Hi Alex, and thanks for the report. Alex Forrence <alex.forrence@gmail.com> (2025-08-07): > Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-live-builds/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-testing-amd64-gnome.iso, accessed 7 Aug 2025 > Date: 7 Aug 2025 Any chance you could try a non-live image, like D-I Trixie RC 3 netinst? https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/trixie_di_rc3/amd64/iso-cd/debian-trixie-DI-rc3-amd64-netinst.iso > I wanted to try out systemd-boot, so went through the text-mode expert install. > Selected defaults for everything up until the bootloader menu entries. > Skipped grub install and selected the systemd-boot entry. A relevant > part of the log is below: > > sudo cat /var/log/installer/syslog | grep systemd-boot > Aug 7 18:47:00 anna[2666]: DEBUG: retrieving systemd-boot-installer 0.11 > Aug 7 18:54:02 main-menu[463]: INFO: Menu item 'systemd-boot-installer' selected > Aug 7 18:54:02 in-target: Package systemd-boot is not available, but is referred to by another package. > Aug 7 18:54:02 in-target: Package 'systemd-boot' has no installation candidate > Aug 7 18:54:02 main-menu[463]: WARNING **: Configuring 'systemd-boot-installer' failed with error code 100 > Aug 7 18:54:02 main-menu[463]: WARNING **: Menu item 'systemd-boot-installer' failed. > > Then finished installation with the grub option. (I'm not familiar with live images, not sure whether the issue is live-specific.) Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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