Bug#362800: debian-installer: cd-rom installer requires online repository
severity 362800 important
thanks
On Saturday 15 April 2006 19:22, Nizamov Shawkat wrote:
> Today I downloaded the fresh Etch iso image (CD-1, ~650Mb).
> When I tried to install, installer correctly recognized media as Etch
> 'testing' medium Then installer required to define the online
> repository to install from and subsequently, at step of base system
> install , refused to install saying something like "dont now how to
> install - no cd found and mirror is not reachable" ( This PC has NIC
> but no network )
> So I rendered this bug as critical as it does not allow to correctly
> install from appropriate medium
The fact that it tries to use a network mirror and a workaround for that
is now documented in the errata for the Beta2 release [1].
Your problem is not that an online repository is required but that it
fails somehow to read your CD.
We've had several reports of this, but no one has yet taken the trouble to
help us find out where the real problem is.
Can you please do the following.
- do a new install
- proceed to partitioning
- while you are there:
- switch to VT2 (using alt-F2)
- use nano to edit the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-installer.postinst
and add a line 'set -x' below the first line
- switch back to VT2 (using alt-F1)
- continue the installation until the error happens
- send us the /var/log/syslog file (gzipped!)
You can probably use the "Save debug logs" option from the main menu to
save the syslog file.
Cheers,
FJP
[1] http://www.us.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata
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