Remote install of Debian failing
Hello,
Some time ago I did a successful remote install of Debian overtop of
RH9. I took copious notes. This time, however, I am unable to get the
install to work. I have tried two different methods.
(1) using http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/DebianChrootInstall
while running dpkg-reconfigure --install base-config the system says
that it has run out of space while downloading the package lists. I
have edited /etc/apt/apt.conf and set the APT::Cache-Limit 1000000000;
No matter what size I set, it always dies on the same package
(qt3-assistant). I have even tried changing the sources.list with teh
same result.
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occured while processing qt3-assistant (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/state/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: Unable to write mmap - msync (12 Cannot allocate memory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
(2) using http://www.underhanded.org/papers/debian-conversion/remotedeb.html
In this one, all seems to be ok except when I try to install the kernel
image. It refuses to make the initrd part of the of image. The failure
notice reads:
/usr/sbin//mkinitrd: Cannot determine SCSI module
I also noticed that although lilo is installed, there is no /etc/lilo.conf file.
Your suggestions would be very much appreciated. The box was cracked
earlier this week by someone sending out loads of spam a la .br style.
Of course it happened while I was in a car driving home from an on-site
job. I tried to do a rescue job on the machine, but I obviously missed
something as they got back in and nuked the it beyond repair.
regards,
emma
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Emma Jane Hogbin
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