Martin, Larry D wrote: > I downloaded Debian 405 some time ago and that loads up to the point that > it tries to continue the install from a mirror site. At this point all I > can get is "Server not there or kernel is unavailable".
There's a known issue for installing Etch. You'll need to add the following boot parameter in parmfile.debian to make downloading installer components and packages from a mirror work: debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated=true See also http://bugs.debian.org/536353. Note that you will need installer images with kernel version 2.6.18-6-s390 for the installation to succeed; if you use images that have an older kernel version the installation will fail at some point. 4.0.5 may well be too old, but I'm not sure. The error you quote is not one I recognize. Please give exact error messages if you need additional help. > So I tried to download 503 from the default site and the ftp starts and > then just stops. So I tried a different site (carroll.aset.psu.edu) and > that site had 501 for download. Do you mean the download of the installer images themselves fail, or the downloading of packages during the installation? If you're using FTP from within some mainframe utility, then please make sure your transfer settings are correct for binary data. Download fairlures are most often caused by that (unfortunately I cannot tell you what the correct settings are). Maybe try downloading the images to a regular PC first. The "generic" images available on the mirrors now for the 5.0.3 point release of Lenny [1] are known to work correctly. Note that not all mirrors support all architectures. Most "country" mirrors (ftp.XX.debian.org) should be good. I have successfully installed Lenny 5.0.3 using the generic images and ftp.nl.debian.org. > I downloaded CD1 and loaded it - it very quickly gets a kernel failure > and a Disabled Wait. That sounds as if the CD has an older version of the installer which did have a serious kernel bug. In general using a CD does not offer any real advantages over using the 'generic' images. Cheers, FJP [1]http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-s390/current/images/generic/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
