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 (3.1r1)] - [http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/index#errata errata]
[http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ D-I Etch Beta 2] - [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
- [22 Apr 06] X may not be installed correctly from the Desktop task and fail to start after the reboot. As Xorg is currently undergoing a major transition, please try to resolve the work around the problem yourself, possibly by installing missing packages or reconfiguring Xorg. As soon as things have stabilized again we will work on making Desktop installations work again by default.
[16 Apr 06] Installing the base system from netinst and full CDs that were built since probably the beginning of this month has been broken because of a change in the dependencies of a package in base. The issue has been fixed and images built on 18 April and later should be OK again.
- [1 Aug 05] sparc: netboot image needs to be passed ramdisk_size=16000 to boot the 2.4 kernel properly.
Past issues
- [20 Mar 05] powerpc: daily builds broken
- [21 Mar 06] Base installation will fail because of a script error.
Sid/Unstable
You cannot install sid using the netinst CD daily image, only etch. Use netboot installation method or business card CD image.