Package: debian-installer Version: 20171204 Severity: grave Steps to reproduce: 1. Download mini.iso from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso
2. Launch Oracle VM VirtualBox (in my case 5.1.34 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host system) 3. Create new virtual machine with mini.iso as boot CD/DVD and clean virtual SATA harddisk. 4. Boot virtual machine from mini.iso * select Install * choose language * wait for network configuration, set hostname, set ftp.us.debian.org mirror Then the following dialog appears: "[!!] Download installer components No kernel modules were found. This probably is due to a mismatch between the kernel used by this version of the Installer and the kernel version available in the archive. If you 're Installing from a mirror, you can work around this problem by choosing to Install a different version of Debian. The Install will probably fail to work if you continue without kernel modules. Continue the Install without loading kernel modules? <Go Back> <Yes> <No>" I selected <Yes>, it downloads files, asked for root password twice, asked for normal user name and password, set clock and timezone and then installer asks for disk drive controller (all options fails) so I select *continue with no disk drive* or *none of the above* and installer fails with red screen. "[!] Detect disks No partitionable media No partitionable media were found. Please check that a hard disk is attached to this machine. <Go Back> <Continue>" Is it normal behavior? Why I can't install Debian buster from mini.iso? As far I can remember I can install development version of Ubuntu in such way. Note: I can't install from kvm too: $ kvm -m 1024 -vga std -drive file=debian10.raw,format=raw -cdrom mini.iso -boot d
