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[BUG]: OS Customization Failed (v2.0.7, RaspberryPi 5) #1567

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What happened?

I have installed the most recent version of the Raspberry Pi Imager (v2.0.7) and am attempting to install on a RaspberryPi 5 16GB RAM model.

From the Imager, I choose: Raspberry Pi 5 -> Raspberry Pi OS (Other) -> Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit)
I choose my storage device, then proceed through all of the customisations. Specifically, I choose Washington, D.C. as the Capital city, my Time Zone, then Keyboard layout "us".

When the Raspberry Pi 5 boots, it presents a text-mode blue-background with white table screen, asking me to choose my UK keyboard.

This tells me the customisations are not being picked up by the installer. I have exhaustively attempted to Google search, Gemini search, ChatGPT search, and I've even thrown the damned kitchen sink at this thing to no avail. Our AI overlords don't know that the Raspberry Pi 5 and the Raspberry Pi Launcher and Raspberry Pi OS are all distinctly different things. I am unable to troubleshoot this further.

Edited to add:

Of note, prior to attempting with this Raspberry Pi 5, I was able to successfully configure and install on a Raspberry Pi 4 with Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit) and the customisations applied correctly.

On the suspect Raspberry Pi 5 device, I did run rpi-eeprom-update -a. There was a newer firmware and it did get successfully applied.

Edited again to add:

I attempted with Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) graphical. The user customisations did get applied in this instance. I do not want a desktop environment, however, with my specific use case.

Version

2.0.7 (Default)

What host operating system were you using?

Windows

Host OS Version

Windows 11

Selected OS

Raspberry Pi OS Lite 64-bit

Which Raspberry Pi Device are you using?

Raspberry Pi 5, 500, and Compute Modules 5

What kind of storage device are you using?

NVMe SSD via Third-party PCIe attachment

OS Customisation

  • Yes, I was using OS Customisation when the bug occurred.

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