Re: debian install woes
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:49:40 +0200
Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> wrote:
> Richard wrote:
> > well what am I doing wrong ?
> > # uname -a
> > Linux LKGD6BA7D 2.6.18-6-ixp4xx #1 Sun Jan 27 00:42:53 UTC 2008 armv5tel
>
> OK. This tells us what kernel version you are running, which is current
> Etch. Next thing we need to know is what you are using as source for
> additional components to be loaded.
>
> If you take a look at [1], you will see that matching udebs really are
> available on the mirrors.
>
> Can you send us the syslog for the installation? That should provide
> sufficient information.
>
> > I'm getting very tempted to test the orbital capabilities of this little
> > beast.
>
> I wouldn't do that just yet. This really is a simple issue to solve once we
> know what exactly it is that's going wrong here.
>
> Cheers,
> FJP
>
> [1]http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/debian-installer/binary-arm/Packages.gz
Frans I suspect when using 5.0 the install logs from 4.0r3 would have been overwritten., So far its
loaded the base system, and at the moment is configuring flash memory to boot the system.
I'll leave it to do its own thing overnight and see where it is in the morning.
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Best Wishes
Richard Bown
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