README file instructions are not working as expected.

[viveky1794]

Hi ELBE team,
I tried to make debian rootfs for my beaglebone black board. But it looks like README file missed sometime.
I am not getting why am I getting this error ?
I tried all the steps from your Quick start guide.

ninja@ninja:~/BBB/debian-rootfs/elbe$ cat /sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/nested
Y
ninja@ninja:~/BBB/debian-rootfs/elbe$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Release:        24.04
Codename:       noble
ninja@ninja:~/BBB/debian-rootfs/elbe$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 24.04 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="24.04"
VERSION="24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)"
VERSION_CODENAME=noble
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble
LOGO=ubuntu-logo
ninja@ninja:~/BBB/debian-rootfs/elbe$ 
ninja@ninja:~/BBB/debian-rootfs/elbe$ rm -rf initvm
ninja@ninja:~/BBB/debian-rootfs/elbe$ ./elbe initvm create ./examples/armhf-ti-beaglebone-black.xml 
Import ubuntu-keyring-2018-archive.gpg: 
gpg: keybox '/tmp/tmpb3l6zz9s/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: key 871920D1991BC93C: public key "Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key (2018) <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import ubuntu-keyring-2012-cdimage.gpg: 
gpg: key D94AA3F0EFE21092: public key "Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key (2012) <cdimage@ubuntu.com>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
--2024-08-18 11:13:57--  http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/Release
Resolving deb.debian.org (deb.debian.org)... 151.101.158.132, 2a04:4e42:25::644
Connecting to deb.debian.org (deb.debian.org)|151.101.158.132|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 149225 (146K)
Saving to: ‘/tmp/tmpb3l6zz9s/Release’

/tmp/tmpb3l6zz9s/Release           100%[================================================================>] 145.73K  --.-KB/s    in 0.04s   

2024-08-18 11:13:57 (3.24 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/tmpb3l6zz9s/Release’ saved [149225/149225]

Signature with unknown key: A7236886F3CCCAAD148A27F80E98404D386FA1D9
Signature with unknown key: 4CB50190207B4758A3F73A796ED0E7B82643E131
Signature with unknown key: 4D64FEC119C2029067D6E791F8D2585B8783D481
[ERROR]Failure to download kernel/initrd debian Package:
[ERROR]
[ERROR]InvalidSignature Failed to verify Release file
[ERROR]
[ERROR]Check Mirror configuration
'elbe init' Failed
Giving up
ninja@ninja:~/BBB/debian-rootfs/elbe$ git log --oneline -2
a1c6a725 (HEAD -> newBranch, tag: v15.0, origin/releases/v15.0) Revert "release: back to development"
6804e552 release: back to development
ninja@ninja:~/BBB/debian-rootfs/elbe$ 

Thanks & Regards
Vivek Yadav

[t-8ch]

Hi,

please try to install the package debian-archive-keyring.

[peccehu]

I'm also having issues creating the initvm on Debian bookworm.
Any help is appreciated!

