241: grub-installer - Remove grub-legacy support

egacy from debian? I don't know how many others are in my situation, but my VPS provider has some kind of centralised grub-legacy that requires me to keep its config files updated, and grub-legacy is currently the easiest way to do that. Cheers, Richard

Re: Install on remote KVM?

On 12/08/18 01:37, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sun, 2018-08-12 at 00:25 +1200, Richard Hector wrote: >> On 12/08/18 00:16, Ben Hutchings wrote: >>> On Sat, 2018-08-11 at 22:58 +1200, Richard Hector wrote: >>> [...] >>>> I'm mostly familiar with the netinst im

Re: Install on remote KVM?

/provider, however. Thanks, Richard

Re: Install on remote KVM?

On 12/08/18 00:16, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sat, 2018-08-11 at 22:58 +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > [...] >> I'm mostly familiar with the netinst image, and it's what I generally >> use to install on real hardware. >> >> I'm less familiar with netboot, but have u

Re: Install on remote KVM?

On 11/08/18 22:43, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sat, 2018-08-11 at 20:14 +1200, Richard Hector wrote: >> Hi - I hope I'm in the right place; feel free to redirect me. >> >> I want to install on a KVM-based VPS, using an ordinary installer (ie >> not using the im

Install on remote KVM?

then on it proceeds without needing a CD or other local media. Is there a way I can boot that on the remote VPS? Perhaps from grub, or from a minimal ISO? Any other suggestions? Thanks, Richard

Found(?) - was [Re: Finding installer documents to facilitate an *ATYPCAL* install]

On 03/21/2018 09:01 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Please note subject line of "Finding installer documents to facilitate an *ATYPICAL* install", especially the emphasized word. I have a reasonably typical install of Stretch currently. I wish to install all required packages such that I

Finding installer documents to facilitate an *ATYPCAL* install

Please note subject line of "Finding installer documents to facilitate an *ATYPICAL* install", especially the emphasized word. I have a reasonably typical install of Stretch currently. I wish to install all required packages such that I could run all portions of the installer from my current

Re: Boot Order

On 02/25/2018 02:35 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: On Sat, 2018-02-24 at 14:18 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 02/24/2018 01:59 PM, Dan Norton wrote: [snip] In my case, there are multiple debian installations and the installer positions the last installation at the top of the *grub* menu

Re: Boot Order

On 02/24/2018 06:49 PM, Dan Norton wrote: On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 14:18:13 -0600 Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: On 02/24/2018 01:59 PM, Dan Norton wrote: [snip] In my case, there are multiple debian installations and the installer positions the last installation at t

Re: Boot Order

On 02/24/2018 01:59 PM, Dan Norton wrote: [snip] In my case, there are multiple debian installations and the installer positions the last installation at the top of the *grub* menu. This makes sense. Not always. I'm continually doing installs, tweaking them in one way or another. The last

Re: User Build Question

On 01/14/2018 07:59 AM, Craig Block wrote: Hello debian-boot subscribers, I'm doing a personalized cdrom build of debian-installer using the 8.10 dist on i386. I have a small issue. I'm adding all the udebs normally retrieved from the pool by appending them to the base file in the packages

Re: Help building debian-installer for arm64

On 01/08/2018 04:49 AM, Hermann Lauer wrote: Hello, On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 05:13:26PM +0100, Loys Ollivier wrote: I would like to build a custom debian-installer. The reason being, this arm64 platform has a custom PHY that I need to enable in the kernel to get network access. I built the

Re: Requesting for help

On 12/29/2017 01:56 PM, eamanu15 . wrote: Hello everybody, Sorry if this is not the correct mailing list, but maybe you can help me. I have a Lenovo laptop with Windows10 native and UEFI. I read (really a friend) on various forums and tell that Debian installation is difficult on systems with

Preserving evidence for a possible D-I bug report

I am a atypical user. I currently multi-boot among five instances of Jessie and Stretch. The only OS with access to Grub is the one on sda1. I just did a fresh install of Stretch (Debian 9.1) to sda1 using a purchased DVD. I chose the non-graphical expert install. I *MADE* a typing error. The

