Bug#328565: testing installer report

[Christian Mack <mack_kn@gmx.de>]

Stefan Pielmeier wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
< ... >
> Mount partitions:       [O]
> Install base system:    [E]
> Install boot loader:    [ ]
> Reboot:                 [ ]
> 
> Comments/Problems:
> Install base system aborded with debootstrap errors:
> - a long list of packets was not found like: apt-utils, base-config, etc. 
>  (about 20), in the very beginning of the base-installation process.
> - the logfile for debootstrap was said to be in /target/var/log but this 
>  directory doesn't even exist at that state of the installation
>  (only /target/var/lib was found with some contents but not the logfile)
> - I suspect a problem with the mirror or the connection to the mirror, but 
>  couldn't find the URL definition files for it (thought I'd find and
>  change it in /etc/apt/ but that dir doesn't exist ...); anyhow, wget to 
>  other URLs on console 2 work fine ... hm.
> => I am not able to install Debian right now on my system :-(
> 
> Note: I also tried to run debootstrap from the KNOPPIX CD Linux system: 
> debootstrap --arch i386 etch /mnt/sda10 ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/Linux/debian/, 
> but it stops in the middle of the process with the error that it cannot 
> retrieve some libraries, report can be sent if requested.
> 
> Best regards,
> Stefan.
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Hi Stefan

While base-installation is running, apt config files are in /target/etc/apt.
That's because the installer can't mount the root filesystem to install to
over his own root filesystem (seems obvious, doesn't it ;-).
So it runs a chroot on /target/.

Do you see any error messages with dmesg, on VT3 (=ALT+F3) or VT4 (=ALT+F4)?

Bye
Christian