Can't install root
Problem: cdebootstrap can't install packages because it couldn't
install root on the target partition. I'm running cdebootstrap to
install sarge on a target disk that also runs sarge.
1. /dev/sdc1 is a partitioned scsi disk. The partition is 500 Mb and
initialized as reiserfs.
2. There was no indication of problems when I did the partition
initialization. smartctl and scsiinfo do not suggest any problems
for the target disk.
3. Immediately after a boot I do:
# mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/debinst
# cdebootstrap sarge /mnt/debinst http://http.us.debian.org/debian
...
E: Could't install root.
# ls -l /mnt
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 504 2004-06-29 08:14 debinst
4. strace says:
...
write(3, "O: /var/cache/apt/archives/amd6"..., 52) = 52
read(6, "", 4096) = 0
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLHUP}, {fd=6,
events=POLLIN, revents= POLLHUP}], 2, -1) = 2
waitpid(1581, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], 0) = 1581
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x4001a000, 4096) = 0
close(6) = 0
munmap(0x4001b000, 4096) = 0
write(3, "E: Couldn\'t install root!\n", 26) = 26
write(2, "E: Couldn\'t install root!\n", 26) = 26
oldumount("/mnt/debinst/proc") = 0
munmap(0x40018000, 4096) = 0
munmap(0x40019000, 4096) = 0
exit_group(1) = ?
My question: Is it correct that the first indication of a problem in
the strace is the line that reports the "E"? Is the "26" and error
code"
I don't understand how there can be downoading and unpacking of
packages in directories under root if root itself can't be
installed. From a chroot prompt making /mnt/debinst root:
:/# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin/:/usr/X11R6/bin
Haines Brown
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