From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rhirst.linuxcare.com (pc1-hems4-0-cust107.bre.cable.ntl.com [213.105.88.107]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF1F9482A for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 05:44:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: by rhirst.linuxcare.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id 44E90B00C; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 12:45:47 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 12:45:47 +0100 From: Richard Hirst To: Jaime Ash Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: FW: [parisc-linux] Creating the installation CD Message-ID: <20010828124547.M7064@linuxcare.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from jaimeash@home.com on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 06:28:27PM -0700 List-ID: On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 06:28:27PM -0700, Jaime Ash wrote: > I finally succeeded in recording a CD using MSWindows and Easy CD Creator, > but I am > having a lot of problems trying to install version 0.9.2 on my HP 715 W/S. > The problems > I have encountered so far are: > > 1. The first step in the installation menus (Configure the Keyboard) doesn't > seem to work: > after I followed its first 2 or 3 instructions (choosing US QWERTY keyboard) > the keyboard arrows > and the Return key stop functioning normally (or sometimes don't work at > all). Is this an HIL keyboard? If so, as noted in the README, you should not select a keymap. > 2. If I skip the first step and go on to and complete Partition a Hard Disk > (selecting my > /dev/sdb drive, since my sda boots HPUX) I am able to complete successfully > the following > five steps: > Initialize and Activate a Swap Partition > Initialize a Linux Partition (I did this to /dev/sdb3 and /dev/sdb4) > Install Operating System Kernel and Modules > Configure Device Driver Modules (I did kernel/fs/fat, kernel/fs/msdos and > kernel/fat/nfsd) > Configure the Network > > But, I am having trouble with the step "Install the Base System": When I > try to follow this step, > choose CD-ROM drive and press Continue I get the message "The CD-ROM was not > mounted successfully". > If I press again Continue and attempt again to do "Install the Base System", > I then get to a point > where I am asked to choose a directory. If I click OK (without choosing > anything; i.e. with the > choice field all blue) it asks me to "Select an Archive path" and shows a > default of /insmnt. If I > press Return, I get an "Important Note" telling me to install the 'testing' > distribution (woody) > rather than sid. If I then hit continue, I am presented with 2 choices: > testing: 'woody' - Debian Testing - Not Released > and unstable: 'sid' - Debian Unstable - Not Released > > If I choose 'woody', I get an Error message: Failed getting release file > file: /instmnt/dists/woody/Release > If I try the second ('sid') I am given a Warning that this is an unstable > distribution, has Major > bugs and the default is do not install. > > I have then tried many times to repeat "Install the Base System", searching > for the correct > directory within the installation CD that has the Release version of the > 0.9.2 PALINUX without > success: no matter where I look within the CD I am always presented with the > same 2 choices: > testing: 'woody' - Debian Testing - Not Released > and unstable: 'sid' - Debian Unstable - Not Released > > I finally decided to ignore the Warning and I succeeded at installing the > unstable 'sid' version, Yes, the README tells you to install 'sid'. I don't know why you got the 'cd not mounted successfully' message. > except that at some point in the installation process I got the Warning: > "Creating empty exim.conf > so exim installs okay". At a later point in the installation process I am Yes, that dialog is expected, and harmless. > given the default choice > of Make the System Bootable, and if I choose that, I then get the choices: > Next : Make a boot Floppy > and Alternate: Reboot the System > > If I choose the first, I get a message that there is a Problem and asked to > check if the floppy is > write-protected (which it is not) or that I put it in the first (?) (Do you > mean to check if the > floppy is in the drive, before clicking the first choice "Make a boot > Floppy"?) That's what I did, > but it didn't work. As the README on the CD says, creating a boot floppy doesn't work atm. > I then chose the second: "Reboot the System" and I was able to boot OK to > the Debian System Configuration > screen (except that I randomly get the following messages: > ip_local_deliver: bad loopback skb: PRE_ROUTING LOCAL_IN > skb: pf=2 (unowned) dev=lo len=328 > PROTO=17 0.0.0.0:68 255.255.255.255:67 L=328 S=0x10 I=0 F=0x0000 T=16 Known problem with dhcp-client. To get round this, remove the links under /etc/rc?.d/ which start dhcp-client. > I was then able to successfully go through most of the Debian System > Configuration screens until I got > to the Apt Configuration, where I got the message "Cannot access security > updates" on security.debian.org. There are no secutiry updates for this s/w yet - it is unstable and not an official debian release. > After choosing Continue, I was able to complete the installation and I am > able to log in as root. > But, I still get the same random messages: > ip_local_deliver: bad loopback skb: PRE_ROUTING LOCAL_IN > skb: pf=2 (unowned) dev=lo len=328 > PROTO=17 0.0.0.0:68 255.255.255.255:67 L=328 S=0x10 I=0 F=0x0000 T=16 > > One other thing I noticed is that, even though I had assigned the address > 192.168.1.205 to my workstation > (and I chose not to use DHCP), I found out that the machine'd address was > instead 192.168.1.102, and I think > that it is using DHCP. (How can I verify this?) dhpc-client should not be run from the startup scripts, but should only be run when requested, via ifup/ifdown scripts. As noted above, remove the relevant /et/rc?.d entries. > So my question is how do I install the Release version of the 0.9.2 PALINUX? Sounds like you have already done that, most of your problems were documented in the top level README on the CD. Richard