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Re: "unit boot failed" by installing Debian on Qube2



I have a minimal installation of Lenny that I could send you, or you
could download from me. All you would have to do is connect the drive
to a different computer and extract the file.

-Chris


On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 2:48 AM,  <kenneth.westelinck@telenet.be> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How much memory does this Qube have?
> I also had a lot of trouble installing Debian on an of the shelf Qube 2. I
> found this procedure: http://www.cyrius.com/debian/cobalt/unpack.html very
> helpfull to be able to install Debian on my unit (mine only had 16 MB RAM).
> You really should consider setting up a serial connection with the box (even
> if you decide to use the SSH installer), so you know what is going on.
>
>
> regards,
>
> Kenneth
>
> P.S. you can find my story and findings on my Qube here:
> http://kennywest.blogspot.com/2010/02/story-of-cobalt-qube.html
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marko Hilse" <marko@hilse.li>
> To: debian-mips@lists.debian.org
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 8:26:56 PM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin /
> Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Vienna
> Subject: "unit boot failed" by installing Debian on Qube2
>
> Hi *,
>
> I´m trying to install Debian an Qube2.
>
> I successfully installed an DHCP- and NFS-Server on my Ubuntu and start the
> net booting on the Qube2. The Qube2 gets The IP from the DHCP and asked if I
> want to use terminal or SSH. I don't have an serial connector on my notebook
> so that I have to choose SSH. After the display says "Starting the installer
> (SSH)" I got an "Unit Boot Failed". I tried also Serial with the same
> result.
>
> Does anybody have an idea?
>
> Thanks
>
> Marko
>
> I tried the following HowTo:
> http://www.cyrius.com/debian/cobalt/install.html
>


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