On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:25:20AM -0500, Barry Hawkins wrote: > On Mar 3, 2004, at 10:11 AM, Sven Luther wrote: > > >On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:00:57AM -0500, Barry Hawkins wrote: > >> > >>On Mar 3, 2004, at 2:41 AM, Sven Luther wrote: > >> > >>>On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 04:01:09PM -0500, Barry Hawkins wrote: > >>>> > >>>>On Feb 27, 2004, at 12:14 AM, Barry Hawkins wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>Package: installation-reports > >>>>> > >>>>>Debian-installer-version: > >>>>>http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/ > >>>>>powerpc/20040226/sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso > >>>>>uname -a: N/A, install fails > >>>>>Date: 02/26/2004, 23:30 EST > >>>>>Method: Booted to CD-ROM by holding down C after chime, using > >>>>>debian.mirrors.pair.com > >>>>> > >>[...] > >>>>>Comments/Problems: > >>>>> > >>>>>Toward the end of the install, past 70%, the following message > >>>>>appears: > >>>>> > >>>>> No installable kernel found > >>>>>No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources. > >>>>> > >>>>>The current default kernel package is 'kernel-image'. > >>>>> > >>>>>You may try to continue though this strange error is probably > >>>>>fatal. > >>>>> > >>>>>The debug console shows the following: > >>>>> > >>>>>Setting up tasksel (1.44) ... > >>>>>chroot: cannot execute apt-get: No such file or directory > >>>>> > >>>>Is there some reason that this and other powerpc installation > >>>>reports > >>>>are not being followed up on? > >>> > >>>Because the ones who care about powerpc are busy right now ? I think > >>>it > >>>is exam time for some of them, or they are busy with other stuff. I > >>>myself don't have a pmac, so there is not much i can do, and i think > >>>gaudenz has gone to work on discovery mostly. Don't know about the > >>>others. > >>> > >>>Maybe this is the right time for you (or others) to step in and have > >>>a > >>>go at fixing this problem, if we want to have good powerpc support by > >>>march 15. > >>> > >>>Anyway, i have no idea about the keyboard problem you reported, but > >>>this kernel issue, it should not be problematic. Does choosing > >>>unstable > >>>instead of testing make a change here ? > >>> > >>>Friendly, > >>> > >>>Sven Luther > >>> > >>[...] > >> > >>Sven, > >> Thanks for the info; I didn't realize there were so few powerpc > >> folks! Well, I guess there's no time like the present to learn C. I > >>have > >>seen posts that Alioth has moved to using Subversion; any pointers on > >>what I need to get started? I will begin with getting Subversion 1.0 > >>set up on my Mac. > > > >Well, debian-installer is mostly very basic shell scripts and common > >sense stuff, no need to learn C for it. > > > >Also, for subversion, the active repository is still in CVS, altough > >that may change in the future. > > > >In order to fix this problem, you could start by : > > > > 1) trying out the unstable install instead of the sarge one, and see > > if the problem is still there. > > 2) look at the exact error on console 3, if there is one, and on the > > messages on console 4. > > 3) go to console 2 and run archdetect on it, then test the > > base-installer postinst to see which kernel should have been > > installed. > > 4) once you know that, make sure this kernel exists. Also, check with > > apt-cache search kernel-image which kernels are available from your > > mirror. > > > >Friendly, > > > >Sven Luther > > > > > Sven, > Alright, I will get busy on these items tonight. One question: > > What is the authoritative URL for the powerpc unstable install?
Not sure. I mostly build them myself. You can go to : http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ And then follow the link to the port status page at : http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ports-status Which gives you the URL, but i think there are two set of URLs for the actual images, but maybe this has been fixed already. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
