Package: debian-installer I couldn't boot my install so this bug report is by template from docs and from a different system:
Boot method: usb (iso image) Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/stretch_di_alpha3/amd64/iso-cd/debian-stretch-DI-alpha3-amd64-netinst.iso also http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso (2015-10-12) Machine: Asus Eee PC 1001P Processor: atom Memory: 2GB Partitions: gpt - bios_grub + several primary. dual boot with already functioning debian os (stretch dist-upgraded from jessie). Other os on same disk uses xfs on / and no problems. 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 CD: [ 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: [ e] Comments/Problems: I chose the largest available freespace and allocated 10GB for / , 2GB for swap, about 90GB for /home and chose xfs for my root and /home file systems. I used the debian installer to partition the free space and create the file systems. The system apparently installed perfectly but on booting grub errored with an error: "error: not a correct xfs inode" I chrooted in from systemrescue cd and checked disk UUIDs. All good. Ran 'update-initramfs -u -k all', and got message showing that no xfs utilities were installed. The installer needs xfsprogs and dependency libreadline5 (or to fetch them). Currently install using xfs on / is _guaranteed_ fail.
