Bug#248099: additional debug information
On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 01:13:13PM +0200, Christian Haase wrote:
> Iam trying to install sarge from an usb-stick:
>
> for this report i used the latest boot.img.gz from
> http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/2004-05-11/hd-media/2.6/
>
> and the latest netinst.iso from
> http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/20040511/
>
> // ------------------------------------
>
> Debug messages:
> Setting up base-config (2.20) ...
>
> May 12 10:17:30 (none) user.notice base-installer: warning: failed to bind
> mount /target/cdrom/
Ah. You need a newer version of base-installer (0.80 or better). This is
in unstable, but not in testing (except sparc). Use the sid_d-i build
rather than sarge_d-i for now.
Joey, looks like we need a beta4 update for this.
> thoughts:
> the computer i try to install has no cd-rom and no floppy-drive.
> no wonder that the installer produces this message:
>
> May 12 10:17:30 (none) user.notice base-installer: warning: failed to bind
> mount /target/cdrom/
>
> why does it try to bind a cdrom - when there is none?
> the installation process from an usb-stick shouldn't depend on a
> cd-rom-drive
No, I think it's just faking it up to be called /target/cdrom to make
some of the code simpler. For the meaning of the technical term "bind
mount", see mount(8).
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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