Got stuck during first install of DietPi

Novo · October 30, 2023, 10:29am

Hello,

i’m trying to install DietPi from a fresh download (x86_64/Bookworm/BIOS-version) but can’t finish installing it.

Tried several times but DietPi install process stops every time after initramfs (see picture).

Hardware is x86-PC (BIOS), Lenovo X220 Laptop with i5-CPU, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB SATA-SSD with Kubuntu 20.04 pre-installed. Laptop boots without problems when starting Kubuntu so i guess no hardware problems here.

Do you have any ideas how i can solve this problem and get started using DietPi?

Joulinar · October 30, 2023, 10:34am

how did you install DietPi image? to your HDD?

Novo · October 30, 2023, 10:49am

Hi, sorry for missing that.

I downloaded and unpacked the archive with Ark on another Kubuntu machine (Home-PC). Install is from an USB-Stick which was prepared/made bootable with Ventoy (www.ventoy.net).

Plan was to install DietPi on the SSD on my X220-Laptop.

Joulinar · October 30, 2023, 11:10am

did you used the installer image? https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/DietPi_NativePC-BIOS-x86_64-Bookworm_Installer.iso.xz

usually the iso to be flashed on a USB stick. Once done, you can boot of the USB stick and follow instructions to flash image to SSD

Novo · October 30, 2023, 11:36am

Thank you very much for your very quick reply…

I downloaded the first image from here:

After unpacking it i had the DietPi_NativePC-BIOS-x86_64-Bookworm.img on my stick which caused me the problem described in my initial post.

After that i downloaded the https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/DietPi_NativePC-BIOS-x86_64-Bullseye_Installer.iso.xz which worked fine after unpacking and putting it on the USB-bootstick.

Did the same with https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/DietPi_NativePC-BIOS-x86_64-Bookworm_Installer.iso.xz like you advised me to. This one also worked well and installed DietPi without problems.

Looks like my problem is solved. Thanks again for your quick help.