Re: howto netboot powerpc
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joey Hess wrote: | Are there any docs on how to netboot a powerpc (from an i386 server if | it matters) to d-i? The install manual just waves its hands and says to | set up yaboot with a file that I cannot find anywhere. | You might find something on that in debian-powerpc; I haven't done but I saw reference to it some time ago. BTW, thanks for the great Subversion article on O'Reilly and dh_make. Best regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB5wsb7bZ6kUftWZwRAoMxAJ0TamamIRmspbaD91y55NiGgVo6fQCfTPQX vjup5FkvKIWVUsoFKIKCc6I= =Z898 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Anonymous access to d-i on subversion
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Project Admins, ~I am attempting to perform an anonymous checkout of the svn repository for the Debian Installer project. When I issue the command given on the project site, I am told that there is no repository: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/svn$ svn co svn://svn.debian.org/d-i/trunk debian-installer svn: No repository found in 'svn://svn.debian.org/d-i/trunk' I also tried svn+ssh with anonymous as a user and anonymous, password and a blank entry for password: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/svn$ svn co svn+ssh://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/svn/d-i/trunk debian-installer [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: Permission denied, please try again. According to the directions[0] on the project website, I take it that I have to request for anonymous access: excerpt In order to access the repository (also for writing) you'll have to request to be added to the d-i. For this send a mail with an explanation to the project admins. /excerpt Is that true? If so I would like to request access. I haven't been able to find a project admins list, so I am sending it to the list. I search the archives for svn repository[1][2], but I didn't come up with anything that resolved the issue. [0] - http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/svn [1] - http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/03/msg05136.html [2] - http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/08/msg8.html Thanks, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBeUFi7bZ6kUftWZwRAppXAJ44svwEFOi2z5AVNNfEcSL6uOmDKgCbBPFj fxmEupZ8SCgOOzM2wsfUzb0= =treY -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anonymous access to d-i on subversion
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Frans Pop wrote: | On Friday 22 October 2004 19:20, Barry Hawkins wrote: | |[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/svn$ svn co svn://svn.debian.org/d-i/trunk |debian-installer svn: No repository found in |'svn://svn.debian.org/d-i/trunk' | | | This is because SVN for d-i is broken at the moment. Anonymous checkouts | should normally be possible. | | Try again later. Just tried it again, it's working now. Thanks, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBeVKV7bZ6kUftWZwRAu+8AKCrjjYlx5B6G5KIvvVMyPli8Uc31gCgovEQ xQnuLUOj/AmTKBsTNeeJJYQ= =UXFs -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#275603: TiBook G4 500MHz install-powerpc success
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Oct 10, 2004, at 3:25 PM, Joey Hess wrote: Barry Hawkins wrote: This is the same machine and install image used on the following installation reports: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=275421 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=275427 The primary differences in the install were that install-powerpc was chosen on this install instead of expert-powerpc and debian.mirrors.pair.com was chosen on this install instead of ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu. You had no problem with this install, and problems that could be due to outdated or corrupt packages during the other two. It sounds to me like a mirror problem, perhaps something prevents you from downloading from ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu, or its powerpc archive is out of date. Actually, across both ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu and debian.mirrors.pair.com, the results were the same. Both error upon attempting to install initrd-tools package when sid is selected with the expert-powerpc, and both succeed when install-powerpc is selected (no option for selecting sarge or sid is presented in this option). I have repeated the tests with today's image (20041011) for the business card iso, and the results are the same. Thanks Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFBazyT7bZ6kUftWZwRAl7jAJ0e+N45VIM4MKno8x8/XsKexqnCCACcC0J0 pm0ZGiLXaDNWUwHAVOqgQ8s= =yKVI -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#275421: Install fails after kernel selection; initrd-tools dependency not met
Reinstall attempted and failed. Performed install using 'expert-powerpc' option as before but chose debian.mirrors.pair.com instead of ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu. All error messages were identical. This is peculiar since the same unit with the same snapshot installed fine using 'install-powerpc' and debian.mirrors.pair.com, as can be seen in the following installation report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=275603 The only other difference was one minor change to prior partition table info: Root Size/partition table: IDE1 master (hda) - 20.0 GB TOSHIBA MK2016GAP #1 32.3kB Apple #2 27.6kB Macintosh #3 37.9kB Macintosh #4 27.6kB Macintosh #5 37.9kB Macintosh #6 102.4kB Macintosh #7 262.1kB Macintosh #8 262.1kB Patch Partit #9 819.2kB boot bootstrap #10 1.0GB swap swap swap #11 9.0GB ext3 root / 737.6MB FREE SPACE #12 6.0GB hfs+ OS X #13 3.2GB hfs+ OS 9 11.3kB FREE SPACE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#275421: Install fails after kernel selection; initrd-tools dependency not met
Debian-installer-version: Daily business card snapshot from 10/06/2004 from http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/powerpc/20041006/ uname -a: Linux finn 2.6.8-powerpc #1 Tue Sep 14 00:15:52 CEST 2004 ppc unknown Date: 10/07/2004 20:45 Method: Boot from CD by holding down C key after chime; installed as expert-powerpc Machine: Apple Titanium PowerBook G4 500MHz Processor: PowerPC G4 500MHz Memory: 1.5GB Root Device: IDE1 master (hda) - 20.0 GB TOSHIBA MK2016GAP Root Size/partition table: IDE1 master (hda) - 20.0 GB TOSHIBA MK2016GAP #1 32.3kB Apple #2 27.6kB Macintosh #3 37.9kB Macintosh #4 27.6kB Macintosh #5 37.9kB Macintosh #6 102.4kB Macintosh #7 262.1kB Macintosh #8 262.1kB Patch Partit #9 819.2kB boot bootstrap #10 1.0GB swap swap swap #11 9.7GB ext3 root / #12 6.0GB hfs+ untitled 2 #13 3.2GB hfs+ untitled 3 11.3kB FREE SPACE Output of lspci and lspci -n: N/A Above are corrections to the original submission. My apologies for the careless errors. Sincerely, Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#275427: Install halts with debootstrap exit error
Machine: Apple Titanium PowerBook G4 500MHz Processor: PowerPC G4 500MHz Memory: 512MB Sorry for the error. -- Barry Hawkins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#275421: Install fails after kernel selection; initrd-tools dependency not met
Memory: 512MB Last one, I promise. -- Barry Hawkins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#275421: Install fails after kernel selection; initrd-tools dependency not met
Last bit of missing info: Output of lspci and lspci -n: :00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth AGP :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) 0001:01:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth PCI 0001:01:17.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo Mac I/O (rev 03) 0001:01:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB 0001:01:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB 0001:01:1a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1211 0002:06:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth Interal PCI 0002:06:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth FireWire (rev 01) 0002:06:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev 01) :00:0b.0 0600: 106b:0020 :00:10.0 0300: 1002:4c46 (rev 02) 0001:01:0b.0 0600: 106b:001f 0001:01:17.0 ff00: 106b:0022 (rev 03) 0001:01:18.0 0c03: 106b:0019 0001:01:19.0 0c03: 106b:0019 0001:01:1a.0 0607: 104c:ac1e 0002:06:0b.0 0600: 106b:001e 0002:06:0e.0 0c00: 106b:0018 (rev 01) 0002:06:0f.0 0200: 106b:0021 (rev 01) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#275603: TiBook G4 500MHz install-powerpc success
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: Daily business card snapshot from 10/06/2004 from http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/powerpc/20041006/ uname -a: Linux finn 2.6.8-powerpc #1 Tue Sep 14 00:15:52 CEST 2004 ppc GNU/Linux Date: 10/08/2004 23:45 Method: Boot from CD by holding down C key after chime; installed as install-powerpc Machine: Apple Titanium PowerBook G4 500MHz Processor: PowerPC G4 500MHz Memory: 512MB Root Device: IDE1 master (hda) - 20.0 GB TOSHIBA MK2016GAP Root Size/partition table: IDE1 master (hda) - 20.0 GB TOSHIBA MK2016GAP #1 32.3kB Apple #2 27.6kB Macintosh #3 37.9kB Macintosh #4 27.6kB Macintosh #5 37.9kB Macintosh #6 102.4kB Macintosh #7 262.1kB Macintosh #8 262.1kB Patch Partit #9 819.2kB boot bootstrap #10 1.0GB swap swap swap #11 9.7GB ext3 root / #12 6.0GB hfs+ OS X #13 3.2GB hfs+ OS 9 11.3kB FREE SPACE Output of lspci and lspci -n: :00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth AGP :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) 0001:01:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth PCI 0001:01:17.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo Mac I/O (rev 03) 0001:01:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB 0001:01:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB 0001:01:1a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1211 0002:06:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth Interal PCI 0002:06:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth FireWire (rev 01) 0002:06:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev 01) :00:0b.0 0600: 106b:0020 :00:10.0 0300: 1002:4c46 (rev 02) 0001:01:0b.0 0600: 106b:001f 0001:01:17.0 ff00: 106b:0022 (rev 03) 0001:01:18.0 0c03: 106b:0019 0001:01:19.0 0c03: 106b:0019 0001:01:1a.0 0607: 104c:ac1e 0002:06:0b.0 0600: 106b:001e 0002:06:0e.0 0c00: 106b:0018 (rev 01) 0002:06:0f.0 0200: 106b:0021 (rev 01) Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems:[O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system:[O] Install boot loader:[O] Reboot: [O] Comments/Problems: This is the same machine and install image used on the following installation reports: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=275421 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=275427 The primary differences in the install were that install-powerpc was chosen on this install instead of expert-powerpc and debian.mirrors.pair.com was chosen on this install instead of ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#275427: Install halts with debootstrap exit error
Last bit of missing info: Output of lspci and lspci -n: :00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth AGP :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) 0001:01:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth PCI 0001:01:17.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo Mac I/O (rev 03) 0001:01:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB 0001:01:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB 0001:01:1a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1211 0002:06:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth Interal PCI 0002:06:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth FireWire (rev 01) 0002:06:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev 01) :00:0b.0 0600: 106b:0020 :00:10.0 0300: 1002:4c46 (rev 02) 0001:01:0b.0 0600: 106b:001f 0001:01:17.0 ff00: 106b:0022 (rev 03) 0001:01:18.0 0c03: 106b:0019 0001:01:19.0 0c03: 106b:0019 0001:01:1a.0 0607: 104c:ac1e 0002:06:0b.0 0600: 106b:001e 0002:06:0e.0 0c00: 106b:0018 (rev 01) 0002:06:0f.0 0200: 106b:0021 (rev 01) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#275421: Install fails after kernel selection; initrd-tools dependency not met
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: Daily snapshot from 10/06/2004 from http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/powerpc/20041006/ uname -a: The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt Date: 10/07/2004 19:15 Method: Boot from CD by holding down C key after chime Machine: Apple Aluminum 15 PowerBook G4 1.25GHz Processor: PowerPC G4 1.25GHz Memory: 1.5GB Root Device: IDE? SCSI? Name of device? Root Size/partition table: Feel free to paste the full partition table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where. Output of lspci and lspci -n: Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems:[O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system:[E] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] Comments/Problems: Installation proceeded without issue, using ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu mirror for unstable install. At around 76% completion of base system installation, screen for choosing kernel was presented. The 2.6.8-powerpc kernel image was selected, and an error immediately followed. Check the third virtual console showed: messages_excerpt Setting up base-config (2.47) ... umount: /target/dev/pts: Invalid argument umount: /target/dev/shm: Invalid argument umount: /target/proc/bus/usb: Invalid argument Get:1 ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu sid/main Packages [3188kB] Get:2 ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu sid/main Release [85B] Fetched 3189kB in 37s (84.9kB/s) Reading Package Lists... Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: initrd-tools: Depends cramfsprogs (= 1.1-4) but it is not going to be installed Depends dash but it is not going to be installed libreadline4: Depends: libreadline-common but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). /messages_excerpt Fourth virtual console shows: syslog_excerpt Oct 8 01:25:40 base-installer: info: Found kernels 'kernel-powerpc-smp,...kernel-image-2.4.27-powerpc-chrp' Oct 8 01:25:43 base-installer: info: Using kernel 'kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc' Oct 8 01:25:43 base-installer: info: Setting do_initrd='yes'. Oct 8 01:25:43 base-installer: info: Setting link_in_boot='yes'. Oct 8 01:25:43 base-installer: info: Installing initrd-tools. Oct 8 01:25:44 base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/kernel/failed-initrd-tools-install Oct 8 01:38:33 base-installer: init: ^MStarting pid 424, console/vc/2: '/bin/sh' /syslog_excerpt Second virtual console started as shown in syslog excerpt above. Attempts to run 'apt-get -f install' in the shell on the second virtual console failed as follows: ~ # apt-get -f install /bin/sh: apt-get: not found -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFBZdZv7bZ6kUftWZwRAjx2AJ4lt0bA93fR4+iZ3IOvk1R9TiNXcgCdFOKB zI/+OFQ6LbJ7/O//dGcylVA= =C/qE -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#275427: Install halts with debootstrap exit error
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: Daily business card snapshot from 10/06/2004 from http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/powerpc/20041006/ uname -a: Linux finn 2.6.8-powerpc #1 Tue Sep 14 00:15:52 CEST 2004 ppc unknown Date: 10/07/2004 20:45 Method: Boot from CD by holding down C key after chime; installed as expert-powerpc Machine: Apple Titanium PowerBook G4 500MHz Processor: PowerPC G4 500MHz Memory: 1.5GB Root Device: IDE1 master (hda) - 20.0 GB TOSHIBA MK2016GAP Root Size/partition table: IDE1 master (hda) - 20.0 GB TOSHIBA MK2016GAP #1 32.3kB Apple #2 27.6kB Macintosh #3 37.9kB Macintosh #4 27.6kB Macintosh #5 37.9kB Macintosh #6 102.4kB Macintosh #7 262.1kB Macintosh #8 262.1kB Patch Partit #9 819.2kB boot bootstrap #10 1.0GB swap swap swap #11 9.7GB ext3 root / #12 6.0GB hfs+ untitled 2 #13 3.2GB hfs+ untitled 3 11.3kB FREE SPACE Output of lspci and lspci -n: N/A Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems:[O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system:[E] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] Comments/Problems: Installation proceeded without issue, using ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu mirror for unstable install. At around 12% completion of base system installation, an error message was issued: [!!] Install the base system Base system installation error The debootstrap program exited with an error (return value 1). Check /var/log/messages or see virtual console 3 for the details. A check of the third virtual console showed: messages_excerpt No matching physical volumes found No volume groups found Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... /messages_excerpt Fourth virtual console shows: syslog_excerpt Oct 8 02:42:58 base-installer: info: Execution hook before debootstrap Oct 8 02:42:58 base-installer: info: Running /usr/lib/base-installer.d/40netcfg Oct 8 03:11:00 kernel: eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002) Oct 8 03:15:24 kernel: eth1: New link status: Connected (0001) /syslog_excerpt This could very well be a network issue with the wireless LAN being used for the install, but there is an Aluminum PowerBook G4 next to that is not having any connectivity issues, and the unit has not had issues when booted into OS X. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New Debian Boot logo proposals
Number two, for the same reasons previously stated. On Mar 5, 2004, at 11:42 AM, Alessandro Polverini wrote: Hello, we have prepared three new proposals of the new boot logo for the Sarge installer. You can find screenshots, previews and RLE encoded pictures at: http://nibbles.it/debian/ Feedback is welcome, Alessandro Polverini, Andrea Mottola and Laura Giovannetti nibbles.it -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug#235044: No installable kernel found w/20040226 sarge bus. card daily
On Mar 3, 2004, at 2:41 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 04:01:09PM -0500, Barry Hawkins wrote: On Feb 27, 2004, at 12:14 AM, Barry Hawkins wrote: Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/ powerpc/20040226/sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso uname -a: N/A, install fails Date: 02/26/2004, 23:30 EST Method: Booted to CD-ROM by holding down C after chime, using debian.mirrors.pair.com [...] Comments/Problems: Toward the end of the install, past 70%, the following message appears: No installable kernel found No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources. The current default kernel package is 'kernel-image'. You may try to continue though this strange error is probably fatal. The debug console shows the following: Setting up tasksel (1.44) ... chroot: cannot execute apt-get: No such file or directory Is there some reason that this and other powerpc installation reports are not being followed up on? Because the ones who care about powerpc are busy right now ? I think it is exam time for some of them, or they are busy with other stuff. I myself don't have a pmac, so there is not much i can do, and i think gaudenz has gone to work on discovery mostly. Don't know about the others. Maybe this is the right time for you (or others) to step in and have a go at fixing this problem, if we want to have good powerpc support by march 15. Anyway, i have no idea about the keyboard problem you reported, but this kernel issue, it should not be problematic. Does choosing unstable instead of testing make a change here ? Friendly, Sven Luther [...] Sven, Thanks for the info; I didn't realize there were so few powerpc folks! Well, I guess there's no time like the present to learn C. I have seen posts that Alioth has moved to using Subversion; any pointers on what I need to get started? I will begin with getting Subversion 1.0 set up on my Mac. Here goes, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug#235044: No installable kernel found w/20040226 sarge bus. card daily
