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RE: NSLU2 installer fails, won't see pen drives



Did you actually select the required modules on the first screen of the
installer?

-----Original Message-----
From: Joey Hess [mailto:joeyh@debian.org] 
Sent: 12 June 2007 20:39
To: Silas S. Brown
Cc: debian-arm@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: NSLU2 installer fails, won't see pen drives

Silas S. Brown wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to install Debian etch on a
> NSLU2 but it won't work.  I uploaded it with
> upslug2 and got the 3 beeps, then SSH'd in, but the "download 
> installer components" menu fails for an unstated reason, and when I go 
> into a shell I find that there is no /target and no /dev/sda* (in fact 
> there is nothing in /dev that looks anything like a disk), so I assume 
> it is failing to recognise my pen drive.

No, if it's failing to download installer components, it's not yet at the
point of loading the kernel modules to detect your drive. Because it has
failed to download them.

> What do I do now?

Figure out why it failed to download the installer components. There will be
something in the log. Or just try a different mirror.

--
see shy jo

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