How do I obtain log info from the installer?

Question

I have prepared a PXE-preseed-netinstall configuration for a cluster I am setting up. On all nodes, the install process works perfectly. But I have one node for which the installer freeze when installing the base system. I suspect a failure on disk (it is a hardware RAID, in fact).

Is there a way to store the logs of the install? This could maybe help to understand what is going on on that node...

Answer 1

The installer logs to /var/log/installer

I believe the mini.iso uses the debian-installer: See this page for more info on debugging the installer:

• https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s01.html.en
• https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller
• https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity