Debian install DNS-320 ver A1, Alt-F-0.1RC4.1

[Konrád Lőrinczi]

I got the following error when installing Debian on DNS-320 ver A1 (Alt-F-0.1RC4.1):
Downloading Alt-F-0.1RC4.1-DNS-320-rev-A1A2.bin from http://sourceforge.net/projects/alt-f/files/Releases/0.1RC4.1...

--2015-02-18 09:52:33--  http://sourceforge.net/projects/alt-f/files/Releases/0.1RC4.1/Alt-F-0.1RC4.1-DNS-320-rev-A1A2.bin
Resolving sourceforge.net... 216.34.181.60
Connecting to sourceforge.net|216.34.181.60|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://sourceforge.net/projects/alt-f/files/Releases/0.1RC4.1/Alt-F-0.1RC4.1-DNS-320-rev-A1A2.bin/download [following]
--2015-02-18 09:52:33--  http://sourceforge.net/projects/alt-f/files/Releases/0.1RC4.1/Alt-F-0.1RC4.1-DNS-320-rev-A1A2.bin/download
Connecting to sourceforge.net|216.34.181.60|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/Releases/0.1RC4.1/Alt-F-0.1RC4.1-DNS-320-rev-A1A2.bin?r=&ts=1424249565 [following]
--2015-02-18 09:52:45--  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/Releases/0.1RC4.1/Alt-F-0.1RC4.1-DNS-320-rev-A1A2.bin?r=&ts=1424249565
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... 216.34.181.59
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net|216.34.181.59|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2015-02-18 09:52:49 ERROR 404: Not Found.

Downloading Alt-F-0.1RC4.1-DNS-320-rev-A1A2.bin or extraction failed, can't restart Alt-F from within Debian.
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In Settings/Debian ALT-F says: Found a Debian GNU/Linux 7 installation in /mnt/NAS
But Execute button is grayed.


File is not found?

[Konrád Lőrinczi]

News from SourceForge:
https://twitter.com/sfnet_ops
#SourceForge There's instability and frequent 500 errors on the SourceForge site currently. We're working on getting this fixed asap

This is the reason, why the error happened.


Waiting for stable SourceForge.

Regards,
Konrad

[João Cardoso]

On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 9:39:26 AM UTC, Konrád Lőrinczi wrote:

News from SourceForge:
https://twitter.com/sfnet_ops
#SourceForge There's instability and frequent 500 errors on the SourceForge site currently. We're working on getting this fixed asap

This is the reason, why the error happened.

It could be, but unfortunately it is not, it's really a bug.

But it has no consequences for you.

RC4.1 is just a RC4 maintenance release, solving most but not all RC4 issues. One of the not solved issues is that 'kexec' is not working for the DNS-320/320L/325 boxes, which means that Debian can't be run in its own on these boxes; you can only 'chroot' Debian from withing Alt-F -- there is another topic where I explain the differences.

As you can't kexec Debian, it makes no sense to kexec Alt-F from within Debian, which is the purpose of installing Alt-F under Debian (and that is the bug).

[Konrád Lőrinczi]

I tried this, but got errors:
[root@dns320]# debian -chroot /etc/issue
cp: can't stat '/mnt/NAS/etc/default/kexec-debian': No such file or directory
mount: mounting usbfs on /mnt/NAS/proc/bus/usb failed: No such file or directory
chroot: can't execute '/etc/issue': Permission denied


How can I start Debian at all on my DNS-320?


Thanks,
Konrad

[João Cardoso]

On Monday, April 27, 2015 at 11:07:58 PM UTC+1, Konrád Lőrinczi wrote:

I tried this, but got errors:
[root@dns320]# debian -chroot /etc/issue

debian -chroot cat /etc/issue  # to execute "cat /etc/issue" under Debian and immediately return to Alt-F

debian -chroot # to login to Debian, 'exit' to return to Alt-F

cp: can't stat '/mnt/NAS/etc/default/kexec-debian': No such file or directory
mount: mounting usbfs on /mnt/NAS/proc/bus/usb failed: No such file or directory
chroot: can't execute '/etc/issue': Permission denied


How can I start Debian at all on my DNS-320?

This has been already discussed: you can't 'kexec' Debian under Alt-F on a DNS-320/320L/325, only 'chroot' it. If you don't know the difference its not for you.