Control: reassign -1 debian-installer On Vi, 15 ian 21, 13:22:07, Dave Dyer wrote: > package: installer > > This applies to the current installer image > debian-live-10.7.0-i386-cinnamon+nonfree.iso > > > running the current installer I got to "installation failed" > and went back to the main installer menu. There were three options > listed under "save debug logs" > > 1) floppy > 2) web > 3) mounted file system > > #1 - gimmie a break. they're extinct. > > #2 - it says a web server was started, but no host is apparent at the > quoted ip address - which is the one I assigned it earlier in the installation. > One of the contributing causes to my installation failing was *probably* that the > native wifi wasn't recognised, and the networking in the installer was nonfunctional. > > #3 - fails with a red screen background using the offered default /mnt > -at this point, the file system has been trashed and I have no idea > what might be a valid file name other than /mnt. From the shell, /mnt > is reported as 100% full, so that could account for the failure. > Later, I discovered that the info was *already* written to /var/logs/. > That might have been nice to mention. Or even offer to view them directly. > > > -- > > one of the choices in the installation menu is "check the integrity of the cdrom" > nice idea, but this is a stick install, and trying the check anyway just complains > about the absence of the cdrom. Elsewhere in the installer, all the verbiage > uses "cd" o "cdrom" even though this was a memory stick install, so I had every > reason to expect that "check integrity" was a reasonable thing to try. > > -- > > Generally, the installer is the first point of contact that a newb would have with linux, > and this interaction is a pretty awful introduction. Reassigning to correct package. Kind regards, Andrei -- Looking after bugs assigned to unknown or inexistent packages
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