Package: installation-reports
Boot method: DVD (3/2/2023) then daily CD (3/4/2023)
Image version: debian-testing-amd64-DVD-1.jigdo
debian-testing-amd64-netinst.jigdo debian-testing-amd64-netinst.template
Date: 3/2/2023 (into 3/3/2023) and 3/4/2023
Machine: Acer Nitro 5
Processor: i7, 14-core
Memory: 32GB
Partitions: too hard to pick up - simple partition on a 4TB M.2 - with the DVD install, 4TB 2.5" SATA - in each case the partitions set up were identical
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 media: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [E]
Comments/Problems:
I intend to mirror the SATA and the M.2 4TB - the installer still does not support encrypted partitions - unless it is setting up a new one.
The installer finishes and reboots but the reboot immediately aborts:
/dev/mapper/...-vg-root has unsupported feature(s): FEATURE_C12
e2fsck: Get a newer [copy] of e2fsck!
It was not clear how to obtain an updated e2fsck and how to insert it into the workflow; I can wait for the next (pre-)release.
The daily CD's template may have been mismatched to the jigdo - jigdo-lite prompted for '42' in lieu of 'OK'.
The install complained about /media/lairdheal/USB DISK/iwlwifi-so-a0-hr-b0-71.ucode (which I found it on github) and 72 (which I found in firmware-iwlwifi_20230210-1_all.deb)
The installer did not open the .deb to use its contents. Since I was not using wifi, I did not bother to unpack it either. It looks much neater than the wild goose chase when I set up this HP Omen in 2020 or 2021.
Maybe the 4TB partitions are throwing the monkey wrench into the e2fsck works. The installer said that was the maximum.