Re: Clarification of Appendix B of Installation Guide

On 10/11/2017 04:17 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 08:18:29AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: My long term goal is a "minimal" install -- my precise definition of "minimal" to be specified. Constraints when accomplishing this goal: 1. the installer wi

Clarification of Appendix B of Installation Guide

My long term goal is a "minimal" install -- my precise definition of "minimal" to be specified. Constraints when accomplishing this goal: 1. the installer will be on a USB flash drive. 2. the installation target will also be a USB flash drive. The underlying purpose is having a Debian

Bug#852323: debian-installer: grub-installer not convert root= entry to UUID

On 01/23/2017 10:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 06:43:27PM +0300, Andrey Jr. Melnikov wrote: Package: debian-installer Severity: important Tags: d-i Installation procedure of grub2 dont't transform root= entry from /dev/sd?? to UUID notation. This lead to unbootable

Re: Bug#852323: debian-installer: grub-installer not convert root= entry to UUID

On 10/06/2017 08:11 AM, Richard Owlett sent to the wrong list.

Re: Bug#852323: debian-installer: grub-installer not convert root= entry to UUID

On 01/23/2017 10:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 06:43:27PM +0300, Andrey Jr. Melnikov wrote: Package: debian-installer Severity: important Tags: d-i Installation procedure of grub2 dont't transform root= entry from /dev/sd?? to UUID notation. This lead to unbootable

Re: Bug#852323: debian-installer: grub-installer not convert root= entry to UUID

On 01/23/2017 10:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 06:43:27PM +0300, Andrey Jr. Melnikov wrote: Package: debian-installer Severity: important Tags: d-i Installation procedure of grub2 dont't transform root= entry from /dev/sd?? to UUID notation. This lead to unbootable

Re: A survey of boot process in Debian on i386 with Legacy BIOS

On 09/23/2017 05:02 PM, Lee Fisher wrote: On 09/23/2017 09:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I want a very custom installer. I'm looking for something that takes a broad view of the boot process. [...] I don't know of any x86/BIOS/Debian-centric doc that meets your needs. Here are some related

Re: A survey of boot process in Debian on i386 with Legacy BIOS

On 09/23/2017 05:02 PM, Lee Fisher wrote: On 09/23/2017 09:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I want a very custom installer. I'm looking for something that takes a broad view of the boot process. [...] I don't know of any x86/BIOS/Debian-centric doc that meets your needs. Here are some related

Re: A survey of boot process in Debian on i386 with Legacy BIOS

On 09/23/2017 12:50 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 11:19:17AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I want a very custom installer. I'm looking for something that takes a broad view of the boot process. I've found much on the fine details, but "the forest is being h

A survey of boot process in Debian on i386 with Legacy BIOS

I want a very custom installer. I'm looking for something that takes a broad view of the boot process. I've found much on the fine details, but "the forest is being hidden by the leaves on the branches". Browsing historical links from suggest my peculiar goals may

Re: Bug#690763: installation-guide: sudo and no password for root user situation

On 07/11/2017 06:11 PM, Holger Wansing wrote: Hi, Baptiste Jammet wrote: Hello, I don't know the implementation detail of this (no root password installs sudo and allow user to use it), but I suspect that only the first user (created in the next step) will be allowed to

Re: Debian Installer Stretch RC 5 release

On 06/13/2017 07:35 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2017, Cyril Brulebois wrote: 3. https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer I suggest that we add to this page something like this: "Outdated system firmware (BIOS, UEFI, etc) may result in severe misbehavior while

Bug#857453: installation-reports: Upgrade to Jessie on Powermac - Startx fails - Oh No, soemthing went wrong

Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Tags: d-i Dear Maintainer, *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? * What was the

Re: Possible bug in d-i handling of swap partition

On 11/28/2016 6:31 AM, ChrisBell@gigl wrote: On Monday 28 Nov 2016 04:40:32 Richard Owlett wrote: I have two use cases which demonstrate the problem. First Environment: I have a laptop exclusively dedicated to being a test platform of various Debian configurations [Jessie 8.6.0 currently]. I

