Bug#865032: installation-reports: successful installation (with kernel panic that had to be worked around) using debian-stretch-DI-rc3-i386-netinst.iso install image

2017-06-18 Thread David H. Gutteridge
Package: installation-reports Severity: important Tags: d-i Boot method: USB stick Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/stretch_di_rc3/i386/is o-cd/debian-stretch-DI-rc3-i386-netinst.iso Date: May 20th, 2017 Machine: Toshiba Satellite M40X Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU @ 1.5GHz

Bug#690246: debian-installer: initial install reboot failure to find lvm devices when hostname has a - in it

2017-05-22 Thread David H. Gutteridge
I recently used the Stretch RC 3 installer to install an LVM setup where the hostname contains a hyphen, and I did not encounter this issue, so perhaps it's been fixed in the intervening years? Regards, Dave

Bug#861221: installation-reports: successful installation using firmware-stretch-DI-rc3-amd64-netinst.iso install image

2017-04-25 Thread David H. Gutteridge
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Tags: d-i Boot method: USB stick Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd -including-firmware/stretch_di_rc3/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-stretch-DI-rc3- amd64-netinst.iso Date: April 25th, 2017 Machine: HP ProLiant DL360 G6

Bug#860447: Acknowledgement (installation-reports: successful (but operator confusion concerning desktop software installation options))

2017-04-17 Thread David H. Gutteridge
In fairness, in section 6.3.5.2 of the installation guide, it does say "By default, debian-installer installs the Gnome desktop environment." So my "no useful information" claim is an overstatement. But the way the choices are displayed to the user in the selection menu is still counterintuitive. (

Bug#860447: installation-reports: successful (but operator confusion concerning desktop software installation options)

2017-04-16 Thread David H. Gutteridge
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Tags: d-i Boot method: USB stick Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/ debian-8.7.1-amd64-netinst.iso Date: March 1st, 2017 at 6pm EST Machine: Virtualized x86_64 environment on QEMU/KVM Processor: Intel Ivy Bridge