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So, what else would you suggest to get a LinuxMCE run as a DomU in Xen? If I want to use some Hardware (like the DVB-C PCI card) with LinuxMCE, I need to use a paravirtualized machine, so I cannot simply put in the Kubuntu CD and run this nice graphical installation. I need to use bootstrap instead and afterwards upgrade it to a complete Kubuntu system. It would be more helpful to know why the installation script can not write to the tmp directory.
btw... how does a log file look like after a successful installation?

After the debootstrap there is neither X nor the KDE desktop installed yet, though it is required for the graphical installation wizard. I followed the installation instructions perfectly... after I installed Kubuntu ;-)
And of course I had already checked the MD5 sums before I started with the installation procedure.

I tried to install a 64 bit LinuxMCE on a 64 bit Xen machine as a DomU. So I did a debootstrap of Kubuntu 7.10 and updated to kernel 2.6.22-14-xen. After some apt-gets (including kubuntu-desktop) and installing mce-installer, I launched dolphin via SSH X-forwarding the clicked the mce-installer.desktop symbol. After having told the installation wizard that I want a dedicated core system with a DHCP server, I selected the iso-images of LinuxMCE Disk 1, Disk 2 and Kubuntu 7.10. However, during the installation the system comes up with an error message telling me that the installation failed.

Here is an excerpt from the log file:

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/usr/pluto/deb-cache /tmp/selfextract.Zw6755
! Package launchpad-integration (filename .//launchpad-integration_0.1.15_all.deb) is repeat;
   ignored that one and using data from .//launchpad-integration_0.1.15_amd64.deb !
! Package kdelibs4c2a (filename .//kdelibs4c2a_4%3a3.5.8-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) is repeat;
   ignored that one and using data from .//kdelibs4c2a_3.5.8-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb !
! Package fiire-drivers (filename .//fiire-drivers_2.0.0.44.0802222200_amd64.deb) is repeat but newer version;
   used that one and ignored data from .//fiire-drivers_2.0.0.44.0802102200_amd64.deb !

...

! Package xserver-xorg-video-chips (filename .//xserver-xorg-video-chips_1%3a1.1.1-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb) is repeat;
   ignored that one and using data from .//xserver-xorg-video-chips_1.1.1-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb !
! Package libgtk2.0-common (filename .//libgtk2.0-common_2.12.0-1ubuntu3_all.deb) is repeat;
   ignored that one and using data from .//libgtk2.0-common_2.12.0-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb !
! Package xpmutils (filename .//xpmutils_1%3a3.5.6-3_amd64.deb) is repeat;
   ignored that one and using data from .//xpmutils_3.5.6-3_amd64.deb !
** Packages in archive but missing from override file: **
  abcde acpi acpi-support acpid adduser adept adept-batch adept-common
  adept-installer adept-manager adept-notifier adept-updater akregator
  alsa-base alsa-utils amarok amarok-xine anacron ansi2html apache2
  apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-mpm-worker apache2-utils apache2.2-
  common app-install-data apparmor apparmor-utils apport apport-qt
  appres apt apt-utils aptitude ark arping arts aspell aspell-en

...

  xsetpointer xsetroot xsm xstdcmap xterm xtrans-dev xtrap xutils
  xutils-dev xvidtune xvinfo xwd xwininfo xwud zaptel-modules-2.6.22-
  14-generic zenity zip zlib1g zlib1g-dev

Wrote 1604 entries to output Packages file.
/tmp/selfextract.Zw6755
/usr/pluto/deb-cache /tmp/selfextract.Zw6755
! Package launchpad-integration (filename .//launchpad-integration_0.1.15_all.deb) is repeat;
   ignored that one and using data from .//launchpad-integration_0.1.15_amd64.deb !
! Package kdelibs4c2a (filename .//kdelibs4c2a_4%3a3.5.8-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) is repeat;
   ignored that one and using data from .//kdelibs4c2a_3.5.8-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb !

...

