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:
[http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/ Official Sarge installation images (3.1r0)] - [http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/index#errata errata]
[http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ D-I Etch Beta1] - [http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata errata]
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
- [13 Oct 05] Low memory (~32 mb) installs are currently known to be broken with 2.6 kernel. 44 MB OK with 2.6 kernels on i386, lowmem level 1. 36MB will work with lowmem 1.17, lowmem level 2. 32MB OK only with 2.4, lowmem level1. 28MB OK with 2.4, lowmem level2. 24MB fails to boot 2.4.
- [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
- [16 Jan 06] Script error in lowmem check (#348403 and #348567).
- [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].)