Bug#953293: debian buster install Bug report
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: buster 10 the README.txt says:
Debian GNU/Linux 10.0.0 "Buster" - Official amd64 NETINST
20190706-10:23
Date: 07/march/2020 2 AM
Machine: Dell desktop
Processor: intel core duo
Memory: 3 G
Partitions: fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x41ab2316
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 63 96389 96327 47M de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 96390 580710399 580614010 276.9G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 969844050 976768064 6924015 3.3G db CP/M / CTOS / ...
/dev/sda4 580710400 969842687 389132288 185.6G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 580712448 765042687 184330240 87.9G 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 765044736 969842687 204797952 97.7G 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order.
Disk /dev/sdb: 149.1 GiB, 160040803840 bytes, 312579695 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xd9987adb
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 2048 4196351 4194304 2G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb2 * 4196352 12584959 8388608 4G 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 12584960 138414079 125829120 60G 83 Linux <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< buster on this one
/dev/sdb4 138416126 312579694 174163569 83G 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 138416128 264245247 125829120 60G 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 264247296 312579694 48332399 23G 83 Linux
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [ 0]
Detect network card: [0 ]
Configure network: [ 0]
Detect CD: [0 ]
Load installer modules: [0 ]
Detect hard drives: [0 ]
Partition hard drives: [ E]
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
I used buster 10 (install with speech synthesis) I had an ext4 partition ready to use, so I set it to use ext4 with mount point '/' and a swap partition, it formatted the swap partition and then failed to mount the ext4 partition, I tried a number of times all the same, so I set the same partition to ext2 mount point '/' and it formatted it and went straight into base system install.
I rebooted mid stream and started again with the same install, this time all good because it had to format the partition to ext4 (from ext2).
I had already cleared (zeroed) the partition within the install, so it was aware there would be no problem formatting over the same format partition.
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