! Package libgtk2.0-common (filename .//libgtk2.0-common_2.12.0-1ubuntu3_all.deb) is repeat;
   ignored that one and using data from .//libgtk2.0-common_2.12.0-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb !
! Package xpmutils (filename .//xpmutils_1%3a3.5.6-3_amd64.deb) is repeat;
   ignored that one and using data from .//xpmutils_3.5.6-3_amd64.deb !
** Packages in archive but missing from override file: **
  abcde acpi acpi-support acpid adduser adept adept-batch adept-common
  adept-installer adept-manager adept-notifier adept-updater akregator
  alsa-base alsa-utils amarok amarok-xine anacron ansi2html apache2

...

  xsetpointer xsetroot xsm xstdcmap xterm xtrans-dev xtrap xutils
  xutils-dev xvidtune xvinfo xwd xwininfo xwud zaptel-modules-2.6.22-
  14-generic zenity zip zlib1g zlib1g-dev

Wrote 1604 entries to output Packages file.
/tmp/selfextract.Zw6755
(Reading database ... 96098 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace video-wizard-videos 1.1 (using .../video-wizard-videos_1.1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement video-wizard-videos ...
Setting up video-wizard-videos (1.1) ...
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/abcde_2.3.99.6-1ubuntu2_all.deb': Read-only file system
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/adduser_3.103ubuntu1_all.deb': Read-only file system
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/alsa-base_1.0.14-1ubuntu2_all.deb': Read-only file system
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/anacron_2.3-13ubuntu2_amd64.deb': Read-only file system
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/apache2-mpm-prefork_2.2.4-3build1_amd64.deb': Read-only file system
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/apache2.2-common_2.2.4-3build1_amd64.deb': Read-only file system

...

rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/editres_1.0.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb': Read-only file system
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/eject_2.1.5-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb': Read-only file system
umount2: Device or resource busy
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/esound-common_0.2.38-0ubuntu4_all.deb': Read-only file system
umount: /tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879: device is busy
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/etherwake_1.09-2_amd64.deb': Read-only file system
umount2: Device or resource busy
umount: /tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879: device is busyrm:
cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/ethtool_5-2_amd64.deb': Read-only file system
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/ffmpeg_3%3a0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu4_amd64.deb': Read-only file system
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/file_4.21-1_amd64.deb': Read-only file system

...

rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/x-dev_7.0.10-2_all.deb': Read-only file system
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/x-window-system-core_1%3a7.2-5ubuntu13_all.deb': Read-only file system
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/zlib1g_1%3a1.2.3.3.dfsg-5ubuntu2_amd64.deb': Read-only file system
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879/cachecd1-cache/zlib1g-dev_1%3a1.2.3.3.dfsg-5ubuntu2_amd64.deb': Read-only file system

ERROR : Could not cache LMCE CD 2


After the installation has canceled, the directory /tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879 is empty, is not Read-only and apparently the cachecd1-cache directory has been removed:

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mceserver_:/tmp# ls -la tmp.mSRKz22879/
total 8
drwx------  2 root root 4096 Apr 10 08:42 .
drwxrwxrwt 10 root root 4096 Apr 10 08:43 ..
mceserver_:/tmp# touch tmp.mSRKz22879/testfile.txt
mceserver_:/tmp# ls -la tmp.mSRKz22879/
total 8
drwx------  2 root root 4096 Apr 10 11:59 .
drwxrwxrwt 10 root root 4096 Apr 10 08:43 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Apr 10 11:59 testfile.txt
mceserver_:/tmp#


Does anyone has an idea why the installation script cannot remove the packages? Why does the script try to unmount /tmp/tmp.mSRKz22879 during the attempts? Are the repeat-ignore entries usual? Is it usual that these messages starting with "/usr/pluto/deb-cache /tmp/selfextract.Zw6755" occur twice in the logfile? Why could CD 2 not be cached?

Can anyone help me with this issue? Some solutions or hints?