devel@bookworm:~/bookworm$ elbe initvm create
Import debian-archive-bullseye-automatic.asc:
gpg: keybox '/tmp/tmpho9qa22l/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: key 73A4F27B8DD47936: 5 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key 73A4F27B8DD47936: public key "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (11/bullseye) <ftpmaster@debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-buster-automatic.asc:
gpg: key DC30D7C23CBBABEE: 4 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key DC30D7C23CBBABEE: public key "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (10/buster) <ftpmaster@debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-bookworm-security-automatic.asc:
gpg: key 254CF3B5AEC0A8F0: 4 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key 254CF3B5AEC0A8F0: public key "Debian Security Archive Automatic Signing Key (12/bookworm) <ftpmaster@debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-bookworm-stable.asc:
gpg: key F8D2585B8783D481: public key "Debian Stable Release Key (12/bookworm) <debian-release@lists.debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-bookworm-automatic.asc:
gpg: key B7C5D7D6350947F8: 3 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key B7C5D7D6350947F8: public key "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (12/bookworm) <ftpmaster@debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-buster-stable.asc:
gpg: key DCC9EFBF77E11517: public key "Debian Stable Release Key (10/buster) <debian-release@lists.debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-buster-security-automatic.asc:
gpg: key 4DFAB270CAA96DFA: 4 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key 4DFAB270CAA96DFA: public key "Debian Security Archive Automatic Signing Key (10/buster) <ftpmaster@debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-bullseye-security-automatic.asc:
gpg: key A48449044AAD5C5D: 2 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key A48449044AAD5C5D: public key "Debian Security Archive Automatic Signing Key (11/bullseye) <ftpmaster@debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-bullseye-stable.asc:
gpg: key 605C66F00D6C9793: 3 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key 605C66F00D6C9793: public key "Debian Stable Release Key (11/bullseye) <debian-release@lists.debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
--2024-08-23 05:14:48--  http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/Release
Connecting to 192.168.40.17:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 149225 (146K)
Saving to: ‘/tmp/tmpho9qa22l/Release’

/tmp/tmpho9qa22l/Release                                    100%[===========================================================================================================================================>] 145.73K  --.-KB/s    in 0.06s

2024-08-23 05:14:48 (2.20 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/tmpho9qa22l/Release’ saved [149225/149225]

[ERROR]Failure to download kernel/initrd debian Package:
[ERROR]
[ERROR]IoError <urlopen error [Errno 101] Network is unreachable>
[ERROR]
[ERROR]Check Mirror configuration
'elbe init' Failed
Giving up
devel@bookworm:~/bookworm$

[t-8ch]

@peccehu

The error message "Network is unreachable" seems to be fairly clear.

It seems you are using a proxy, is that configured correctly?

[peccehu]

Yes, I'm behind a proxy, but I thought this was properly configured. In /etc/apt/apt.conf (for apt), in /etc/profile, in /etc/wgetrc (for wget). Apt works fine when installing and updating.
But it's a fresh install of bookworm; so maybe I'm overlooking something? Another proxy setting somewhere?
Thank you for the feedback.

[t-8ch]

Which version of elbe are you using exactly?
Try to set the http_proxy env variable.
Elbe does not use the system apt.conf (and wgetrc only coincidentally)

[peccehu]

I installed elbe today on a fresh bookworm installation; following the instructions on the page https://elbe-rfs.org/download/ for bookworm.
The version which is installed is 15.0
The env variable http_proxy is properly set (that was done in /etc/profile)

[peccehu]

My issue is solved (different from the initial issue; sorry for hijacking the thread).
I had to set HTTP_PROXY (capitals, not lower case) as in
export HTTP_PROXY=10.10.1.10:3128

kind regards,

[peccehu]

Unfortunately still not solved.
Now I'm having troube to contact to Debian archive mirror later on in the initvm creation process.
Should I specify the proxy server on the command line ?

devel@bookworm:~/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm$ elbe initvm create
Import debian-archive-bullseye-automatic.asc:
gpg: keybox '/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: key 73A4F27B8DD47936: 5 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key 73A4F27B8DD47936: public key "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (11/bullseye) <ftpmaster@debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-buster-automatic.asc:
gpg: key DC30D7C23CBBABEE: 4 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key DC30D7C23CBBABEE: public key "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (10/buster) <ftpmaster@debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-bookworm-security-automatic.asc:
gpg: key 254CF3B5AEC0A8F0: 4 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key 254CF3B5AEC0A8F0: public key "Debian Security Archive Automatic Signing Key (12/bookworm) <ftpmaster@debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-bookworm-stable.asc:
gpg: key F8D2585B8783D481: public key "Debian Stable Release Key (12/bookworm) <debian-release@lists.debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-bookworm-automatic.asc:
gpg: key B7C5D7D6350947F8: 3 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key B7C5D7D6350947F8: public key "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (12/bookworm) <ftpmaster@debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-buster-stable.asc:
gpg: key DCC9EFBF77E11517: public key "Debian Stable Release Key (10/buster) <debian-release@lists.debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-buster-security-automatic.asc:
gpg: key 4DFAB270CAA96DFA: 4 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key 4DFAB270CAA96DFA: public key "Debian Security Archive Automatic Signing Key (10/buster) <ftpmaster@debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-bullseye-security-automatic.asc:
gpg: key A48449044AAD5C5D: 2 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key A48449044AAD5C5D: public key "Debian Security Archive Automatic Signing Key (11/bullseye) <ftpmaster@debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Import debian-archive-bullseye-stable.asc:
gpg: key 605C66F00D6C9793: 3 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key 605C66F00D6C9793: public key "Debian Stable Release Key (11/bullseye) <debian-release@lists.debian.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
--2024-08-23 07:07:46--  http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/Release
Connecting to 192.168.40.17:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 149225 (146K)
Saving to: ‘/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/Release’

