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Thank you Mr./Ms. Merker, I would be happy to try the daily image
tonight from home, and also try a different mirror; and report
back. > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 07:44:23PM -0800, John Kerenyi wrote: > > > Package: installation-reports > > > > Boot method: Debian installer on sd card, using Cubietruck firmware + partition.img > > Image version: http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/ > > Date: 2016-12-15 7:00 PM Pacific standard time > > > > Machine: Cubietruck (Allwinner) > > Processor: ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l) > > Memory: 2061944 kB > > Partitions: Installation didn't complete this step > > > > Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): None (shelled out from installer and this produced no output) > > > > 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: [ ] > > Load installer modules: [ E ] > > Detect hard drives: [ O ] > > Partition hard drives: [ E ] > > Install base system: [ ] > > Clock/timezone setup: [ O ] > > User/password setup: [ O ] > > Install tasks: [ ] > > Install boot loader: [ ] > > Overall install: [ E ] > > > > Comments/Problems: > > > > Installing Stretch using current (dated 31 Oct 2016) firmware > > and net installer does not complete. The following error is > > encountered during the install: > > > > "No kernel modules were found. This probably is due to a > > mismatch between the kernel used by this version of the > > installer and the kernel version available in the archive. If > > you're installing from a mirror, you can work around this > > problem by choosing to install a different version of Debian. > > The install will probably fail to work if you continue without > > kernel modules. Continue the install without loading kernel > > modules?" > > > > Selecting "Yes" causes the installation to fail at the disk > > partitioning step, apparently due to the lack of an appropriate > > kernel module. I have the three files made available for > > debugging by the installer: hardware-summary.txt, syslog.txt, > > and partman.txt and can share them upon request. > > > > Under the theory that waiting a while might allow the > > repository and the kernel to sync, I attempted the installation > > multiple times over the course of several weeks and never got a > > different result, hence this installation report. I also tried > > prior versions of the installer as well as the stable version > > (Jessie) and none that I tried completed successfully. > |