Re: Problem with preseed partitioning
Hi Eric, /dev/cciss/c0d0 does exist during install. I've tried a standard cd install. Then, the root partition takes all space on the device. So it isn't a driver issue. It must be something in the recipe. So, searching further for a solution. If *anyone* has a tip concerning this matter would be appreciated *so* much ! cheers, Andy 2009/6/30 Andy Kannberg andy.kannb...@gmail.com Hi Eric, No, haven't checked the error logs. Will do so tomorrow. I'll post my progress here. thanks! Andy 2009/6/30 Eric Gerlach egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 03:52:36PM +0200, Andy Kannberg wrote: Hi guru's, I am running into a problem with a system that I want to install via a preseed config file. All goes well, except the partitioning part. The system I want to install is a HP Proliant DL380 G5 with SmartArray. For some reason, the recipe I've created isn't used; the installer falls back to the standard partitioning scheme. I must say, I am installing Ubuntu, but since Ubuntu is Debian based, and the Ubuntu maillinglists can't answer my problem, I am trying my luck here. The partitioning part of the preseed file is shown below: [snip] Can someone shed a light on this and help me out what I am doing wrong or forgetting ? It looks good to my eye... keep in mind I've only done this twice. Have you checked the error console (VT 4) during install (or the installer log after install) for errors? Also, if you drop to a console on VT 2 or 3 during install, does /dev/cciss/c0d0 exist? That's all I can think of. Let me know if you figure it out. Cheers, -- Eric Gerlach, Network Administrator Federation of Students University of Waterloo p: (519) 888-4567 x36329 e: egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Problem with preseed partitioning
Another update: Using a different recipe does work. Instead of the expert_recipe, I used choose_recipe with separate partitions: d-i partman-auto/method string regular d-i partman-auto/disk /dev/cciss/c0d0 d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select Separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true d-i partman/choose_partition \ select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk d-i partman/confirm boolean true This seems to work. But I am still not satisfied. Looking further for a solution... 2009/7/1 Andy Kannberg andy.kannb...@gmail.com Hi Eric, /dev/cciss/c0d0 does exist during install. I've tried a standard cd install. Then, the root partition takes all space on the device. So it isn't a driver issue. It must be something in the recipe. So, searching further for a solution. If *anyone* has a tip concerning this matter would be appreciated *so* much ! cheers, Andy 2009/6/30 Andy Kannberg andy.kannb...@gmail.com Hi Eric, No, haven't checked the error logs. Will do so tomorrow. I'll post my progress here. thanks! Andy 2009/6/30 Eric Gerlach egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 03:52:36PM +0200, Andy Kannberg wrote: Hi guru's, I am running into a problem with a system that I want to install via a preseed config file. All goes well, except the partitioning part. The system I want to install is a HP Proliant DL380 G5 with SmartArray. For some reason, the recipe I've created isn't used; the installer falls back to the standard partitioning scheme. I must say, I am installing Ubuntu, but since Ubuntu is Debian based, and the Ubuntu maillinglists can't answer my problem, I am trying my luck here. The partitioning part of the preseed file is shown below: [snip] Can someone shed a light on this and help me out what I am doing wrong or forgetting ? It looks good to my eye... keep in mind I've only done this twice. Have you checked the error console (VT 4) during install (or the installer log after install) for errors? Also, if you drop to a console on VT 2 or 3 during install, does /dev/cciss/c0d0 exist? That's all I can think of. Let me know if you figure it out. Cheers, -- Eric Gerlach, Network Administrator Federation of Students University of Waterloo p: (519) 888-4567 x36329 e: egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Problem with preseed partitioning
