Iam trying to install sarge from an usb-stick: for this report i used the latest boot.img.gz from http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/2004-05-11/hd-media/2.6/
and the latest netinst.iso from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/20040511/ // ------------------------------------ Debug messages: Setting up base-config (2.20) ... May 12 10:17:30 (none) user.notice base-installer: warning: failed to bind mount /target/cdrom/ May 12 10:17:30 (none) user.notice base-installer: warning: apt update failed: 100 May 12 10:17:30 (none) user.notice base-installer: info: Found kernels '' May 12 10:17:30 (none) user.notice base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/kernel/no-kernels-found // ------------------------------------ /var/log/messages/: umount: /target/dev/pts: No such file or directory umount: /target/dev/shm: No such file or directory umount: /target/proc/bus/usb: Invalid argument Err file: sarge/main Packages File not found Ign file: sarge/main Release Failed to fetch file:///cdrom/dists/sarge/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz File not Found Reading Package Lists... E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. // ------------------------------------ thoughts: the computer i try to install has no cd-rom and no floppy-drive. no wonder that the installer produces this message: May 12 10:17:30 (none) user.notice base-installer: warning: failed to bind mount /target/cdrom/ why does it try to bind a cdrom - when there is none? the installation process from an usb-stick shouldn't depend on a cd-rom-drive because of that it is confusing that the base installer tries to mount such device at all. Of course it needs to mount the iso but that should not be called cdrom. hope i didn�t get anything wrong - and i hope that it helps -Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
