[xen-tools] Re: Problem's setting up new machines

[Steve Kemp]

On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 02:28:26PM +0200, Mirco Schmidt wrote:

> Executing : /usr/sbin/debootstrap --verbose sarge /tmp/sMyaePcc7N  
> http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/
> Running command '/usr/sbin/debootstrap --verbose sarge /tmp/ 
> sMyaePcc7N http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ 2>&1' failed.
> Aborting

  So the debootstrap command fails, but not a lot of details as
 to why.

  What happens if you run that manually?  I tested this with:

  mkdir /tmp/foo
  /usr/sbin/debootstrap --verbose sarge /tmp/foo http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/
  
  It seemed to work out OK for me.


> I hope one can give me hint, how I can solve the problem. The only  
> idea I've left is that I might need to change the debootstrap command  
> in /usr/bin/xt-install. This is what I tried but didn't work:

  Yes that looks like a good idea, but I'm not too sure what to
 suggest.  At least I'd add:

    2>/tmp/stderr.log >/tmp/stdout.log

  Just to see if you can capture what went wrong.

> ---cut
> #  This is the command we'll run
>     #
>     my $command = "/usr/sbin/debootstrap $VERBOSE $CONFIG{'dist'}  
> $CONFIG{'location'} $CONFIG{'mirror'} --arch i386";
> ---cut

  Debootstrap is fussy about command line argument order, you must
 add '--arch xxx' to the *front* of the command line, that is why
 the $VERBOSE flag is where it is.  Trailing arguments get
 ignored/refused.

> I also tried inserting '--arch i386' directly after /usr/bin/ 
> debootstrap but both with no eval...

  That is a shame.

Steve
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