I've solved the problem. Leaving out the escapes chars and putting the whole recipe on one line did the job. Now it works like a charm. cheers, Andy 2009/7/1 Andy Kannberg andy.kannb...@gmail.com Another update: Using a different recipe does work. Instead of the expert_recipe, I used choose_recipe with separate partitions: d-i partman-auto/method string regular d-i partman-auto/disk /dev/cciss/c0d0 d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select Separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true d-i partman/choose_partition \ select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk d-i partman/confirm boolean true This seems to work. But I am still not satisfied. Looking further for a solution... 2009/7/1 Andy Kannberg andy.kannb...@gmail.com Hi Eric, /dev/cciss/c0d0 does exist during install. I've tried a standard cd install. Then, the root partition takes all space on the device. So it isn't a driver issue. It must be something in the recipe. So, searching further for a solution. If *anyone* has a tip concerning this matter would be appreciated *so* much ! cheers, Andy 2009/6/30 Andy Kannberg andy.kannb...@gmail.com Hi Eric, No, haven't checked the error logs. Will do so tomorrow. I'll post my progress here. thanks! Andy 2009/6/30 Eric Gerlach egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 03:52:36PM +0200, Andy Kannberg wrote: Hi guru's, I am running into a problem with a system that I want to install via a preseed config file. All goes well, except the partitioning part. The system I want to install is a HP Proliant DL380 G5 with SmartArray. For some reason, the recipe I've created isn't used; the installer falls back to the standard partitioning scheme. I must say, I am installing Ubuntu, but since Ubuntu is Debian based, and the Ubuntu maillinglists can't answer my problem, I am trying my luck here. The partitioning part of the preseed file is shown below: [snip] Can someone shed a light on this and help me out what I am doing wrong or forgetting ? It looks good to my eye... keep in mind I've only done this twice. Have you checked the error console (VT 4) during install (or the installer log after install) for errors? Also, if you drop to a console on VT 2 or 3 during install, does /dev/cciss/c0d0 exist? That's all I can think of. Let me know if you figure it out. Cheers, -- Eric Gerlach, Network Administrator Federation of Students University of Waterloo p: (519) 888-4567 x36329 e: egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Problem with preseed partitioning
Hi guru's,
I am running into a problem with a system that I want to install via a
preseed config file.
All goes well, except the partitioning part. The system I want to install is
a HP Proliant DL380 G5 with SmartArray.
For some reason, the recipe I've created isn't used; the installer falls
back to the standard partitioning scheme.
I must say, I am installing Ubuntu, but since Ubuntu is Debian based, and
the Ubuntu maillinglists can't answer my problem, I am trying my luck here.
The partitioning part of the preseed file is shown below:
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
d-i partman-auto/disk /dev/cciss/c0d0
d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
boot-root :: \
2048 50 2048 ext3 \
$primary{ } \
method{ format } format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }\
mountpoint{ / } \
. \
2048 50 2048 linux-swap \
$primary{ } method{ swap } format{ }\
. \
4096 50 4096 ext3 \
method{ format } format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }\
mountpoint{ /usr } \
. \
4096 50 4096 ext3 \
method{ format } format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }\
mountpoint{ /var } \
. \
2048 50 2048 ext3 \
method{ format } format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }\
mountpoint{ /tmp } \
. \
4096 50 10 ext3 \
method{ format } format{ } \
use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }\
mountpoint{ /data } \
.
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition \
select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
Can someone shed a light on this and help me out what I am doing wrong or
forgetting ?
