Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] install-on-usb fails

[Dominic R. <dl...@ed...>]

Yes I think this script cannot work if you are chroot'ed, maybe we could 
alter it to check for that first?

Dominic

On 13/06/2011 16:52, gd...@tx... wrote:
> Hi Dominic,
>
> Before reading my emails I tried the (blindingly) obvious and ran
>   install-on-usb without chrooting first and it seems to have worked.
>   I did get a warning message from Debian that I was low on disk space
>   which is highly unlikely because I am using an 512 MB CompactFlash.
>   I've seen this before and believe it is some kind of partition
>   problem but i don't remember exactly what I did to fix it. Anyway,
>   thanks for your quick reply.
>
> Gary Stewart
>
>
>
> ---- Dominic Raferd<dl...@ed...>  wrote:
>> I suggest you run install-on-usb from the directory that contains the
>> bootcd.iso. It should then find the file and suggest it as the default
>> at the 'Enter DL source' prompt.
>>
>> Dominic
>>
>> On 13/06/2011 15:20, gd...@tx... wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> When running the install-on-usb script I get this message:
>>>
>>> install-on-usb
>>> ==============
>>>
>>>
>>> This will install the Devil Linux ISO image to a disk device (USB/SCSI/IDE)
>>> and make it bootable, assuming that your PC can boot this device.
>>>
>>> Select which bootloader you want to use [default 1]:
>>>    1) SysLinux
>>>    2) SysLinux with serial console
>>>    3) Grub
>>>    4) Grub with serial console
>>>    5) Lilo (doesn't work yet)
>>> Choice: 4
>>>
>>> Select Baud Rate for the serial console [default 1]:
>>>    1) 2400
>>>    2) 4800
>>>    3) 9600
>>>    4) 19200
>>>    5) 38400
>>>    6) 57600
>>>    7) 115200
>>> Choice: 5
>>>
>>> Enter DL source (DL image file or CD device) ->   dist/devil-linux-1.4.3-2011-05-09-i686/bootcd.iso
>>> cat: /proc/mounts: No such file or directory
>>> Unsupported image format:
>>> Install failed!
>>> syncing and unmounting (this could take a while)
>>>
>>> The chroot /proc directory is completely empty (I assume this is where it is looking). I've tried
>>>    running it from /build/data as well as /build/data/dist/devil-linux-1.4.3-2011-05-09-i686 with
>>>    the same results. I've also tried running it with the CompactFlash device (using a CF to USB
>>>    converter) mounted before chrooting after chrooting producing the same message. Once again this
>>>    worked with my previous setup (Debian Etch 32 bit with the last 2.4 kernel version of Devil Linux)
>>>    I am now building 1.4.3 installed on Debian Lenny (32 bit).
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Gary Stewart
>>>
>>>
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