Problem: cdebootstrap can't install packages because it couldn't install root on the target partition. I'm running cdebootstrap to install sarge on a target disk that also runs sarge.
1. /dev/sdc1 is a partitioned scsi disk. The partition is 500 Mb and initialized as reiserfs. 2. There was no indication of problems when I did the partition initialization. smartctl and scsiinfo do not suggest any problems for the target disk. 3. Immediately after a boot I do: # mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/debinst # cdebootstrap sarge /mnt/debinst http://http.us.debian.org/debian ... E: Could't install root. # ls -l /mnt drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 504 2004-06-29 08:14 debinst 4. strace says: ... write(3, "O: /var/cache/apt/archives/amd6"..., 52) = 52 read(6, "", 4096) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLHUP}, {fd=6, events=POLLIN, revents= POLLHUP}], 2, -1) = 2 waitpid(1581, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], 0) = 1581 close(4) = 0 munmap(0x4001a000, 4096) = 0 close(6) = 0 munmap(0x4001b000, 4096) = 0 write(3, "E: Couldn\'t install root!\n", 26) = 26 write(2, "E: Couldn\'t install root!\n", 26) = 26 oldumount("/mnt/debinst/proc") = 0 munmap(0x40018000, 4096) = 0 munmap(0x40019000, 4096) = 0 exit_group(1) = ? My question: Is it correct that the first indication of a problem in the strace is the line that reports the "E"? Is the "26" and error code" I don't understand how there can be downoading and unpacking of packages in directories under root if root itself can't be installed. From a chroot prompt making /mnt/debinst root: :/# echo $PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin/:/usr/X11R6/bin Haines Brown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
