#1034389 installation-reports: bookworm cannot install base system

Package:
installation-reports
Source:
installation-reports
Submitter:
Steve Witt
Date:
2023-04-15 09:18:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1034389#5
Date:
2023-04-14 03:00:58 UTC
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(Please provide enough information to help the Debian
maintainers evaluate the report efficiently - e.g., by filling
in the sections below.)

Boot method: USB
Image version: debian-bookworm-DI-rc1-amd64-DVD-1.iso
Date: <Date and time of the install>

Machine: Lenovo Thinkpad P16
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [0]
Detect network card:    [0]
Configure network:      [0]
Detect media:           [0]
Load installer modules: [0]
Clock/timezone setup:   [0]
User/password setup:    [0]
Detect hard drives:     [0]
Partition hard drives:  [0]
Install base system:    [E]
Install tasks:          [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Overall install:        [ ]

Comments/Problems:

<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
      and ideas you had during the initial install.>

Tried installing in both expert mode, and normal mode. After
partitioning the disks went to the 'Install the base system' step. It
failed with the text: Cannot install base system. The installer cannot
figure out how to install the base system. If found no installable
image, and no valid mirror was configured.


Please make sure that any installation logs that you think would
be useful are attached to this report. Please compress large
files using gzip.
#1034389#10
Date:
2023-04-14 08:50:07 UTC
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Hi Steve,

Steve Witt <sawitt@ieee.org> (2023-04-13):

We'll need more details…

Please attach /var/log/syslog (compressed) from the installer
environment.


Cheers,
#1034389#19
Date:
2023-04-14 13:16:30 UTC
From:
To:
-- snip --

/var/log/syslog attached as requested.

Thanks...
#1034389#24
Date:
2023-04-14 22:26:21 UTC
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Hello,

Thank you. According to the following messages:
image size.

USB drive capacity: 7700480 sectors / 3.94 GB / 3.67 GiB
DVD-1 image size:   7758432 sectors / 3.97 GB / 3.70 GiB

The DVD image size is slightly lower than 4 GB to fit into most 4-GB USB
drives but unfortunately there are USB drives whose actual capacity is
significantly lower than the rated capacity.

You may try with a bigger USB drive or a smaller ISO image (e.g. netinst
if you have a good network connection).

Didn't it trigger an error when writing the image to the USB drive ?
#1034389#29
Date:
2023-04-15 09:05:22 UTC
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OK, thanks for confirming. debian-cd maintainers may consider reducing
the DVD-1 image size a bit more to fit in smaller USB drives.