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Re: What installer images should we provide for s390 and s390x?



On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:57:22PM +0200, Alain Benvéniste wrote:
>1) Install debian-6.0.5-s390-DVD-1.iso on windows xp (ip 192.168.1.77)
>2) Extracted with ultraiso in c:/temp/debian
>3) Start on this windows a FTP server (home directory of anonymous c:/temp/)

*right*, this is most likely the cause of some of your problems.

>4) ipl from rdr VM...
>5) Choose EXPERT MODE
>6)in the choice mirror FTP >> host 192.168.1.77 >> DEBIAN
>
>Got an error on a gpg unfoundable file (signature file)
>
>May 17 20:59:20 choose-mirror[873]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
>ftp://192.168.1.77/debian//dists/oldstable/Release -O - | grep -E
>'^(Suite|Codename):'
>May 17 20:59:21 choose-mirror[873]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
>ftp://192.168.1.77/debian//dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E
>'^(Suite|Codename):'
>May 17 20:59:21 choose-mirror[873]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
>ftp://192.168.1.77/debian//dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E
>'^(Suite|Codename):'
>May 17 20:59:21 choose-mirror[873]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
>ftp://192.168.1.77/debian//dists/unstable/Release -O - | grep -E
>'^(Suite|Codename):'
>May 17 20:59:21 choose-mirror[873]: INFO: mirror does not have any suite
>symlinks

Because Windows doesn't support symlinks. The installer recognises
this and copes.

>May 17 20:59:21 choose-mirror[873]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
>ftp://192.168.1.77/debian//dists/squeeze/Release -O - | grep -E
>'^(Suite|Codename):'
>May 17 20:59:21 choose-mirror[873]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
>ftp://192.168.1.77/debian//dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E
>'^(Suite|Codename):'
>May 17 20:59:23 choose-mirror[873]: INFO: suite/codename set to:
>squeeze/squeeze
>May 17 20:59:23 choose-mirror[873]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
>ftp://192.168.1.77/debian//dists/squeeze/main/binary-s390/Release -O - |
>grep ^Architecture:
>May 17 20:59:24 anna-install: Queueing udeb squeeze-support for later
>installation
>May 17 20:59:24 main-menu[260]: (process:867): wget: bad response to RETR:
>550 /c:/debian/dists/oldstable/Release: No such file or directory.
>May 17 20:59:24 main-menu[260]: (process:867): wget: bad response to RETR:
>550 /c:/debian/dists/stable/Release: No such file or directory.
>May 17 20:59:24 main-menu[260]: (process:867): wget: bad response to RETR:
>550 /c:/debian/dists/testing/Release: No such file or directory.
>May 17 20:59:24 main-menu[260]: (process:867): wget: bad response to RETR:
>550 /c:/debian/dists/unstable/Release: No such file or directory.
>May 17 20:59:24 main-menu[260]: (process:867): wget: bad response to RETR:
>550 /c:/debian/dists/stable/Release: No such file or directory.
>May 17 20:59:24 main-menu[260]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package
>doesn't exist (ignored)

I'm guessing the installer has got confused here. It's looking for
things in c:/debian rather than under c:/temp/debian which you
mentioned earlier...?

>May 17 20:59:26 main-menu[260]: INFO: Menu item 'download-installer'
>selected
>May 17 20:59:27 anna[917]: wget: bad response to RETR: 550
>/c:/debian/dists/squeeze/Release.gpg: No such file or directory.
>May 17 20:59:27 net-retriever: error: dists/squeeze/Release is unsigned.
>May 17 20:59:33 anna[917]: WARNING **: bad d-i Packages file
>May 17 20:59:33 anna[917]: wget: bad response to RETR: 550
>/c:/debian/dists/squeeze/Release.gpg: No such file or directory.
>May 17 20:59:33 net-retriever: error: dists/squeeze/Release is unsigned.
>May 17 20:59:38 anna[917]: WARNING **: bad d-i Packages file
>May 17 20:59:38 main-menu[260]: INFO: Menu item 'download-installer'
>succeeded but requested to be left unconfigured.
>May 17 20:59:38 main-menu[260]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package
>doesn't exist (ignored)
>May 17 20:59:42 main-menu[260]: INFO: Menu item 'di-utils-shell' selected

And more of the same.

>I test the case in downloading the file from the web :
>
>May 17 21:07:04 anna[984]: wget: bad response to RETR: 550
>/c:/debian/dists/unstable/Release: No such file or directory.
>May 17 21:07:04 choose-mirror[1008]: INFO: mirror does not have any suite
>symlinks
>May 17 21:07:04 choose-mirror[1008]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
>ftp://192.168.1.77/debian//dists/squeeze/Release -O - | grep -E
>'^(Suite|Codename):'
>May 17 21:07:04 choose-mirror[1008]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
>ftp://192.168.1.77/debian//dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E
>'^(Suite|Codename):'
>May 17 21:07:04 anna[984]: wget: bad response to RETR: 550
>/c:/debian/dists/stable/Release: No such file or directory.
>May 17 21:07:05 choose-mirror[1008]: INFO: suite/codename set to:
>squeeze/squeeze
>May 17 21:07:05 choose-mirror[1008]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
>ftp://192.168.1.77/debian//dists/squeeze/main/binary-s390/Release -O - |
>grep ^Architecture:
>May 17 21:07:05 anna[984]: WARNING **: bad d-i Packages file
>May 17 21:07:06 net-retriever: gpgv:
>May 17 21:07:06 net-retriever: WARNING: multiple signatures detected.  Only
>the first will be checked.
>May 17 21:07:06 net-retriever: gpgv:
>May 17 21:07:06 net-retriever: Signature made Sat May 12 12:08:13 2012 UTC
>using RSA key ID 473041FA
>May 17 21:07:06 net-retriever: gpgv:
>May 17 21:07:06 net-retriever: BAD signature from "Debian Archive Automatic
>Signing Key (6.0/squeeze) <ftpmaster@debian.org>"
>May 17 21:07:06 net-retriever:
>May 17 21:07:06 net-retriever: error: Bad signature on
>/tmp/net-retriever-1031-Release.
>May 17 21:07:08 anna[984]: WARNING **: bad d-i Packages file
>May 17 21:07:08 main-menu[260]: INFO: Menu item 'download-installer'
>succeeded but requested to be left unconfigured.
>May 17 21:07:08 main-menu[260]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package
>doesn't exist (ignored)
>May 17 21:07:10 main-menu[260]: INFO: Menu item 'di-utils-shell' selected
>
>I think there is a parameter in the parmfile to ignore the signature
>verification but it becomes very tedious...

If you're doing ftp to a Windows server (*shudder*), then you've quite
possibly just corrupted all the line endings. You'll need to make sure
you download in BINARY format to stop this happening.

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt


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