Remote install of Debian failing

From: Emma Hogbin (ej.hogbin_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/30/05

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    Hello,

    Some time ago I did a successful remote install of Debian overtop of RH9. I
    took copious notes. This time, however, I am unable to get the install to
    work. I have tried two different methods.

    (1) using http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/DebianChrootInstall
    while running dpkg-reconfigure --install base-config the system says that it
    has run out of space while downloading the package lists. I have edited
    /etc/apt/apt.conf and set the APT::Cache-Limit 1000000000;
    No matter what size I set, it always dies on the same package
    (qt3-assistant). I have even tried changing the sources.list with teh same
    result.
    Reading Package Lists... Error!
    E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
    E: Error occured while processing qt3-assistant (NewVersion1)
    E: Problem with MergeList
    /var/state/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages
    E: Unable to write mmap - msync (12 Cannot allocate memory)
    E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

    (2) using http://www.underhanded.org/papers/debian-conversion/remotedeb.html
    In this one, all seems to be ok except when I try to install the kernel
    image. It refuses to make the initrd part of the of image. The failure
    notice reads:
    /usr/sbin//mkinitrd: Cannot determine SCSI module
    I also noticed that although lilo is installed, there is no /etc/lilo.conf
    file.

    Your suggestions would be very much appreciated. The box was cracked earlier
    this week by someone sending out loads of spam a la .br style. Of course it
    happened while I was in a car driving home from an on-site job. I tried to
    do a rescue job on the machine, but I obviously missed something as they got
    back in and nuked the it beyond repair.

    regards,
    emma 

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