Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD, USB Stick
Image
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-10.6.0-amd64-netinst.isoDate: Wed Nov 18 16:23:27 +0330 2020
Machine: HP Proliant Gen9
Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 48GB
Partitions:
/dev/sda1 / ext4 [formated]
/dev/sda2 swap
/dev/sda3 /home ext4 [kept old partiotin]
/dev/sda4 /var ext4 [kept old partiotin]
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): N.A
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: [E]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
We were trying to install fresh debain on old debian 8 installed machine and wanted to keep old /var partiton as new /var partition. But this made base system to fail with bootstrap errors on install.
Content of /var/log/syslog :
base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer /debootstrap-failed
main-menu[620]: WARNING ** : configuring "bootstrap-base" failed with error code 3
main-menu[620]: WARNING ** : Menu Item "bootstrap-base" failed
base-installer: warning: attempting to install to unclean target
debootstrap: tar: can't open './usr/share/doc/gcc-8-base/README.Debian.amd64.gz' File exists
debootstrap: xscat: write: Broken pipe
debootstrap: ar: write error: Broken pipe
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Sincerely,
Sayed Hadi Rastgou Haghi