Guido Guenther ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 05:01:12PM +0000, Mat Withers wrote: > > I'm then mounting install root 3.0.15 via nfs and then going through the > > installation proces. The problem comes when installing the base system > > (using 'network' as a source). The installer downloads about 3/4 of the > > packages and then stops with the error "Couldn't download modutils". > Did you try testing or unstable? Testing has just recently been created > for mips, so packages might be missing. A look into > ftp.de.debian.org:/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-mips/Packages > shows that modutils is indeed missing. You can try unstable instead. > -- Guido
ok - that seems to work. one problem though - now when it gets to extract the last package (whiptail) I get the following error "Failure trying to run: chroot /target dpkg --force-auto-select --force-overwrite --force" /var/log/messages reports the following Oct 9 19:04:07 (none) user.info dbootstrap[49]: running '/usr/sbin/debootstrap --boot-floppies --arch mips sid /target http://ftp.uk.debian.org:80/debian' Oct 9 19:31:27 (none) user.err dbootstrap[49]: Failure trying to run: chroot /target dpkg --force-auto-select --force-overwrite --force Oct 9 19:31:56 (none) user.info init: Process '/sbin/dbootstrap' (pid 49) exited. Scheduling it for restart. is this important ? also, after finishing the install and rebooting the Indigo2 boots off it's hard disk fine - gets as far as: Starting system log daemon: syslogd. Starting kernel log daemon: klogd. Starting internet superserver: inetd. Starting deferred execution scheduler: atd. Starting periodic command scheduler: cron. and then stops - any ideas ? I recon I must be almost there ! Cheers Mat -- Mat Withers [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minus-9.com phone/fax: +44 07092 375299 "a sarcasm detector, *that's* a real useful invention."
