On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > Including IIAB 6.5 PRE-Release Notes > <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.5-Release-Notes> :-) > > But just a warning that Raspbian's mirrors (download servers) were barely > working at all over the past ~12 hours or so, so you might have much better > luck installing on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Debian 9.2.1 or possibly CentOS 7.4 in > the coming hours? > > https://github.com/iiab/iiab/releases >
Reconfirmed: disturbingly http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org is hemorrhaging (works less than 50% of the time today, as http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/mirrordirector.raspbian.org confirms) for almost 24h now. Consequence: those installing on Raspbian are having to run "./iiab-install" 10+ Times In A Row today, just to finally get a regular install (e.g. http://download.iiab.io/6.5/rpi/load.txt) to incrementally/finally complete on Raspberry Pi 3. What normally would just happen on its own within about an hour. Better to take the day off ! *( Possibly someone knows how we can build more resiliency into Raspbian package downloads/updates in future, using https://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianMirrors <https://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianMirrors> or similar? )* What's new? Our prototype replacement for ./runansible allows installation > of IIAB 6.5 Preview 2 <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/releases> to progress > far more efficiently, far more readably -- and to recover roughly where it > left off during a large net-based install, avoiding repetition! So once > you have all your OS prereqs in place > <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Installation#do-everything-from-scratch>, > you can now run IIAB's new 9-stage / incremental installer as follows: > > cd /opt/iiab/iiab > ./iiab-install > > NEW: it will even warn you if your Ansible and/or Raspbian kernel are not > recent enough, and guide you to fixing these 2 most essential prereqs! > Finally, most installers/implementers will still want to use a 1-line > install/load scripts -- to walk away from the keyboard and have most > everything taken care of. As such, YES all our install/load scripts now > take advantage of "./iiab-install" 9-stage incremental/recoverable installs > too: > > http://download.iiab.io/6.5/rpi/ > > RECAP #1: if you suffer from a connectivity failure during installation of > IIAB, the vast majority of problems are quickly solved by re-trying > "./iiab-install" (after Raspbian mirroring sites hopefully come back to > life later today!) > > RECAP #2: Raspbian folk...until the new Raspbian OS (point release) is > officially released in coming days by the Raspberry Pi Foundation & All, > avoid kernel compatibility hassles using this temporary measure to prep > your OS properly, just prior to installing: > > apt update > apt install raspberrypi-kernel > reboot > (then install IIAB as above, either way!) > > *Thanks all who've helped make this an incredibly high-quality pre-release > already, just a few short weeks away from its final release sometime later > this November!!* > -- Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org !
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