On Mar 3, 2004, at 10:11 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:00:57AM -0500, Barry Hawkins wrote: On Mar 3, 2004, at 2:41 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 04:01:09PM -0500, Barry Hawkins wrote: On Feb 27, 2004, at 12:14 AM, Barry Hawkins wrote: Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/ powerpc/20040226/sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso uname -a: N/A, install fails Date: 02/26/2004, 23:30 EST Method: Booted to CD-ROM by holding down C after chime, using debian.mirrors.pair.com [...] Comments/Problems: Toward the end of the install, past 70%, the following message appears: No installable kernel found No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources. The current default kernel package is 'kernel-image'. You may try to continue though this strange error is probably fatal. The debug console shows the following: Setting up tasksel (1.44) ... chroot: cannot execute apt-get: No such file or directory Is there some reason that this and other powerpc installation reports are not being followed up on? Because the ones who care about powerpc are busy right now ? I think it is exam time for some of them, or they are busy with other stuff. I myself don't have a pmac, so there is not much i can do, and i think gaudenz has gone to work on discovery mostly. Don't know about the others. Maybe this is the right time for you (or others) to step in and have a go at fixing this problem, if we want to have good powerpc support by march 15. Anyway, i have no idea about the keyboard problem you reported, but this kernel issue, it should not be problematic. Does choosing unstable instead of testing make a change here ? Friendly, Sven Luther [...] Sven, Thanks for the info; I didn't realize there were so few powerpc folks! Well, I guess there's no time like the present to learn C. I have seen posts that Alioth has moved to using Subversion; any pointers on what I need to get started? I will begin with getting Subversion 1.0 set up on my Mac. Well, debian-installer is mostly very basic shell scripts and common sense stuff, no need to learn C for it. Also, for subversion, the active repository is still in CVS, altough that may change in the future. In order to fix this problem, you could start by : 1) trying out the unstable install instead of the sarge one, and see if the problem is still there. 2) look at the exact error on console 3, if there is one, and on the messages on console 4. 3) go to console 2 and run archdetect on it, then test the base-installer postinst to see which kernel should have been installed. 4) once you know that, make sure this kernel exists. Also, check with apt-cache search kernel-image which kernels are available from your mirror. Friendly, Sven Luther Sven, Alright, I will get busy on these items tonight. One question: What is the authoritative URL for the powerpc unstable install? Thanks, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#234681: Cannot select keyboard type and layout with powerpc bus. card iso
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: March 03, 2004 - http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/powerpc/current/sarge- powerpc-businesscard.iso uname -a: N/A, install could not complete Date: 03/03/2004, 17:0 EST Method: Boot from CD holding down C key after chime, business card install of unstable using debian.mirrors.pair.com Machine: Apple Titanium PowerBook G4 500MHz Processor: G4 500 MHz Memory: 512MB RAM Root Device: IDE Root Size/partition table: N/A, install could not complete; could not reach the Detect Hardware menu option Output of lspci: N/A, install could not complete Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [ ] Config network: [ ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems:[ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: Upon choosing the keyboard layout menu option, the installer responds by looping back to the same screen. The keyboard type and layout cannot be chosen, and installation cannot progress beyond loading the installer modules. On console 3 (fn + alt + 3), there is no error message On console 4 (fn + alt + 4), many lines of messages exist, transcribed manually here: Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.debug main-menu[206]: DEBUG: configure libdebian-installer4, status: 0 Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.debug main-menu[206]: DEBUG: virtual package libdebian-installer4 Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.info main-menu[206]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for libdebian-installer4-udeb Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.info main-menu[206]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for libdebian-installer4-udeb Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.warn main-menu[206]: WARNING: **: Unable to set title for libdebian-installer4-udeb. Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.debug main-menu[206]: DEBUG: configure console-keymaps, status: 0 Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.debug main-menu[206]: DEBUG: virtual package console-keymaps Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.info main-menu[206]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for console-keymaps-usb Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.info main-menu[206]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for console-keymaps-amiga Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.info main-menu[206]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for console-keymaps-at Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.info main-menu[206]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for console-keymaps-usb Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.debug main-menu[206]: DEBUG: configure console-keymaps-usb, status: 2 Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.warn main-menu[206]: WARNING: **: Unable to set title for console-keymaps-usb. Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.info main-menu[206]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for console-keymaps-amiga Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.debug main-menu[206]: DEBUG: configure console-keymaps-amiga, status: 2 Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.warn main-menu[206]: WARNING: **: Unable to set title for console-keymaps-amiga. Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.info main-menu[206]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for console-keymaps-at Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.debug main-menu[206]: DEBUG: configure console-keymaps-at, status: 2 Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.warn main-menu[206]: WARNING: **: Unable to set title for console-keymaps-at. Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.debug main-menu[206]: DEBUG: configure archdetect, status: 2 Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.warn main-menu[206]: WARNING: **: Unable to set title for archdetect. Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.info kbd-chooser[332]: INFO: Setting debian-installer/serial-console to false Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.info kbd-chooser[332]: INFO: Setting debian-installer/serial-console to false Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.info main-menu[206]: (process:330): Segmentation fault Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.warn main-menu[206]: WARNING: **: Configuring 'kdb-chooser' failed with error code 139 Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.warn main-menu[206]: WARNING: **: Menu item 'kdb-chooser' failed. Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.debug main-menu[206]: DEBUG: install cdebconf-udeb, dependency from languagechooser Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.debug main-menu[206]: DEBUG: install iso-3166-udeb, dependency from countrychooser Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.warn main-menu[206]: WARNING: **: package libc6 doesn't exist Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.debug main-menu[206]: DEBUG: install libdebconfclient0-udeb, dependency from libdebconfclient0 Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.debug main-menu[206]: DEBUG: search for package resolving libdebconfclient0, dependency from kbd-chooser Mar 3 22:38:11 (none) user.debug main-menu[206]: DEBUG: install libdebian-installer4-udeb, dependency from libdebian-installer4 Mar 3
Bug#234681: Cannot select keyboard type and layout with powerpc bus. card iso
On Feb 27, 2004, at 12:21 AM, Barry Hawkins wrote: On Feb 25, 2004, at 12:23 AM, Barry Hawkins wrote: Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: February 24, 2004 - http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/powerpc/20040223/sarge- powerpc-businesscard.iso uname -a: N/A, install could not complete Date: 02/24/2004, 20:30 EST Method: Boot from CD holding down C key after chime, business card install of unstable using debian.mirrors.pair.com [...] The exact same behavior was experienced with the 20040226 sarge business card iso. Using the exact same CD in a newer 15 Aluminum PowerBook G4 allowed keyboard type and layout selection. Is this a known problem already, or is there some other reason this bug report has remained untouched? My guess is that some change has affected the installer's ability to properly detect and handle ADB keyboards, since I think that is what the older PowerBooks had. Thanks, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#235044: No installable kernel found w/20040226 sarge bus. card daily
On Feb 27, 2004, at 12:14 AM, Barry Hawkins wrote: Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/ powerpc/20040226/sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso uname -a: N/A, install fails Date: 02/26/2004, 23:30 EST Method: Booted to CD-ROM by holding down C after chime, using debian.mirrors.pair.com Machine: 15 Aluminum PowerBook G4 1GHz Processor: G4 1GHz Memory: 768MB RAM Root Device: IDE 60GB drive Root Size/partition table: Root size is 4.4GB, I can't access the partition table right now Output of lspci: sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems:[O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system:[E] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: Toward the end of the install, past 70%, the following message appears: No installable kernel found No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources. The current default kernel package is 'kernel-image'. You may try to continue though this strange error is probably fatal. The debug console shows the following: Setting up tasksel (1.44) ... chroot: cannot execute apt-get: No such file or directory Is there some reason that this and other powerpc installation reports are not being followed up on? Thanks, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Base system installation error
On Mar 1, 2004, at 10:10 AM, Johannes Behr wrote: On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 15:14, Geert Stappers wrote: On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 02:38:44PM +0100, Johannes Behr wrote: Hi, When did you do that? Just today. I used two different german mirrors (ftp.de.debian.org and ftp.tiscalie.de) I did read here there where wrong tarred files and also that it was fixed. Please take another try and let us know what happened. Just tried it again. Same problem. regards, Johannes It may be a matter of waiting for your mirrors to update. See Bug #233294[0] for some information about this. [0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=233294 Regards, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Base system installation error
On Mar 1, 2004, at 2:45 PM, Johannes Behr wrote: On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 16:36, Barry Hawkins wrote: On Mar 1, 2004, at 10:10 AM, Johannes Behr wrote: On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 15:14, Geert Stappers wrote: On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 02:38:44PM +0100, Johannes Behr wrote: Hi, When did you do that? Just today. I used two different german mirrors (ftp.de.debian.org and ftp.tiscalie.de) I did read here there where wrong tarred files and also that it was fixed. Please take another try and let us know what happened. Just tried it again. Same problem. regards, Johannes It may be a matter of waiting for your mirrors to update. See Bug #233294[0] for some information about this. [0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=233294 As far as I understand I have to get a new installer-image. I just fetched the sarge-i386-netinst.iso daily-build image (20040229) but there is no 'net' install anymore. I can not use the default installation (from CD) since the hardware detection hangs on my DELL (bug reported befor) if i try the 'linux' install. Is there a new/current image with net install? What's with the sarge-i386-businesscard.iso? Das the businesscard iso still have a 'net' install? bye Johannes Johannes, Are you getting your ISOs from the recommended location[0]? I just browsed there for i386 and saw sarge-i386-netinst.iso images. [0] http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/ Regards, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#235044: No installable kernel found w/20040226 sarge bus. card daily
