On Wednesday 07 October 2009, 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 verify the > mirror, and then immediately gives me an error message saying that the > mirror is invalid. A tcpdump on the relaying computer shows that there > was absolutely no traffic on the network (ie. the installer is not > trying to access the network at all, not even dns lookup). When I open > the console and use netcat (nc, as ping, ifconfig and other such tools > are not available in the minimalistic environment), I can access > different servers without any problems, so I have to assume that the > network setup is working. > > What is going on? Why doesn't the installer use the network? How can I > debug this? > > I managed to boot the Debian text installer over PXE on an Alix 2d3. The > Alix does not have a graphics card, so the installation has to be done > using a serial console. Also, since so far I only got the basic > installer running, I have a very limited system running, which > unfortunately limits the debugging options. > > Any help is appreciated! > > Cheers, > Urs
I have never used PXE for a PcEngines board, but always done it by building the CF image using a USB-CF adapter and then moving the CF to the Wrap board (as it was then). That works quite happily. I built the CF image using debootstrap in a chroot. I did have some difficulty getting Grub2 to work with the serial console, but that is a different story (I stuck to Lilo in the end) and may be different with a more up to date copy, and with the Alix board. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
