On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 01:34:58AM +0100, Sarah wrote: > Hey, > > I'm installing debian woody on my Amiga 4000 but the install freezes > when install the kernel and drivers. Apparently it is: > "Installing drivers from > /instmnt/disks/woody/main/disks-m68k/current/amiga/drivers.tgz..." > > On tty3 it says: > Aug 13 00:58:35 (none) user.info dbootstrap[57]: loop: can't get info on > device /dev/loop0: No such device or address. > > However all the loops devices are there and read/writeable in /dev and > is listed in /proc/devices. > > The following.. > mount -o loop=/dev/loop0 root.bin /mnt > fails with.. > mount: Mounting root.bin on /mnt failed: Block device required. > > Why can't it mount loop? Is this what really causes the install to hang? No > I'm not just really impatient while waiting for drivers.tgz to unpack, > it unpacks the kernel which is about half the size in about 4 secs.
You need to ungzip root.bin before you can loop mount it. I otherwise haven't looked at boot-floppies (woody's installer) for quite a while. If you feel like testing the new sarge installer it, please check out <http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/>. We're testing a release candidate and it really needs some amiga testing. Thanks, Stephen -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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