On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > > Both images use lenny d-i. The etch-m68k one installs etch-m68k. The > sid one might install sid. I haven't added the appropriate locales yet > for sid, so who knows.
I tried the etch installer on my quadra 630 today (debian mirror at ftp.debian-ports.org). It went well up to the "configure the package manager" step. A couple of times it hung until I killed the stuck process. I looked into it and found that apt-setup-verify passes the --dlwaypoint option which causes a debconf-apt-progress child in the etch chroot to stall. I edited out "--dlwaypoint 100" and re-ran the step. I think it tried to upgrade source.list to sid. It complained about a missing public key with which to verify the sid Release file. After that, the "select and install software" step fails too, because aptitude in the etch chroot doesn't seem to understand "safe-upgrade". So I basically ended up doing "finish installation" at this point. I also found that, on the initrd, busybox seems to have a bug. If you switch to a shell prompt and run ip/wget/tar with incorrect options or no options they all segfault. But they work fine when you pass correct arguments. In the end, I have a bootable etch system, so the installer is 99% working. Only apt-get update says 404 not found for http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/etch/main/binary-m68k/{Packages.gz,Sources.gz} and craps out... not sure why. Finn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
