**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Sun Apr 27 02:59:57 2008
Apr 27 09:40:24 <ido--> hmm
Apr 27 09:40:26 <ido--> hey
Apr 27 09:41:29 <ido--> I'm stuck in the middle of installing debian
Apr 27 09:42:01 <ido--> i cant ssh the slug after it rebooted
Apr 27 09:42:03 <ido--> anyone ?
Apr 27 09:42:40 <HardDisk_WP> yeah
Apr 27 09:42:49 <HardDisk_WP> ido--, you used the latest installer image?
Apr 27 09:42:54 <HardDisk_WP> it's broken for some people
Apr 27 09:43:00 <HardDisk_WP> use the old etch installer
Apr 27 09:43:22 <ido--> hrm
Apr 27 09:43:26 <ido--> what does that mean ?
Apr 27 09:43:33 <ido--> i used ver 4
Apr 27 09:43:46 <ido--> not the 5beta
Apr 27 09:45:09 <HardDisk_WP> http://www.slug-firmware.net/d-click.php?p=download%2Fdebian%2Fnslu2&f=debian-4.0r3.zip&l=d-license.txt&k=83a35f6d2892328dab8620a49dd027ff
Apr 27 09:45:13 <HardDisk_WP> this one, you need
Apr 27 09:45:27 <HardDisk_WP> have you configured it before flashing d-i?
Apr 27 09:45:41 <HardDisk_WP> with that I mean, have you set it to DHCP, manual IP or what?
Apr 27 09:45:48 <ido--> hrm
Apr 27 09:45:50 <HardDisk_WP> if the latter, you need something in ALL fields
Apr 27 09:45:55 <HardDisk_WP> and...
Apr 27 09:46:00 <ido--> well
Apr 27 09:46:06 <HardDisk_WP> how does the NSLU blink?
Apr 27 09:46:07 <ido--> before flashing the d-i
Apr 27 09:46:12 <HardDisk_WP> i mean the status LED
Apr 27 09:46:12 <ido--> i put a static ip
Apr 27 09:46:20 <ido--> i finished the installing process
Apr 27 09:46:24 <ido--> and it rebooted itself
Apr 27 09:46:46 <HardDisk_WP> how long did you let it wait to boot?
Apr 27 09:46:54 <ido--> all night 
Apr 27 09:46:56 <HardDisk_WP> it takes 10-15 min for the installer to finish
Apr 27 09:46:58 <HardDisk_WP> oh okay
Apr 27 09:47:04 <HardDisk_WP> then re-flash the linksys image
Apr 27 09:47:13 <HardDisk_WP> and: check if your IP settings are full
Apr 27 09:47:29 <HardDisk_WP> you need _all_: gateway,ip, subnet mask, DNS server etc
Apr 27 09:47:35 <ido--> they are all there for sure
Apr 27 09:47:45 <ido--> otherwise the d-i wouldnt have worked
Apr 27 09:47:46 <HardDisk_WP> okay
Apr 27 09:47:52 <HardDisk_WP> how do you know it worked?
Apr 27 09:48:00 <ido--> d-i ?
Apr 27 09:48:03 <HardDisk_WP> yes
Apr 27 09:48:38 <ido--> it went through the whole process of fetching the packages and installing them...
Apr 27 09:49:08 <HardDisk_WP> ah okay
Apr 27 09:49:23 <HardDisk_WP> then, cold-reboot the nslu and try again
Apr 27 09:49:29 <ido--> did that
Apr 27 09:49:32 <ido--> no go
Apr 27 09:50:44 <ido--> oh wait
Apr 27 09:50:51 <ido--> weird
Apr 27 09:51:02 <ido--> it does accept pings now
Apr 27 09:51:55 <ido--> how do i log in to it ?>
Apr 27 09:52:23 <ido--> no ssh,just telnet works
Apr 27 09:52:48 <ido--> oh i forgot i created users
Apr 27 09:52:48 <ido--> eh
Apr 27 09:53:03 <ido--> they dont seem to work
Apr 27 09:53:05 <ido--> ugh.
Apr 27 09:53:09 <ido--> damnit.
Apr 27 09:53:26 <ido--> i think this means i need to go over the whole installation process again.
Apr 27 09:53:55 <ido--> do i just put the d-i over and restart everything ?
