Bug#607400: installation-reports: Debootstrap Error: Failed to determine the codename for the release

Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i

At first I tried the syslinux way, but I was not able to boot from the Flash.
So I formated the Flash to ext3 and used Grub2, then I copied the hd-media
files and first installation CD ISO.
Boot was succesfull, first part of installation was without problems, I used
installation without network configuration. Last succesfull step was
partitioning and formating (all in one ext4 partition + swap). The
step "Install Base System" failed with the message:
Debootstrap Error: Failed to determine the codename for the release

I did the debootstrap manually (manual mounting of the iso etc.)
but then the installer was lost (step was not finished so following steps
writes error messages, I ignored them and it seems that some steps was
finished, but the system was not bootable) and I was not able to finish
installation.


Boot method: USB
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/w...4-CD-1.iso and http://ftp.cz.debian.org/debian/dis.../hd-media/
Date: 16.12.2010 evening

Machine: Custom PC, Gigabyte motherboard, Intel i7 950, SATA HD

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [E]
Overall install: [ ]

Comments/Problems:

<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>



Please make sure that the hardware-summary log file, and any other
installation logs that you think would be useful are attached to this
report. Please compress large files using gzip.

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Installer lsb-release:
DISTRIB_ID=Debian
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux installer"
X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=hd-media

Installer hardware-summary:
Report is created on other machine so automatically generated info has not
any sense here.



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