* my Debian box is less sick, but help
@ ScottHowell
` Gregory Nowak
` Frank Carmickle
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: ScottHowell @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: speakup
Ok, I was wrong about the boot msg. I had said the error was concerning
lilo and the fact the kernel was uncompressing and the box hung, but turns
out I was confused. Yes, that was with Slackware 8. The Debian boot error
is lilo saying,
invalid compressed format system haulted. I imagine I can fix this by
cooking a new kernel on another box and move it over. The odd part is the
kernel I am attempting to use is the one from the boot floppy. Really
weird part is I can boot from that floopy so go figure.
THe other problem is I keep getting a message that
init init id 1 is responding to fast, disabling for five minutes.
What's that all about and oh, I only have 3 out of 6 consoles. I think
I'll try to reinstall, but if that isn't necessary, I'd rather not.
Help much appreciated. Oh, lastly I can't seem to install any packages do
dist upgrades etc. I'll include the error below on that.
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Release
Get:1 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Release
Err ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. '
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/main Sources
Get:2 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/main Release
Get:3 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release
Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/main Release
Ign ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/contrib Sources
Get:4 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/contrib Release
Get:5 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages
Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/contrib Release
Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/non-free Sources
Err ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. '
Get:6 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/non-free Release
Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/non-free Release
Get:7 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Release
Ign ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Release
Get:8 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages
Err ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. '
Get:9 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Release
Ign ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Release
Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages
Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release
Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Packages
Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Release
Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Packages
Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Release
Get:10 ftp://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Sources
Err ftp://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Sources
Unable to fetch file, server said '/debian-non-US/dists/stable/non-US/source/Sources.gz: No such file or directory. '
Get:11 ftp://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Release
Ign ftp://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Release
Failed to fetch ftp://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. '
Failed to fetch ftp://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. '
Failed to fetch ftp://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages
Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. '
Failed to fetch ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/dists/stable/non-US/source/Sources
Unable to fetch file, server said '/debian-non-US/dists/stable/non-US/source/Sources.gz: No such file or directory. '
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
W: Couldn't stat source package list 'ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list 'ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list 'ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these missing files
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
I tried setting this to http as well same results.
tnx
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* Re: my Debian box is less sick, but help
my Debian box is less sick, but help ScottHowell
@ ` Gregory Nowak
` Frank Carmickle
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: speakup
Don't know about the other errors,
but I had this init problem.
It happened when I tried to compile something needed for boot from source.
I think that was glibc, but I'm not sure.
To fix it, I ended up having to boot with color.gz
under slackware, and installing the package from the slackware sight.
Greg
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 07:45:06AM -0400, ScottHowell wrote:
> Ok, I was wrong about the boot msg. I had said the error was concerning
> lilo and the fact the kernel was uncompressing and the box hung, but turns
> out I was confused. Yes, that was with Slackware 8. The Debian boot error
> is lilo saying,
>
> invalid compressed format system haulted. I imagine I can fix this by
> cooking a new kernel on another box and move it over. The odd part is the
> kernel I am attempting to use is the one from the boot floppy. Really
> weird part is I can boot from that floopy so go figure.
>
> THe other problem is I keep getting a message that
>
> init init id 1 is responding to fast, disabling for five minutes.
>
> What's that all about and oh, I only have 3 out of 6 consoles. I think
> I'll try to reinstall, but if that isn't necessary, I'd rather not.
>
> Help much appreciated. Oh, lastly I can't seem to install any packages do
> dist upgrades etc. I'll include the error below on that.
>
> Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Release
> Get:1 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Release
> Err ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
> Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. '
> Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/main Sources
> Get:2 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/main Release
> Get:3 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release
> Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/main Release
> Ign ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/contrib Sources
> Get:4 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/contrib Release
> Get:5 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages
> Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/contrib Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/non-free Sources
> Err ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages
> Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. '
> Get:6 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/non-free Release
> Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/non-free Release
> Get:7 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Release
> Ign ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Release
> Get:8 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages
> Err ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages
> Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. '
> Get:9 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Release
> Ign ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Release
> Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages
> Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release
> Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Packages
> Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Release
> Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Packages
> Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Release
> Get:10 ftp://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Sources
> Err ftp://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Sources
> Unable to fetch file, server said '/debian-non-US/dists/stable/non-US/source/Sources.gz: No such file or directory. '
> Get:11 ftp://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Release
> Ign ftp://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Release
> Failed to fetch ftp://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages
> Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. '
> Failed to fetch ftp://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages
> Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. '
> Failed to fetch ftp://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages
> Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. '
> Failed to fetch ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/dists/stable/non-US/source/Sources
> Unable to fetch file, server said '/debian-non-US/dists/stable/non-US/source/Sources.gz: No such file or directory. '
> Reading Package Lists...
> Building Dependency Tree...
> W: Couldn't stat source package list 'ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: Couldn't stat source package list 'ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: Couldn't stat source package list 'ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these missing files
> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
>
> I tried setting this to http as well same results.
>
> tnx
>
>
>
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* Re: my Debian box is less sick, but help
my Debian box is less sick, but help ScottHowell
` Gregory Nowak
@ ` Frank Carmickle
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Frank Carmickle @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: speakup
Sorry for not answering your mail you sent me off the list.
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, ScottHowell wrote:
> Ok, I was wrong about the boot msg. I had said the error was concerning
> lilo and the fact the kernel was uncompressing and the box hung, but turns
> out I was confused. Yes, that was with Slackware 8. The Debian boot error
> is lilo saying,
>
> invalid compressed format system haulted. I imagine I can fix this by
> cooking a new kernel on another box and move it over. The odd part is the
> kernel I am attempting to use is the one from the boot floppy. Really
> weird part is I can boot from that floopy so go figure.
>
wow! Have no idea.
> THe other problem is I keep getting a message that
>
> init init id 1 is responding to fast, disabling for five minutes.
>
> What's that all about and oh, I only have 3 out of 6 consoles. I think
> I'll try to reinstall, but if that isn't necessary, I'd rather not.
>
Yep the initab that was included with potato at one point, of which I
can't remember, was majorly screwed. You should edit the inittab and find
where the respawning to quickly is happening. I can't remember where it
is but if you send me a copy of your inittab I can fix it for you.
> Help much appreciated. Oh, lastly I can't seem to install any packages do
> dist upgrades etc. I'll include the error below on that.
>
A nice sources.list should look like this.
deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian woody main contrib
deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib
If you use anything to do with security.debian.org when using the woody
release you will get errors. There are no security releases for woody and
there probably won't be any until it stabilizes. However it's strange that
there are security releases for sid which happens to be more bleeding edge
then woody. Go figure.
In fact your inittab may get updated when you do the updates.
--
Frank Carmickle
phone: 412 761-9568
email: frankiec@dryrose.com
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