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/ powerpc/20040226/sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso uname -a: N/A, install fails Date: 02/26/2004, 23:30 EST Method: Booted to CD-ROM by holding down C after chime, using debian.mirrors.pair.com Machine: 15 Aluminum PowerBook G4 1GHz Processor: G4 1GHz Memory: 768MB RAM Root Device: IDE 60GB drive Root Size/partition table: Root size is 4.4GB, I can't access the partition table right now Output of lspci: sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems:[O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system:[E] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: Toward the end of the install, past 70%, the following message appears: No installable kernel found No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources. The current default kernel package is 'kernel-image'. You may try to continue though this strange error is probably fatal. The debug console shows the following: Setting up tasksel (1.44) ... chroot: cannot execute apt-get: No such file or directory -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#234681: Cannot select keyboard type and layout with powerpc bus. card iso
On Feb 25, 2004, at 12:23 AM, Barry Hawkins wrote: Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: February 24, 2004 - http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/powerpc/20040223/sarge- powerpc-businesscard.iso uname -a: N/A, install could not complete Date: 02/24/2004, 20:30 EST Method: Boot from CD holding down C key after chime, business card install of unstable using debian.mirrors.pair.com Machine: Apple Titanium PowerBook G4 500MHz Processor: G4 500 MHz Memory: 512MB RAM Root Device: IDE Root Size/partition table: N/A, install could not complete; could not reach the Detect Hardware menu option Output of lspci: N/A, install could not complete Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [E] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems:[ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: The exact same behavior was experienced with the 20040226 sarge business card iso. Using the exact same CD in a newer 15 Aluminum PowerBook G4 allowed keyboard type and layout selection. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#227055: This bug can be closed
I came across this bug report as still open while searching on bugs.debian.org. Both the DHCP problem and the boot from CD problems have been cleared up. Sorry for the delay; I thought it had already been closed by someone. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: boot logo vote
On Feb 24, 2004, at 8:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I vote for the first image on http://sloth.voxel.net/~joshk/d-i-logos/ with the sixth image as runner-up. Me for the 3rd one, I think it shows a debian futuristic, something that seems to be projected to the future. Good idea to express the innovations within the new d-u, isn't? SteX SteX Happy Debian GNU/Linux user since 1998! --- Spazio ILLIMITATO per la tua Email, Scanner Antivirus, Antispam, Backup e POP3. Prova la nuova Email di superEva: http://webmail.supereva.it/ --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would vote as follows: First - the sixth one, attributed to Alessandro Polverini and Andrea Mottola; a good balance between artful and professional Second - the fifth one, also by the above persons; if the background of the sixth (the debian watermark) were used for this one, it would be my favorite The others are also appealing to me personally, but I am trying to look at it from the perspective of appealing to the broadest possible audience. We want the image to convey both the exceptional quality and the artful uniqueness that is the Debian distro. (Can you tell I was a marketing major for a while?) I also believe the chosen image should clearly display that characteristic swirl logo that so many Debian fans identify and that newcomers will come to know as a familiar and fond image representing their favorite Linux distro. Many thanks to those who have crafted the candidate images. Just seeing them on that page is exciting! Regards, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#233294: installation report - tar: Unrecognised file type
On Feb 19, 2004, at 3:46 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 12:39:02AM -0800, Matt Kraai wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 08:04:49AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 10:46:53AM -0800, Matt Kraai wrote: BusyBox tar cannot handle archives built with the latest version of tar. In particular, /usr/lib/debootstrap/devices.tar.gz and the following packages installed by debootstrap: debconf debconf-i18n gcc-3.3-base libnewt0.51 libstdc++5 libgcc1 perl-base tar whiptail apt apt-utils base-config aptitude bsdmainutils console-data zlib1g wget lilo iptables It seems to me that the latest tar fixes this issue : Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 16:03:20 -0700 tar (1.13.92-5) unstable; urgency=low . * patch from Paul Eggert to revert bogus behavior where POSIXLY_CORRECT set in the environment forced 'pax' format archives, closes: #230872 The changelog is misleading. BusyBox tar cannot handle archives produced by tar 1.13.92-5. Ok, good to know this. So, the problem would either be to : a) fill RC bug against all those above mentioned packages so they are rebuilt with this new tar. b) fix busybox tar so they can handle the broken archives. More work, but more foolproof in the future. Unless i miss something, that is. Actually, all (b) requires is enabling CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLDGNU_COMPATABILITY. See bug 233627. So, let's do it. What are we waiting for. Friendly, Sven Luther What is the status on this bug? I tried to install again on 02/22 and still got the failure at perl-base, even using the 02/21 daily. I don't understand how people are still able to test the installer if this is happening. Thanks, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#233294: installation report - tar: Unrecognised file type
On Feb 24, 2004, at 3:53 PM, Glenn McGrath wrote: On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:28:50 -0500 Barry Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the status on this bug? I tried to install again on 02/22 and still got the failure at perl-base, even using the 02/21 daily. I don't understand how people are still able to test the installer if this is happening. I can extract perl-base deb using upstream busybox and busybox-cvs-udeb_20040101-7 As far as i can see this bug is fixed. Glenn Glenn, Thanks for the reply. I will try to install again tonight. When you say using upstream busybox and busybox-cvs-udeb_20040101-7, do I take that to mean that I should be able to successfully install using the daily sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso from 02/21/2004? Regards, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#234681: Cannot select keyboard type and layout with powerpc bus. card iso