Apr 27 09:54:39 <HardDisk_WP> no
Apr 27 09:54:46 <HardDisk_WP> you put it in upgrade mode
Apr 27 09:55:00 <HardDisk_WP> then use upslug2 or your favourite flasher
Apr 27 09:55:06 <HardDisk_WP> to reinstall the d-i firmware
Apr 27 09:55:11 <HardDisk_WP> then reinstall
Apr 27 09:55:15 <ido--> yeah, thats what i meant
Apr 27 09:55:17 <ido--> hrm.
Apr 27 09:55:19 <HardDisk_WP> and do not forget to create users this time
Apr 27 09:55:34 <ido--> can i install without formatting my current drive ?
Apr 27 09:56:14 <HardDisk_WP> no
Apr 27 09:56:19 <HardDisk_WP> but you could backup the drive
Apr 27 09:56:52 <ido--> its ext3 anyhow
Apr 27 09:56:56 <ido--> so why cant i ?
Apr 27 09:57:04 <ido--> btw, on the slug, do i need a bootloader ?
Apr 27 09:57:22 <ido--> or does it boot from the flash and run the image from the disk after it ?
Apr 27 09:58:11 <HardDisk_WP> do not overwrite the bootloader
Apr 27 09:58:16 <HardDisk_WP> just upslug2 the d-i
Apr 27 11:20:03 <ido--> hrm
Apr 27 11:20:03 <ido--> question HardDisk_WPr
Apr 27 11:20:16 <ido--> should i connect my hd to port 1 or 2 for debian to work ?
Apr 27 11:22:22 <Reedy> ido--, makes no difference whatsoever
Apr 27 11:22:26 <ido--> ok
Apr 27 11:23:08 <ido--> damnit
Apr 27 11:23:12 <ido--> slow mirror
Apr 27 11:30:18 <ido--> hrm
Apr 27 11:30:26 <ido--> how can i check network connectivity for the installer ?
Apr 27 11:32:05 <ido--> i should install 'stable' correct ?
Apr 27 11:55:22 <ido--> hrm
Apr 27 11:55:25 <ido--> Reedy or HardDisk_WP
Apr 27 11:55:30 <ido--> what kernel should i choose ?
Apr 27 11:55:35 <ido--> linux-image-2.6.18-6-ixp4xx                         â
Apr 27 11:55:39 <ido-->   â                     linux-image-2.6-ixp4xx
Apr 27 11:57:19 <Reedy> the latter
Apr 27 11:57:26 <Reedy> althought it doesnt matter much
Apr 27 11:57:28 <ido--> why not .18 ?
Apr 27 12:00:19 <Reedy> its the same, IIRC
Apr 27 12:00:30 <Reedy> hence, it doesnt matter
Apr 27 12:01:03 <ido--> hrm
Apr 27 12:01:06 <ido--> is this always this slow ?
Apr 27 12:01:15 <ido--> with debian
Apr 27 12:05:46 <Reedy> depends what bit
Apr 27 12:05:53 <Reedy> but its gotta pull it all from the intenet
Apr 27 12:06:21 <ido--> ugh
Apr 27 12:06:28 <ido--> waiting for stuff i ordered from ebay to arrive.
Apr 27 12:06:35 <ido--> snailmail is slow as wel
Apr 27 12:06:36 <ido--> l
Apr 27 12:33:50 <ido--> Failed to fetch http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-latest-2.6/linux-image-2.6-ixp4xx_2.6.18+6etch3_arm.deb
Apr 27 12:33:52 <ido--> ugh
Apr 27 12:33:56 <ido--> i need a good mirror
Apr 27 13:06:19 <ido--> damnit
Apr 27 13:06:38 <ido--> for like the sixth install attempt
Apr 27 13:06:50 <ido--> fails again ( on a different matter though)
Apr 27 13:29:23 <ido--> Available initramfs generator(s): 'initramfs-tools yaird'
Apr 27 13:29:27 <ido--> which to choose?
Apr 27 13:37:13 <ido--> hrm
Apr 27 13:37:18 <ido--> anyone ?
Apr 27 14:33:21 <ido--> hrm
Apr 27 14:41:50 <ido--> hey Reedy
Apr 27 14:41:56 <ido--> ugh
Apr 27 14:42:04 <ido--> installation is stuck on 'Storing language...'
Apr 27 14:42:08 <ido--> for an hour or so
Apr 27 14:42:11 <ido--> maybe more
Apr 27 14:42:13 <ido--> is that normal?
Apr 27 14:42:16 <Reedy> 'lo
Apr 27 14:42:33 <ido--> 18502 root       7188 D   localedef -i he_IL -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/l
Apr 27 14:42:41 <ido--> i guess on this processes..
