On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 01:42:59AM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: > Well, this is really weird. Maybe there's a bug in the latest install. > I tried a number of times to install etch on my multia's 340mb internal > scsi drive but each time it quit right after trying to install > initramfs-tools. Tried going to a shell and deleting all the packages in > /target/var/cache/apt/archives, but couldn't get the install to proceed, > it just wanted to install the whole base again, and wouldn't do that > unless I reformatted the partitions. > Anyway, got sick of that, so got my old external scsi case out of the > attic, put a 1.8gb drive in that -- and it's old and ugly and horribly > noisy, but I figured at least I could get a good install and also have > room to recompile stuff, etc. and later move a smaller system over to > the internal drive. So -- started the install again, repartioned the > 1.8gb into 1mb for aboot, 20mb for boot (ext2), 128mb for swap, and the > rest for / -- ext3. > So, guess what? The install crashed at the exact same place -- when > trying to install initramfs-tools.
What is the error in the logs when this fails? It's possible that 20MB isn't enough for boot when using the default initramfs config, I guess, but we'd need to see the logs to do anything beyond blind guessing. (FWIW, my /boot is 19MB, and this is pretty tight even with MODULES=dep in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf -- it's not enough space to keep two kernels with initrds installed, and still have room for an initrd rebuild on kernel upgrade.) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
