[RULE] Attempt 3: Toshiba Satellite 115CS

[Da Worm]

In case there were some errors in transferring over the net (I never saw the Download 
or Install bars, so something was wrong) I downloaded the iso's from the same location.
I extracted them onto my gentoo box into a directory available from my FTP server on 
that box, so I would have a local FTP, no internet.

Here, I get the same behavior, I see the package names whiz by, but no Download or 
Install bars.  Here's the last few lines (typed in, so there may be a typo or two):

Retrieving ftp://{username:password}@192.168.254.100/temp/redhat/9/RedHat/RPMS/xsri-2.1.0-5.i386.rpm
Retrieving ftp://{username:password}@192.168.254.100/temp/redhat/9/RedHat/RPMS/abiword-1.0.4-2.i386.rpm
Sorry, only CDROM installs are supported for
the TinyX packages

The username:password pair are correct, and the IP address is correct.  I don't see any
missing /'s anywhere.

The only funny thing I see is that if I try the same command line from my Windows box, it 
only works if there are no { } surrounding the username:password pair.  Could that be an
issue here as well?

Also, how to get TinyX without a CDROM drive on the machine?  Can I ftp it onto the drive 
(assuming I get past this) and install from there?

Jeff.

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On 6/26/2004 at 6:10 PM Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:

>It looks like you are right about the RPMS not making it.  When it
>downloads the RPMS it should take a while (even on a LAN).  With each
>RPM it loads, you should see a line announcing the install of the RPM,
>and then some status bars.  Sort of like this:
>
>getting rpm: (blah blah) foo.rpm
>Download: ################################################# 100%
>Install:  ###############################                    60%
>
>(I can't remember the exact words.)
>
>Unfortunately, Slinky is unable to detect when the RPMS did not actually
>load... so it just trudges along acting like everything is OK -- but you
>get error messages exactly like you described.  :-)
>
>Possible problems:
>1. Network could PING ok, but perhaps you didn't actually have
>permission to do an ftp logon to the server.  (Unlikely, I was able to
>do an anonymous login to the server, using the path you gave me.)
>2. Perhaps (most likely) there is an error in your path.  Remember when
>the instructions asked for the "/PATH/TO/RPMS/"... did you put a
>trialing '/'?  You have to or it doesn't work.
>3. Inspect the announcements for the RPMS that it's trying to pull.  Can
>you see anything obviously wrong with the path?
>
>HTH,
>Gabriel
>
>On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 16:30, Da Worm wrote:
>> Hmmm, another problem, maybe.
>> 
>> Shall I install lilo on /dev/hda ? [yes / NO]: yes
>> lilo: No such file or directory
>> 
>> Shall I create a boot floppy? [yes / NO]: yes
>> /root/scripts/base_install.sh: /sbin/mkbootdisk: No such file or
>directory
>> 
>> Hmmm.  Must be the RPMS didn't make it from the ftp server (it seemed
>too fast).
>> 
>> I used this info for the server:
>> 
>> IP Address: 128.227.205.212  (ftp.cise.ufl.edu)
>> Full path:  /pub/mirrors/redhat/linux/9/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/
>> 
>> Maybe that's the problem?
>> 
>> Jeff.
>> 
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>> 
>> On 6/26/2004 at 5:21 PM Da Worm wrote:
>> 
>> >It turns out I'm in town after all.  So I figured I'd try again with a
>> >new 
>> >16bit PCMCIA card I picked up for $17 on eBay.
>> >
>> >The good news:
>> >  I can run pcmcia.sh start and bring up the network, ping other
>machines 
>> >on and off my lan, the whole ball of wax.  Hooray!
>> >
>> >The bad news:
>> >  I couldn't format my hard disk.
>> >
>> >When I get the the disk prep area of the setup.sh script, I answer as
>> >follows:
>> >
>> >Filesystem: ext3
>> >Device: hda
>> >Partition: Tried using existing partitions, then used fdisk to delete
>and
>> >recreate 
>> >	a 64M swap and a 1G / 
>> >Select / : hda3
>> >Format? : yes
>> >
>> >I see messages about mounting the swap followed by "Creating root file
>> >system".  
>> >Then I get a crash.  If I rerun setup.sh, then when I get to that point,
>> >it just sits 
>> >there after the Creating root file system" message.  It isn't exactly
>> >locked up, 
>> >because if I hit ENTER the cursor drops one line, or if I type, the
>> >characters 
>> >appear on screen.  But there is no disk activity.
>> >
>> >* NEWS FLASH *
>> >
>> >As I was typing this, I was reproducing the steps so I could show the
>> >crash dump.
>> >I had already tried the mem=16M kernel parameter to no effect, but the
>> >nature
>> >of the crash led me to believe it was a memory problem, so I tried
>mem=12M
>> >and
>> >lo and behold, the disk formats.
>> >
>> >Installing packages over FTP right now!
>> >
>> >Thanks all!
>> >Jeff.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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