These two files should be created automatically. The message is a bit
I got the 'net-initrd' image for powerpc from: http://www.soziologie.ch/users/steinlin/d-i/
I try to run it on an IBM 44P-170; however, it goes into an infinite loop:
~snip Cannot open template file /var/lib/cdebconf/templates.dat Cannot open template file /var/lib/cdebconf/templates.dat Cannot open question file /var/lib/cdebconf/questions.dat readlink: /proc/self/fd/0: No such file or directory Cannot open template file /var/lib/cdebconf/templates.dat Cannot open question file /var/lib/cdebconf/questions.dat Cannot open template file /var/lib/cdebconf/templates.dat ~snip
I guess it is because the 'templates.dat' and 'questions.dat' files are missing?
missleading because it should better say "Could not open foo, created
new foo."
I think your problem may be related to the missing /proc/self/fd/0,
probably /proc is not mounted. I had similar problems if the kernel
module unix.o did not load. You have to use not only net-initrd.gz but
also the vmlinux kernel on my website. You can not build your own
kernel because then symbols will not match those of the kernel modules
on the initrd. If you need to use a custom kernel you will also have to
build your own installer image.
You also have to make sure, that the first process executed is /linuxrc and not /sbin/init. If you use another booting method than my yaboot with yaboot.conf you have to supply "init=/linuxrc" as boot parameter.
It seems a little bit strange but in some cases the kernel does not start /linuxrc itself on an initrd if /sbin/init is also present eventhough I think it should call /linuxrc in any case on initial ramdisks.
But probably someone else on debian-boot or debian-powerpc will know more about this problem.
gaudenz
# ls -Rla /export/di/root_fs/var/lib/cdebconf /export/di/root_fs/var/lib/cdebconf: total 0 drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 112 1969-12-31 18:00 . drwxrwxrwx 5 root root 128 1969-12-31 18:00 .. drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 48 1969-12-31 18:00 questions drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 48 1969-12-31 18:00 templates
/export/di/root_fs/var/lib/cdebconf/questions: total 0 drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 48 1969-12-31 18:00 . drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 112 1969-12-31 18:00 ..
/export/di/root_fs/var/lib/cdebconf/templates: total 0 drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 48 1969-12-31 18:00 . drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 112 1969-12-31 18:00 ..
If this is the problem, how do I obtain/create these files?
Rolf
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