ound' during install)
in the first place and is there a way fix it?
Thanks again for the clue regarding update-initramfs! At least, I know that the
install is successful.
From: kes...@hotmail.com
To: tomh0...@gmail.com; debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: Installer not reading presee
really apologize for not responding sooner.
> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:08:13 -0400
> Subject: Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg
> From: tomh0...@gmail.com
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 5:43 PM, keshav prabhakar wrote:
> >>
> >
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 5:43 PM, keshav prabhakar wrote:
>>
>> I just remembered, I'm using a linux 5 template ('Guest OS: Debian
>> GNU/Linux 5 (64-bit)') to install Debian 6. not sure if that's causing the
>> issue, somehow. (I'm using ESXi 4.0 server, which is quite old and it
>> doesn't suppor
I also just did a `update-initramfs -d` followed by `initramfs -c -k
2.6.26-2-amd64` and `update-grub`. Anything in particular that I should be
looking for in the output?
>I just remembered, I'm using a linux 5 template ('Guest OS: Debian GNU/Linux 5
>(64-bit)') to install Debian 6. not sure if that's causing the issue, somehow.
>(I'm using ESXi 4.0 server, which is quite old and it doesn't support >
>'Debian GNU/Linux 6' as one of the templates). Let me try w
>
> It all looks OK except for the fact that d-i can't see your disks.
>
> Are your disks still attached?! While at that screen, go to VT2 and
> run "fdisk -l".
yes, it looks like it.
~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 17.1 GB, 17179869184 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2088
cylindersUnits = cylin
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 3:48 PM, keshav prabhakar wrote:
> sorry, I got distracted by some other project for the past week..
>> It's "/usr/sbin/update-initramfs". Do you have "/usr" mounted?
>
> no. it's not mounted. see below.
>> What choices did you make for rescue mode?
>
> I think I chose
> That looks like you ran a shell in the installer environment. You
> want to run the shell in the target environment.
> Thanks for your response.you were right. The shell was in the installer
> environment. I couldn't get the rescue mode to find the disk partition at
> all.. (I posted the de
sorry, I got distracted by some other project for the past week..
> It's "/usr/sbin/update-initramfs". Do you have "/usr" mounted?
>
no. it's not mounted. see below.
> What choices did you make for rescue mode?
>
I think I chose the correct options:
1. booted off of CD drive
2. Ins
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:43 AM, keshav prabhakar wrote:
>
> looks like I didn't 'reply all' before..
>>
>> As a start and without diagnosing further, I'd boot from an install CD
>> in rescue mode and re-create the initramfs either with
>> "update-initramfs -u -k ..." or "update-initramfs -d -k .
keshav prabhakar wrote:
> looks like I didn't 'reply all' before..
> > As a start and without diagnosing further, I'd boot from an install CD
> > in rescue mode and re-create the initramfs either with
> > "update-initramfs -u -k ..." or "update-initramfs -d -k ... ;
> > update-initramfs -c -k ...".
looks like I didn't 'reply all' before..
> As a start and without diagnosing further, I'd boot from an install CD
> in rescue mode and re-create the initramfs either with
> "update-initramfs -u -k ..." or "update-initramfs -d -k ... ;
> update-initramfs -c -k ...".
>
> You might want to run "upda
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 6:25 PM, keshav prabhakar wrote:
>
> d-i mirror/country string manual
> d-i mirror/suite string stable
>
> yes, those two lines did the magic! Thanks.
> It started reading from the local server but...now, it's stopping next at
> this error:
>
>No root file system
> No ro
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 22:22:25 -0500, Tom H wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Brian wrote:
>>> On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 19:04:41 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
netcfg/wireless_wep string#d-i mirror/country string USd-i
>>>
>>> The first p
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 7:54 AM, keshav prabhakar wrote:
>
> oh wow! Frankly, this is the best, most detailed response I have ever gotten
> on any list so far. :)
> but seriously, I can't thank enough for your time and interest. really
> appreciate it.
> I didn't pay much attention to my preseed.cf
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/suite string stable
yes, those two lines did the magic! Thanks.It started reading from the local
server but...now, it's stopping next at this error:
No root file systemNo root file system is defined.
Please correct this from the partitioning menu.
