Boot method: <How did you boot the installer? CD/DVD? USB stick? Network?>
dd iso image onto a 4GB Sdmicro card and booted via usb
Image version: <Full URL to image you downloaded is best>
debian-testing-amd64-netinstall.iso (daily build February 3)
Date: <Date and time of the install>
I *think* the first reboot was at 11am on 3 February 2026.
Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>
Tower built around the AMD x570 chipset
2x SSD 512GB RAID mounted as /
2x HDD 10GB RAID partitioned /boot; /var; /home
Processor:
Memory: 32GB
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 0 9.1T 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 9.3G 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 465.7G 0 part
│ └─md3 9:3 0 465.5G 0 raid1 [SWAP]
├─sda3 8:3 0 931.3G 0 part
│ └─md4 9:4 0 931.2G 0 raid1 /var
└─sda4 8:4 0 7.7T 0 part
└─md5 9:5 0 7.7T 0 raid1 /home
sdb 8:16 0 9.1T 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 9.3G 0 part /boot/efi
├─sdb2 8:18 0 465.7G 0 part
│ └─md3 9:3 0 465.5G 0 raid1 [SWAP]
├─sdb3 8:19 0 931.3G 0 part
│ └─md4 9:4 0 931.2G 0 raid1 /var
└─sdb4 8:20 0 7.7T 0 part
└─md5 9:5 0 7.7T 0 raid1 /home
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
nvme0n1 259:0 0 465.8G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:2 0 512M 0 part
├─nvme0n1p2 259:3 0 419.1G 0 part
│ └─md6 9:6 0 419G 0 raid1 /
├─nvme0n1p3 259:4 0 45.2G 0 part
│ └─md7 9:7 0 45.1G 0 raid1
└─nvme0n1p4 259:5 0 1020M 0 part
└─md8 9:8 0 1019M 0 raid1
nvme1n1 259:1 0 465.8G 0 disk
├─nvme1n1p1 259:6 0 512M 0 part
├─nvme1n1p2 259:7 0 419.1G 0 part
│ └─md6 9:6 0 419G 0 raid1 /
├─nvme1n1p3 259:8 0 45.2G 0 part
│ └─md7 9:7 0 45.1G 0 raid1
└─nvme1n1p4 259:9 0 1020M 0 part
└─md8 9:8 0 1019M 0 raid1
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
$ lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Root Complex [1022:1450]
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Root Complex [1022:1450]
00:00.2 IOMMU [0806]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) I/O Memory Management Unit [1022:1451]
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) I/O Memory Management Unit [1022:1451]
00:01.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1452]
00:01.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) PCIe GPP Bridge [1022:1453]
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) PCIe GPP Bridge [1022:1453]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:01.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) PCIe GPP Bridge [1022:1453]
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) PCIe GPP Bridge [1022:1453]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1452]
DeviceName: Onboard IGD
00:03.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1452]
00:03.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) PCIe GPP Bridge [1022:1453]
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) PCIe GPP Bridge [1022:1453]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:04.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1452]
00:07.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1452]
00:07.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus B [1022:1454]
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus B [1022:1454]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:08.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1452]
00:08.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus B [1022:1454]
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus B [1022:1454]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller [1022:790b] (rev 59)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5001]
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge [1022:790e] (rev 51)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5001]
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 0 [1022:1460]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 1 [1022:1461]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 2 [1022:1462]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 3 [1022:1463]
Kernel driver in use: k10temp
Kernel modules: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 4 [1022:1464]
00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 5 [1022:1465]
00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 6 [1022:1466]
00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 7 [1022:1467]
01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983 [144d:a808]
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd SSD 970 EVO/PRO [144d:a801]
Kernel driver in use: nvme
Kernel modules: nvme
02:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43d0] (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device [1b21:1142]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
Kernel modules: xhci_pci
02:00.1 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 400 Series Chipset SATA Controller [1022:43c8] (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device [1b21:1062]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
02:00.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 400 Series Chipset PCIe Bridge [1022:43c6] (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device [1b21:0201]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
03:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 400 Series Chipset PCIe Port [1022:43c7] (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device [1b21:3306]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
03:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 400 Series Chipset PCIe Port [1022:43c7] (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device [1b21:3306]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
03:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 400 Series Chipset PCIe Port [1022:43c7] (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device [1b21:3306]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
03:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 400 Series Chipset PCIe Port [1022:43c7] (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device [1b21:3306]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
03:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 400 Series Chipset PCIe Port [1022:43c7] (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device [1b21:3306]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
03:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 400 Series Chipset PCIe Port [1022:43c7] (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device [1b21:3306]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
04:00.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23887/8 PCIe Broadcast Audio and Video Decoder with 3D Comb [14f1:8880] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. Device [0070:f038]
Kernel driver in use: cx23885
Kernel modules: cx23885
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 5(802.11ac) Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak] [8086:2526] (rev 29)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz 2x2 [8086:0014]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation I211 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1539] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:e000]
Kernel driver in use: igb
Kernel modules: igb
08:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983 [144d:a808]
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd SSD 970 EVO/PRO [144d:a801]
Kernel driver in use: nvme
Kernel modules: nvme
09:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1143 USB 3.1 Host Controller [1b21:1343]
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5007]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
Kernel modules: xhci_pci
0a:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] [10de:1f82] (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8773]
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nouveau
0a:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:10fa] (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8773]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
0b:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin/Raven/Raven2 PCIe Dummy Function [1022:145a]
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin/Raven/Raven2 PCIe Dummy Function [1022:145a]
0b:00.2 Encryption controller [1080]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Platform Security Processor (PSP) 3.0 Device [1022:1456]
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) Platform Security Processor (PSP) 3.0 Device [1022:1456]
Kernel driver in use: ccp
Kernel modules: ccp
0b:00.3 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin USB 3.0 xHCI Compliant Host Controller [1022:145f]
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5007]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
Kernel modules: xhci_pci
0c:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin/Renoir PCIe Dummy Function [1022:1455]
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Zeppelin/Renoir PCIe Dummy Function [1022:1455]
0c:00.2 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7901] (rev 51)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:b002]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
0c:00.3 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller [1022:1457]
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:a0c3]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
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 media: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [E]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
I’ve had several attempts at moving from Trixie to Forky. Concerns include:
An AMD Radeon Graphics card that identifies as Nvidia. And,
aftereffects of attempting to install an unsupported Nvidia 5060ti card.
Forky seems to be quite unstable – loses keyboard and mouse clicks, needs reboot.
The latest linux image install seemed to go well via apt install, but all of the kernels resulted in a black screen. Xorg -configure was a problem.
Hence the need to wipe / and /var and reinstall.
I needed the expert install to preserve /home filesystem.
All went well until the step after the user/password setup.
First time around, I selected desktop, xfce4, Ssh and webserver. This failed.
I had discovered that the OS being installed was Trixie, my initial assumption was that Forky would be installed.
This simplified things.
Omitting the desktop and xfce4 and ssh and webserver from the selection, and leaving only basics allowed the installation to complete.
After a successful shutdown and reboot :
I *think* the first apt install I did was for dselect and mc.
I am unsure how apt got set up to include Forky in the updates.
The second apt install was for xfce4. This was from Forky and was huge.
After that the machine booted into desktop.
My thanks for all your work!
<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>