Ignore that post -- it occurred to me that I probably have the daily initrd instead of the one from the CD... I will try again.
Finn On Sun, 5 Oct 2008, Finn Thain wrote: > > 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]
