NSLU2 Debian install failure

[Mr Doug -]

I am having trouble installing Debian Lenny on my NSLU2. All goes well up to the point of installing the kernel. It aborts with an error. The log is below. I have tried this now 4 times.

I am installing in "low memory" mode. Perhaps I am doing something wrong. There is a 250GB drive attached and it did partition and format it. I can go out to a shell and look at the drive.

Can I reboot the NSLU2 in this state? It warns that it could be a problem in this partially updated state. When I first booted the NSLU2 the drive was not attached. It does see it however. In perusing the net for info I did find another person that had the same problem. An ideas?

An error was returned while trying to install the kernel into the target system. â
                        â                                                                                  â
                        â Kernel package: 'linux-image-2.6-ixp4xx'.                                        â
                        â                                                                                  â
                        â Check /var/log/syslog or see virtual console 4 for the details.  


May 27 04:23:15 root: register-modules
May 27 04:23:32 in-target: Reading package lists...
May 27 04:23:32 in-target: Building dependency tree...
May 27 04:25:22 in-target:
May 27 04:25:43 in-target: Recommended packages:
May 27 04:25:43 in-target:   reportbug pciutils
May 27 04:25:43 in-target: The following NEW packages will be installed:
May 27 04:25:43 in-target:   installation-report
May 27 04:25:45 in-target: 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
May 27 04:25:45 in-target: Need to get 0B/16.8kB of archives.
May 27 04:25:45 in-target: After this operation, 111kB of additional disk space will be used.
May 27 04:25:45 in-target: WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
May 27 04:25:45 in-target:   installation-report
May 27 04:25:45 in-target: E:
May 27 04:25:45 in-target: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes
May 27 04:25:45 in-target:
May 27 04:26:35 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-versatile not usable on ixp4xx
May 27 04:26:35 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-orion5x not usable on ixp4xx
May 27 04:26:35 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-ixp4xx usable on ixp4xx
May 27 04:26:35 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-iop32x not usable on ixp4xx
May 27 04:26:35 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-versatile not usable on ixp4xx
May 27 04:26:35 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-orion5x not usable on ixp4xx
May 27 04:26:35 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-ixp4xx usable on ixp4xx
May 27 04:26:35 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-iop32x not usable on ixp4xx
May 27 04:26:35 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-versatile not usable on ixp4xx
May 27 04:26:35 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-orion5x not usable on ixp4xx
May 27 04:26:35 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-ixp4xx usable on ixp4xx
May 27 04:26:36 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-2.6-iop32x not usable on ixp4xx
May 27 04:26:36 base-installer: info: Found kernels 'linux-image-2.6-ixp4xx,linux-image-2.6.26-2-ixp4xx,linux-image-ixp4xx'
May 27 04:26:36 base-installer: info: preseeded/current kernel: linux-image-2..6-ixp4xx
May 27 04:32:24 base-installer: info: Using kernel 'linux-image-2.6-ixp4xx'
May 27 04:32:24 base-installer: info: Setting do_initrd='yes'.
May 27 04:32:24 base-installer: info: Setting link_in_boot='yes'.
May 27 04:32:26 base-installer: info: Available initramfs generator(s): 'initramfs-tools'
May 27 04:32:44 in-target: Reading package lists...
May 27 04:32:44 in-target: Building dependency tree...
May 27 04:34:23 in-target:
May 27 04:34:48 in-target: The following NEW packages will be installed:
May 27 04:34:48 in-target:   busybox
May 27 04:34:49 in-target: 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
May 27 04:34:49 in-target: Need to get 0B/324kB of archives.
May 27 04:34:49 in-target: After this operation, 578kB of additional disk space will be used.
May 27 04:34:49 in-target: WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
May 27 04:34:49 in-target:   busybox
May 27 04:34:49 in-target: E:
May 27 04:34:49 in-target: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes
May 27 04:34:49 in-target:
May 27 04:34:52 base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/kernel/failed-package-install
May 27 04:39:13 main-menu[2495]: WARNING **: Configuring 'bootstrap-base' failed with error code 1
May 27 04:39:13 main-menu[2495]: WARNING **: Menu item 'bootstrap-base' failed.
May 27 04:39:15 main-menu[2495]: DEBUG: resolver (libgcc1): package doesn't exist (ignored)
May 27 04:39:19 main-menu[2495]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for auto-install
May 27 04:39:19 main-menu[2495]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for ai-choosers
May 27 04:39:19 main-menu[2495]: INFO: Menu item 'di-utils-shell' selected
/var/log #



     

[Martin Michlmayr]

* Mr Doug - <dsc3507@...> [2009-05-26 21:57]:
> I am installing in "low memory" mode.

This is normal.  The NSLU2 only has 32 MB of RAM, so it always runs in
"low memory" mode.

> May 27 04:25:45 in-target: After this operation, 111kB of additional disk space will be used.
> May 27 04:25:45 in-target: WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
> May 27 04:25:45 in-target:   installation-report
> May 27 04:25:45 in-target: E:
> May 27 04:25:45 in-target: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes

It's failing to download packages because they cannot be
authenticated.  The archive key got changes a few days ago, maybe you
got hit by that.

I just performed a successful installation with the 5.0.1 images from
slug-firmware.net.  Are you using those?
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/

[Mr Doug -]

Thanks for the reply Martin. I had sent a response to nslu2-general and not here so you probably did not see it. I got it going fine. Now all I need it fuse and owfs for Debian arm. They tell me it is coming. My original response....

Ok replying to my own post to give an update.



Another thread I saw with this problem talked about trying 13 times to
finally get it installed, so I thought that I had better be patient.
Patience payed off, on about the 6th try it successfully installed. I
did nothing different, so not sure what it was. Perhaps it is a network
or Debian fileserver issue. This is not specifically seen in the log
though. Maybe someone can explain it.



So working fine now.  For anyone that is having this problem I would
recommend going through the install many times before giving up.



Doug

--- On Mon, 6/1/09, Martin Michlmayr <tbm@...> wrote:

From: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@...>
Subject: Re: [nslu2-linux] NSLU2 Debian install failure
To: nslu2-linux@...
Cc: "nslu2-general" <nslu2-general@...>
Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 12:30 PM











   
           
           


     
      * Mr Doug - <dsc3507@yahoo. com> [2009-05-26 21:57]:

> I am installing in "low memory" mode.



This is normal.  The NSLU2 only has 32 MB of RAM, so it always runs in

"low memory" mode.



> May 27 04:25:45 in-target: After this operation, 111kB of additional disk space will be used.

> May 27 04:25:45 in-target: WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!

> May 27 04:25:45 in-target:   installation- report

> May 27 04:25:45 in-target: E:

> May 27 04:25:45 in-target: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes



It's failing to download packages because they cannot be

authenticated.  The archive key got changes a few days ago, maybe you

got hit by that.



I just performed a successful installation with the 5.0.1 images from

slug-firmware. net.  Are you using those?

--

Martin Michlmayr

http://www.cyrius. com/