[gNewSense-users] Lemote (mipsel) install fails with "Architecture not supported".

[Michael Dorrington]

Using the instructions at
http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Projects/GNewSenseToMIPS
which uses files at
http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/installer/current/mipsel/loongson/netboot/
to install gNewSense on Lemote Yeeloong 8101B fails at the (preseeded) 
choosing a mirror stage with:

                                  [!!] Choose a mirror of the Debian archive
                                          Architecture not supported
The specified Debian archive mirror does not seem to support your architecture. 
Please try a different mirror.

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In /var/log/syslog:
Mar 19 10:20:08 main-menu[1921]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package doesn't 
exist (ignored)
Mar 19 10:20:08 main-menu[1921]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6): package doesn't exist 
(ignored)
Mar 19 10:20:08 main-menu[1921]: INFO: Falling back to the package description 
for auto-install
Mar 19 10:20:08 main-menu[1921]: INFO: Falling back to the package description 
for ai-choosers
Mar 19 10:20:08 main-menu[1921]: INFO: Menu item 'choose-mirror' selected
Mar 19 10:20:08 anna-install: Queueing udeb apt-mirror-setup for later 
installation
Mar 19 10:20:08 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: command: wget -q 
http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/Release -O 
- | grep ^Suite: | cut -d' ' -f 2
Mar 19 10:20:08 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: command: wget -q 
http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/Release -O 
- | grep ^Codename: | cut -d' ' -f 2
Mar 19 10:20:09 choose-mirror[3939]: INFO: codename set to: parkes
Mar 19 10:20:09 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: command: wget -q 
http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/main/binary-mipsel/Release
 -O - | grep Architecture
Mar 19 10:20:09 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: Architecture not supported by 
selected mirror
Mar 19 10:20:12 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: command: wget -q 
http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/Release -O 
- | grep ^Suite: | cut -d' ' -f 2
Mar 19 10:20:13 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: command: wget -q 
http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/Release -O 
- | grep ^Codename: | cut -d' ' -f 2
Mar 19 10:20:13 choose-mirror[3939]: INFO: codename set to: parkes
Mar 19 10:20:13 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: command: wget -q 
http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/main/binary-mipsel/Release
 -O - | grep Architecture
Mar 19 10:20:13 choose-mirror[3939]: DEBUG: Architecture not supported by 
selected mirror
Mar 19 10:27:06 init: init: starting pid 1898, tty '/dev/tty2': '-/bin/sh'


There is not a 'Release' file at
http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/gnewsense/dists/stable/main/binary-mipsel/
The Debian equivalent is
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/binary-mipsel/
which has a 'Release' file.

I would very much like to have gNewSense installed on the Lemote so 
what can I do?

The latest files in
http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-metad/installer/current/mipsel/loongson/netboot/
are from November 2010. Do they need updating?

I've submitted a bug report (though the formatting is mashed, web form 
bug submission not so good):
"bug #32851, Lemote (mipsel) install fails with "Architecture not
supported"." <https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?32851>

Also, I am involved with Software Freedom Day 
<http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/> and would very much like to have 
gNewSense recommended and distributed as part the event but this and 
other repository issues make it hard to do so.

Regards,
Mike.

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