clarification of where to report a bug
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All on Monday, June 01, 2026 10:30:02
Greetings, I would like to report a bug (no, it has nothing to
do with A.I.), but I am not sure which, if any, package it
affects.
I retrofit aging computers for various businesses so that they
can get more life from them, but also do new installs on new
hardware. This usually means installing (stable) Debian KDE or
Debian XFCE from a live image. Since Trixie came out, I am
unable to use any live images from a USB flash drive to boot or
install Debian Trixie. Both KDE and XFCE will display the boot
menu, get several steps into the installation process and then
kick off an "unable to detect installation medium" within the
installer.
I have tried all the usual suspects: different flash drive,
different Debian version (13.1, 13.2, etc), re-download the iso,
verify the checksum, different computer, disable secure boot,
CSM on/off. All to no avail. However, if I use the exact same
ISO image written onto a CD, it works perfectly. Another oddity
is that the only time a Debian Trixie live image has worked for
me was on a very old Lenovo desktop that had a UEFI firmware
lock such that it would only let windows boot on it.
Today, I attempted to install Debian Trixie KDE onto an Intel
Mac and the drive did not appear in the UEFI boot menu at all.
Debian Bookworm, however, worked perfectly.
My best guess is that something changed between how Debian
Trixie live images and Bookworm live images interact with the
UEFI, but I do not know which package that would be, or why the
installer would be unable to detect the drive from which itself
was booting.
Thank you for any guidance on this matter.
Olybrewfest
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