**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Wed May 24 09:59:57 2006 May 24 19:15:46 i'm installing debianSlug using d-i, and have been looking at the "Creating ext3 file system" screen for almost 3 hours now and it's still at 0%, although there has been steady disk activity.. is this usual? May 24 19:17:12 i can't even tell whether the ssh session is still alive May 24 19:18:17 has anyone experienced such behaviour while installing debianSlug? May 24 19:18:41 or a different behaviour? May 24 19:22:08 tuv: not me May 24 19:22:33 but I only installed debianslug once and i did not create a new filesystem May 24 19:24:35 eFfeM, did it show the install progress promptly or did it lag every little while? May 24 19:25:04 pfff this has been two months ago or so, don't recall May 24 19:25:07 sorry May 24 19:25:40 well.. are the nfs kernel modules available or do i have to build them? May 24 19:26:03 there's a trick to install kernel modules May 24 19:26:13 since you've gotta get them from the debianslug feed May 24 19:26:48 NAiL, is it documented somewhere? May 24 19:27:13 NAiL, or did you mean i install them using apt-get? May 24 20:18:43 wow.. it's been 4.5 hours now.. i really could use some feedback here guys.. May 24 20:40:03 ok.. i just power-recycled the nslu2 and restarted d-i.. it's showing progress now May 24 20:40:10 no more 0% May 24 20:41:22 great May 24 23:45:10 great.. i've a running debian on my nslu2 now! May 24 23:45:58 now what exactly do i need to do besides installing nfs-kernel-server to get nfs running? May 24 23:57:54 wow.. aptitude takes ages to load.. May 25 00:02:38 yeah :-\ May 25 00:02:52 and it's not exactly fast one it loads either May 25 00:03:02 s/one/once/ May 25 00:03:03 jacques meant: and it's not exactly fast once it loads either May 25 00:03:17 apt, botsnack May 25 00:03:17 :), jacques May 25 00:06:18 anyone running nfs kernel server on debianSlug? will be needing any kernel modules or stuff? May 25 00:07:32 but i've to admit.. it's a lot of fun :) May 25 00:08:23 i mean aptitude on this little thing.. who would've thought May 25 00:10:19 now i appreciate ipkg.. May 25 00:13:11 heh May 25 03:02:51 tuv: apt-get is fast enough on debian slug. May 25 03:10:05 rwhitby, i like aptitude's automatic flag.. it uninstalls unneeded dependencies when their dependant is uninstalled May 25 03:10:32 tuv: I do too, and slowness is the price you pay for that functionality on a slug. May 25 03:10:50 (e.g. ipkg doesn't do that) May 25 03:11:11 rwhitby, the good news is that you'll not install packages everyday on a slug.. not even every month May 25 03:12:54 rwhitby, do you know how can i install nfs kernel modules on debianSlug? May 25 03:13:31 DebianSlug (built from OpenEmbedded), or the Debian kernel installed on a slug? May 25 03:13:52 If the former, just get them from the debianslug feed. May 25 03:14:00 i used the debian-installer image May 25 03:14:21 actually the procedure on http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/ May 25 03:14:50 it's got the ixp driver so it's not pure debian May 25 03:15:10 i got it off slug-firmware.net May 25 03:15:24 rwhitby, so which one would that be? May 25 03:15:29 the latter. May 25 03:16:08 and how can i install the nfs kernel module for it? May 25 03:16:34 first you need to get the kernel module. You need to ask tbm. May 25 03:16:56 who is tbm? May 25 03:17:10 Martin Michlmayr May 25 03:17:28 is he here? is that his nick? May 25 03:17:44 (i.e. if you're using those instructions, instead of using the instructions at (i.e. if you're using those instructions, instead of using the instructions at (i.e. if you're using those instructions, instead of using the instructions at http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/DebianSlug/HomePage then you need to get the kernel module from him May 25 03:18:27 rwhitby, you mean instead of building debianSlug? May 25 03:18:30 and you should use the #debonaras channel rather than the #openslug channel if you are using the debian-installer image, cause the kernel and modules are completely different from DebianSlug. May 25 03:18:45 oh May 25 03:19:26 If you build the DebianSlug kernel (or wait for the SlugOS DebianSlug 3.x release), then you can just get the modules from the feed May 25 03:19:36 but the rest is pure debian.. so what part of debianSlug fits here? May 25 03:19:53 hmm... i guess you just answered that May 25 03:19:54 the kernel and modules. May 25 03:20:27 the official debian kernel doesn't have the full set of patches that nslu2-linux has (cause they haven't gone upstream yet) May 25 03:20:44 One day they will be one and the same, but today is not that day. May 25 03:21:15 but my kernel is not from debian, it's from slug-firmware.net (unofficial) May 25 03:22:19 right, but it's the one based on the debian kernel plus ixp modules, not the one based on the SlugOS kernel and modules. May 25 03:22:33 it's a bit confusing at the moment unfortunately. May 25 03:22:57 so if i build debianSlug using the Makefile i get the one based on slugOS? May 25 03:23:01 yep May 25 03:23:08 that's what I use. May 25 03:23:38 and you get all the kernel modules when you build the kernel.. so the build produces a firmware image? May 25 03:23:46 then you can ipkg install the modules you want before you turnup disk to the debian rootfs, and then just copy the modules from /initrd/lib/modules/... May 25 03:24:52 well.. at least i know understand why the d-i method hasn't replaced the other methods although it's much easier May 25 03:25:02 it's not complete yet May 25 03:26:07 ok.. so to upgrade a built kernel i update my source tree using the Makefile and rebiuld, right? what about upgrading the kernel installed by the d-i method? May 25 03:34:36 dunno. For SlugOS, you would turnup to flash, and the reflash the new kernel and rootfs. May 25 03:35:20 And the reflash script keeps all your configuration intact. Then you turnup back to disk and you're back in Debian with a new kernel and modules. May 25 03:53:47 that's nice.. looks like the build method is still more practical for now May 25 04:06:29 rwhitby, i find it really strange that nfs-kernel module is not included in debianSlug.. i mean nettalk module is included!! how come?? May 25 04:39:14 tuv: that's just the debian kernel default config. I have no idea why. May 25 04:39:38 I presume they are in a different debian package. May 25 04:41:17 rwhitby, all modules are usually part of the kernel-image package May 25 08:49:27 hi, just discovered that the hw clock of my slug is not running any more. Is this a known issue? hwclock -r always returns the same value May 25 09:27:16 morning **** ENDING LOGGING AT Thu May 25 09:59:58 2006