Re: base system install failed: debootstrap poos
on Wed, 06 Aug 2003 02:20:52PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen insinuated:
> [cc'ing the list for posterity :)]
>
> on Tue, 05 Aug 2003 08:05:59PM -0400, Greg Folkert insinuated:
> > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 15:30, nori heikkinen wrote:
> > > on Tue, 05 Aug 2003 02:55:15PM -0400, Greg Folkert insinuated:
> > > > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 14:50, nori heikkinen wrote:
> > > > > trying to install debian on some new servers (dell optiplex
> > > > > gx270's). i need an ISO with kernel >= 2.4.20 for the GB
> > > > > ethernet card they have, so i'm using a sarge ISO since i
> > > > > haven't found a working woody ISO with 2.4.20 -- i'll just
> > > > > dist-downgrade or whatever later.
> > > >
> > > > Actually try a Chroot install using Knoppix.
> > > >
> > > > and Dist-upgrade to Woody... then list an unstable source for
> > > > main and then install a 2.4.21 kernel.
> > > >
> > > > Here:
> > > >
> > > > http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DebianChrootInstall
> > >
> > > thanks! i'm burning a knoppix disc as we speak ...
> > >
> > > one question upon initial reading: where is the base image tarball
> > > itself? the document links one for potato[1], but it isn't
> > > obvious where to find what i'm looking for on the similar woody
> > > page.
> >
> > D/L the Potato Debs... then just Update to Woody.
> >
> > Should be good to go. It works WELL!
>
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>
> what i'm having trouble grokking right now is the lilo setup.
> usually (that is, on other systems i'm looking at), the default
> linux image points to /vmlinuz, which is a symlink to
> /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`. there is nothing on my current install
> labelled 'vmlinuz', i'm guessing because i did this the "cheater's"
> way, skirting the issue of actually installing a kernel. Knoppix
> has a /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-xfs -- it seems like i should be able to
> copy that from the CD's boot to the chrooted dir's root, but doing
> that sort of cross-chroot editing was what gave me those GLIBC
> problems in the first place, so i'm loath to do it.
>
> any suggestions with this? this is all i have left before i try the
> acid test and reboot ... :)
added a testing line to my /etc/apt/sources.list, apt-got updated, and
then apt-got installed kernel-image-2.4.20-3-686. not perfect yet, as
i think i managed to fu debconf bar, but we'll see ... if i have to
reinstall at this point, i know how to do it :)
thanks!
</nori>
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