Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-08 Thread Urs Hunkeler
Hi, The list server refused my previous mail, so I try again. For those who misunderstood my mail, tftp and bootp (basically PXE) worked before and the kernel and the initramdisk got loaded. The problam was with the installer not being able to access the mirrors. Apparently even though the

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-08 Thread David Goodenough
On Thursday 08 October 2009, Urs Hunkeler wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure this was a problem with the installer. The installer seemed > to have set Grub up for the serial console, albeit with the wrong baud > rate. However I did not get Grub 2 to run on the Alix. I even tried to > install Grub with s

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-08 Thread Urs Hunkeler
Hi, For those who misunderstood my mail, tftp and bootp (basically PXE) worked before and the kernel and the initramdisk got loaded. The problam was with the installer not being able to access the mirrors. Apparently even though the installer asked me to provide a name server, it did not

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-08 Thread Urs Hunkeler
Hi, I'm not sure this was a problem with the installer. The installer seemed to have set Grub up for the serial console, albeit with the wrong baud rate. However I did not get Grub 2 to run on the Alix. I even tried to install Grub with some modules preloaded (serial terminal and ext2). In th

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-07 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:56:13PM +0200, Urs Hunkeler wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for all the help! > > In the end I added the domain-name-servers option to the dhcp server > configuration, and now it works. > > For those who misunderstood my mail, tftp and bootp (basically PXE) > worked before an

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-07 Thread David Goodenough
On Wednesday 07 October 2009, Urs Hunkeler wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for all the help! > > In the end I added the domain-name-servers option to the dhcp server > configuration, and now it works. > > For those who misunderstood my mail, tftp and bootp (basically PXE) > worked before and the kernel and

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-07 Thread Urs Hunkeler
Hi, Thanks for all the help! In the end I added the domain-name-servers option to the dhcp server configuration, and now it works. For those who misunderstood my mail, tftp and bootp (basically PXE) worked before and the kernel and the initramdisk got loaded. The problam was with the instal

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-07 Thread David Goodenough
On Wednesday 07 October 2009, Urs Hunkeler wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install Debian on an Alix 2d3 board (installing from > network using PXE, the installer runs in a serial console). When I > select a mirror, the installer tells me that it is going to verify the > mirror, and then immediately

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-07 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 03:10:33AM +0200, Urs Hunkeler wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install Debian on an Alix 2d3 board (installing from > network using PXE, the installer runs in a serial console). This is definitely some serious expert activity in which so many things can go wrong. At leas

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-07 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 03:10:33AM +0200, Urs Hunkeler wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install Debian on an Alix 2d3 board (installing from > network using PXE, the installer runs in a serial console). When I > select a mirror, the installer tells me that it is going to verify the > mirror, an

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-07 Thread Urs Hunkeler
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 03:10:33AM +0200, Urs Hunkeler wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install Debian on an Alix 2d3 board (installing from network using PXE, the installer runs in a serial console). When I select a mirror, the installer tells me that it is going to verify the

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-07 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 03:10:33AM +0200, Urs Hunkeler wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install Debian on an Alix 2d3 board (installing from > network using PXE, the installer runs in a serial console). When I > select a mirror, the installer tells me that it is going to verify the > mirror, an

Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-06 Thread Urs Hunkeler
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian on an Alix 2d3 board (installing from network using PXE, the installer runs in a serial console). When I select a mirror, the installer tells me that it is going to verify the mirror, and then immediately gives me an error message saying that the mirror is inv