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

[Marko Hilse <marko@hilse.li>]

Hi Chris,

thanks for the files, the root file does have unpacked 460 MB and the 
boot 14 MB.

I made 3 partitions on the disk (4,3 GB)

Platte /dev/sdb: 4310 MByte, 4310433792 Byte
133 Köpfe, 62 Sektoren/Spur, 1020 Zylinder
Einheiten = Zylinder von 8246 × 512 = 4221952 Bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000b8ff2

   Gerät  boot.     Anfang        Ende     Blöcke   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1          26      107167   83  Linux
/dev/sdb2              27          91      267995   82  Linux Swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb3              92        1021     3833447   83  Linux
Partition 3 endet nicht an einer Zylindergrenze.


I copied all files from the boot-archive to boot and the same with root. 
When I now switch on the Qube it shows only "starting up" for alle the 
time. I left the qube running for 10 min and nothing changes.  Does you 
have any idea?

The same was with the installation from 
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/cobalt/unpack.html.


Thanks

Marko



Am 21.10.2010 14:46, schrieb Chris Thomas:
> 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