debian installation stops

[int21h]

hi there,

on our vds we want debian as os, so I booted the debian-image from
virtual DVD drive.

After settings ip, gateway and dns the installations stops at 33% while formatting the harddisk with ext3.
'sometimes' (yes) installation goes on until software packages, and then it stops at 1% while searching for software packages ...

regards
int

[int21h]

one step forward ...

if installations stops while searching for software packages ... the log console shows "untrusted packets .. choose yes to continue or no to cancel) (in german language)

but installations does not go on after choosing "yes" (or ja) or does not cancel with "no"

What I was wondering about, is that every installation on die VDS behaves different.

At the moment I see 33% of hdd formatting ...

[int21h]

last update (editing own posts is forbidden by the bb)

there is no '33% problem' if you first install a preconfigured OS and then install with a virtual DVD drive. A direct reinstallation with a virtual dvd Drive leads to this behaviour. (reproducable)

there is no '1% problem' if you choose debian expert installation and skip the software installation step. after installing base system, installation of bootloader and reboot, you can log in an install further software ... but ....

... every configuration you have done so far while installation process i.e. keyboardlayout, language, root-password is not set after reboot. there's no root password and a strange keyboard layout, that makes working even harder (no \ and no special keys ESC)
Nevertheless I managed to install ssh-daemon, but there was no access from outsite, although networking was correct. (i.e. installing packets via apt)

As long as there is no preconfigured Debian Image, debian is not a good choice for a VDS and ubuntu is not a option for me

Regards,
int

[Edge100x]

That's a very strange installer.

After it was installed, did you also set your IP manually? If it's trying to use DHCP, then you'll get a private one that can't connect to the internet, which would explain why software installation would fail. You should be able to manually set your IP, at least until the next reboot (so that you can log in with SSH), with commands like this:

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ifconfig eth0 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 127.0.0.254

Where "127.0.0.1" is the IP, "255.255.255.0" is the netmask, and "127.0.0.254" is the gateway, all from your "IP list" control panel page.

[Edge100x]

I see now that you mentioned that networking was correct. Could you check and see if there is a firewall enabled? This command should delete it, if there is:

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iptables --flush

I can also work on a debian autoinstaller, but time is very short right now.

Are you certain that Ubuntu would not fit your needs? It is essentially debian with some minor tweaks, and uses the same packages.

[int21h]

Hi Edge100x,

thanks for your answer.

Firewall should not be activated on a default debian installation, so I did not investigated in this. But more strange was the keyboard layout. It's quiet difficult or nearly impossible to edit files or to check logfiles without : \ or ESC-keys.

Unfortunately ubuntu is not a alternative for me (because of own software repository ... other paths ...etc. )


Regards
int

[Edge100x]

I think that the keyboard problem might be related to Xen/qemu's emulation through VNC.

I will see what I can find on this.

[Edge100x]

I tested this by installing debian myself (making a new autoinstaller, actually), and it worked normally for me.

[int21h]

Hi Edge100x,


I just tested the new Debian image ... now keyboard behaves like a keyboard and debian behaves like debian

thanks you very much for quick help and solution.

regards
int

[Edge100x]

I'm glad to hear that the autoinstall works properly . If you have any more trouble, please let us know.