Thank you Mr./Ms. Merker, I would be happy to try the daily image
tonight from home, and also try a different mirror; and report back.
On Sun, 18 Dec 2016 14:10:27 +0100 Karsten Merker wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 07:44:23PM -0800, John Kerenyi wrote:
>
> > Package: installation-reports
> >
> > Boot method: Debian installer on sd card, using Cubietruck firmware
+ partition.img
> > Image version:
http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/
> > Date: 2016-12-15 7:00 PM Pacific standard time
> >
> > Machine: Cubietruck (Allwinner)
> > Processor: ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
> > Memory: 2061944 kB
> > Partitions: Installation didn't complete this step
> >
> > Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): None (shelled out from
installer and this produced no output)
> >
> > 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: [ ]
> > Load installer modules: [ E ]
> > Detect hard drives: [ O ]
> > Partition hard drives: [ E ]
> > Install base system: [ ]
> > Clock/timezone setup: [ O ]
> > User/password setup: [ O ]
> > Install tasks: [ ]
> > Install boot loader: [ ]
> > Overall install: [ E ]
> >
> > Comments/Problems:
> >
> > Installing Stretch using current (dated 31 Oct 2016) firmware
> > and net installer does not complete. The following error is
> > encountered during the install:
> >
> > "No kernel modules were found. This probably is due to a
> > mismatch between the kernel used by this version of the
> > installer and the kernel version available in the archive. If
> > you're installing from a mirror, you can work around this
> > problem by choosing to install a different version of Debian.
> > The install will probably fail to work if you continue without
> > kernel modules. Continue the install without loading kernel
> > modules?"
> >
> > Selecting "Yes" causes the installation to fail at the disk
> > partitioning step, apparently due to the lack of an appropriate
> > kernel module. I have the three files made available for
> > debugging by the installer: hardware-summary.txt, syslog.txt,
> > and partman.txt and can share them upon request.
> >
> > Under the theory that waiting a while might allow the
> > repository and the kernel to sync, I attempted the installation
> > multiple times over the course of several weeks and never got a
> > different result, hence this installation report. I also tried
> > prior versions of the installer as well as the stable version
> > (Jessie) and none that I tried completed successfully.
>
