Re: Attempting to install Debian Wheezy on Loongson3A system

replying to myself:

> However, with my current attempts the installer fails at the
> "retrieving installer components" step, i.e. pretty early.  I don-t
> understand much about the D-I, and it doesn't output any helpful
> (log)messages, but it looks like the

>   anna net-retriever default

> command may be the culprit.  Running it manually from the console
> results in a segfault.  

I now tried the Debian Jessie installer initrd [1] instead, and this one
doesn't crash, just warns about unknown kernel version (which shouldn't
be a problem).  So that'd indicate the Debian Wheezy installer is in
fact somewhat broken.

cheers,

David

[1] ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-mipsel/current/images/loongson-2f/netboot/
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