Control: severity -1 wishlist On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 03:49:55PM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > Dear Maintainer, > > Using netinst bullseye 11.4 installer: > > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-11.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso > > I chose to add a network mirror, using https, and the default > 'deb.debian.org'. > > I used (non-graphical) Expert Mode. > > The problem first showed up when tasksel only displayed 'standard system > utilities'. When I went ahead with that, the next screen was a red > 'Installation step failed' screen. > > The log on tty4 showed various dependency problems. > > I tried to 'chroot /target' and 'apt update', which showed certificate > problems. I then ran 'apt install ca-certificates', which worked > (installing from the cd image?), after which 'apt update' worked, and I > was also able to continue successfully with the installer. > > I was able to reproduce this in a (kvm/qemu) VM (which is where I > confirmed my steps); the original problem was on an HP Thin Client > (t520). In both cases only 8G of storage was available. > > It all works fine using http for the mirror.
And the archive mirror content is secured by checksums and signatures. > I'm happy to do further testing with the VM; the thin client is less > convenient as it has a job to do. Another job that will help: Find other bug reports that ask for installing ca-certificates. Yeah, I recall have I seen such requests before. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse
