[parisc-linux] 0.9.1 installation failed with and ext2-fs error

[parisc-linux] 0.9.1 installation failed with and ext2-fs error

[Rafael Herrera]

While installing the latest 0.9.1 on a 715/75 machine over a serial
line, the installation halted with this error message:

 Extracting
 /var/cache/apt/archives/tar_1.13.19-1_hppa.deb...          EXT2-fs
error (device sd(8,3)): ext2_write_inode: unable t9

it looks truncated. I can't provide more error messages. Are there other
virtual consoles under the installed? if so, how do you switch to them?
I'm using minicom on an X terminal.

-- 
     Rafael

Re: [parisc-linux] 0.9.1 installation failed with and ext2-fs error

[Richard Hirst]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 12:28:44PM -0400, Rafael Herrera wrote:
> While installing the latest 0.9.1 on a 715/75 machine over a serial
> line, the installation halted with this error message:
> 
>  Extracting
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/tar_1.13.19-1_hppa.deb...          EXT2-fs
> error (device sd(8,3)): ext2_write_inode: unable t9
> 
> it looks truncated. I can't provide more error messages. Are there other
> virtual consoles under the installed? if so, how do you switch to them?
> I'm using minicom on an X terminal.

No virtual consoles on a serial install, sorry.

Try again, and when you get to the point of installing base, scroll
down the menu to 'execute a shell'.  Then mount the CD, something
like

mkdir /tmp/cd
mount /dev/scd0 /tmp/cd

(may already be mounted under /instmnt, do 'mount' to check)

Then run debootstrap manually:

debootstrap sid /target file:/tmp/cd

That might give more clues.

Also, check you have minicom running with line wrapping enabled,
and tell it to log to a file.  That way you can find the error
output in the log file afterwards.

Richard

Re: [parisc-linux] 0.9.1 installation failed with and ext2-fs error

[Rafael Herrera]

Richard Hirst wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 12:28:44PM -0400, Rafael Herrera wrote:
> > While installing the latest 0.9.1 on a 715/75 machine over a serial
> > line, the installation halted with this error message:
> >
> >  Extracting
> >  /var/cache/apt/archives/tar_1.13.19-1_hppa.deb...          EXT2-fs
> > error (device sd(8,3)): ext2_write_inode: unable t9
> >
> > it looks truncated. I can't provide more error messages. Are there other
> > virtual consoles under the installed? if so, how do you switch to them?
> > I'm using minicom on an X terminal.
> 
> Try again, and when you get to the point of installing base, scroll
> down the menu to 'execute a shell'.  Then mount the CD, something
> like
> 
> mkdir /tmp/cd
> mount /dev/scd0 /tmp/cd
> 
> (may already be mounted under /instmnt, do 'mount' to check)
> 
> Then run debootstrap manually:
> 
> debootstrap sid /target file:/tmp/cd

This one completed without errors, I continued the installation and
booted from the newly installed disk. Unfortunately, the file /etc/fstab
was not created and the boot failed and apparently tha machine was
halted, because the minicom indicator showed 'offline'.

In any case, I got the new palinux-0.9.2.iso image. This one booted and
I proceeded to install. I got other errors, which I'll post next.

Rafael