Re: Attempting to install Debian Wheezy on Loongson3A system

On Mon, 2014-04-07 05:07:38 +0200, David Kuehling wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> [1] ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-mipsel/current/images/loongson-2f/netboot/

I have a lemote 3A 6100 as well. I'll try to replicate what you have
done.

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