Re: Fwd: Do others see install failures on DNS-323 to ext2 FS from Debian 7.0 netboot.img?
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com wrote: I finally had time to look into this issue. I summarized what I found in a bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/729445 What a clear and simple report -- thanks, Martin! (Ext2 seems to be the only linux-native FS available in the installer.) I wonder why you say that. That's something I never understood about the several reports I received from other users about this problem. Why do they use ext2 for the root partition? By default, the installer should use ext3, but for some reason it must be ext2 on the DNS-323. I'm not sure why and I'm not around my ARM devices at the moment to check. But this is definitely another issue since ext2 should *not* be the default for the root partition (only for /boot). Yes. I can only speak for my colleague and myself; we saw only ext2 and several FAT-related choices when we ran d-i and chose to use its partitioning UI. I don't know why ext3 et al. were not on the menu. Of course, d-i is running in 64 MB of RAM in this case. Two possibilities occur to me: 1) the installer is ignoring more memory-intensive partitioning options right away 2) the installer looks at disk size and estimates how much RAM it will need, and then offers partitioning options it can support. A google for Memory allocation failed while setting up superblock shows (with only RAM 192 MB, no swap) some examples of the kind of problem d-i might be seeking to avoid by offering ext2 only. I apologize for speculating without reading the source. The disk I was installing on was 2 TB. When I have time, I shall try the same install on a 250 GB disk and report. I am very grateful for the help, Martin, and for any opinions from the list. -- t...@eastpole.ca East Pole Productions -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/calprqqacrienqhqnatq3jct97vp0zjlm+_hraeb0mq_he5_...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Fwd: Do others see install failures on DNS-323 to ext2 FS from Debian 7.0 netboot.img?
* Tai Viinikka t...@eastpole.ca [2013-11-13 10:24]: Yes. I can only speak for my colleague and myself; we saw only ext2 and several FAT-related choices when we ran d-i and chose to use its partitioning UI. I don't know why ext3 et al. were not on the menu. Of course, d-i is running in 64 MB of RAM in this case. Two Thanks for pointing this out. This explains the behaviour you're seeing. Debian installer has a low memory mode (lowmem). In this mode, additional modules are not loaded automatically; this includes the ext3 module. I'll change the instructions to tell users to choose the ext3 manually. Martin, wondering when 64 MB of RAM became low memory... -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131113190604.gb3...@jirafa.cyrius.com
Re: Fwd: Do others see install failures on DNS-323 to ext2 FS from Debian 7.0 netboot.img?
Hi Tai, * Tai Viinikka t...@eastpole.ca [2013-10-13 08:46]: Summary: the current installer for the DNS-323, using ext2 filesystem, cannot make the system bootable because necessary links are not created in /dev/disk/by-uuid/ I finally had time to look into this issue. I summarized what I found in a bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/729445 I hope someone who is more knowledgeable about this part of the installer will take a look soon. (Ext2 seems to be the only linux-native FS available in the installer.) I wonder why you say that. That's something I never understood about the several reports I received from other users about this problem. Why do they use ext2 for the root partition? By default, the installer should use ext3, but for some reason it must be ext2 on the DNS-323. I'm not sure why and I'm not around my ARM devices at the moment to check. But this is definitely another issue since ext2 should *not* be the default for the root partition (only for /boot). -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131113001054.gj12...@jirafa.cyrius.com
Re: Fwd: Do others see install failures on DNS-323 to ext2 FS from Debian 7.0 netboot.img?
* Tai Viinikka t...@eastpole.ca [2013-10-13 08:46]: Are we alone in seeing this? Should I file a bug or re-open an existing bug? No, you're not the only one. I received a number of similar bug reports recently. I'll try to investigate soon. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131013140906.gg5...@jirafa.cyrius.com