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: February 24, 2004 - http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/powerpc/20040223/sarge- powerpc-businesscard.iso uname -a: N/A, install could not complete Date: 02/24/2004, 20:30 EST Method: Boot from CD holding down C key after chime, business card install of unstable using debian.mirrors.pair.com Machine: Apple Titanium PowerBook G4 500MHz Processor: G4 500 MHz Memory: 512MB RAM Root Device: IDE Root Size/partition table: N/A, install could not complete; could not reach the Detect Hardware menu option Output of lspci: N/A, install could not complete Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [E] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems:[ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: Upon choosing the keyboard layout menu option, the installer responds by looping back to the same screen. The keyboard type and layout cannot be chosen, and installation cannot progress beyond loading the installer modules. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Debian using debian-sarge-netinst.iso (powerpc)
On Feb 23, 2004, at 1:45 AM, Derrik Pates wrote: sebyte wrote: I have partitioned my hard drive, (using Apple's Disk Utility), as follows: As was mentioned in another reply, you shouldn't try to do the partitioning through Apple's Disk Utility. IMHO, it's terrible, not to mention it wastes big chunks of space between partitions for no discernable reason at all. Also, I don't believe you'll be able to write to a MacOS/OpenStep UFS filesystem from Linux anyway. I think there's a way you can make a FAT32 filesystem in an Apple partition, and use that, and if possible that's probably your best bet. And since you're installing on a laptop, why are you splitting your main filesystem into partitions? Especially /boot, /tmp, /var, /usr, /home, etc. all on one FS? That's a very poor layout, really. Better to just go with one FS for your root, one for the exchange partition, one for OS X, the 800 KB bootstrap partition, and your swap partition. Also, after you've set up the MacOS X partition, and got it all happy, do the rest of the partition in Linux using mac-fdisk. You'll save a lot of space that way. [...] -- Derrik Pates [EMAIL PROTECTED] Derrik, You mention an exchange partition above. What does that refer to? Is it a partition for the /var mount point? I am unfamiliar with that term. I normally do my PowerBooks like this: 800K bootstrap swap root filesystem for Linux mac os x partition I am always interested in learning more, so I thought I would ask. Thanks, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Debian using debian-sarge-netinst.iso (powerpc)
On Feb 22, 2004, at 5:26 PM, Seb Tennant wrote: [...] Did you burn your .iso image in OS X? If so, how did you do it so that it would boot from your computer? Yes I did burn my .iso image to disk in OS X. I used Roxio's Toast Titanium. I'm not sure why, but Toast often works where Disk Utility fails. I think it has to do with preserving permissions in the .iso image. Huh, that's funny. My experience has been the reverse. I have always had success with Disk Utility and Toast has been problematic. -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: tar and busybox
On Feb 21, 2004, at 4:37 PM, Joey Hess wrote: Sven Luther wrote: In the meantime, d-i is totally unusable, so it is a rather urgent matter. I've done several installs with the Feb 19th netinst CD, and no problems were seen. Is something keeping the CD working despite this breakage? Waldi, when can we expect an updated busybox-cvs? -- see shy jo Guys, I pulled down the 02/21/2004 daily of sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso and received the same failure at perl-base while installing using the unstable/sid option. It seems that if I want to install sid from a businesscard ISO that I need to wait until someone gives us a green light. I don't know enough about the processes of development to be able to infer when it should be ready, so if someone could let us tester only types know when to try again, that would be great. Regards, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I am having problems installing sarge testing from floppies
On Feb 21, 2004, at 6:14 PM, David Williams wrote: I went to http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ and downloaded the boot,root and network drivers floppies. I am using these to install sarge testing ... installed on it and I already have the 6Gb ext2 partition ready to install onto. I get past mounting / on the ext2 partition and the installer downloads and then starts installing the base packages. I then get !! Install the base system Base system installation error The debootstrap program exited with an error (return value 127). You might find more information in /target/var/log/debootstrap.log The only error in the debootstrap.log is at the end:- Setting up libtextwrap1 (0.1-1) ... Setting up tasksel (1.43) ... Errors were encountered while processing: lilo /usr/sbin/debootstrap: 1: sleep: not found I can send the full debootstrap.log if needed. I have seen one reference to this but it suggests using the woody debootstrap. I am not sure how to do this since I am using floppies. I do not want to use CD's since I will be installing regularly and I don't want to keep on burning CD's. [I am trying to keep up with all the major distributions - Redhat,Slackware,Debian, Suse (not yet installed!).] Any idea how I can proceed or when a new installer with the fix will be available? Kind Regards, David. David, I experienced a similar error and was referred to the following bug: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/debian-boot-200401/ msg00811.html Please note that this bug and my installation error were using the PowerPC port of Debian, using the sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso to install the testing distribution. Not sure if that helps you, but perhaps it will. Regards, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#233294: installation report - tar: Unrecognised file type