cheers,
Andy
Re: Problem with preseed partitioning
Hi Eric, No, haven't checked the error logs. Will do so tomorrow. I'll post my progress here. thanks! Andy 2009/6/30 Eric Gerlach egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 03:52:36PM +0200, Andy Kannberg wrote: Hi guru's, I am running into a problem with a system that I want to install via a preseed config file. All goes well, except the partitioning part. The system I want to install is a HP Proliant DL380 G5 with SmartArray. For some reason, the recipe I've created isn't used; the installer falls back to the standard partitioning scheme. I must say, I am installing Ubuntu, but since Ubuntu is Debian based, and the Ubuntu maillinglists can't answer my problem, I am trying my luck here. The partitioning part of the preseed file is shown below: [snip] Can someone shed a light on this and help me out what I am doing wrong or forgetting ? It looks good to my eye... keep in mind I've only done this twice. Have you checked the error console (VT 4) during install (or the installer log after install) for errors? Also, if you drop to a console on VT 2 or 3 during install, does /dev/cciss/c0d0 exist? That's all I can think of. Let me know if you figure it out. Cheers, -- Eric Gerlach, Network Administrator Federation of Students University of Waterloo p: (519) 888-4567 x36329 e: egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
problems with fetching packages via apt-get
Hello all, I'm new to the list, and also new to Debian. Though, I have UNIX (Solaris) experience and a little RedHat / SuSe knowledge, so I am not a complete newby. Here at work we've got a Debian box to administer. Now, I need to install the nfs-kernel-server package. But when I try to install it with apt-get, I get the following: nlyehvrau1ms006:~# apt-get install nfs-kernel-server Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: nfs-kernel-server 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded. Need to get 75.5kB of archives. After unpacking 242kB will be used. Err http://ftp.nl.debian.org unstable/main nfs-kernel-server 1:1.0.3-1 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0.3-1_i386.deb 404 Not Found E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? This is the /etc/apt/sourcels.list: #deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde stable main #deb http://devel-home.kde.org/~nolden/kde/dists/woody/main/binary-i386 ./ deb http://borft.student.utwente.nl/debian unstable main contrib deb http://borft.student.utwente.nl/debian woody main contrib deb http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/OpenOffice.deb unstable main contrib #deb http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian woody gnome2 #deb-src http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian woody gnome2 deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main #deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/java-linux/debian woody main non-free #deb http://wh9.tu-dresden.de/kde3/karolina ./ #debhttp://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk-sid ./ deb http://borst.student.utwente.nl/~daniels/sid/i386 ./ #deb ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/pub/debian-misc/daniels/current/sid/i386 ./ #deb http://people.debian.org/~ccheney/kde-3.1.0-1/ ./ deb http://people.debian.org/~ccheney/kde-other ./ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~ccheney/kde-other ./ deb http://phebehouse.dyndns.org/pub/kdepim ./ Is there a way to refresh this list ? What I also find curious is that apt-get decides to use the http://ftp.nl.debian.org ( the 6th entry in the list) instead of http://borft.student.utwente.nl (the 1st entry) Hope you can help me out on this! Kind regards, Andy Kannberg System Manager SITE UNIX group LG Philips Displays Eindhoven The Netherlands tel: 040 - 2304678 fax: 040 - 2785405 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems with fetching packages via apt-get, part2
Hi, I've figured out that apt-get works fine, but it can't find the version it is looking for, hence the 404 error. How can I change which version of a package is downloaded ? best regards, Andy Kannberg System Manager SITE UNIX group LG Philips Displays Eindhoven The Netherlands tel: 040 - 2304678 fax: 040 - 2785405 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-+ | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | isplays.com | | || | | 04/13/2004 10:13 AM | | || |-+ --| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: | | Subject: problems with fetching packages via apt-get | | | --| Hello all, I'm new to the list, and also new to Debian. Though, I have UNIX (Solaris) experience and a little RedHat / SuSe knowledge, so I am not a complete newby. Here at work we've got a Debian box to administer. Now, I need to install the nfs-kernel-server package. But when I try to install it with apt-get, I get the following: nlyehvrau1ms006:~# apt-get install nfs-kernel-server Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: nfs-kernel-server 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded. Need to get 75.5kB of archives. After unpacking 242kB will be used. Err http://ftp.nl.debian.org unstable/main nfs-kernel-server 1:1.0.3-1 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0.3-1_i386.deb 404 Not Found E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? This is the /etc/apt/sourcels.list: #deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde