Re: Bug#399687: installation report: low memory install: grub missing
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:51:00 +0100 Holger Wansing wrote: I found the problem: the sources list file is correctly created (without # of course). Then the dialog comes to network mirror and security updates, while the mirror could not be found as I have no network card on this laptop. Because of this a message came up saying that the entries for security updates are added to sources list but commented out. So far so good. But the main entry pointing onto the cd is commented out, too!!! I deleted the # by hand and installation completed successfully. Is there some progress on this? -- Kind regards Holger == Created with Sylpheed 2.2.2 under Debian GNU/LINUX 3.1 »Sarge« http://counter.li.org/, Registered LinuxUser #311290 Spamfiltering by bogofilter.sourceforge.net = -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#399687: installation report: low memory install: grub missing
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:02:15 +0100 Frans Pop wrote: Hi Holger, On Tuesday 21 November 2006 12:05, Holger Wansing wrote: First: is there a problem with building d-i daily builds? And also the file lsb-release says: DISTRIB_RELEASE=3.1 (installer build 20061102) Not so much a problem as an omission to switch back to sid_d-i for daily images after RC1. Should not make a real difference though as there were no real changes yet since RC1. Fixed now; thanks for spotting this. Hmm, is this completely fixed? I downloaded an image from 20061123 today, and on the boot prompt I read this date, but when the cd is scanned during the installation process, d-i says that a valid etch snapshot from 20061124 was found. ??? ^ Holger -- == Created with Sylpheed 2.2.2 under Debian GNU/LINUX 3.1 »Sarge« http://counter.li.org/, Registered LinuxUser #311290 Spamfiltering by bogofilter.sourceforge.net = -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#399687: installation report: low memory install: grub missing
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:47:31 +0100 Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 23 November 2006 00:45, Holger Wansing wrote: So everything is commented out! And that is the cause of the problem. I suspect that the cause is just a minor error recognizing the CD, which happens quite often with older machines. Trying a reinstallation may fix it, especially as there were no problems using the CD during base installation. I found the problem: the sources list file is correctly created (without # of course). Then the dialog comes to network mirror and security updates, while the mirror could not be found as I have no network card on this laptop. Because of this a message came up saying that the entries for security updates are added to sources list but commented out. So far so good. But the main entry pointing onto the cd is commented out, too!!! I deleted the # by hand and installation completed successfully. Holger -- == Created with Sylpheed 2.2.2 under Debian GNU/LINUX 3.1 »Sarge« http://counter.li.org/, Registered LinuxUser #311290 Spamfiltering by bogofilter.sourceforge.net = -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#399687: installation report: low memory install: grub missing
On Thursday 23 November 2006 00:45, Holger Wansing wrote: So everything is commented out! And that is the cause of the problem. I suspect that the cause is just a minor error recognizing the CD, which happens quite often with older machines. Trying a reinstallation may fix it, especially as there were no problems using the CD during base installation. If you can reproduce the error, try adding a 'set -x' line in /usr/lib/apt-setop/generators/50cdrom before running apt-setup. Or maybe try 'chroot /target' and running 'apt-cdrom add' manually. Maybe this is related to the wrong date of the cd, too? Looking for a cd ... (20061121)..., but find ... (20061102)... ? No, I doubt that as the initial line was created for the same CD. pgpmbUCpbymZ4.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#399687: installation report: low memory install: grub missing
Hi Holger, On Tuesday 21 November 2006 12:05, Holger Wansing wrote: First: is there a problem with building d-i daily builds? And also the file lsb-release says: DISTRIB_RELEASE=3.1 (installer build 20061102) Not so much a problem as an omission to switch back to sid_d-i for daily images after RC1. Should not make a real difference though as there were no real changes yet since RC1. Fixed now; thanks for spotting this. Comments/Problems: Huh, I got a new test machine :-) 233MHz Laptop with 32 MB RAM and 4 GB disc. You've got a funny sense of new ;-) 2.Question whether clock is set to utc or not was not asked in default install. Is that correct? Yes. Whether the question is asked or not and what the default is depends on the architecture and what other operating systems are found during installation. Install at priority=medium if you really want to see the question. 3.I installed from a netinst cd and only wanted to install a minimal system, so without any other package source. But it seems there is no grub or lilo existing on the netinst cds. From syslog: Package grub has no installation candidate Package grub is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source Calling 'apt-install grub' failed Therefore it is not possible to get a working system without additional package source. ??? If this is no error, there should be some documentation changed about this. This is strange. Both grub and lilo _are_ included on netinst CDs for both i386 and amd64 (just checked this for current daily built netinst). Looks to me like apt-setup failed to add the CD as a source (and currently it should be added). Can't verify that from the syslog though. Can you check that lilo and grub are on the image you used? (find /cdrom/pool/ -name lilo_* -o -name grub_*) What was the /etc/apt/sources.list immediately after the installation? (Or /target/etc/apt/sources.list after apt-setup is run if you want to check during the installation.) You have some strange timestamp errors in your syslog. Was the hardware clock not set correctly? Cheers, FJP pgpJxIKScfYxG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#399687: installation report: low memory install: grub missing
Hello, On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:02:15 +0100 Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Holger, On Tuesday 21 November 2006 12:05, Holger Wansing wrote: First: is there a problem with building d-i daily builds? And also the file lsb-release says: DISTRIB_RELEASE=3.1 (installer build 20061102) Not so much a problem as an omission to switch back to sid_d-i for daily images after RC1. Should not make a real difference though as there were no real changes yet since RC1. Fixed now; thanks for spotting this. [...] 3. I installed from a netinst cd and only wanted to install a minimal system, so without any other package source. But it seems there is no grub or lilo existing on the netinst cds. From syslog: Package grub has no installation candidate Package grub is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source Calling 'apt-install grub' failed Therefore it is not possible to get a working system without additional package source. ??? If this is no error, there should be some documentation changed about this. This is strange. Both grub and lilo _are_ included on netinst CDs for both i386 and amd64 (just checked this for current daily built netinst). Looks to me like apt-setup failed to add the CD as a source (and currently it should be added). Can't verify that from the syslog though. Can you check that lilo and grub are on the image you used? (find /cdrom/pool/ -name lilo_* -o -name grub_*) Regarding to grub and lilo I have: /cdrom/pool/main/l/lilo/lilo_22.6.1-7.1_i386.deb /cdrom/pool/main/l/lilo-installer/lilo-installer_1.18_i386.udeb /cdrom/pool/main/g/grub/grub_0.97-19_i386.deb /cdrom/pool/main/g/grub-installer/grub-installer_1.19_i386.udeb What was the /etc/apt/sources.list immediately after the installation? (Or /target/etc/apt/sources.list after apt-setup is run if you want to check during the installation.) # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Beta i386 Binary-1 (20061121)]/ etch main # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: #deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: #deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main So everything is commented out! Maybe this is related to the wrong date of the cd, too? Looking for a cd ... (20061121)..., but find ... (20061102)... ? You have some strange timestamp errors in your syslog. Was the hardware clock not set correctly? Yes, indeed, hardware clock was wrong. Greetings Holger -- Created with Sylpheed 2.0.4 under Debian GNU/LINUX 3.1 Sarge Registered LinuxUser #311290 Spam filtering by bogofilter.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
