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May 01 15:07:55 <awolf> I'm trying to follow the wiki entry on packaging natively, and one of the first steps is to add a user.  I've historically had bad luck with the adduser package--how should I add the user?
May 01 17:50:18 <tunk> I have a simple question: When booting my NSLU2 running Debian, how do I know when the boot sequence is completed? It seems to continue flashing amber and while I can ping it, it wont accept ssh connections. Any ideas what state it is in if it's exhibiting this behaviour?
May 01 17:59:08 <HardDisk_WP> tunk, you have an other debian system?
May 01 17:59:10 <HardDisk_WP> or linux
May 01 17:59:23 <HardDisk_WP> then get the NSLUs boot disk (usb stick, whatever)
May 01 17:59:27 <HardDisk_WP> and fsck it+
May 01 17:59:39 <HardDisk_WP> and then check the /etc/sshd/* settings
May 01 18:02:31 <tunk> i've fsck'ed it, it seems to be fine, including the swap space. one thing that did happen once, is that the filesystem disappeared, though that might be because the usb key was loose, or something. sshd has worked in the past, it just suddenly stopped working. do usb sticks fail straight away, or do they kind of fail on-and-off for a while?
May 01 18:04:19 <tunk> what does the flashing amber light signify? that booting is not yet complete? is 5 minutes a reasonable time to wait?
May 01 18:04:36 <tunk> i've just found the faq on the colours, apologies
May 01 18:05:18 <tunk> seems like i should leave it on and listen for the beep
May 01 18:52:15 <joshin> Does debian modify the flash partition or jiust boot from a usb device?
May 01 18:52:54 <joshin> If you can still boot flash on its own, you can edit a rc.file on the usb disk dumping state info, reboot to the flash partition, and then look at your 'log' file
May 01 18:53:19 <joshin> This is how I debugged my gentoo install (at least until I hacked in a connector to the serial port)
May 01 19:05:27 <joshin> ...dumping state info into a log file...  
May 01 19:05:44 <joshin> I dump dmesg, ifconfig -a, ps ax, and so on.
May 01 19:06:10 <tunk> thats a good idea, thanks for that. i think i'll give it a try later when i get home
May 01 19:06:30 <Jastr> Hi guys..
May 01 19:07:02 <Jastr> does any of you guys know if there is a project like SLUG that runs on a SS4000E from intel?
May 01 19:07:06 <tunk> ok, i need to go now, thanks for your help.
May 01 19:11:41 <Jastr> anybody online?
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