-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Potts Sent: 29 December 2007 14:33 To: Sam Reed Subject: Re: NSLU2 Install problems with 4.0r2
Hi, I've got a 120 gig external drive: 1gig swap, 119gig in one big partition (yes: newbie configuration choices I'm sure!) I'm going to give it another go getting the /var/log/syslog off the slug when the installer fails. I'll report back. Thanks, Dave. On 29/12/2007, Sam Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What size of drive are you using? > > > Sam > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Potts > Sent: 29 December 2007 12:12 > To: debian-arm@lists.debian.org > Subject: NSLU2 Install problems with 4.0r2 > > Hello, > > Anyone about who can help a newbie with Debian installation to an NSLU > 2 problems please? > > I've been trying to install the 4.0r2 release. It gets up to selecting > the kernel to install and I pick "linux-image-2.6.18-5-ixp4xx". It > goes on a bit more then it stops with "Unable to install > initramfs-tools ". I pulled the USB external drive out and plugged it > into another machine, but /var/log/syslog is empty. Any suggestions? > > One thing I might have done wrong is I set aside 1gig for swap. Is > that way too much? Could that be the issue? > > Cheers, > > Dave. > > http://dadhacker.blogspot.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]