On 3/19/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  >
>  > I'm booting with a CD/Flash mix. The CD contains isolinux, kernel,
>  > initrd, and NO squashfs images. The initrd won't find any squashfs
>  > images and will fallback to the usb flash.
>  >
>  > Any idea what's wrong? What can I test?
>
>
> I didn't get exactly what failed. Wasn't the behavior of falling back
>  to the USB flash in the absence of squashfs images in the CD expected?
>
I'm not sure what is wrong.  I'm trying to narrow down whether it is
an issue with the LiveFlash or my setup of disks.  I've knock it down
on priority until I get a rc out.

>
>  > Also, Installer isn't asking about my netconfig??
>
>
> Try to run StartTask Network after boot. May be a delay issue, in
>  which the bootscripts tried to bring the net up before eth/udev/etc.
>  was ready for it.
>

Jonas and I debugged this on irc.  I'll explain below.

>
>  > Also, I get an error, "ln: creating symbolic link
>  > '/Mount/GoboLinux/srv' -> '': No such file or directory"
>
It is in ProfileInstall.  Its trying to use the var $goboFiles which
doesn't exist.

>  > Just tried a pure CD not SATA install. Installer did ask about my
>  > netconfig. Still compalins about src symlink. grub installs ok.
>
>
> Change in net behavior tends to confirm it's a delay issue. We may
>  need to add a loop there to wait until it's ready (which would slow
>  down boot up to a timeout in non-networked systems... other ideas
>  welcome).
>

The problem is the persistent net rules.  eth0 was renamed to eth1.
We then tracked down a bug in EthInterfaces.  Jonas commited a fix
(and expanded it to support athX and wlanX)

-- 
Carlo J. Calica
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