Replacing stuff on d-i initrd
On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 03:21:33AM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > I need to diagnose this in more detail really. I'll have to consult Stephen > on > how to replace modules in the install initrd image so kernel fixes can be > tested without a full d-i rebuild. The following dumps an initrd/initramfs into the current directory. zcat $initrd | cpio -iv The following packs the current directory up again. find . -print0 | cpio -0 -H newc -ov | gzip -c > $initrd Peace, Stephen -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: debian daily netinst cd
On wo, 2008-10-15 at 20:41 -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > The latest daily [0] d-i netinst cdrom and daily [1] includes a > tentative 2.6.26 -9 kernel, which includes all the patches [2] > requested by Michael Schmitz and Finn Thain. > > Hopefully we've got about everything? > > I haven't got quite a full automated install yet, but I'm getting close. > :) > > Remember this cdrom has etch-m68k as the base, so you'll need > probably need suite=etch-m68k and modules=etch-support for kernel args. Hi Stephen, I am currently testing the installer on my MVME167 board with my own kernel and the nativehd initrd.gz, I specified the above kernel args as well. The installer configures my network interface correctly. I am however running into trouble at mirror selection time. Whatever mirror I select, I keep getting the message "Architecture not supported by selected mirror". I made sure I chose a mirror which has it (debian.cs.binghamton.edu). When I look in /var/log/syslog I see the following: Nov 6 21:16:08 choose-mirror[1483]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian//dists/etch-m68k/Release -O - | grep ^Suite: | cut -d' ' -f 2 Nov 6 21:16:10 choose-mirror[1483]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian//dists/stable/Release -O - | grep ^Codename: | cut -d' ' -f 2 Nov 6 21:16:12 choose-mirror[1483]: INFO: codename set to: etch Nov 6 21:16:12 choose-mirror[1483]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian//dists/stable/main/binary-m68k/Release -O - | grep Architecture Nov 6 21:16:13 choose-mirror[1483]: DEBUG: Architecture not supported by selected mirror Nov 6 21:16:19 main-menu[339]: (process:1475): wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Nov 6 21:16:19 main-menu[339]: INFO: Menu item 'choose-mirror' succeeded but requested to be left unconfigured. When executing the above commands by hand the first wget returns "etch-m68k", the second returns "etch", the third wget fails. The puzzling bit is the second wget, why does it download stable/Release? I cannot continue with the installation at this point, and I don't know how to get past the above failure manually. Kind regards, Kars. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Replacing stuff on d-i initrd
Hi Stephen, > > I need to diagnose this in more detail really. I'll have to consult Stephen > > on > > how to replace modules in the install initrd image so kernel fixes can be > > tested without a full d-i rebuild. > > The following dumps an initrd/initramfs into the current directory. > > zcat $initrd | cpio -iv > > The following packs the current directory up again. > > find . -print0 | cpio -0 -H newc -ov | gzip -c > $initrd Thanks for educating me on how simple it is to modify an initrd :-) I'll build my development kernels with the Debian config and post test files. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Replacing stuff on d-i initrd
On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 12:13:55AM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > > > I need to diagnose this in more detail really. I'll have to consult > > > Stephen on > > > how to replace modules in the install initrd image so kernel fixes can be > > > tested without a full d-i rebuild. > > > > The following dumps an initrd/initramfs into the current directory. > > > > zcat $initrd | cpio -iv > > > > The following packs the current directory up again. > > > > find . -print0 | cpio -0 -H newc -ov | gzip -c > $initrd > > Thanks for educating me on how simple it is to modify an initrd :-) > > I'll build my development kernels with the Debian config and post test files. It's easy once you know the secret incantation. ;) Peace, Stephen -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: debian daily netinst cd
On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 10:39:27PM +0100, Kars de Jong wrote: > On wo, 2008-10-15 at 20:41 -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > > The latest daily [0] d-i netinst cdrom and daily [1] includes a > > tentative 2.6.26 -9 kernel, which includes all the patches [2] > > requested by Michael Schmitz and Finn Thain. > > > > Hopefully we've got about everything? > > > > I haven't got quite a full automated install yet, but I'm getting close. > > :) > > > > Remember this cdrom has etch-m68k as the base, so you'll need > > probably need suite=etch-m68k and modules=etch-support for kernel args. > > Hi Stephen, > > I am currently testing the installer on my MVME167 board with my own > kernel and the nativehd initrd.gz, I specified the above kernel args as > well. > > The installer configures my network interface correctly. > > I am however running into trouble at mirror selection time. Whatever > mirror I select, I keep getting the message "Architecture not supported > by selected mirror". I made sure I chose a mirror which has it > (debian.cs.binghamton.edu). > > When I look in /var/log/syslog I see the following: > > Nov 6 21:16:08 choose-mirror[1483]: DEBUG: command: wget -q > http://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian//dists/etch-m68k/Release -O - | grep > ^Suite: | cut -d' ' -f 2 > > Nov 6 21:16:10 choose-mirror[1483]: DEBUG: command: wget -q > http://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian//dists/stable/Release -O - | grep > ^Codename: | cut -d' ' -f 2 > > Nov 6 21:16:12 choose-mirror[1483]: INFO: codename set to: etch > > Nov 6 21:16:12 choose-mirror[1483]: DEBUG: command: wget -q > http://debian.cs.binghamton.edu/debian//dists/stable/main/binary-m68k/Release > -O - | grep Architecture > > Nov 6 21:16:13 choose-mirror[1483]: DEBUG: Architecture not supported by > selected mirror > > Nov 6 21:16:19 main-menu[339]: (process:1475): wget: server returned error: > HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found > > Nov 6 21:16:19 main-menu[339]: INFO: Menu item 'choose-mirror' succeeded but > requested to be left unconfigured. > > When executing the above commands by hand the first wget returns > "etch-m68k", the second returns "etch", the third wget fails. The > puzzling bit is the second wget, why does it download stable/Release? > > I cannot continue with the installation at this point, and I don't know > how to get past the above failure manually. I can confirm the regression. I'll have to dig into choose-mirror to see what they broke. (Sigh.) Thanks for the report, Stephen -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: Digital signature
