Re: added 'metad' file to initrd = test it --- Re: [gNewSense-users] GNS on Fuloong Mini: success

[samy boutayeb]

Hi all,

Le samedi 29 janvier 2011 à 23:59 +0200, matti christensen a écrit :
> as earlier you may find the initrd as follows;
> 
> http://www.otavalaiset.net/stuff/initrd_2.6.37_metad_0.2.gz
> 
> at least for me it appears to work - stay waiting your comments
> 

The installation log says:

debootstrap: debconf depends on debconf-i18n | debconf-english; however
debootstrap: Package debconf-i18n is not installed.
debootstrap: Package debconf-english is not installed.
debootstrap: Setting up debconf (1.5.24) ...
debootstrap: /usr/sbin/debootstrap: line 1: repeatn: not found
 

> /mc
> 
> PS. i do not know what is relationship between gNewSense and Debian,  
> but to me it would be obvious that the initrd should be edited so that  
> it would not say 'Debian' in any step ...
> 
> PPS. http://www.otavalaiset.net is homepage of the village i'm living  
> in - and one may notice it has been made in rather minimalistic way -  
> wonder...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting samy boutayeb <address@hidden>:
> 
> > Hi Matti,
> >
> > Le samedi 29 janvier 2011 à 17:44 +0200, matti christensen a écrit :
> >> how did you get the system installed = what about the metad file ?
> >
> > cp /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/sid /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/metad
> >
> >
> >>  /mc
> >>   ( i'm not able to do nothing write now because of kids - and weather
> >> = i'll explain later )
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I understand, I should be working + take care of the kids (only 2 here!)
> > instead of hacking chinese boxes ;-)
> >
> >> boot the newintrd.gz and shift to an other virtual console to be able
> >> to copy the kernel from your usb stick to the hd and modules from
> >> ram filesystem to hd
> >
> > Fine! Thank you for your advice!
> > I make another try a bit later
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Samy
> >
> >> Quoting samy boutayeb <address@hidden>:
> >>
> >> > Hi all,
> >> > Just to let you know, that a revival of the Fuloong Mini seems to be
> >> > doable (see our former posts on this list) after some progress on the
> >> > installation front.
> >> >
> >> > As usual, the kernel was not installed by the installation procedure,
> >> > and you need to creage a /boot/boot.cfg file.
> >> > I was not yet so lucky to manage to achieve a complete booting of the
> >> > box, however, the commands
> >> >
> >> > load (usb0,0)/fuloong/vmlinux-2.6.37-libre-lemote
> >> > g console=tty no_auto_cmd root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=8
> >> >
> >> > boots the systemn with one error message so far:
> >> > FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.37-libre-lemote/modules.dep: No
> >> > such file or directory
> >> > ...
> >> > then, a sequence of lines, as usual, followed by the [ ok ] on the right
> >> > side
> >> > ...
> >> > until it arrives to
> >> >
> >> > gNewSense mips64 debian tty1
> >> > debian login:
> >> >
> >> > Then, no keyboard!
> >> > Damned!
> >> >
> >> > samy
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > _______________________________________________
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> >> > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> keep-IT-simple
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> keep-IT-simple
>