On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Finn Thain wrote:
> > Ignore that post -- it occurred to me that I probably have the daily > initrd instead of the one from the CD... I will try again. It turns out that they are the same initrd. Stephen helpfully pointed out that I needed the "suite=etch-m68k modules=etch-support" bootloader arguments (and the distribution is of course etch-m68k, hence the 404 when I changed sid to etch in sources.list). The installer needs the debian-ports archive selected at the beginning, but the target needs a normal debian mirror selected at the end. I tried again with the correct boot args today and now sources.list is fine (it says etch-m68k not sid) but the other problems remain: --dlwaypoint and safe-upgrade options are still used though they don't work in the etch chroot, so the "configure package manager" step got stuck and "select and install software" failed. Despite that I ended up with a working system. Finn > > Finn > > On Sun, 5 Oct 2008, Finn Thain wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > > > > > > > > Both images use lenny d-i. The etch-m68k one installs etch-m68k. The > > > sid one might install sid. I haven't added the appropriate locales yet > > > for sid, so who knows. > > > > I tried the etch installer on my quadra 630 today (debian mirror at > > ftp.debian-ports.org). > > > > It went well up to the "configure the package manager" step. A couple of > > times it hung until I killed the stuck process. I looked into it and found > > that apt-setup-verify passes the --dlwaypoint option which causes a > > debconf-apt-progress child in the etch chroot to stall. I edited out > > "--dlwaypoint 100" and re-ran the step. I think it tried to upgrade > > source.list to sid. It complained about a missing public key with which to > > verify the sid Release file. > > > > After that, the "select and install software" step fails too, because > > aptitude in the etch chroot doesn't seem to understand "safe-upgrade". So > > I basically ended up doing "finish installation" at this point. > > > > I also found that, on the initrd, busybox seems to have a bug. If you > > switch to a shell prompt and run ip/wget/tar with incorrect options or no > > options they all segfault. But they work fine when you pass correct > > arguments. > > > > In the end, I have a bootable etch system, so the installer is 99% > > working. > > > > Only apt-get update says 404 not found for > > http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/etch/main/binary-m68k/{Packages.gz,Sources.gz} > > > > and craps out... not sure why. > > > > Finn > > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
