Re: Re: [Debian] installer script
Try removing both partitions from your SD card (fdisk then 'd' both partitions) and then running the installer again. When I ran the installer script for the first time (this was a while ago: a day or two after the installer script was published), with an SD card that was already partitioned with Debian (pre-install script version) on it, the partition step failed. I manually set up the partitions and ran the rest of the install steps individually. For later install attempts, I always deleted all the partitions from the SD card before running the installer. You could also try looking closer at the output of the script, to see what errors occurred. (I ran the installer from an ssh session, so I could use my terminal window's scrollback buffer, copy and paste, etc.) Also, you could try partitioning the card yourself (find the instructions in the wiki) and then continue on from there. --- Andrew Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Matthew Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I have not tried the 512mb card (it's at home and I'm at college). I'm not sure how to do what you're talking about arne, but you're suggesting that I can install a base system and put Debian on that? Can you point me in the correct direction? Also, my 8gb uSDHC card works: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0 Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 8168 MB, 8168931328 bytes 4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 249296 cylinders Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/mmcblk0p1 1 2457832 4 FAT16 32M /dev/mmcblk0p2 246 249296 7969632 83 Linux Shawn prjktdtnt Thompson wrote: div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixedMatthew Lane wrote: Hey all, I'm trying to install Debian on the freerunner using the install.sh script. I keep getting stuck at Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. and then my script exits. I've tried individually installing, but after the install step the script fails to install. I've added a u-boot environment boot option to lower the clock to 10,000,000 as instructed on the bug report here: https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1743 After booting with this option, without going into suspend, and after killing qpe: DASH_BINSH=false SD_PART1_FS=vfat ./install.sh all The script terminates after the partition stage. I'm using a SanDisk 8GB uSDHC card. I'm using the latest GTA02v5_and_up NAND u-boot. I think I remember seeing some more instructions, but I can't seem to find them anywhere. Anyone have an idea of how to proceed from here? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community Have you tried on the 512MB that the majority of FreeRunner's ship with? /div ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Re: Re: [Debian] installer script
I did partition the card myself after I ran the installer and it failed, then I tried to do everything step by step (skipping the partition step). This proceeded to the part where it actually downloads debian packages and attempts to install them, and about 15 minutes through that it failed. I'll run the script again and post a log later today. Thanks for the help. Andrew Bennett wrote: Try removing both partitions from your SD card (fdisk then 'd' both partitions) and then running the installer again. When I ran the installer script for the first time (this was a while ago: a day or two after the installer script was published), with an SD card that was already partitioned with Debian (pre-install script version) on it, the partition step failed. I manually set up the partitions and ran the rest of the install steps individually. For later install attempts, I always deleted all the partitions from the SD card before running the installer. You could also try looking closer at the output of the script, to see what errors occurred. (I ran the installer from an ssh session, so I could use my terminal window's scrollback buffer, copy and paste, etc.) Also, you could try partitioning the card yourself (find the instructions in the wiki) and then continue on from there. --- Andrew Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Matthew Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I have not tried the 512mb card (it's at home and I'm at college). I'm not sure how to do what you're talking about arne, but you're suggesting that I can install a base system and put Debian on that? Can you point me in the correct direction? Also, my 8gb uSDHC card works: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0 Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 8168 MB, 8168931328 bytes 4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 249296 cylinders Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/mmcblk0p1 1 2457832 4 FAT16 32M /dev/mmcblk0p2 246 249296 7969632 83 Linux Shawn prjktdtnt Thompson wrote: div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixedMatthew Lane wrote: Hey all, I'm trying to install Debian on the freerunner using the install.sh script. I keep getting stuck at Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. and then my script exits. I've tried individually installing, but after the install step the script fails to install. I've added a u-boot environment boot option to lower the clock to 10,000,000 as instructed on the bug report here: https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1743 After booting with this option, without going into suspend, and after killing qpe: DASH_BINSH=false SD_PART1_FS=vfat ./install.sh all The script terminates after the partition stage. I'm using a SanDisk 8GB uSDHC card. I'm using the latest GTA02v5_and_up NAND u-boot. I think I remember seeing some more instructions, but I can't seem to find them anywhere. Anyone have an idea of how to proceed from here? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org mailto:community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community Have you tried on the 512MB that the majority of FreeRunner's ship with? /div ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org mailto:community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Re: [Debian] installer script
arne anka wrote: div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixed No, I have not tried the 512mb card (it's at home and I'm at college). I'm not sure how to do what you're talking about arne, but you're suggesting that I can install a base system and put Debian on that? Can you point me in the correct direction? He was saying if you had your 512 to install debian on the 512 and the copy the data from that to your 8gb card exactly. the included 512mb card works -- if the installer still chokes there's something else wrong. after several failures with a 4g card i installed to the 512mb with the installer (it might be a good idea to take one step at time -- i nearly run out of space and had to clean /var/cache/apt/archives/ between two steps). then i mounted the 512mb in my pc, checked the partition values (size, type), copied the content of the first one (kernel and a text file whose purpose i do not yet grasp) and created from the second one a tar-ball (some weeks ago there was a discussion how to migrate data that way, the archive should show the different approaches -- tar, cp, rsync -- and their parameters). next step was to partition the bigger card: 8mb fat for the kernel, the rest ext2 for the system itself. copied the kernel+text file to the 8mb fat. unpacked the tar ball into the second. insert the card, start via aux+pwr and chose the second option (fat+ext2) ... and off you go. i tried it first w/ a 4g card but w/o luck (did not boot) and then w/ 1g which works. as far as i understand there's a sandisk 8g sdhc ultra II that works out of the box, ie no extra boot params, and survives suspend/resume. i am about to order one and see, if it is true. /div Awesome, what's the model # on that sandisk 8G? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Re: [Debian] installer script
Awesome, what's the model # on that sandisk 8G? see here for the amazon url (sandisk 8gb ultra II seems to do, especially ultra II) http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-td1088359 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Re: [Debian] installer script
No, I have not tried the 512mb card (it's at home and I'm at college). I'm not sure how to do what you're talking about arne, but you're suggesting that I can install a base system and put Debian on that? Can you point me in the correct direction? Also, my 8gb uSDHC card works: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0 Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 8168 MB, 8168931328 bytes 4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 249296 cylinders Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/mmcblk0p1 1 2457832 4 FAT16 32M /dev/mmcblk0p2 246 249296 7969632 83 Linux Shawn prjktdtnt Thompson wrote: div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixedMatthew Lane wrote: Hey all, I'm trying to install Debian on the freerunner using the install.sh script. I keep getting stuck at Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. and then my script exits. I've tried individually installing, but after the install step the script fails to install. I've added a u-boot environment boot option to lower the clock to 10,000,000 as instructed on the bug report here: https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1743 After booting with this option, without going into suspend, and after killing qpe: DASH_BINSH=false SD_PART1_FS=vfat ./install.sh all The script terminates after the partition stage. I'm using a SanDisk 8GB uSDHC card. I'm using the latest GTA02v5_and_up NAND u-boot. I think I remember seeing some more instructions, but I can't seem to find them anywhere. Anyone have an idea of how to proceed from here? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community Have you tried on the 512MB that the majority of FreeRunner's ship with? /div ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
