On Wed, 2024-11-06 at 15:01 -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > Van Snyder wrote: > > I tried to use the netinst to install Debian 12.5 onto a Dell > > Inspiron > > 15. Eventually, after the usual things, it said there was no > > kernel. So > > I tried the 12.1.0 netinst and it also said there was no kernel. > > What > > happened? How can I install? > > "no kernel" is not an error that Debian can emit. > > Can you boot and then transcribe the exact wording, please?
The message was "No installable kernel was found in defined APT sources" The problem was that the root partition was full. I was just trying to re-use a partitioning from an ancient Scientific Linux 6. Error message was unhelpful.