On Feb 18, 2004, at 3:43 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 10:54:43PM -0800, Matt Kraai wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 05:23:50PM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote: On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:51:59 -0500 George Kumengi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everything works fine until I get a Base system installation error debootstrap program exited with an error (return value 1) Virtual Console 3 says: tar: Unrecognised file type The error means busybox doesnt know if the file being extracted is a regular file or directory or symlink etc, which is very strange, ive not seen the error triggered before (and i wrote the code). I would really like to know what triggered it. Any idea which debian package or tarfile it was trying to extract ? I don't know which package is at fault, but it sounds like fallout from bug 230872. I see this too, furthermore, i seem to be no more given the choice of installing testing or unstable. Anyway, i just wanted to say that it would be very helpfull if the debootstrap failure message would include also a mention to the package which triggered the failure. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] I experienced this same error last night using the sarge businesscard daily from 02/16/2004, and the package was perl-base. The error behaved exactly the same when I tried the mirror at ftp.us.debian.org using ftp and again when I tried the mirror at mirror.kernel.org using http. It may be mirrors.kernel.org, but you know which one I mean. My notes say mirror.kernel.org, but I am not sure they're correct. Regards, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#233294: installation report - tar: Unrecognised file type
On Feb 18, 2004, at 10:37 AM, Eric Bus wrote: I experienced this same error last night using the sarge businesscard daily from 02/16/2004, and the package was perl-base. The error behaved exactly the same when I tried the mirror at ftp.us.debian.org using ftp and again when I tried the mirror at mirror.kernel.org using http. It may be mirrors.kernel.org, but you know which one I mean. My notes say mirror.kernel.org, but I am not sure they're correct. It is indeed related to the perl-base package. I seemed to have two versions of it. The problem occured for the package with the highest version. Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there a way to get around the issue with perl-base? I was trying to get Debian installed on a system that I need running. Thanks, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#225861: no way to back out to main menu
On Jan 1, 2004, at 8:04 PM, Joey Hess wrote: Package: netcfg Severity: normal I'm at high priority, and dhcp fails. The dialog lets me retry dhcp, or go into static config, but does not offer a way to back out to the main menu. It should. Similarly, if I go on to the first page of static config, and use the back button there, it redoes the dhcp step. I think it should instead jump back to the retry question, or the main menu would be reasonable. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux dragon 2.4.23 #1 Wed Dec 17 13:50:20 EST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US -- see shy jo I had to unplug the Ethernet patch cable to force DHCP failure so I could use a manual config. -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#227055: Debian Installer failure on 15 PowerBook G4
Package: installation-reports Version: Debian Installer Sarge Business Card daily build, see below INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: January 09, 2004 daily of sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso at http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/powerpc/daily/ uname -a: Not available; install will not complete Date: January 10, 2004 11:30 Method: Used boot cd:,install\powermac\yaboot at OpenFirmware prompt; cd will not boot Machine: Apple PowerBook G4 15 1GHz (Aluminum) Processor: PowerPC G4 1GHz Memory: 768MB Root Device: IDE Root Size/partition table: Root size is 10GB Output of lspci: Not available; install will not complete Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [E] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems:[O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system:[E] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: Network configuration seemed to use DHCP without issue, but consistently failed to retrieve information from network hosts. Other hosts on the same subnet are obtaining DHCP leases without issue and accessing the Internet without issue. The Ethernet cable was unplugged to force the failure of DHCP and allow manual configuration (why is it no longer an option?). Upon using manual network configuration, downloads completed without issue. The installation is failing in the same place repeatedly. It is during package configuration after base system installation, and the return value is 127. The contents of debootstrap.log contain the following: dpkg error processing at (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of exim4: ... Setting up tasksel (140) ... Errors were encountered while processing: libopencdk8 libgnutls7 exim4-daemon-light mailx at exim4 /usr/sbin/debootstrap: 1: sleep: not found -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reading debootstrap.log on a failed install using ash
List, I have purchased a 1GHz 15 PowerBook G4 that I am trying to run an installation for using the sarge business card install. The date of my iso is November 19th. I haven't seen any news of the old location for those being back up, so I am still trying to use this one. My installation failed to install to /target/ with a return value of 1. I was instructed to look at debootstrap.log and debootstrap.err.log in /target/var/log. I launched the ash shell from the install menu and tried to no avail to get a glimpse of these files. Can someone tell me how to view these log files when you do not have a successful installation of Debian on a system? I tried a number of the available commands from ash, but the commands don't behave the same. For example, more only confirms the existence of a file. Regards, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Reading debootstrap.log on a failed install using ash
On Dec 30, 2003, at 10:25 AM, Joey Hess wrote: Barry Hawkins wrote: List, I have purchased a 1GHz 15 PowerBook G4 that I am trying to run an installation for using the sarge business card install. The date of my iso is November 19th. I haven't seen any news of the old location for those being back up, so I am still trying to use this one. http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/ My installation failed to install to /target/ with a return value of 1. I was instructed to look at debootstrap.log and debootstrap.err.log in /target/var/log. I launched the ash shell from the install menu and tried to no avail to get a glimpse of these files. Can someone tell me how to view these log files when you do not have a successful installation of Debian on a system? I tried a number of the available commands from ash, but the commands don't behave the same. For example, more only confirms the existence of a file. I'd suggest cat, or nano. Myself, I use nano. -- see shy jo Joey, Many thanks! I will down load the new one and give it a go. I almost tried cat - darn! I may try the old CD just to satisfy my curiosity. Because my November iso is currently so old, would it benefit the effort to file an installation report? If not, I will just use the newer iso and get on with it. Regards, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