I
On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 22:22:25 -0500, Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Brian wrote:
> > On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 19:04:41 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
> >>
> >> netcfg/wireless_wep string#d-i mirror/country string USd-i
> >
> > The first post at
> >
> >http://ubuntuforums.org/sho
Thanks for the pointer. I'll try this and let you all know how it goes.
oh wow! Frankly, this is the best, most detailed response I have ever gotten on
any list so far. :) but seriously, I can't thank enough for your time and
interest. really appreciate it.I didn't pay much attention to my preseed.cfg
yet since I was still trying to figure mirror issue. Also, I hav
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 4:32 AM, Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:04 PM, keshav prabhakar wrote:
Also 1483 seems like a very small preseed file.
>>>
>>> It is.
>>> # ls -l preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1488 Ma
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:04 PM, keshav prabhakar wrote:
>>>
>>> Also 1483 seems like a very small preseed file.
>>
>> It is.
>> # ls -l preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1488 Mar 8 14:00 preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg
>> # more preseed_D
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 19:04:41 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
>>
>> netcfg/wireless_wep string#d-i mirror/country string USd-i
>
> The first post at
>
>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1601750
>
> is your situation. The second post gives a
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:04 PM, keshav prabhakar wrote:
>>
>> Also 1483 seems like a very small preseed file.
>
> It is.
> # ls -l preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1488 Mar 8 14:00 preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg
> # more preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg
> #d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60
> #
On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 19:04:41 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
> netcfg/wireless_wep string#d-i mirror/country string USd-i
The first post at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1601750
is your situation. The second post gives a solution which is discussed
further at
https://bugs.lau
> Also 1483 seems like a very small preseed file.
It is. # ls -l preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1488 Mar 8
14:00 preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg# more preseed_Debian-6.0.7.cfg #d-i
netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60#d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US#d-i
console-keymaps-at/keymap
> Back to square one...
>
> Can you wget your preseed file from a d-i console?
yes, the preseed file downloads successfully with wget. This was the next thing
I tried after `wget http://www.debian.org` but missed mentioning before.
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 2:02 PM, keshav prabhakar wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for responding.
>>
>>> When you define "interface=eth1" in your "append" statement, the
>>> entire installation's meant to be done via this NIC. I doubt that you
>>> can switch the
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 2:02 PM, keshav prabhakar wrote:
>
> Thanks for responding.
>
>> When you define "interface=eth1" in your "append" statement, the
>> entire installation's meant to be done via this NIC. I doubt that you
>> can switch the NICs around via your preseed file as you're trying to
Thanks for responding.
> When you define "interface=eth1" in your "append" statement, the
> entire installation's meant to be done via this NIC. I doubt that you
> can switch the NICs around via your preseed file as you're trying to
> do - as is evidenced by the fact that d-i tries to contact deb
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 9:21 AM, David Sastre Medina
wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 06:21:39AM -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
>>
>> append initrd=Debian-6.0.7-amd64/netboot/initrd.gz interface=eth1
>> domain=mydomain netcfg/get_nameservers=x.x.x.x
>> netcfg/get_hostname=myhostname locale=en_US
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 7:21 AM, keshav prabhakar wrote:
>
> Networking is setup by the kernel boot parameters that are on the 'append'
> line. It looks like this:
>
> append initrd=Debian-6.0.7-amd64/netboot/initrd.gz interface=eth1
> domain=mydomain netcfg/get_nameservers=x.x.x.x
> netcfg/ge
On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 06:21:39AM -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
>
> > This would imply preseeding might have set up networking. Has it?
> Networking is setup by the kernel boot parameters that are on the 'append'
> line. It looks like this:
> append initrd=Debian-6.0.7-amd64/netboot/initrd
mentioned before, preseed.cfg is fetched but never used:
192.168.1.199 - - [08/Mar/2013:06:36:37 -0500] "GET /anaconda/cfg/preseed.cfg
HTTP/1.1" 200 1483 "-" "Wget"
Keshav
> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 08:23:24 +
> From: a...@cityscape.co.uk
> To: debian-us
On Thu 07 Mar 2013 at 16:45:08 -0600, keshav prabhakar wrote:
> I am trying to understand an issue i'm having with preseed'ing over
> the network. wondering if anyone has experienced this in the past
> and/or have a solution to it.
>
> My pxeboot server (running on centos 6.3) runs dhcpd and tftp
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