Apr 27 14:44:07 <Reedy> dont think thats normal, no..
Apr 27 14:44:16 <ido--> ugh
Apr 27 14:45:02 <Reedy> you could try killing it...
Apr 27 14:45:06 <Reedy> at worse your gonna have to reflash
Apr 27 14:48:16 <ido--> did that
Apr 27 14:48:21 <ido--> killing it
Apr 27 14:57:08 <ido--> shi i made a mistake while installing debian
Apr 27 14:57:16 <ido--> selected the wrong locale
Apr 27 14:57:23 <ido--> now i'm getting tons of erros
Apr 27 15:31:35 <ido--> hrm
Apr 27 15:31:38 <ido--> Reedy
Apr 27 15:31:43 <Reedy> ?
Apr 27 15:31:43 <ido--> i got this on the syslog
Apr 27 15:31:50 <ido--> Apr 27 17:38:35 apt-install: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-ixp4xx
Apr 27 15:31:50 <ido--> Apr 27 17:39:31 apt-install: Warning: /etc/fstab parse error; guessing that the root device is /dev/sda1
Apr 27 15:32:10 <ido--> oh 
Apr 27 15:32:13 <ido--> its  a link
Apr 27 15:32:15 <ido--> to scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
Apr 27 15:32:18 <ido--> so it mght be ok
Apr 27 15:32:50 <ido--> its not finally flashing the kernel
Apr 27 17:30:07 <ido--> whats winbindd ?
Apr 27 17:30:27 <ido--> oh
Apr 27 17:30:31 <ido--> gotit
Apr 27 17:31:39 <ido--> how do i remove exim ?
Apr 27 17:49:52 <Reedy> apt-get remove?
Apr 27 17:51:27 <ido--> did that, didnt work
Apr 27 17:51:34 <ido--> seems the swap partition wasnt active
Apr 27 17:51:37 <ido--> i did a swapon
Apr 27 17:51:48 <ido--> how do i make it work every reboot automatically ?
Apr 27 17:53:02 <Reedy> cat /etc/fstab
Apr 27 17:53:07 <Reedy> is your swap listed in there?
Apr 27 17:53:11 <ido--> its empty
Apr 27 17:53:28 <Reedy> :/
Apr 27 17:54:20 <ido--> damnit
Apr 27 17:54:25 <ido--> now trying to get samba to work
Apr 27 18:14:09 <ido--> éøö
Apr 27 18:14:11 <ido--> Reedy
Apr 27 18:14:18 <Reedy> ya?
Apr 27 18:14:22 <ido--> is debian slug samba much slower then usual ?
Apr 27 18:14:33 <ido--> i'm getting around 3.5mb/s samba
Apr 27 18:14:45 <Reedy> whats "usual"
Apr 27 18:14:48 <Reedy> sounds like what i get
Apr 27 18:15:25 <ido--> oh
Apr 27 18:15:35 <ido--> other firmwares get as high as 5.5mb/s
Apr 27 18:16:40 <Reedy> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Info/Performance
Apr 27 18:16:51 <Reedy> other transfer methods can be quicker
Apr 27 18:17:00 <Reedy> you can probably tweak the settings to speed it up
Apr 27 18:55:38 <steviesteve> Hiya :)
Apr 27 18:56:15 <steviesteve> I was wondering, with the NSLU2 being so old now.. are there any modern alternatives?
Apr 27 18:56:23 <steviesteve> I've spent about the last 4 hours browisng the web :p
Apr 27 19:00:38 <steviesteve> I intend to run a mysql DB and log results from a constant running php script
Apr 27 19:00:59 <steviesteve> pretty much sends/recieves lines of data from another server and updates the DB, should be able to handle the constant load if I manage the DB properly, im thinking
Apr 27 19:21:03 <steviesteve> anyone?
Apr 27 19:21:06 <ido-> for some reason i cant connect to my samba controller using the host name, but only the ip. from a windows box on the lan. any idea what could cause this ?
Apr 27 19:22:15 <drif> ido-: where should it resolve the name/ip from?
Apr 27 19:24:49 <ido-> wins ?
Apr 27 20:07:33 <es`FatZ0r> Hi, I have some problem with my nslu2 6.8 server ... SMB and NFS shares work but I cant connect to it any more ssh or web 
Apr 27 20:07:36 <es`FatZ0r> any idees ?
Apr 27 20:07:43 <es`FatZ0r> I have tried to reboot it
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