Using the instructions at http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Projects/GNewSenseToMIPS which uses files at http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/installer/current/mipsel/loongson/netboot/ to install gNewSense on Lemote Yeeloong 8101B fails at the (preseeded) choosing a mirror stage with:
[!!] Choose a mirror of the Debian archive Architecture not supported The specified Debian archive mirror does not seem to support your architecture. Please try a different mirror. <Go Back> <Continue> In /var/log/syslog: Mar 19 10:20:08 main-menu[1921]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) Mar 19 10:20:08 main-menu[1921]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6): package doesn't exist (ignored) Mar 19 10:20:08 main-menu[1921]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for auto-install Mar 19 10:20:08 main-menu[1921]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for ai-choosers Mar 19 10:20:08 main-menu[1921]: INFO: Menu item 'choose-mirror' selected Mar 19 10:20:08 anna-install: Queueing udeb apt-mirror-setup for later installation Mar 19 10:20:08 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/Release -O - | grep ^Suite: | cut -d' ' -f 2 Mar 19 10:20:08 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/Release -O - | grep ^Codename: | cut -d' ' -f 2 Mar 19 10:20:09 choose-mirror[3939]: INFO: codename set to: parkes Mar 19 10:20:09 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/main/binary-mipsel/Release -O - | grep Architecture Mar 19 10:20:09 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: Architecture not supported by selected mirror Mar 19 10:20:12 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/Release -O - | grep ^Suite: | cut -d' ' -f 2 Mar 19 10:20:13 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/Release -O - | grep ^Codename: | cut -d' ' -f 2 Mar 19 10:20:13 choose-mirror[3939]: INFO: codename set to: parkes Mar 19 10:20:13 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: command: wget -q http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/main/binary-mipsel/Release -O - | grep Architecture Mar 19 10:20:13 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: Architecture not supported by selected mirror Mar 19 10:27:06 init: init: starting pid 1898, tty '/dev/tty2': '-/bin/sh' There is not a 'Release' file at http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/main/binary-mipsel/ The Debian equivalent is http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/binary-mipsel/ which has a 'Release' file. I would very much like to have gNewSense installed on the Lemote so what can I do? The latest files in http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/installer/current/mipsel/loongson/netboot/ are from November 2010. Do they need updating? I've submitted a bug report (though the formatting is mashed, web form bug submission not so good): "bug #32851, Lemote (mipsel) install fails with "Architecture not supported"." <https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?32851> Also, I am involved with Software Freedom Day <http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/> and would very much like to have gNewSense recommended and distributed as part the event but this and other repository issues make it hard to do so. Regards, Mike.
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