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This page tracks problems with the DebianInstaller daily developmental builds on a daily basis. If you are using a daily build and it breaks, check here before filing a bug report.

This is not intended as a replacement for the BTS, just a quick list of the most pressing issues of the day. This page is maintained by the d-i developers. We only list issues here that affect many users. If you feel an issue should be added, please ask on #debian-boot on irc.debian.org or send an e-mail to debian-boot@lists.debian.org.

Note

The issues listed below do not affect official releases; see the errata for the relevant release instead:

Also, daily builds sometimes fail. Check this page to see if a daily build is current or failing: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/build-logs.html

Current issues

  • [16 Jan 06] Sparc64 netboot 2.6 shows

    /lib/debian-installer-start.d/S15lowmen: 24: Syntax error: ")" (expecting ";;")
    /build/buildd/cdebconf-0.94/src/debconf.c: 135 (main): Cannot initialize debconf template database
    /build/buildd/cdebconf-0.94/src/debconf.c: 135 (main): Cannot initialize debconf template database
    /build/buildd/cdebconf-0.94/src/debconf.c: 135 (main): Cannot initialize debconf template database
    (last lines keep repeating) Reported as #348403
  • [13 Oct 05] Low memory (~32 mb) installs are currently known to be broken. 44 mb installs work with 2.6 kernels on i386.
  • [27 Sep 05] S/390: starting from version 1.6.23-1, libparted and thus partconf no longer recognizes existing partitions on a dasd volume.
  • [1 Aug 05] sparc: netboot image needs to be passed ramdisk_size=16000 to boot the 2.4 kernel properly.

Past issues

  • [03 Jan 06] Due to the yearly changing of the Debian archive key, all network-based installation methods using etch beta 1 and above are currently broken. Fixed with APT 0.6.43.1.
  • [11 Nov 05] The netinst iso is too large to fit on a 128 mb USB stick. It will work as a regular CD image or on larger USB sticks for a USB install.
  • [22 Dec 05] Sparc64 netboot.img fails on "initramfs-tools: Depends klibc-utils (>= 1.0.14-1ubuntu2) but it is installable" ( bugreport #344482 )

  • [20 Dec 05] sid d-i installs hang due to the new pkgsel component. Skip the "Select and install software" step in the menu to avoid this.
  • [13 Dec 05] AMD64 images are broken because of wrong kernel udebs. A fix is being worked on.
  • [09 Dec 05] Base system installations can fail silently because installation of packages is not done non-interactive. This may lead to a later failure, e.g. during bootloader installation.
  • [30 Nov 05] The two issues below seem to be limited to CD images for Intel x86 due to problems in the build process:
    • if the installer fails to start properly, try booting with 'install MENU=/usr/bin/main-menu'
    • fails to load framebuffer modules resulting in ugly and partially broken display and limited language choices
  • [1 Mar 05] If you have multiple harddisk controllers, you may have to create additional device nodes before you reboot. Debian currently supports only /dev/hd[a-h][1-20] and /dev/sd[a-h][1-15] by default. This is not a problem during the installation itself because the installer uses a dynamic /dev, but may lead to failures during the reboot after the installation. (Fixed with debootstrap 0.3.3 which provides /dev/hd[a-p][1-24] and /dev/sd[a-p][1-15].)