replying to myself: > However, with my current attempts the installer fails at the > "retrieving installer components" step, i.e. pretty early. I don-t > understand much about the D-I, and it doesn't output any helpful > (log)messages, but it looks like the > anna net-retriever default > command may be the culprit. Running it manually from the console > results in a segfault. I now tried the Debian Jessie installer initrd [1] instead, and this one doesn't crash, just warns about unknown kernel version (which shouldn't be a problem). So that'd indicate the Debian Wheezy installer is in fact somewhat broken. cheers, David [1] ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-mipsel/current/images/loongson-2f/netboot/ -- GnuPG public key: http://dvdkhlng.users.sourceforge.net/dk2.gpg Fingerprint: B63B 6AF2 4EEB F033 46F7 7F1D 935E 6F08 E457 205F
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