FYI the almost 48h of downtime/flakiness at http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org *seems* to have fixed itself in the past 2 hours.
IIAB 6.5 Preview 2 now installs quickly on Raspberry Pi 3, unlike two hours ago! And thanks all for keeping an eye on it, as so many people were depending on this single-point-of-failure without realizing it! Aside: DansGuardian and Squid currently fail to install as part of Internet-in-a-Box. This only affects the "Big Iron" people who choose the BIG-sized local_vars.yml <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/local_vars_big.yml> who are few and far between -- but if that's you, the workaround is to set the following within /opt/iiab/iiab/vars/local_vars.yml : squid_install: False squid_enabled: False dansguardian_install: False dansguardian_enabled: False And then run the following as usual: cd /opt/iiab/iiab ./iiab-install Details evolving @ https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/512 -- some people sincerely believe that Squid and DansGuardian should both be deprecated. Which may well be a thoughtful + constructive way forward to focus on more modern grassroots use cases. *In any case, we'll discuss different perspectives on Bit Rot versus Wise Metrics For Amputation (etc) during our Monday community/team call @ http://minutes.iiab.io <http://minutes.iiab.io> -- so we're not shooting ourselves in the foot with nearly perpetual maintenance of rarely use packages.* On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 4:11 PM, James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 03:43:50PM -0500, Adam Holt wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Adam Holt <[1]h...@laptop.org> wrote: > > > > Including [2]IIAB 6.5 PRE-Release Notes :-) > > > > But just a warning that Raspbian's mirrors (download servers) were > barely > > working at all over the past ~12 hours or so, so you might have much > better > > luck installing on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Debian 9.2.1 or possibly CentOS > 7.4 in > > the coming hours? > > > > [3]https://github.com/iiab/iiab/releases > > > > Reconfirmed: disturbingly [4]http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org is > hemorrhaging > > (works less than 50% of the time today, as [5]http:// > > downforeveryoneorjustme.com/mirrordirector.raspbian.org confirms) for > almost > > 24h now. > > Only the redirector affected. Can temporarily use a nearby mirror > site if you know the URL and can change configuration. Not an option > for ease of use though. > > > Consequence: those installing on Raspbian are having to run > "./iiab-install" > > 10+ Times In A Row today, just to finally get a regular install (e.g. > [6]http:/ > > /download.iiab.io/6.5/rpi/load.txt) to incrementally/finally complete on > > Raspberry Pi 3. What normally would just happen on its own within about > an > > hour. > > > > Better to take the day off ! > > > > ( Possibly someone knows how we can build more resiliency into Raspbian > package > > downloads/updates in future, using [7]https://www.raspbian.org/ > RaspbianMirrors > > or similar? ) > > Make a preinstalled image and deliver that instead. That's what we > did with the XO. With everything already included, you just have to > get one file, and don't need precious internet. > > > > > What's new? Our prototype replacement for ./runansible allows > installation > > of [8]IIAB 6.5 Preview 2 to progress far more efficiently, far more > > readably -- and to recover roughly where it left off during a large > > net-based install, avoiding repetition! So once you have [9]all > your OS > > prereqs in place, you can now run IIAB's new 9-stage / incremental > > installer as follows: > > > > cd /opt/iiab/iiab > > ./iiab-install > > > > NEW: it will even warn you if your Ansible and/or Raspbian kernel > are not > > recent enough, and guide you to fixing these 2 most essential > prereqs! > > Finally, most installers/implementers will still want to use a 1-line > > install/load scripts -- to walk away from the keyboard and have most > > everything taken care of. As such, YES all our install/load scripts > now > > take advantage of "./iiab-install" 9-stage incremental/recoverable > installs > > too: > > > > [10]http://download.iiab.io/6.5/rpi/ > > > > RECAP #1: if you suffer from a connectivity failure during > installation of > > IIAB, the vast majority of problems are quickly solved by re-trying > "./ > > iiab-install" (after Raspbian mirroring sites hopefully come back to > life > > later today!) > > > > RECAP #2: Raspbian folk...until the new Raspbian OS (point release) > is > > officially released in coming days by the Raspberry Pi Foundation & > All, > > avoid kernel compatibility hassles using this temporary measure to > prep > > your OS properly, just prior to installing: > > > > apt update > > apt install raspberrypi-kernel > > reboot > > (then install IIAB as above, either way!) > > > > Thanks all who've helped make this an incredibly high-quality > pre-release > > already, just a few short weeks away from its final release sometime > later > > this November!! > > > > -- > > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ [11]http://unleashkids.org ! > > > > References: > > > > [1] mailto:h...@laptop.org > > [2] https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.5-Release-Notes > > [3] https://github.com/iiab/iiab/releases > > [4] http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/ > > [5] http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/mirrordirector.raspbian.org > > [6] http://download.iiab.io/6.5/rpi/load.txt > > [7] https://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianMirrors > > [8] https://github.com/iiab/iiab/releases > > [9] https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Installation#do- > everything-from-scratch > > [10] http://download.iiab.io/6.5/rpi/ > > [11] http://unleashkids.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > Server-devel mailing list > > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.netrek.org/ > -- Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org !
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