debian wheezy/jessie install on net5501-70 fails

deva seetharam <[email protected]> Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:00:02 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.soekris.technical
Message-ID <[email protected]>
hellowhen i try to install debian wheezy/jessie (using pxeboot), installer fails while partitioning the disk with the following error message:
'The attempt to mount a file system with type ext4 in SCSI1 (0,0,0), partition #1 (sda) at / failed.' 
some details:CF card - it is a 8 GB sandisk carddevice - net5501-70
i am using minicom running on a debian laptop to connect with the aforementioned device. i have tried 3 different CF cards and 2 different net5501 boxes. i am getting the same error. 
any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated. 
best regards David

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