Package: installation-reports Boot method: USB stick Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/11.2.0+nonfree/amd64/bt-dvd/firmware-11.2.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso.torrent
Date: 28.Jan.2022 Machine: Intel NUC i5 generation 11 NUC11TNKv5 - (Intel #BNUC11TNKV50002) Processor: 11th Gen Intel i5-1145G7 (8) @ 4.400GHz Memory: 64GB (2x 32GB) SO DDR4 PC 3200 CL22 - (G.Skill #F4-3200C22D-64GRS) SSD1: NVMe M.2 2280 7000 MB/s 1TB - (Kingston #SKC3000S/1024G) SSD2: SATA M.2 2242 560 MB/s 512GB - (Transcend #TS512GMTS430S) Partitions: Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on udev devtmpfs 32720132 0 32720132 0% /dev tmpfs tmpfs 6547424 1088 6546336 1% /run /dev/nvme0n1p2 ext4 61203268 1799240 56262652 4% / tmpfs tmpfs 32737116 0 32737116 0% /dev/shm tmpfs tmpfs 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock /dev/nvme0n1p3 ext4 61203268 24 58061868 1% /dat /dev/sda2 ext2 3837560 1680772 1961460 47% /media/recovery /dev/sda3 ext4 95535524 6705560 83930792 8% /media/backup /dev/sda1 vfat 535504 3484 532020 1% /boot/efi tmpfs tmpfs 6547420 0 6547420 0% /run/user/1000 Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 11th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:9a14] (rev 01) DeviceName: Onboard - Other Subsystem: Intel Corporation 11th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:3003] 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation TigerLake GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] [8086:9a49] (rev 01) DeviceName: Onboard - Video Subsystem: Intel Corporation Iris Xe Graphics [8086:3003] Kernel driver in use: i915 Kernel modules: i915 00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 11th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller [8086:9a09] (rev 01) Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Thunderbolt 4 PCI Express Root Port #1 [8086:9a25] (rev 01) Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:07.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Thunderbolt 4 PCI Express Root Port #2 [8086:9a27] (rev 01) Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:08.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9a11] (rev 01) DeviceName: Onboard - Other Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3003] 00:0d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Thunderbolt 4 USB Controller [8086:9a13] (rev 01) DeviceName: Onboard - Other Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd Kernel modules: xhci_pci 00:0d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Thunderbolt 4 NHI #0 [8086:9a1b] (rev 01) DeviceName: Onboard - Other Subsystem: Device [2222:1111] Kernel driver in use: thunderbolt Kernel modules: thunderbolt 00:0d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Thunderbolt 4 NHI #1 [8086:9a1d] (rev 01) DeviceName: Onboard - Other Subsystem: Device [2222:1111] Kernel driver in use: thunderbolt Kernel modules: thunderbolt 00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 xHCI Host Controller [8086:a0ed] (rev 20) DeviceName: Onboard - Other Subsystem: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 xHCI Host Controller [8086:3003] Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd Kernel modules: xhci_pci 00:14.2 RAM memory [0500]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Shared SRAM [8086:a0ef] (rev 20) DeviceName: Onboard - Other 00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 [8086:a0f0] (rev 20) DeviceName: Onboard - Ethernet Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 [8086:0070] Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi Kernel modules: iwlwifi 00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 [8086:a0e8] (rev 20) DeviceName: Onboard - Other Subsystem: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller [8086:3003] Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci 00:15.1 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #1 [8086:a0e9] (rev 20) DeviceName: Onboard - Other Subsystem: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller [8086:3003] Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Management Engine Interface [8086:a0e0] (rev 20) DeviceName: Onboard - Other Subsystem: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Management Engine Interface [8086:3003] Kernel driver in use: mei_me Kernel modules: mei_me 00:16.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:a0e3] (rev 20) DeviceName: Onboard - Other Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3003] Kernel driver in use: serial 00:17.0 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:a0d3] (rev 20) DeviceName: Onboard - SATA Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3003] Kernel driver in use: ahci Kernel modules: ahci 00:1d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:a0b1] (rev 20) Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP LPC Controller [8086:a082] (rev 20) DeviceName: Onboard - Other Subsystem: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP LPC Controller [8086:3003] 00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller [8086:a0c8] (rev 20) DeviceName: Onboard - Sound Subsystem: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller [8086:3003] Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_sof_pci 00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP SMBus Controller [8086:a0a3] (rev 20) DeviceName: Onboard - Other Subsystem: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP SMBus Controller [8086:3003] Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus Kernel modules: i2c_i801 00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP SPI Controller [8086:a0a4] (rev 20) DeviceName: Onboard - Other Subsystem: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP SPI Controller [8086:3003] 01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Kingston Technology Company, Inc. Device [2646:5013] (rev 01) Subsystem: Kingston Technology Company, Inc. Device [2646:5013] Kernel driver in use: nvme Kernel modules: nvme 58:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I225-LM [8086:15f2] (rev 03) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I225-LM [8086:3003] Kernel driver in use: igc Kernel modules: igc 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: [O ] Install base system: [O ] Clock/timezone setup: [O ] User/password setup: [O ] Install tasks: [O ] Install boot loader: [O ] Overall install: [O ] Comments/Problems: Install worked flawlessly with firmware-11.2.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso I was quite worried about the install (and purchase of the NUC), because there is practically NO information about installing any linux bistro on the Intel generation 11 NUCs, and they’re a perfect headless home server with a 2.5GBe network connection. I only found reports of issues from installs during 2021… nobody reports the successful installs, only the problems. After researching a lot about firmware needs and possible issues with the i225-LM Network drivers, I had first tried installing by using standard iso image on a USB stick (https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/bt-dvd/debian-11.2.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso.torrent) including the non-free firmware as a source on a second USB stick (https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/bullseye/current/firmware.zip), this did succeed (without the firmware source it failed), but there were some odd errors on the first boot using this firmware source method, and I was worried that there would be missing or incomplete drivers somewhere, clearly I had missed something. So I then decided to install with this firmware image which was much simpler, and there was absolutely no issue or extra effort needed during (or after) the install concerning hardware. Just for info, I also tried using an Ubuntu Server image with this NUC, this also worked without any extra input/firmware (ubuntu-20.04.3-live-server-amd64.iso) I set up the system in probably a really odd way, this NUC has two SSDs, one NVMe and one SATA. I first set up the EFI boot (550MB) and a small recovery install (4GB without swap) on the SATA, the theory being that the chances are greater that the NVMe SSD will fail first (overheating, intense use, faster interface, etc) so the SATA drive is hopefully more secure, and the recovery system can be used for rsync-ing the system partitions to a backup on the SATA. Then I installed the main system on the NVMe, leaving a 550MB gap for an EFI boot partition in the future, and a 64GB root. Just for fun I added a 64GB swap partition at the end… I don’t know how much I’ll need that, but it doesn’t do any harm. I access the NUC only with ssh, so I can switch between these two systems by using grub-reboot to call the appropriate system from the grub menu… this works very reliably. I’d be really happy if you can add the NUC11TNKv5 to the list of successful installs, even if I had to use the non-free image, I am VERY happy with this system, thanks to the entire Debian community! :) Cheers, Charles
