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 the official stable release; see the errata instead:
[http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/ Official Sarge installation images (3.1r4)] - [http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/index#errata errata]
Official releases and weekly builds for the testing distribution are in general also not affected. The exception to this rule is when an issue is caused not by a component of the installer, but by a regular package and that package is retrieved from a network mirror during the installation.
See also the errata for the last official release for the testing distribution:
[http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ D-I Etch Release Candidate 1] - [http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata errata]
Also, daily builds for one or more architectures sometimes fail, in which case daily built images may be unavailable or outdated. Check the [http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/build-logs.html daily builds overview] to see if a daily build is current or failing.
Current issues
[19 Jan 2007] Task installation can hang during installation of the netbase package for installs using static network configuration; see [http://bugs.debian.org/407538 #407538] for details; can also affect RC1 installs
[26 Nov 2006] arm/ixp4xx (NSLU2): install fails due to [http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006/11/msg01207.html dpkg database corruption]
- [17 Oct 2006] CD-ROM support on sparc32 (esp) broken in kernel
Past issues
[12 Jan 2007] Further breakage of the desktop task: the task is not displayed, but still gets partially installed somehow ([http://bugs.debian.org/406630 #406630])
- [06 Jan 2007] Installation of the desktop task is currently broken due to some broken dependencies in the X packages. To workaround and get a working X after the install: apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-input-all
- [08 Dec 2006] Netinst images broken due to incorrect Release file on the CD.
- [04 Dec 2006] Build error causes graphical installer to not boot correctly with CD images (installgui).
- [30 Nov 2006] Netinst CD images broken due to CD building problem.
- [24 Nov 2006] CD-ROM detection broken.
Sid/Unstable
You cannot install sid using the netinst CD daily image, only etch. Use netboot installation method or business card CD image.