Bug#1036439: debian-installer: DLBD install failed, apparent typo.

[Bud Heal]

Hello,

This time I did check twice or three times, went over to another computer
with a spare disk, etc.

The compare was simple cmp, USB-to-.iso. I looked at the
/usr/sbin/debootstrap on the installed disk. Since "||" was larger than ")"
I thought it could not be a transmission error.

Remember, the last email sent me back (to a laptop I had turned off) where
I found that the DLBD .iso files were smaller than the ones pulled off the
USB sticks.

I built the 25GB BD set using the same files scanned as to build the DLBD
files. That worked fine after I used xfburn and not brasero.

On to rebuild and hopefully I was calling "Wolf!" again...

On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 1:49 AM Cyril Brulebois  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Bud Heal  (2023-05-20):
> >* What led up to the situation?
> > I copied the DLBD volumes to USB sticks and booted a desktop with a new
> > (M.2) SSD. I tried LVM and unencrypted. Then I tried with a laptop I had
> > previously installed bookworm into successfully.
>
> How did you perform that copy?
>
> It looks probably to me that you might have opened the image, then copied
> files, instead of copying the raw image.
>
> >* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> >  ineffective)?
> > In each case, a message was emitted after partitioning (automatically)
> > from syslog:
> > May 20 01:33:10 debootstrap: /usr/sbin/debootstrap --components=
> --debian-installer --resolve-deps --no-check-gpg bookworm /ta
> > rget file:///cdrom/
> > May 20 01:33:10 debootstrap: /usr/sbin/debootstrap: eval: line 547:
> syntax error: unexpected "||" (expecting ")")
>
> At first glance, looks like metadata files weren't copied.
>
> > I then compared the USB data to the .iso file to make sure they match.
>
> How did you perform that comparison?
>
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
>

Bug#1036439: debian-installer: DLBD install failed, apparent typo.

[Cyril Brulebois]

Hi,

Bud Heal  (2023-05-20):
>* What led up to the situation?
> I copied the DLBD volumes to USB sticks and booted a desktop with a new
> (M.2) SSD. I tried LVM and unencrypted. Then I tried with a laptop I had
> previously installed bookworm into successfully.

How did you perform that copy?

It looks probably to me that you might have opened the image, then copied
files, instead of copying the raw image.

>* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>  ineffective)?
> In each case, a message was emitted after partitioning (automatically)
> from syslog:
> May 20 01:33:10 debootstrap: /usr/sbin/debootstrap --components= 
> --debian-installer --resolve-deps --no-check-gpg bookworm /ta
> rget file:///cdrom/
> May 20 01:33:10 debootstrap: /usr/sbin/debootstrap: eval: line 547: syntax 
> error: unexpected "||" (expecting ")")

At first glance, looks like metadata files weren't copied.

> I then compared the USB data to the .iso file to make sure they match.

How did you perform that comparison?


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant


signature.asc
Description: PGP signature

Bug#1036439: debian-installer: DLBD install failed, apparent typo.

[Bud Heal]

Package: debian-installer
Version: 20210731+deb11u8
Severity: important
Tags: d-i
X-Debbugs-Cc: budheal...@gmail.com

Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?
I copied the DLBD volumes to USB sticks and booted a desktop with a new
(M.2) SSD. I tried LVM and unencrypted. Then I tried with a laptop I had
previously installed bookworm into successfully.
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
 ineffective)?
In each case, a message was emitted after partitioning (automatically)
from syslog:
May 20 01:33:10 debootstrap: /usr/sbin/debootstrap --components= 
--debian-installer --resolve-deps --no-check-gpg bookworm /ta
rget file:///cdrom/
May 20 01:33:10 debootstrap: /usr/sbin/debootstrap: eval: line 547: syntax 
error: unexpected "||" (expecting ")")

An internet suggestion was to re-mount the USB volume on /cdrom, but
/cdrom looked accurate. Any mount I tried was rejected anyway, and I was
able to save syslog (and the rest) using that share option.

I then compared the USB data to the .iso file to make sure they match.
   * What was the outcome of this action?
The install had to be aborted. 
   * What outcome did you expect instead?

*** End of the template - remove these template lines ***


-- System Information:
Foreign Architectures: [12-core AMD desktop] [14-core Intel (Nitro 5)]

-- no debconf information