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6. There is an issue with the dpkg program that is part of the Debian installer. It fails to create
lock files correctly when they are located on an NFS drive. The particular lock files are located
in /target/var/lib/dpkg, so we will address this issue by creating a RAM disk and mounting it as
/target/var/lib. Execute the following commands:
# mke2fs /dev/ram1
# mkdir -p /target/var/lib
# mount -t ext2 /dev/ram1 /target/var/lib
# exit
7. Scroll to "
8. Enter a name for this system or accept the default and press return.
9. Scroll to "
10. Select "
11. Accept the default download URL or enter a new one.
12. When a proxy server is required, enter the IP address and port number of the proxy server in
the next dialog box. Note: Name resolution is not enabled at this step of the installation, so an
IP address (ex., 12.34.56.78) is required, a domain name (ex., proxy.domain.com) will NOT
work.
13. This takes some time since it downloads the base packages and installs them, when the base
installation is complete, the "
14. Before Rebooting, we must ensure that the files that are in the RAM disk are saved to the NFS
share. Scroll to "Execute a Shell", press return, and enter the following commands:
# cd /target/var
# tar cvf lib.tar lib
# exit
On the Linux host, issue the following commands to untar the files from the RAM Disk.
# cd /exports/fs.xscale/var
# tar xvf lib.tar
# rm -f lib.tar
15. Scroll to "
16. Select "
17. Remove the"
18. Since we are using kernel-level autoconfiguration, the networking scripts on the target do not
install the "/etc/resolv.conf" file which allows us to do name resolution properly. On the IA
Linux host, Create the "/exports/fs.xscale/etc/resolv.conf" file that looks like the following:
nameserver "
network is included.
Linux-Debian Installation Guide
Configure the hostname
Install the Base System
" to install the base system and press return.
Network
Installation Main Menu
" and press return.
Reboot the system
" and press return to reboot.
<Yes>
" line from the "/exports/fs.xscale/etc/fstab" file on the host system.
/dev/ram1
", make sure that the proper IP address of a nameserver on the
192.168.0.1
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" and press return.
" and press return.
" reappears.
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