I've now tried 3 different 2GB flash USB sticks, and cannot get the debian RC2 installer working on them. I keep getting stuck with issues on the filesystem such as:
Apr 3 12:35:31 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda2): htree_dirblock_to_tree: bad entry in directory #15395: rec_len % 4 != 0 - offset=0, inode=4294967295, rec_len=65535, name_len=255 And (on a different stick:) Apr 3 12:52:12 debootstrap: Apr 3 12:55:14 kernel: usb 3-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 Apr 3 12:56:32 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Apr 3 12:56:32 kernel: sda2: rw=0, want=4294967296, limit=2999999 Essentially, it seems that the flash file system is returning -1 (or something similar) as the wanted sector and that the system is failing at that point. I've tried mounting the filesystem on '/' manually with noatime, and setting the journaling interval to 100 seconds instead of 5, and that did not make any difference. On the same memory stick that failed, I have now successfully installed OpenSlug 4.4 (with the turnup memstick option ) Is there something specific that I need to look at? If you need me to do any further testing, I can do so, just email me. (I'm still interested in getting full debian running on one of my 3 slugs). Thanks. Paul Tan.
