new to fai and having some problems...

[Geert Stappers]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 12:11:37AM -0500, Mike Grommet wrote:
> 3rd attempt (hoping I'm not spamming the list unknowningly), apparently my
> first attempt to subcribe to the list failed.
> 
> I'm trying my first fai setup... running woody...  fai-setup runs for a bit,
> but fai-setup dies (well sort of, see below) during the process...  the last
> things I see on my screen are:
> 
> dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
> dpkg: regarding .../util-linux_2.11n-4_i386.deb containing util-linux,
> pre-depen
> dency problem:
>  util-linux pre-depends on slang1 (>> 1.3.0-0)
>   slang1 is unpacked, but has never been configured.
> dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
> init: timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl
> init: timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl
> Looking for keymap to install:
> NONE
> Looking for keymap to install:
> NONE
> 
> 
> <lots and lots of blank lines>
> 
> and the process seems to freeze at this point... no more activity is seen...
> 
> I believe I'm using FAI 2.4.1
> 
> I've looked in the archives, and found a few entries with people having the
> same problem...  I tried those things, including grabbing and building /
> installing
> a new debootstrap
> 
> So, I'm kind of stuck...
> 
> The init:timeout opening/writing control channel looks a bit scary...
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?  I'm feeling rather stuck...
> 
> 

Tell us more about your connection to the debian archive.
( Where is it ?
  Where are you ?
  What is the bandwidth ? )


Geert Stappers