Package: installation-reports
Boot method: Copy uImage.buffalo, initrd.Buffalo and config-debian to /Boot via telnet and reboot
Image version: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-armel/current/images/orion5x/network-console/buffalo/lspro/uImage.buffalo
Date: 20:00 BST, 13th September 2013
Machine: Buffalo Linkstation HS-DSGL
Processor: ARM of some kind
Memory: Unknown
Partitions: Default partition table for device, now destroyed by debian installation
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [E]
Detect network card: [ ]
Configure network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Installing debian onto a Buffalo linkstation HS-DSGL roughly following the guide here:
http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Install_Debian_on_the_Linkstation_Pro/Live
With telnet access to device acquired as described here in the 'Getting Console Access With acp_commander' section:
http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Open_Stock_Firmware
Running config-debian prior to install produced an error: 'You have to create an ext2 filesystem on /dev/sda1 or /dev/mtd0'
/dev/sda1 IS an ext3 partition in an untouched linkstation, however it is not mounted directly. The installation has destroyed the original fstab but
something like /dev/disk1-1something was mounted as /boot. This is sda1 under another name but config-debian does not recognise this.
To get config-debian to work, /boot must be unmounted by 'umount /boot' and /dev/sda1 (re)mounted as /boot instead using 'mount /dev/sda1 /boot'
This leaves /boot looking exactly the same as before, but config-debian excecutes correctly and the installation process can be started.