really apologize for not responding sooner.
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:08:13 -0400
Subject: Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg
From: tomh0...@gmail.com
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 5:43 PM, keshav prabhakar kes...@hotmail.com wrote:
I just remembered, I'm
and is there a way fix it?
Thanks again for the clue regarding update-initramfs! At least, I know that the
install is successful.
From: kes...@hotmail.com
To: tomh0...@gmail.com; debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: Installer not reading preseed.cfg
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 10:43:44 -0500
really apologize
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 5:43 PM, keshav prabhakar kes...@hotmail.com wrote:
I just remembered, I'm using a linux 5 template ('Guest OS: Debian
GNU/Linux 5 (64-bit)') to install Debian 6. not sure if that's causing the
issue, somehow. (I'm using ESXi 4.0 server, which is quite old and it
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 3:48 PM, keshav prabhakar kes...@hotmail.com wrote:
sorry, I got distracted by some other project for the past week..
It's /usr/sbin/update-initramfs. Do you have /usr mounted?
no. it's not mounted. see below.
What choices did you make for rescue mode?
I think I
It all looks OK except for the fact that d-i can't see your disks.
Are your disks still attached?! While at that screen, go to VT2 and
run fdisk -l.
yes, it looks like it.
~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 17.1 GB, 17179869184 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2088
cylindersUnits = cylinders
I just remembered, I'm using a linux 5 template ('Guest OS: Debian GNU/Linux 5
(64-bit)') to install Debian 6. not sure if that's causing the issue, somehow.
(I'm using ESXi 4.0 server, which is quite old and it doesn't support
'Debian GNU/Linux 6' as one of the templates). Let me try with
I also just did a `update-initramfs -d` followed by `initramfs -c -k
2.6.26-2-amd64` and `update-grub`. Anything in particular that I should be
looking for in the output?
sorry, I got distracted by some other project for the past week..
It's /usr/sbin/update-initramfs. Do you have /usr mounted?
no. it's not mounted. see below.
What choices did you make for rescue mode?
I think I chose the correct options:
1. booted off of CD drive
2. Installer
That looks like you ran a shell in the installer environment. You
want to run the shell in the target environment.
Thanks for your response.you were right. The shell was in the installer
environment. I couldn't get the rescue mode to find the disk partition at
all.. (I posted the
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:43 AM, keshav prabhakar kes...@hotmail.com wrote:
looks like I didn't 'reply all' before..
As a start and without diagnosing further, I'd boot from an install CD
in rescue mode and re-create the initramfs either with
update-initramfs -u -k ... or update-initramfs
looks like I didn't 'reply all' before..
As a start and without diagnosing further, I'd boot from an install CD
in rescue mode and re-create the initramfs either with
update-initramfs -u -k ... or update-initramfs -d -k ... ;
update-initramfs -c -k
You might want to run update-grub
keshav prabhakar wrote:
looks like I didn't 'reply all' before..
As a start and without diagnosing further, I'd boot from an install CD
in rescue mode and re-create the initramfs either with
update-initramfs -u -k ... or update-initramfs -d -k ... ;
update-initramfs -c -k
You
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 7:54 AM, keshav prabhakar kes...@hotmail.com wrote:
oh wow! Frankly, this is the best, most detailed response I have ever gotten
on any list so far. :)
but seriously, I can't thank enough for your time and interest. really
appreciate it.
I didn't pay much attention to
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote:
On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 22:22:25 -0500, Tom H wrote:
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote:
On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 19:04:41 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
netcfg/wireless_wep string#d-i mirror/country
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 6:25 PM, keshav prabhakar kes...@hotmail.com wrote:
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/suite string stable
yes, those two lines did the magic! Thanks.
It started reading from the local server but...now, it's stopping next at
this error:
No root file
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:04 PM, keshav prabhakar kes...@hotmail.com wrote:
Also 1483 seems like a very small preseed file.
It is.
# ls -l preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1488 Mar 8 14:00
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 4:32 AM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:04 PM, keshav prabhakar kes...@hotmail.com wrote:
Also 1483 seems like a very small preseed file.
It is.
# ls -l preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg
oh wow! Frankly, this is the best, most detailed response I have ever gotten on
any list so far. :) but seriously, I can't thank enough for your time and
interest. really appreciate it.I didn't pay much attention to my preseed.cfg
yet since I was still trying to figure mirror issue. Also, I
Thanks for the pointer. I'll try this and let you all know how it goes.
On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 22:22:25 -0500, Tom H wrote:
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote:
On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 19:04:41 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
netcfg/wireless_wep string#d-i mirror/country string USd-i
The first post at
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/suite string stable
yes, those two lines did the magic! Thanks.It started reading from the local
server but...now, it's stopping next at this error:
No root file systemNo root file system is defined.
Please correct this from the partitioning menu.
On Thu 07 Mar 2013 at 16:45:08 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
I am trying to understand an issue i'm having with preseed'ing over
the network. wondering if anyone has experienced this in the past
and/or have a solution to it.
My pxeboot server (running on centos 6.3) runs dhcpd and tftp from
/preseed.cfg
HTTP/1.1 200 1483 - Wget
Keshav
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 08:23:24 +
From: a...@cityscape.co.uk
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg
On Thu 07 Mar 2013 at 16:45:08 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
I am trying to understand an issue i'm
On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 06:21:39AM -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
This would imply preseeding might have set up networking. Has it?
Networking is setup by the kernel boot parameters that are on the 'append'
line. It looks like this:
append initrd=Debian-6.0.7-amd64/netboot/initrd.gz
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 7:21 AM, keshav prabhakar kes...@hotmail.com wrote:
Networking is setup by the kernel boot parameters that are on the 'append'
line. It looks like this:
append initrd=Debian-6.0.7-amd64/netboot/initrd.gz interface=eth1
domain=mydomain
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 9:21 AM, David Sastre Medina
d.sastre.med...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 06:21:39AM -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
append initrd=Debian-6.0.7-amd64/netboot/initrd.gz interface=eth1
domain=mydomain netcfg/get_nameservers=x.x.x.x
Thanks for responding.
When you define interface=eth1 in your append statement, the
entire installation's meant to be done via this NIC. I doubt that you
can switch the NICs around via your preseed file as you're trying to
do - as is evidenced by the fact that d-i tries to contact debian.org
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 2:02 PM, keshav prabhakar kes...@hotmail.com wrote:
Thanks for responding.
When you define interface=eth1 in your append statement, the
entire installation's meant to be done via this NIC. I doubt that you
can switch the NICs around via your preseed file as you're
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 2:02 PM, keshav prabhakar kes...@hotmail.com wrote:
Thanks for responding.
When you define interface=eth1 in your append statement, the
entire installation's meant to be done via this NIC. I doubt that you
Back to square one...
Can you wget your preseed file from a d-i console?
yes, the preseed file downloads successfully with wget. This was the next thing
I tried after `wget http://www.debian.org` but missed mentioning before.
Also 1483 seems like a very small preseed file.
It is. # ls -l preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1488 Mar 8
14:00 preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg# more preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg #d-i
netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60#d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US#d-i
console-keymaps-at/keymap
On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 19:04:41 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
netcfg/wireless_wep string#d-i mirror/country string USd-i
The first post at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1601750
is your situation. The second post gives a solution which is discussed
further at
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:04 PM, keshav prabhakar kes...@hotmail.com wrote:
Also 1483 seems like a very small preseed file.
It is.
# ls -l preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1488 Mar 8 14:00 preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg
# more preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg
#d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote:
On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 19:04:41 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
netcfg/wireless_wep string#d-i mirror/country string USd-i
The first post at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1601750
is your situation. The second
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