On Sat, 8 Jul 2017 12:25:44 +0530 Pirate Praveen <
praveen@onenetbeyond.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 00:35:21 +0530 Prahlad Yeri <
prahladyeri@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Can confirm this bug on the live installer - tried both XFCE and LXDE
> > versions.
> >
> > Never expected such goof up on a debian stable version!
>
> I agree it was a let down and frustrating.
>
> > Granted that its just released, but we do go through ages of testing
> > before reaching stable, don't we? The reason a user comes to debian in
> > the first place is stability. If you don't even get that, then what is
> > the rationale for using debian stable against something like Ubuntu LTS
> > where you get both stability and newer packages?
>
> The reason why debian is stable is because of the extensive testing.
> Unfortunately the live installer did not receive the extensive testing
> as the regular installer or the rest of debian. Only live installer had
> this problem and if more people volunteer to test pre-releases of live
> installer, we can avoid the situation in future.
>
Well, I am also affected by this bug. I am using "debian-live-9.0.1-amd64-mate+nonfree.iso". The workaround for me is to make bootable USB disk from the ISO and add the following:
1. "base_installable" in ".disk" folder
2. "grub-pc" deb package and its dependencies to "pool" folder (and update the corresponding Packages file)
After this, the installation can finish without having to connect to the internet. Tested on VirtualBox on my PC.
I hope this bug can be fixed soon.