2.3 Complete the installation

Because the installation program failed it is now time to complete the installation by hand.

• On the server do :

  • cd /tftpboot
    

  • rm 192.168.1.3
    

    where 192.168.1.3 is the IP-address of the javastation

  • ln -s /var/javastation/root/ 192.168.1.3
    

    where 192.168.1.3 is the IP-address of the javastation

• Power up the javastation. After the kernel is booted, you should see this text :

  Enter runlevel:

• Press S and ENTER

  Now you should see a command-prompt.

• cd /var/cache/apt/archives
  

• mount -oremount,rw /dev/root /
  

• dpkg -i *.deb
  

  Repeat this step, ignore all errors, except when you see an error about "/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci" then goto to the next step.

• cd /var/lib/dpkg
  

• mv tmp.ci /tmp
  

• apt-get -f install
  

  In my case apt-get configures everything, except cron, exim, at, mailx, logrotate. Just ignore this.

• base-config
  

  Base-config will fail when trying to fetch the Debian Archive. Just ignore this for now. Also, don't do Tasksel or dselect for now.

• Power Off
• On the server, edit /var/javastation/root/etc/fstab and change it to the following :

  192.168.1.1:/var/javastation/root  /       nfs  rw,hard,udp,nolock,rsize=8192,wsize=8192  0   0
  proc                               /proc   proc defaults                                  0   0
  

• Power On
• Log in as root

• route add default gw 192.168.1.1
  

  where 192.168.1.1 is the IP-address of your server

• On the server,

  cp /etc/resolv.conf /var/javastation/root/etc/resolv.conf
  

• You should now be able to ping to the internet. If not solve the problem before going to the next step.

• base-config
  

  Now fetching the debian archive should work

• OK, installation is complete.