From: Jozsi Vadkan on
on a lenny/amd64bit pc, i give out the:

# debootstrap lenny --arch=mips something/
I: Retrieving Release
E: unknown location something/dists/lenny/Release
#

command. "something" is a mounted partition of an usb drive.

why can't i create a debian to the usb pendrive, with mips arch? i can
create one, when not using "--arch=mips", but then it will make an amd64
debian..

Is it a bug, or feature?

I just want to boot a Debian from an usb stick on a routerstation pro:

https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=24378

can anyone help me regarding it? :(

Thank you.


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From: Jozsi Vadkan on
solution:

debootstrap --foreign --arch mips lenny something


> on a lenny/amd64bit pc, i give out the:
>
> # debootstrap lenny --arch=mips something/
> I: Retrieving Release
> E: unknown location something/dists/lenny/Release
> #
>
> command. "something" is a mounted partition of an usb drive.
>
> why can't i create a debian to the usb pendrive, with mips arch? i can
> create one, when not using "--arch=mips", but then it will make an amd64
> debian..
>
> Is it a bug, or feature?
>
> I just want to boot a Debian from an usb stick on a routerstation pro:
>
> https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=24378
>
> can anyone help me regarding it? :(
>
> Thank you.
>


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From: Jochen Schulz on
Jozsi Vadkan:
>
> on a lenny/amd64bit pc, i give out the:
>
> # debootstrap lenny --arch=mips something/
> I: Retrieving Release
> E: unknown location something/dists/lenny/Release
> #
>
> command. "something" is a mounted partition of an usb drive.

AFAICS, you need to pass the "suite" argument (lenny, squeeze, …) before
the target directory. This works for me:

# debootstrap --arch=mips lenny debian/

But you probably also want to add '--foreign' in order to run the second
stage on the target system.

> I just want to boot a Debian from an usb stick on a routerstation pro:
>
> https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=24378

Good luck and thanks for the link! I own an RS Pro as well and thought
about running Debian on it as well. I just have problems getting the
card reader and the USB port to work and wifi (802.11n a or g) doesn't
work yet, either, so I am currently fighting these issues.

J.
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