Debian Install stalls at 5% (at least for 3 hours, don't know if it suffices to designate this state as `stall')
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From: Merciadri Luca on 30 Jun 2010 05:20 Andrew Reid wrote: > On Tuesday 29 June 2010 17:00:15 Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm installating Debian Lenny on an old P2 350 Mhz to make a server. The >> BIOS has been flashed to get the most up-to-date configuration with this >> really racing beast. This P2 had, before, RH, that I deinstalled. I >> tried a first Debian install, which stalled at 5%. I then re-tried, and >> here I am: stuck at 5% for a long time (~3 hours). I did not mess >> anything with the parameters, and this is not at all my first Debian >> install. I don't understand why this happens. >> > > Is it stalled at the "downloading packages" step of an older > netinst CD? > > I had something similar happen a while ago, the solution was to > use a more recent netinst CD, which I was able to try because > I happened to have one handy. > > Never did understand it, but the symptoms were similar. > I'd like it to be so. But I don't think that this is the same situation, because it seems to have already downloaded the necessary stuff. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow. (Mary Anne Radmacher)
From: Wolodja Wentland on 30 Jun 2010 05:40 On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 23:00 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > tried a first Debian install, which stalled at 5%. I then re-tried, and > here I am: stuck at 5% for a long time (~3 hours). I did not mess Most likely caused by an out-of-date archive key on your installation media. There are several ways to deal with that problem: * Boot with "linux debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated=true" * Use up-to-date installation media * Add the key manually within busybox, by switching to a shell, chrooting into /target, killing aptitude and adding the latest key and installing whatever you like I guess that the second option is the best ... good luck Wolodja -- .''`. Wolodja Wentland <wentland(a)cl.uni-heidelberg.de> : :' : `. `'` 4096R/CAF14EFC `- 081C B7CD FF04 2BA9 94EA 36B2 8B7F 7D30 CAF1 4EFC
From: Merciadri Luca on 30 Jun 2010 10:40
Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 23:00 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> tried a first Debian install, which stalled at 5%. I then re-tried, and >> here I am: stuck at 5% for a long time (~3 hours). I did not mess >> > > Most likely caused by an out-of-date archive key on your installation > media. There are several ways to deal with that problem: > > * Boot with "linux debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated=true" > * Use up-to-date installation media > * Add the key manually within busybox, by switching to a shell, > chrooting into /target, killing aptitude and adding the latest key > and installing whatever you like > > I guess that the second option is the best ... > I'll try. Thanks. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. |