Well in the end I finally figured out what the problem was - when you install Bookworm onto a SD card and boot it for the first time on a Pi Zero, it takes a much longer than usual amount of time before you can successfully ssh in. So when I thought the install had failed, in actuality it simply hadn't finished its first boot.
After it has booted for the first time then boot time returns to more or less normal (maybe a bit slower than previous versions but not by that much). But that first boot takes several minutes, not seconds!
After it has booted for the first time then boot time returns to more or less normal (maybe a bit slower than previous versions but not by that much). But that first boot takes several minutes, not seconds!
Statistics: Posted by berrygood — Wed Jul 10, 2024 8:01 am