Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD, USB Stick Image https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-10.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso Date: Wed Nov 18 16:23:27 +0330 2020
Machine: HP Proliant Gen9 Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz Memory: 48GB Partitions: /dev/sda1 / ext4 [formated] /dev/sda2 swap /dev/sda3 /home ext4 [kept old partiotin] /dev/sda4 /var ext4 [kept old partiotin] Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): N.A 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: [E] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup: [ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Overall install: [ ] Comments/Problems: We were trying to install fresh debain on old debian 8 installed machine and wanted to keep old /var partiton as new /var partition. But this made base system to fail with bootstrap errors on install. Content of /var/log/syslog : base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer /debootstrap-failed main-menu[620]: WARNING ** : configuring "bootstrap-base" failed with error code 3 main-menu[620]: WARNING ** : Menu Item "bootstrap-base" failed base-installer: warning: attempting to install to unclean target debootstrap: tar: can't open './usr/share/doc/gcc-8-base/README.Debian.amd64.gz' File exists debootstrap: xscat: write: Broken pipe debootstrap: ar: write error: Broken pipe -- Sincerely, Sayed Hadi Rastgou Haghi