Re: sheevaplug debian installer does not create uInitrd and uImage
Hello,
this time the network problem I had above did not show up.
However, after exiting the installer there was nothing left in the
boot partition (mmc 0:1).
I looked into syslog and it seems a suitable kernel was not found
and/or installed:
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Sep 1 15:12:50 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-versatile not
usable on kirkwood
Sep 1 15:12:50 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-orion5x not
usable on kirkwood
Sep 1 15:12:50 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-ixp4xx not
usable on kirkwood
Sep 1 15:12:50 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-iop32x not
usable on kirkwood
Sep 1 15:12:50 base-installer: info: kernel
linux-image-2.6.26-2-versatile not usable on kirkwood
Sep 1 15:12:50 base-installer: info: kernel
linux-image-2.6.26-2-orion5x not usable on kirkwood
Sep 1 15:12:50 base-installer: info: kernel
linux-image-2.6.26-2-ixp4xx not usable on kirkwood
Sep 1 15:12:50 base-installer: info: kernel
linux-image-2.6.26-2-iop32x not usable on kirkwood
Sep 1 15:12:50 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-versatile
not usable on kirkwood
Sep 1 15:12:50 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-orion5x
not usable on kirkwood
Sep 1 15:12:50 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-ixp4xx
not usable on kirkwood
Sep 1 15:12:50 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-iop32x
not usable on kirkwood
Sep 1 15:12:50 base-installer: info: Found kernels ''
Sep 1 15:13:54 base-installer: info: Not installing any kernel
Sep 1 15:13:54 base-installer: info: Installing queued packages into /target/.
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Then the flash-kernel process fails:
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Aug 31 15:43:49 flash-kernel-installer: error: flash-kernel failed
Aug 31 15:43:49 main-menu[202]: WARNING **: Configuring
'flash-kernel-installer' failed with error code 1
Aug 31 15:43:49 main-menu[202]: WARNING **: Menu item
'flash-kernel-installer' failed.
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I checked the syslog for the previous installs and there the kernel was found:
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Aug 31 13:38:29 localechooser: Generating added locales...
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-versatile not
usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-orion5x not
usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-kirkwood
usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-ixp4xx not
usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-iop32x not
usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel
linux-image-2.6.32-5-versatile not usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel
linux-image-2.6.32-5-orion5x not usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel
linux-image-2.6.32-5-kirkwood usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel
linux-image-2.6.32-5-ixp4xx not usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel
linux-image-2.6.32-5-iop32x not usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-versatile
not usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-orion5x
not usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-kirkwood
usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-ixp4xx
not usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-iop32x
not usable on kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: Found kernels
'linux-image-2.6-kirkwood,linux-image-2.6.32-5-kirkwood,linux-image-ki
rkwood'
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: arch_kernel candidates:
linux-image-2.6-kirkwood
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: arch_kernel:
linux-image-2.6-kirkwood (present)
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: Using kernel 'linux-image-2.6-kirkwood'
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: Setting do_initrd='yes'.
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: Setting link_in_boot='yes'.
Aug 31 13:38:58 base-installer: info: Available initramfs
generator(s): 'initramfs-tools'
Aug 31 13:39:00 in-target: Reading package lists...
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What was different?
Thanks!
eli
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com> wrote:
> * Eli Papa <elipapa@MIT.EDU> [2010-09-01 13:44]:
>> Thanks for looking into this Martin.
>> I have attached the /var/log/installer/syslog from my mac os. Let me
>> know if you can't open it properly.
>
> Ok, the log explains what happened: There was a network problem while
> downloading the tools needed to make the system bootable, so that
> failed. I suggest you perform a new installation.
>
> Did you not get an error message that something failed? If not,
> that's something I should look into.
>
> The relevant logs:
>
> Aug 31 15:43:43 main-menu[202]: INFO: Menu item 'flash-kernel-installer' selected
> Aug 31 15:43:47 in-target: Reading package lists...
> Aug 31 15:43:47 in-target:·
> Aug 31 15:43:47 in-target: Building dependency tree...
> Aug 31 15:43:48 in-target:·
> Aug 31 15:43:48 in-target: Reading state information...
> Aug 31 15:43:48 in-target:·
> Aug 31 15:43:48 in-target: The following extra packages will be installed:
> Aug 31 15:43:48 in-target: devio
> Aug 31 15:43:48 in-target: Suggested packages:
> Aug 31 15:43:48 in-target: uboot-mkimage
> Aug 31 15:43:48 in-target: The following NEW packages will be installed
> Aug 31 15:43:48 in-target: devio flash-kernel
> Aug 31 15:43:49 in-target: 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Aug 31 15:43:49 in-target: Need to get 32.8kB of archives.
> Aug 31 15:43:49 in-target: After this operation, 184kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Aug 31 15:43:49 in-target: Err http://ftp.uk.debian.org squeeze/main devio 1.2-1+b1
> Aug 31 15:43:49 in-target: Could not connect to ftp.uk.debian.org:80 (198.18.1.6). - connect (113: No route to host)
> Aug 31 15:43:49 in-target: Err http://ftp.uk.debian.org squeeze/main flash-kernel 2.32
> Aug 31 15:43:49 in-target: Could not connect to ftp.uk.debian.org:80 (198.18.1.6). - connect (113: No route to host)
> Aug 31 15:43:49 in-target: Failed to fetch http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/devio/devio_1.2-1+b1_armel.deb Could not connect to ftp.uk.debian.org:80 (198.18.1.6). - connect (113: No route to host)
> Aug 31 15:43:49 in-target: Failed to fetch http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/flash-kernel/flash-kernel_2.32_armel.deb Could not connect to ftp.uk.debian.org:80 (198.18.1.6). - connect (113: No route to host)
> Aug 31 15:43:49 in-target: E:·
> Aug 31 15:43:49 in-target: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
> Aug 31 15:43:49 in-target:·
> Aug 31 15:43:49 flash-kernel-installer: error: apt-install flash-kernel failed
> Aug 31 15:43:49 main-menu[202]: WARNING **: Configuring 'flash-kernel-installer' failed with error code 1
> Aug 31 15:43:49 main-menu[202]: WARNING **: Menu item 'flash-kernel-installer' failed.
> Aug 31 15:44:42 main-menu[202]: INFO: Modifying debconf priority limit from 'high' to 'medium'
> Aug 31 15:44:42 debconf: Setting debconf/priority to medium
> Aug 31 15:44:44 main-menu[202]: DEBUG: resolver (libgcc1): package doesn't exist (ignored)
> Aug 31 15:45:16 main-menu[202]: INFO: Menu item 'nobootloader' selected
> Aug 31 15:45:27 main-menu[202]: INFO: Restoring default debconf priority 'high'
> Aug 31 15:45:27 debconf: Setting debconf/priority to high
>
> --
> Martin Michlmayr
> http://www.cyrius.com/
>
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