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Bug#596633: marked as done (USB install fails)

Your message dated Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:58:47 +0200
with message-id <20100913195847.GL3452@mykerinos.kheops.frmug.org>
and subject line Re: Bug#596633: USB install fails
has caused the Debian Bug report #596633,
regarding USB install fails
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Package: installation-reports

Boot method: USB Installer
Image version: download of testing files dated 9/10/10 per USB install instructions
Date: 9/12/10 5pm EST

Machine: custom built tower
Processor:
Memory: 1G
Partitions:

Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [E]
Detect network card:    [ ]
Configure network:      [ ]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives:     [ ]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
User/password setup:    [ ]
Install tasks:          [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Overall install:        [ ]

Comments/Problems: USB installer could not find .iso image

After booting, the installer starts up, but when it gets to the point of
looking for a .iso image, it reports mounting and scanning both my hard
drives (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb) and the usb stick (/dev/sdc1) - but then
reports not finding any .iso files.  It then asks if I want to do a more
thorough search - which exhibits the same failure.

As far as I can tell, by escaping to a shell, it has mounted the USB
stick (as /hd-media) and there's a .iso image listed under /hd-media.

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Quoting Miles Fidelman (mfidelman@meetinghouse.net):

> 3. The manual pages are really broken regarding USB installation.

I don't think so. They are *very* detailed and give in the right
places the right hints: one should use the businesscard or netinst images.

> 
> 4. The basic bug report can be closed out, but might want to be
> re-opened as a documentation bug. If somebody wants to point me in
> the right direction I can open that and/or take a stab at rewriting
> the install instructions based on my recent experience. I'd need
> some direction as to: a) how to submit documentation, and b) since
> the documentation will need to change at release time (from: use the
> daily build bits, to a final formulation), what might be the
> procedure for submitting two versions of the documentation?

The documentation is meant to be the documentation of the released
images, so it can't in any way refer to "daily builds".

As it has been said in this thread, it is *currently* recommended to
use daily builds of D-I.

At other moments of the development, it may be better to use the
release Alpha|Beta|Whatever versions. We're talking about a version of
the installer that's under development, so a moving target.

Maybe the main web page for D-I
(www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer) should be updated more often,
depending on the development context. For instance, right now, they
shouldn't even mention Alpha1 images.

However, as said above, I don't think that the installation guide
needs changes in its explanations about building a properly suited USB
stick to install Debian.

One may find the process complicated : I also wish it would be
simplified instead of requiring users to copy files from various
places in order to get things to work.....but this is *currently* the
existing way to make this work...and the documentation gives all
needed details.

So, unless someone comes up with a simpler way to create bootable USB
sticks to install Debian, I don't see what improvement can be done.

That said, patches to  svn://svn.debian.org/svn/d-i/trunk/manual and
sent as bug reports against installation-guide can always be sent..:-)

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