Bug#993417: Installation failure on i386 system / Debian 11
Hi Craig,
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 06:05:25PM -0600, Craig Norborg wrote:
>
>Package: installation-reports
>
>Boot method: USB stick
>Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-dvd/debian-11.0.0-i386-DVD-1.iso
>Date: 8/31/21 5:50PM MST
>Machine: Dell Dimension 8400
>Processor: Pentium 4
>Memory: 2Gb
>Partitions: ?
>Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): ?
>
>Base System Installation Checklist:
>[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>
>Initial boot: [ ]
>Detect network card: [ ]
>Configure network: [ ]
>Detect media: [ ]
>Load installer modules: [ ]
>Detect hard drives: [ ]
>Partition hard drives: [ ]
>Install base system: [e ]
>Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
>User/password setup: [ ]
>Install tasks: [ ]
>Install boot loader: [e ]
>Overall install: [e ]
>
>Comments/Problems: I played around and could see the error "/install.i386/vmlinuz not found". Saw this in multiple places.
>
><Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
> and ideas you had during the initial install.>
>
>I was trying to bring up a friends old machine with a decent OS, so I
>downloaded the latest debian DVD image and put it on a thumb drive.
> Would not install. Tried both the full install (shown above) and
>the live image, both had issues.
>
>I then went and downloaded a copy of ubuntu 17.04, and it installed
>fine, although it kind of sucks. But, I'm assuming that if it would
>install ok, that Debian should have installed if it wasn't for the
>error.
I'm curious why the installation system is not finding things. Can you
explain exactly how you wrote the image to the USB drive please?
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