Bug#594344: base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/no_codename

[<ironmark@hispeed.ch>]

Subject: base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/no_codename
Package: debian-installer
Version: 20100722
Severity: important

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Hi,

Thanks for your great programming job. Please reassign in case it is an issue of another package - thank you.

When installing an debian live image to hard disk drive the installation breake with the following error message in the install syslog (using install from boot menu or from live mode):
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Aug 24 09:33:58 partman: mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Aug 24 09:34:06 apt-install: Queueing package e2fsprogs for later installation
Aug 24 09:34:07 main-menu[2345]: INFO: Menu item 'live-installer' selected

Aug 24 09:34:07 base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/no_codename
Aug 24 09:34:07 main-menu[2345]: WARNING **: Configuring 'live-installer' failed with error code 1

Aug 24 09:34:07 main-menu[2345]: WARNING **: Menu item 'live-installer' failed.
Aug 24 09:39:40 main-menu[2345]: INFO: Modifying debconf priority limit from 'high' to 'medium'
Aug 24 09:39:40 debconf: Setting debconf/priority to medium
Aug 24 09:39:44 main-menu[2345]: INFO: Menu item 'di-utils-shell' selected
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regards
Mark


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

-- no debconf information