On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 10:43:33AM -0500, Igor Korot wrote: > Hi, ALL, > As said I downloaded and successfully installed the full blown Debian > latest stable.
Have you missed a step - you have gone direct from stable -> unstable [Sid] Please don't do that: the instructions you had were meant to give you an easier route to do this. Initial small stable == minimal number of packages as a basis to work from. Upgrade to testing [will eventually be Debian 12 - codename bookworm == kernel and libraries update to a probably working testing. Upgrade to unstable == sid == never released, continuously in development == upgrade of minimal numbers of packages, then install the rest (and be prepared to help debug breakages) > > I then edit the repository file to point it to the Sid. > > Then I successfully fetched the new (Sid) repository. > > However, trying to run an update I hit a problem. > > The command fetched the packages successfully, but the next step: is > stuck at 37%. > You may have hit a situation where the upgrade path isn't successful. Maybe repeat the install of stable and try again? > I will check tonight if it will continue. > > Thank you. > Please come back to the list to tell us how it went. All the very best, as ever, Andy Cater > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 9:52 AM Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > > On Wed 29 Sep 2021 at 19:12:16 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 29 Sep 2021 19:02:56 +0100 > > > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > Are you saying that mini.iso does not contain a proper repository > > > > > > > > The mini.iso contains the bare minimum to start d-i and connect to a > > > > network to obtain everything else. > > > > > > Correct as far as it goes.... > > > > Thank goodnrss for that :). > > > > > > > > > > > > and that's why it fails? > > > > > > > > No archive to communicate with - no installation with the moni.iso. > > > > > > Not entirely. With no networking, the mini installer will make a bare > > > minimum installation from its build-in micro-repository. All packages > > > will be as of the date of the CD, of course. > > > > There isn't any build-in micro-repository. Language, keyboard and > > network are the only things dome by the stripped down installer > > before connectting to a mirror. > > > > Note that the OP did not have a network issue: > > > > > The installation media do not seem to contain a valid > > > Release file,... > > > > There isn't any point in attempting to continue. The installer cannot > > download the rest of itself (to do partitioning) or the base system. > > > > > If that bare minimum gives you enough to reboot and set up the network, > > > you can go from there, manually installing whatever else you wish. > > > > That is not the case. > > > > > If that bare minimum doesn't give you enough, you have some finagling > > > to do. > > > > > > If you need firmware to reboot, install with the "unofficial" mini > > > which includes firmware. > > > > There's an unofficial mini.iso? Link? > > > > -- > > Brian. > > >
