base system install failed: debootstrap poos

[nori heikkinen]

trying to install debian on some new servers (dell optiplex gx270's).
i need an ISO with kernel >= 2.4.20 for the GB ethernet card they
have, so i'm using a sarge ISO since i haven't found a working woody
ISO with 2.4.20 -- i'll just dist-downgrade or whatever later.

the install seems to be progressing fine until i try to install the
base system. it installs away, and then exits with the error:

Base intsallation error
debootstrap exited with an error (return value 1)

it tell me that i "might find more information in
/target/var/log/deboostrap.log", and indeed i do. the contents of
that file is:

mount: relocation error: /lib/i686/libc.so.6: symbol __libc_stack_end,
version GLIBC_2.1 not defined in file ld-linux.so.2 with link time
reference

that's it.

nothing in /target/var/log/debootstrap.err.log.

the recent few messages on console 4 are:

Aug 5 13:27:37 (none) user.debug installer[77]: Configuring
'base-installer' faile with error code 256
Aug 5 13:27:37 (none) user.debug installer[77]: Menu item
'base-installer' failed.
Aug 5 13:27:37 (none) user.debug installer[77]: Lowering debconf
priority limit from 'medium' to 'low'

skimming through previous posts to debian lists about this error,
people seem to be saying it's a bad CD i'm trying to install from. i
suppose it *could* be -- but what makes me wonder is the fact that i
got this exact same error yesterday when I was trying to install woody
off floppies. now to get this same error when installing sarge off a
CD makes me wonder what's up.

i also am tempted to eliminate hardware, as yesterday's attempt was on
a different system than today's was. they're both brand new dell
optiplex gx270s, but they're physically different machines.

if it's an error with the ISO, can people reccomend a good stable or
testing ISO that uses kernel >= 2.4.20? i'd be much obliged for any
suggestions about either how to solve this error or known-good ISOs.

thanks a lot,

</nori>

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[Greg Folkert]

On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 14:50, nori heikkinen wrote:

> trying to install debian on some new servers (dell optiplex gx270's).
> i need an ISO with kernel >= 2.4.20 for the GB ethernet card they
> have, so i'm using a sarge ISO since i haven't found a working woody
> ISO with 2.4.20 -- i'll just dist-downgrade or whatever later.

Actually try a Chroot install using Knoppix.

and Dist-upgrade to Woody... then list an unstable source for main and
then install a 2.4.21 kernel.

Here:

[url]http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DebianChrootInstall[/url]

Nice and fun... Q's to myself or Karsten...

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[nori heikkinen]

on Tue, 05 Aug 2003 02:55:15PM -0400, Greg Folkert insinuated:

> On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 14:50, nori heikkinen wrote:

> > trying to install debian on some new servers (dell optiplex gx270's).
> > i need an ISO with kernel >= 2.4.20 for the GB ethernet card they
> > have, so i'm using a sarge ISO since i haven't found a working woody
> > ISO with 2.4.20 -- i'll just dist-downgrade or whatever later.

>
> Actually try a Chroot install using Knoppix.
>
> and Dist-upgrade to Woody... then list an unstable source for main and
> then install a 2.4.21 kernel.
>
> Here:
>
> [url]http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DebianChrootInstall[/url]

thanks! i'm burning a knoppix disc as we speak ...

one question upon initial reading: where is the base image tarball
itself? the document links one for potato[1], but it isn't obvious
where to find what i'm looking for on the similar woody page.

thanks again,

</nori>

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[nori heikkinen]

on Tue, 05 Aug 2003 03:30:39PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen insinuated:

> on Tue, 05 Aug 2003 02:55:15PM -0400, Greg Folkert insinuated:

> > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 14:50, nori heikkinen wrote:

> > > trying to install debian on some new servers (dell optiplex gx270's).
> > > i need an ISO with kernel >= 2.4.20 for the GB ethernet card they
> > > have, so i'm using a sarge ISO since i haven't found a working woody
> > > ISO with 2.4.20 -- i'll just dist-downgrade or whatever later.

> >
> > Actually try a Chroot install using Knoppix.
> >
> > and Dist-upgrade to Woody... then list an unstable source for main and
> > then install a 2.4.21 kernel.
> >
> > Here:
> >
> > [url]http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DebianChrootInstall[/url]

>
> thanks! i'm burning a knoppix disc as we speak ...
>
> one question upon initial reading: where is the base image tarball
> itself? the document links one for potato[1], but it isn't obvious
> where to find what i'm looking for on the similar woody page.

hm, so i'm using the potato base2_2.tgz that's linked off the document
you mentioned right now, and though it mostly works, it appears to be
missing GLIBC_2.2.3, _2.2, and _2.3 -- all of which are required by
various apps (like passwd, dpkg ... you know, details :-P)

there must be a way to get a post-potato base debs, right? not as
such, maybe, but a simple base system that i can chroot into, and from
which i can configure an install ...

thanks,

</nori>

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