Re: Install of debian-4.0r2 on NSLU2

[Del Merritt <del@alum.mit.edu>]

Rick Thomas wrote:
> Also, make sure your ssh-client machine doesn't go to sleep while 
> waiting...

Thanks.  I'm trying this out at the moment.  Then again, I'm also "here" 
and the install is 96% complete, so I may actually be around when it 
finishes, mooting the issue (for me).

It looks like my bug has been "accepted", BTW.  It's Bug#458154, and was 
retitled and reassigned thus:

   Changed Bug title to `[NSLU2] ssh connection should not time out'
   from `Install of debian-4.0r2 on NSLU2'.
   Bug reassigned from package `installation-reports' to `network-console'.

So someone else may not have to see this catch them in the future.

Thanks again, and wishing all a Happy New Year.
-Del


> Rick
>
> On Dec 29, 2007, at 12:50 AM, Del Merritt wrote:
>
> > Earlier tonight I filed an install of debian-4.0r2 on a Linksys NSLU2 
> > bug report to submit@bugs.debian.org; in a nutshell, if you don't 
> > happen to be in front of your ssh session when the 2+ hour install 
> > gets to the "Configuring popularity-contest" prompt - which requires 
> > human intervention - the ssh session can timeout on the slug.  When 
> > you come back (and ssh to the slug) you get told there was an error 
> > when selecting and configuring the software, and you can't seem to 
> > get around it.
> >
> > Is this a proper place to ask for workarounds, or is it better to 
> > wait for the bug report to "settle in"?  If this is the place, what 
> > is the best way to figure out how to pick up in media res and 
> > successfully finish the install?
> >
> > Thanks and Happy New Year,
> > -Del
> >
> >
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