Re: [coLinux-users] Problem with Debian images

[Ian B. <ib...@gm...>]

Hey Subodh,

The problem with Debian (well, its not really a problem, and it can
occur with a lot of distributions, not just Debian) is that the
packages installed on the image aren't going to be configured properly
for every situation out there. You have to do a lot of
post-installation configuation that will set up the Debian image for
your particular setup at home or at work. Things that need to be
looked at/reviewed are:

1. Your network configuration. Often, the network design of these
debian images are very simplistic. You probably have to tweak this to
match your bridged or TAP network accordingly. The default for the
backports image is a TAP setup.

2. The network resolving config files. Also part of the above, the
config files for the network resolution (/etc/resolv.conf) is
defaulted to a server that probably most home networks can't reach.
So, trying to update apt-get will most likely fail.

3. Apt-get itself is using mirrors that might not be reachable from
your home network. You should always choose mirrors that reflect the
closest physical network connectivity (US East coast servers if you're
in the east coast, etc).

4. Since the image itself is pretty old, the packages installed on the
system are pretty old. If you don't get the above steps fixed, often
you'll be working with really old software that might or might not
work (since Debian is pretty stable, as thats what the stable image is
based on, the software works pretty well, but there are a few examples
of software packages that slip into stable that are well.. not quite
stable). Anyways, your example of dhcp3-server not working is quite
possibly one of those examples.

Once you get all the above fixed and it STILL doesn't work, there
might be other issues, but these are the big 4 that I can think of
right now.

Ian

On 7/15/05, # Subodh # <is...@gm...> wrote:
> hi !
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> last 3 days i have been trying with new Debian images downloaded from
> sourceforge download page..kernel 2.6x based.
> but with both images i am having lot of trouble running apt-get
> update/install/upgrade as below :=20
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> Download Debian-20040605-mit.ext3.1610mb.bz2
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> after doing upgrade... it starts giving problem at dhcp3-server.... as th=
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> subprocess in configure returns error...so all upgrades n installs just
> hangs up at the error.
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> Download Debian-3.0r2.ext3-mit-backports.1gb.bz2
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> give all packages as latest ones... but when run reports as missing...
> cannot install even ssh as libcrypto is missing... similarly most install
> fails.... coz its giving false already installed messages...
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> Only thing i have done is had used a /var from my other drive which has m=
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> linux /var in it... i am trying to use the same drive that has var in bot=
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> coLinux and Linux... my colinux is in windowsXP.
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> plz help.
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> regards
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> Subodh
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