Possible bug in d-i handling of swap partition

I have two use cases which demonstrate the problem. First Environment: I have a laptop exclusively dedicated to being a test platform of various Debian configurations [Jessie 8.6.0 currently]. I have limited connectivity, therefore all installs are done from a purchased set of DVDs. At any

Bug#843348: Network-console ssh session closes immediately

Package: installation-reports Boot method: network-console Image version: https://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/armel/20161105-01:20/kirkwood/network-console/buffalo/ls-qvl/ Date: 2016/11/05 Machine: Buffalo Linkstation LS-QVL Processor: Memory: Partitions: Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):

Re: grub2 menuentry

On 10/21/2016 10:46 PM, Hussein partovi ghamichi wrote: hi i like to know if you can help me my quesion is boot and install debian 8.3 iso with grub2 menuentry from hard. i want a working example Welcome to Debian. This question would be more appropriate at debian-u...@lists.debian.org .

Re: All D-I's debconf templates in a single HTML page.

On 9/6/2016 7:18 AM, Charles Plessy wrote: Hello everybody, while working on preseeding D-I to make Cloud images, I found it a bit difficult to figure out the details of this and that debconf template that is listed in the preseed.txt example of the installation guide. Therefore, I collated

Re: How to preseed.cfg with official installation cdrom

On 9/3/2016 7:24 AM, Mario Gummies wrote: 02.09.2016, 20:17, "Mario Gummies" : Hi, I am planning a fancy debian installation session next week on a real machine and I want to do it with the preseeding method called "file". Therefore I downloaded and burned a

Question prompted by [Re: Should apt-transport-https be Priority: Important ? (Re: own cloud task in tasksel?)]

On 3/17/2016 8:22 AM, Marco d'Itri wrote: On Mar 17, Charles Plessy wrote: [snip] main reason for wanting HTTPS support by default. Are you suggesting that the benefit is too small compared to the disadvantage of having slightly larger size for cloud images that contain

Bug#794410: same problem here

board. All versions (Live, NETINST, CD-1, fxce) of debian 8.2.0 have this problem on my machine. I tried the Automated install option too, and it hangs up on the network installation. Are there "option" fixes or any version of Ubuntu that can be used to get up and running again? Thanks for any help, Richard Kircher

Bug#794410: Same problem on Asus ET1620I

Hello, I have encountered the same problem with a Asus ET1620I AIO-computer. The installation freezes at the 12% mark at "Select and install software". The device does not response to keyboard input and pressing the power-button does nothing. (I have to hold the power button down to perform a

Bug#795538: debian-installer: 990FX boards cant install in UEFI mode

Package: debian-installer Severity: important Tags: d-i patch This is simply a manufacturing defect on 990FX boards made by ASUS. I can confirm at least on the Crosshair V that ASUS refuses to fix the problem. UEFI is technically supported and windows 8+ uses it as these are 64-bit boards.

Bug#795537: debian-installer: USB devices dont work during install

Package: debian-installer Severity: important Tags: upstream My USB devices (keyboard/mouse) dont work at all during installation of stretch.PS/2 keyboard works and I am limited to that due to one port.These devices work post install and during post/BIOS interactions. Im on a Crosshair V but

Bug#785241: Jessie installer fails on Acer C720

for a future point release? Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150703181054.GA28654@raspberrypi

Reusing partition lvm preseed

Hello I try in a preseed installation to reuse an existing lvm partition (for /home). The goal is to have a preseed able to reinstall the os while keeping /home intact. Currently the preseed install can't mount the diferent lvm partition, so the installation stop because of none root

Bug#782798: installation-reports: jessie doesnt use a repo by default with BDROM ISO dated 2015 04 13-06:57

Package: installation-reports Severity: important Dear Maintainer, The debian install BDROM ISO of Jigdo testing labeled: 2015 04 13-06:57 from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/jigdo-bd/ selects no repository by default, leaving a misconfigured /etc/apt/sources.list file.

Re: Demande d'aide, installation bloquée

Luc Chausse wrote: Bonjours, je ne suis pas arrivé à installer Debian - Linux sur une partition crée (voir photo écran en pièce jointe) Orange (FAI), il y a quelques années, m'avait demander si je pouvais installer un logiciel pour faire les réglages par eux même, ce que je fis. Vous est-il

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