On 08/08/2025 01:13, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
On 07/08/2025 à 23:29, Steve McIntyre wrote:This is a deliberate choice so far, as discussed with the systemd maintainer. systemd-boot is not a default option for installation and so isn't included in all the images by default. If you make sure you use a network mirror during installation, things should work fine.I just tested, it also fails because no mirror is configured. During the "configure package manager" step, the mirror selection does not happen.The package apt-mirror-setup seems to be missing in trixie live images.
The version of the Debian installer on the live images is tweaked to perform (at least) 2 things differently than the installer on the netinst images: 1) it copies the content of the live system to the HD instead of performing a clean installation
2) it assumes off-line installationBy using the expert mode, you'll enter an untested path. systemd-boot is not present on the live medium (because it is not part of the default installation path) and the mirror is not configured (because it is assumed to have an off-line installation).
I've have some thoughts to improve this situation, but that will not be in time for the next point release of bookworm or for the initial release of trixie:
The installation step can be renamed to something like 'Copy the live system to the computer' (which does not use the word 'install') I've also looked whether the regular installer could be activated (as an alternative option). For this to work, the CD-ROM image needs to be marked as 'incomplete', which forces d-i to request network access to download the missing package(s).
Given that the live images are read-only, the latter might be possible using a clever overlay, but I've not further investigated that possibility.
Short version: If you want to experiment with special options during installation, please use the netinst image for now instead of a live image.
With kind regards, Roland Clobus
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