On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Martin Michlmayr <t...@cyrius.com> wrote:

> * Anders Fluur <and...@fluur.net> [2009-10-27 08:52]:
> > Installing using the debian installer works quite god until late in the
> > procedure where it hangs indefenitely. (In "setting up users" for
> example)
>
> So it doesn't hang at the same point all the time?  How reproducible
> is this?
>
It has happened twice. I've tried modifying the Sheevaplug root FS with
OpenRD client kernel instead, but failed so far.

>
> I installed on the OpenRD-Client a few weeks ago without any problems.
>
Do you have an A0 as well?

>
> > There is one problem before this. I have to exit to shell and install and
> > run ntpdate because there is som clock related problems on the board
> > (revision A0)
>
> Can you describe that clock problem some more?
>
Everytime I have started the box it's time is 1954 something. When running
the Debian installer, some validation of the busybox package fails because
of this.
When Googling for the problem I found the solution was to exit to shell and
install and run ntpdate

>
> > Any ideas what makes debian installer stop working? Is the USB disk the
> > problem? The SD card does not seem to be a recognised  installation
> option!
>
> iirc SD is not initialized by the kernel yet.
> --
> Martin Michlmayr
> http://www.cyrius.com/
>

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