Hi, mag...@autistici.org wrote (Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:24:35 +0000): > 1) I chose the Italian language but on the next screen there > was the warning about incomplete translations. I found > https://d-i.debian.org/l10n-stats/ where level1 e level3 > are at 100% but level2 is at 098%. Is this the reason? > I'm curious because I did a Xfce installation with manual > partitioning and there was no question in English. :-) > But maybe other users are scared away.
1. the statistics you are mentioning, are about d-i for the testing suite (trixie), i.e. what will become the next stable. So, that does not has any value for bookworm (the current stable). 2. the calculation, if the translation "is incomplete", is only based on the level1 files. Thus the 98% at level2 is not an issue. So, it's just that Italian (especially level1) was not fully translated at the time of bookworm's release (~ June 2023). Currently it looks good for Italian for the next release :-) > 2) During manual partitioning I created an ESP as this is > an (U)EFI system. I expected I needed to configure the > mount point /boot/efi but it seems there is no way to do > it - and everything works without it. :-) Is this mount > point configured automatically because it's always the > same for an ESP? If yes, could the partitioner show it > anyway in the overview page? Yes, the ESP partition is automatically mounted at /boot/efi for the installed system. > 3) I did this installation for a friend of mine and after > booting in the installed system I wanted to show her how > easy it is in principle to install the security updates > and the like by using synaptic. But clicking on "Reload" > there was immediately an error about the DVD indexes. I > "solved" this by commenting out the following line in > /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12.8.0 _Bookworm_ - Official > amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20241109-11:05]/ bookworm > contrib main non-free-firmware > > Is the line present because it's about a DVD and not a > netinst? If yes, is it expected to have always at hand > the USB stick with the installation media? Currently, when installing from a DVD (image), the sources.list entry for this DVD is left untouched after installation, so it is expected to have package sources available via DVD for the next package update. I think this is intended for use cases, where installation is done without an active internet connection, so on machines or regions, where a permanent internet connection is not usual. (Such sort of installation can work well indeed, if you use a DVD, since that media can store lots of packages.) When installing from a netinst image, or a live image, the relevant sources.list entry is disabled automatically at the end of installation. For DVDs you need to do this by hand (as you mentioned). Or, when you use the expert install option, you are asked about this. Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
