Bug#801961: debian stretch amd64 netinst: no xfsprogs. xfs on root fails to boot.
Package: debian-installer
I couldn't boot my install so this bug report is by template from docs
and from a different system:
Boot method: usb (iso image)
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/stretch_di_alpha3/amd64/iso-cd/debian-stretch-DI-alpha3-amd64-netinst.iso
also
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
(2015-10-12)
Machine: Asus Eee PC 1001P
Processor: atom
Memory: 2GB
Partitions: gpt - bios_grub + several primary. dual boot with already
functioning debian os (stretch dist-upgraded from jessie).
Other os on same disk uses xfs on / and no problems.
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [o ]
Detect network card: [o ]
Configure network: [o ]
Detect CD: [ o]
Load installer modules: [o ]
Detect hard drives: [o ]
Partition hard drives: [o ]
Install base system: [o ]
Clock/timezone setup: [o ]
User/password setup: [ o]
Install tasks: [o ]
Install boot loader: [o ]
Overall install: [ e]
Comments/Problems:
I chose the largest available freespace and allocated 10GB for / ,
2GB for swap, about 90GB for /home and chose xfs for my root
and /home file systems. I used the debian installer to partition the
free space and create the file systems.
The system apparently installed perfectly but on booting grub
errored with an error:
"error: not a correct xfs inode"
I chrooted in from systemrescue cd and checked disk UUIDs. All good.
Ran 'update-initramfs -u -k all', and got message showing that no xfs
utilities were installed. The installer needs xfsprogs and dependency
libreadline5 (or to fetch them). Currently install using xfs on / is
_guaranteed_ fail.
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