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

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

I posted suggested extra code (3 lines) on Mantis...

On 13/06/2011 17:02, Dominic Raferd wrote:
> 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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