RPi4 (Sarpi) - Installs OK from USB stick, but not from pre-mounted dir on /floppy
by eduardr from LinuxQuestions.org on (#512HV)
Ran into an interesting issue going through the Sarpi install guide to install the latest slackwarearm-current to my new RPi4.
I mounted a device (Win95 32 LBA) to /floppy containing slackwarearm-current (all the packages), according to the installer guide recommending /floppy as a good mount point for the source packages.
When I tried installing with source set to Pre-Mounted Directory, the installer does not install even 1 package, and immediately goes to the step asking to create a root password - normally this is the step that happens after all the packages are installed.
I tried this with two different devices - a Samsung T5 SSD and a SanDisk Flash Drive. Same result both times.
It appears that the installer somehow interferes with or can't use a device mounted in /floppy, and installation does not proceed properly.
What worked fine is not mounting anything in /floppy, using the SanDisk Flash Drive, and selecting to use a USB Drive in the installer which it then autodetects as /dev/sda1. Installation proceeds normally after that, all the packages get installed as expected.
I can't remember if I ran into the same issue months ago when I did the installation to my older RPi3. I might have.
I mounted a device (Win95 32 LBA) to /floppy containing slackwarearm-current (all the packages), according to the installer guide recommending /floppy as a good mount point for the source packages.
When I tried installing with source set to Pre-Mounted Directory, the installer does not install even 1 package, and immediately goes to the step asking to create a root password - normally this is the step that happens after all the packages are installed.
I tried this with two different devices - a Samsung T5 SSD and a SanDisk Flash Drive. Same result both times.
It appears that the installer somehow interferes with or can't use a device mounted in /floppy, and installation does not proceed properly.
What worked fine is not mounting anything in /floppy, using the SanDisk Flash Drive, and selecting to use a USB Drive in the installer which it then autodetects as /dev/sda1. Installation proceeds normally after that, all the packages get installed as expected.
I can't remember if I ran into the same issue months ago when I did the installation to my older RPi3. I might have.