DIAL dissapointment

I am very disappointed with DIAL. quite frank won't install, get a red screen "no root filesystem" error when it attempts install. no way at all to get into a manual set up it appears. AND on the same CD I can install debian jessie vanilla no problem, why? I can chose the settings.

I use a HP server with dual 3.0ghz processors and 5GB ram.

I guess since I have a sever instead of some raspi im just boned eh? if I seem mad its cause I am, I was not happy in wasting 5 hours today plus fuel costs to the repeater site fighting this.

No offense, but making it 100% automatic creates problems and is a horrible idea IMO

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Interesting I have never had this happen with any of my installations so far 6 machines fully running and functional…
First off was their internet connected to the machine? Dial is a network installation setup I wish they had a full setup version that didn’t require internet but so far havent seen one…

Another issue i ran into is the username and password this is common one

username: root
password: debian

The way i read this it almost sounds like it was unable to download the packages from the internet I just did an install test with no internet connection and i got a similar result might double check your internet settings and try again… Typically I generally swap hard drives when i do an install like this… This allows me to have about 5 minutes of down time instead of 5 hrs or more…

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On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 10:22 PM, W2IBC w2ibc435@gmail.com wrote:

I am very disappointed with DIAL. quite frank won’t install, get a red screen “no root filesystem” error when it attempts install. no way at all to get into a manual set up it appears. AND on the same CD I can install debian jessie vanilla no problem, why? I can chose the settings.

I use a HP server with dual 3.0ghz processors and 5GB ram.

I guess since I have a sever instead of some raspi im just boned eh? if I seem mad its cause I am, I was not happy in wasting 5 hours today plus fuel costs to the repeater site fighting this.

No offense, but making it 100% automatic creates problems and is a horrible idea IMO

W2IBC w2ibc435@gmail.com


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it don't even get to the install from network part. it hangs at the format drive part.. I use a HP server (2x 73GB SCSI drives) IF it was more like the debian installer where I can manually pick my settings it would install fine. but this full auto no user input install won't work.

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On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 22:33:27 -0600 Loren Tedford <lorentedford@gmail.com> wrote:

Interesting I have never had this happen with any of my installations so
far 6 machines fully running and functional..
First off was their internet connected to the machine? Dial is a network
installation setup I wish they had a full setup version that didn't require
internet but so far havent seen one..

Another issue i ran into is the username and password this is common one

username: root
password: debian

The way i read this it almost sounds like it was unable to download the
packages from the internet I just did an install test with no internet
connection and i got a similar result might double check your internet
settings and try again.. Typically I generally swap hard drives when i do
an install like this.. This allows me to have about 5 minutes of down time
instead of 5 hrs or more..

Loren Tedford (KC9ZHV)
Email: lorentedford@gmail.com
Main Line:1-631-686-8878 Option 1 for Loren.
Fax Line 1:1-618-551-2755
Fax Line 2:1-631-686-8892 (New Fax line)
Cell: 618-553-0806
http://www.lorentedford.com
http://www.kc9zhv.com
http://hub.kc9zhv.com

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 10:22 PM, W2IBC <w2ibc435@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am very disappointed with DIAL. quite frank won't install, get a red
> screen "no root filesystem" error when it attempts install. no way at all
> to get into a manual set up it appears. AND on the same CD I can install
> debian jessie vanilla no problem, why? I can chose the settings.
>
> I use a HP server with dual 3.0ghz processors and 5GB ram.
>
> I guess since I have a sever instead of some raspi im just boned eh? if I
> seem mad its cause I am, I was not happy in wasting 5 hours today plus fuel
> costs to the repeater site fighting this.
>
> No offense, but making it 100% automatic creates problems and is a
> horrible idea IMO
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Feel free to install Debian and then you should be able to ssh into the server and do a manual install. That should save on gas!

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On Dec 7, 2015, at 11:22 PM, W2IBC <w2ibc435@gmail.com> wrote:

I am very disappointed with DIAL. quite frank won't install, get a red screen "no root filesystem" error when it attempts install. no way at all to get into a manual set up it appears. AND on the same CD I can install debian jessie vanilla no problem, why? I can chose the settings.

I use a HP server with dual 3.0ghz processors and 5GB ram.

I guess since I have a sever instead of some raspi im just boned eh? if I seem mad its cause I am, I was not happy in wasting 5 hours today plus fuel costs to the repeater site fighting this.

No offense, but making it 100% automatic creates problems and is a horrible idea IMO
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Our you running raid on the computer? I had to re-raid the drives on my Dell in the BIOS…

David

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On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 2:58 AM, Corey Dean n3fe@repeater.net wrote:

Feel free to install Debian and then you should be able to ssh into the server and do a manual install. That should save on gas!

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On Dec 7, 2015, at 11:22 PM, W2IBC w2ibc435@gmail.com wrote:

I am very disappointed with DIAL. quite frank won’t install, get a red screen “no root filesystem” error when it attempts install. no way at all to get into a manual set up it appears. AND on the same CD I can install debian jessie vanilla no problem, why? I can chose the settings.

I use a HP server with dual 3.0ghz processors and 5GB ram.

I guess since I have a sever instead of some raspi im just boned eh? if I seem mad its cause I am, I was not happy in wasting 5 hours today plus fuel costs to the repeater site fighting this.

No offense, but making it 100% automatic creates problems and is a horrible idea IMO

W2IBC w2ibc435@gmail.com


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Thanks, David

Obvious but necessary question - did you use the correct install image? I only mention this because you reference the Raspberry Pi.

Kevin

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On 12/7/2015 11:22 PM, W2IBC wrote:

I am very disappointed with DIAL. quite frank won't install, get a red screen "no root filesystem" error when it attempts install. no way at all to get into a manual set up it appears. AND on the same CD I can install debian jessie vanilla no problem, why? I can chose the settings.

I use a HP server with dual 3.0ghz processors and 5GB ram.

I guess since I have a sever instead of some raspi im just boned eh? if I seem mad its cause I am, I was not happy in wasting 5 hours today plus fuel costs to the repeater site fighting this.

No offense, but making it 100% automatic creates problems and is a horrible idea IMO