cant configure s390 installation
Hi,
I ran the base install of Debian using
NFS. The CD image was mounted on my PC
(on a virtual CDROM generated by Daemon-tools).
After the install, and a reboot, I was told to run
/usr/sbin/base-config
First I remounted the CD image, with:
mount -t nfs -o ro 10.1.20.40:/cdpc /mnt/PC-cd
and then ran the base-config command.
Here is some console output, with comments (starting ***) by me.
I apologize for the length of the posting.
linux01:/# mount -t nfs -o ro 10.1.20.40:/cdpc /mnt/PC-cd
linux01:/# mount
/dev/dasd/0193/part1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
10.1.20.40:/cdpc on /mnt/PC-cd type nfs (ro,addr=10.1.20.40)
linux01:/# /usr/sbin/base-config
*** the base-config program displayed the following questions
*** and below each is my answer, marked with ">>"
Pick the geographic area in which you live.
>> Asia
Select a city or time zone:
>> Jerusalem
Shall I enable md5 passwords?
>> Yes
Shall I enable shadow passwords?
>> Yes
*** At this point an error message was displayed, in the background
*** line-mode screen, which disappeared when the next panel was
*** painted. I have no idea if this was important.
Apt Configuration
Apt can access the Debian archive in a variety of ways. Choose the
access method apt should use. For example if you have a Debian cd,
select "cdrom", while if you plan to install via a Debian mirror,
choose "ftp" or "http".
Choose the method apt should use to access the Debian archive:
>> filesystem
Use non-free software?
>> No
Enter mirror directory:
>> /mnt/PC-cd
Apt Configuration
Failed to access the Debian archive
When I tried to access the debian archive using the information you
provided, apt gave the following error. I will run through the
questions again, try to correct the error.
Failed to fetch file:/mnt/PC-cd/dists/stable/main/binary-
s390/Packages
File not found W: Couldn't stat source package list file: stable/main
Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/_mnt_PC-cd_dists_stable_main_binary-
s390_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get
update to correct these problems E: Some index files failed to
download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
*** It then went back to the "choose the method" panel.
*** I wanted to see why it has trouble fetching that file,
*** so I went to look for it:
linux01:/# cd /mnt/PC-cd/dists/stable/main/binary-s390
bash: cd: /mnt/PC-cd/dists/stable/main/binary-s390: Not a directory
linux01:/# cd /mnt/PC-cd/dists/stable/main
bash: cd: /mnt/PC-cd/dists/stable/main: Not a directory
linux01:/# cd /mnt/PC-cd/dists/stable
bash: cd: /mnt/PC-cd/dists/stable: Not a directory
linux01:/# cd /mnt/PC-cd/dists
linux01:/mnt/PC-cd/dists#
*** hmmm.. lots of missing directories here!
linux01:/mnt/PC-cd/dists# ls -al
total 10
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Sep 22 2004 .
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8192 Sep 22 2004 ..
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 266 Dec 2 2003 TRANS.TBL
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 2 2003 frozen
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 2 2003 stable
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 2 2003 testing
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 2 2003 unstable
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Dec 2 2003 woody
*** Aha! there IS a "stable", but it's a file, not a directory.
*** and there is also a "woody" directory.....
*** Let's see what is in /woody
linux01:/mnt/PC-cd/dists# cd woody
linux01:/mnt/PC-cd/dists/woody# ls -al
total 906
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Dec 2 2003 .
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Sep 22 2004 ..
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3652610 Nov 20 2003 Contents-s390.gz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 644 Dec 2 2003 Release
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 250 Dec 2 2003 TRANS.TBL
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Dec 2 2003 contrib
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Dec 2 2003 main
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Dec 2 2003 non-US
*** Oh! /woody has a "main" in it!
linux01:/mnt/PC-cd/dists/woody# cd main
linux01:/mnt/PC-cd/dists/woody/main# ls -al
total 13
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Dec 2 2003 .
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Dec 2 2003 ..
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 153 Dec 2 2003 TRANS.TBL
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Dec 2 2003 binary-s390
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Dec 2 2003 disks-s390
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Dec 2 2003 source
linux01:/mnt/PC-cd/dists/woody/main# cd binary-s390
linux01:/mnt/PC-cd/dists/woody/main/binary-s390# ls -al
total 280
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Dec 2 2003 .
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Dec 2 2003 ..
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 878588 Dec 2 2003 Packages
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 239849 Dec 2 2003 Packages.gz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 95 Dec 2 2003 Release
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 152 Dec 2 2003 TRANS.TBL
*************
It turns out that the hierarchy the config program wanted,
"/mnt/PC-cd/dists/stable/main/binary-s390", really exists as:
"/mnt/PC-cd/dists/woody/main/binary-s390".
So, what do I do now, to configure my s390 Debian system???
Thank you for your help!
Shimon
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