Re: Problem installing over serial console
On Sunday 02 March 2003 18:01, you wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 01:08:02PM +0100, Jaap Hogenberg wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > As I tried installing over a serial console I couldn't switch consoles
> > to mount it manually.
>
> Go down the install menu to "Execute shell".
Hmm, a friend suggested this as well , but I did not find
this option in the install menu. It looks as if my terminal setup
may have been a bit crappy so that it did not allow me to scroll down
thus preventing me to get to that menu option. I'll see if I can
check this later using a proper termnal emulator and null modem.
> > Also , the rescue boot option did not help me, it booted into the
> > installation same as it does without the boot options.
>
> The rescue boot is to allow you to boot into an already installed root
> partition, using the CD's kernel.
Does that need any other option besides "rescue" like root= ?
and otherwise default to start from the device where the kernel
was loaded from ? I guess so , that would explain why I was getting
the installer again.
> > I'm redoing the install now with a full graphical console.
> > Had to mount /dev/sdb manually to access the cdrom again......
>
> You could have just chosen to "Mount an existing parition" for the
> install medium.
Yes , but it seems that it then searches for harddisk partitions or
at least for partitions using ext2 ,ext3 , ufs or hfs filesystems. It
looks as if this doesn't work because this does not include iso9660
filesystem.
I was able to mount the cd-image over loopback and share
it over nfs on another computer and that proved to be faster than the
2 speed cdrom I used anyway :)
Anyway, since I now have the graphical console connected, and I
intend to use it with this console , I have no more problems installing
debian.
Thanks for your response,
Jaap Hogenberg
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