Re: [coLinux-users] cannot install debian from iso

[Henry N. <Hen...@Ar...>]

Hello Wolfram,

Wolfram Wadepohl wrote:
> Henry Nestler schrieb:
> 
>> Wolfram Wadepohl wrote:
>>
>>> trying to install debian etch rc2 businesscard image as described in the 
>>> "colinx: Install debian From Iso" every attempt failed.
>>>
>>> I've extracted initrd.gz from iso iamge and unpacked to initrd.
>>> My colinux.xml look like:
>>> (...)
>>>     <block_device index="3" path="\DosDevices\i:\initrd" enabled="true" />
>>>     <bootparams>root=/dev/cobd3</bootparams>
>>>     <initrd path="initrd.gz" />
>>>     <image path="vmlinux" />
>>> (...)
>>>
>>> Every time starting the colinux-daemon i get the error that /dev/codb3 
>>> cannot be mounted.
>> [...]
>> Testings under a Linux:
> used Knoppix 5.2
>> Copy the file i:\initrd into a Linux, and try to mount it as loop:
>>    mount -o loop,ro initrd /mnt
> 
>> Check the filesystem of the file initrd:
>>    fsck -f initrd
> losetup /dev/loop0 initrd
> fsck -f /dev/loop0
> cannot find ext2 superblock (oroginal output was german)

What does losetup do? If that non mount it, you can not check it with 
fsck. View what are currently mountet after losetup.  But better, you 
does my steps.  Think, losetup use a ramdisk, not an initrd file.

Perhaps do "modprobe loop" before "mount -o loop,ro initrd /mnt"

Try this before you mounts it:
This should say, that is a filesystem Minix, or ext2.
"LANG=C file initrd"
   initrd: Minix filesystem, 30 char names

>> Last:
>> Use an newer coLinux 0.8.0 and run it with option "-v 3".
> where can i find this? tried www.colinux.org but could not find a link

http://www.colinux.org/snapshots/

faster from germman:
http://www.henrynestler.com/colinux/testing/devel-0.8.0/20070302-Snapshot/

-- 
Henry