Package: installation-reports
Boot method: USB Stick
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/stretch_di_alpha4/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-stretch-DI-alpha4-amd64-DVD-1.iso
Date: 11/16/2015
Machine: Dell XPS 13 (late 2015) with WiFi/Bluetooth card change from
stock to an Intel 7265.
Processor: Core i5-6200U (Skylake)
Memory:8 gigs
Partitions: irrelevant
Irrelevant
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [E]
Configure network: [E]
Detect CD: [E]
I didn't get any further than this as this part of the installer has a
catastrophic failure.
Comments/Problems:
FWIW, the Jessie installer does okay but the Stretch Installer has
problems. Starting off, the install halts when it gets to the network
hardware. I have installed an Intel 7265. The Stretch installer says
that the firmware is missing (this was not a problem with Ubuntu which
instantly saw the network hardware and completed the installation
without a hitch, never asking for me to provide drivers for anything).
The installer says:
"Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate. The
firmware can be loaded from removable media, such as a USB stick or
floppy.
The missing firmware files are: iwlwifi-7265D-15.ucode,
iwlwifi-7265D-14.ucode, iwlwifi-7265D-13.ucode,
iwlwifi-7265D-12.ucode, iwlwifi-7265D-11.ucode,
iwlwifi-7265D-10.ucode."
The first problem is that it does not see the USB stick when you
insert it. You have to press control-function-alt-F2 (which is
indicated nowhere) to get to a command prompt and then mount the usb
stick to cdrom (again this information is presented nowhere). Once
manually mounted you have to press control-function-alt-F5 to get back
to the installer at which point it still doesn't doesn't see the
firmware. Part of the problem is that 7265D-11.ucode never has existed
anywhere, in any package, ever!!!! Also, this is the wrong firmware.
The correct firmware is iwlwifi-7265-8.ucode and iwlwifi-7265-9.ucode
(note the lack of a 'D' after 7265).
If after failing to install the network hardware, you put the install
USB stick back in, and tell the installed "NO", I do not want to load
the drivers at this time and you hit return, the installer fails (gets
caught in an indefinite hang. The only way to get out of it is to cold
power cycle the machine.
<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
