Ok thanks, I used debootstrap instead of cdebootstrap and it works.
I previously used cdebootstrap while following HowTo/SmallSizeImage from wiki.debian.org/DebianLive because of another error message. Therefore this line in the SmallSizeImage Howto: lh_config --apt-recommends disabled --bootstrap-flavour mini --linux-flavours "686" might be lh_config --apt-recommends disabled --bootstrap-flavour minimal --linux-flavours "686" Note the minimal insead of mini. @+Oliv Daniel Baumann wrote: > Olivier Avenel wrote: > >> I get this error message: >> ... >> P: Retrieving Release >> P: Retrieving Release.gpg >> P: Validating Release >> E: Could'nt validate Release >> >> Any help would be appreciated, thanks. >> > > this is cdebootstrap failing on your mirror; which is either a fault of > cdebootstrap or your mirror. pass --debug to cdebootstrap so see the > actual cause. > > apart from that, it's recommended to use debootstrap, not cdebootstrap. > > >> At boot prompt when pressing F3 key to show help screen and boot >> parameters, Cdrom tray ejects and I get a boot error message telling me >> to restart. >> > > hmm, sounds like very strange syslinux behaviour. > > >> This problem would'nt be disturbing if we could have an idea to boot in >> 686 mode without the help screen as 486 mode is very limited for today's >> machine. >> > > yep; syslinux labels are not that handy right now. they should be > adjusted so that we have 'live' as default method, and 'live-$flavour' > whereas $flavour designates the kernel flavour string (e.g. 486 or 686). > > patches welcome :) > > _______________________________________________ debian-live-devel mailing list debian-live-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-live-devel