stable main #deb http://devel-home.kde.org/~nolden/kde/dists/woody/main/binary-i386 ./ deb http://borft.student.utwente.nl/debian unstable main contrib deb http://borft.student.utwente.nl/debian woody main contrib deb http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/OpenOffice.deb unstable main contrib #deb http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian woody gnome2 #deb-src http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian woody gnome2 deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main #deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/java-linux/debian woody main non-free #deb http://wh9.tu-dresden.de/kde3/karolina ./ #debhttp://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk-sid ./ deb http://borst.student.utwente.nl/~daniels/sid/i386 ./ #deb ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/pub/debian-misc/daniels/current/sid/i386 ./ #deb http://people.debian.org/~ccheney/kde-3.1.0-1/ ./ deb http://people.debian.org/~ccheney/kde-other ./ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~ccheney/kde-other ./ deb http://phebehouse.dyndns.org/pub/kdepim ./ Is there a way to refresh this list ? What I also find curious is that apt-get decides to use the http://ftp.nl.debian.org ( the 6th entry in the list) instead of http://borft.student.utwente.nl (the 1st entry) Hope you can help me out on this! Kind regards, Andy Kannberg System Manager SITE UNIX group LG Philips Displays Eindhoven The Netherlands tel: 040 - 2304678 fax: 040 - 2785405 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems with fetching packages via apt-get
Strawks, thanks, after the update it started downloading the packages. Many, many thanks !! best regards, Andy Kannberg System Manager SITE UNIX group LG Philips Displays Eindhoven The Netherlands tel: 040 - 2304678 fax: 040 - 2785405 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-+ | | strawks | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | | | || | | 04/13/2004 11:18 | | | AM | | || |-+ --| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: | | Subject: Re: problems with fetching packages via apt-get | | | --| Hi, Current version of nfs-kernel-server is 1.0.6-3, 1.0.3-1 is not available anymore. try apt-get update apt-get install nfs-kernel-server strawks. On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 10:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I'm new to the list, and also new to Debian. Though, I have UNIX (Solaris) experience and a little RedHat / SuSe knowledge, so I am not a complete newby. Here at work we've got a Debian box to administer. Now, I need to install the nfs-kernel-server package. But when I try to install it with apt-get, I get the following: nlyehvrau1ms006:~# apt-get install nfs-kernel-server Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: nfs-kernel-server 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded. Need to get 75.5kB of archives. After unpacking 242kB will be used. Err http://ftp.nl.debian.org unstable/main nfs-kernel-server 1:1.0.3-1 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.0.3-1_i386.deb 404 Not Found E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? This is the /etc/apt/sourcels.list: #deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde stable main #deb http://devel-home.kde.org/~nolden/kde/dists/woody/main/binary-i386 ./ deb http://borft.student.utwente.nl/debian unstable main contrib deb http://borft.student.utwente.nl/debian woody main contrib deb http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/OpenOffice.deb unstable main contrib #deb http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian woody gnome2 #deb-src http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian woody gnome2 deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main #deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/java-linux/debian woody main non-free #deb http://wh9.tu-dresden.de/kde3/karolina ./ #debhttp://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk-sid ./ deb http://borst.student.utwente.nl/~daniels/sid/i386 ./ #deb ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/pub/debian-misc/daniels/current/sid/i386 ./ #deb http://people.debian.org/~ccheney/kde-3.1.0-1/ ./ deb http://people.debian.org/~ccheney/kde-other ./ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~ccheney/kde-other ./ deb http://phebehouse.dyndns.org/pub/kdepim ./ Is there a way to refresh this list ? What I also find curious is that apt-get decides to use the http://ftp.nl.debian.org ( the 6th entry in the list) instead of http://borft.student.utwente.nl (the 1st entry) Hope you can help me out on this! Kind regards, Andy Kannberg System Manager SITE UNIX group LG Philips Displays Eindhoven The Netherlands tel: 040 - 2304678 fax: 040 - 2785405 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (See attached file: signature.asc) signature.asc Description: Binary data
network settings
Hi, I've run yet into another problem I want to know what the network settings concerning speed and mode are (10 Mb, 100Mb, FDX, HDX). How can I check (and change) those ? Under Solaris, this can be checked / changed with ndd, but it seems (as far as I can tell) that Debian doesn't have such a command ? best regards, Andy Kannberg System Manager SITE UNIX group LG Philips Displays Eindhoven The Netherlands tel: 040 - 2304678 fax: 040 - 2785405 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
