Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-08 Thread Urs Hunkeler
Hi, The list server refused my previous mail, so I try again. For those who misunderstood my mail, tftp and bootp (basically PXE) worked before and the kernel and the initramdisk got loaded. The problam was with the installer not being able to access the mirrors. Apparently even though the

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-08 Thread Urs Hunkeler
Hi, For those who misunderstood my mail, tftp and bootp (basically PXE) worked before and the kernel and the initramdisk got loaded. The problam was with the installer not being able to access the mirrors. Apparently even though the installer asked me to provide a name server, it did not

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-08 Thread Urs Hunkeler
Hi, I'm not sure this was a problem with the installer. The installer seemed to have set Grub up for the serial console, albeit with the wrong baud rate. However I did not get Grub 2 to run on the Alix. I even tried to install Grub with some modules preloaded (serial terminal and ext2). In th

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-07 Thread Urs Hunkeler
fully. Unfortunately Grub is not yet configured to use the serial console and crashes. Now I need to find a way to mount the partition in a recovery environment in order to change the Grub configuration... Cheers, Urs Urs Hunkeler wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install Debian on an Alix 2d3 board (insta

Re: Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-07 Thread Urs Hunkeler
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 03:10:33AM +0200, Urs Hunkeler wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install Debian on an Alix 2d3 board (installing from network using PXE, the installer runs in a serial console). When I select a mirror, the installer tells me that it is going to v

Installing Debian on an Alix 2d3 using PXE

2009-10-06 Thread Urs Hunkeler
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian on an Alix 2d3 board (installing from network using PXE, the installer runs in a serial console). When I select a mirror, the installer tells me that it is going to verify the mirror, and then immediately gives me an error message saying that the mirror is inv