/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/Release                                    100%[===========================================================================================================================================>] 145.73K  --.-KB/s    in 0.06s

2024-08-23 07:07:47 (2.30 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/Release’ saved [149225/149225]

Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@debian.org> (A7236886F3CCCAAD148A27F80E98404D386FA1D9):
VALID (Untrusted).
Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@debian.org> (4CB50190207B4758A3F73A796ED0E7B82643E131):
VALID (Untrusted).
Debian Stable Release Key <debian-release@lists.debian.org> (4D64FEC119C2029067D6E791F8D2585B8783D481):
VALID (Untrusted).
--2024-08-23 07:07:47--  http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-amd64/current/images/SHA256SUMS
Connecting to 192.168.40.17:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 78509 (77K)
Saving to: ‘/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/SHA256SUMS’

/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/SHA256SUMS                                 100%[===========================================================================================================================================>]  76.67K  --.-KB/s    in 0.007s

2024-08-23 07:07:47 (11.4 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/SHA256SUMS’ saved [78509/78509]

--2024-08-23 07:07:47--  http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-amd64/current/images/cdrom/initrd.gz
Connecting to 192.168.40.17:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 22625762 (22M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/initrd-cdrom.gz’

/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/initrd-cdrom.gz                            100%[===========================================================================================================================================>]  21.58M  11.1MB/s    in 1.9s

2024-08-23 07:07:49 (11.1 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/initrd-cdrom.gz’ saved [22625762/22625762]

--2024-08-23 07:07:49--  http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-amd64/current/images/cdrom/vmlinuz
Connecting to 192.168.40.17:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 8173504 (7.8M)
Saving to: ‘/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/linux-cdrom’

/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/linux-cdrom                                100%[===========================================================================================================================================>]   7.79M  11.2MB/s    in 0.7s

2024-08-23 07:07:50 (11.2 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/linux-cdrom’ saved [8173504/8173504]

--2024-08-23 07:07:50--  http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz
Connecting to 192.168.40.17:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 40727499 (39M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/initrd.gz’

/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/initrd.gz                                  100%[===========================================================================================================================================>]  38.84M  11.2MB/s    in 3.5s

2024-08-23 07:07:54 (11.2 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/initrd.gz’ saved [40727499/40727499]

--2024-08-23 07:07:54--  http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/linux
Connecting to 192.168.40.17:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 8173504 (7.8M)
Saving to: ‘/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/vmlinuz’

/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/vmlinuz                                    100%[===========================================================================================================================================>]   7.79M  11.2MB/s    in 0.7s

2024-08-23 07:07:55 (11.2 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/tmpl4_uyy6p/vmlinuz’ saved [8173504/8173504]

[CMD] gpg --no-options                  --no-default-keyring                  --keyring /home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm/.elbe-in/elbe-keyring --import
gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir '/home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm/.elbe-in'
gpg: keybox '/home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm/.elbe-in/elbe-keyring' created
gpg: key 36AA35FF22BB8F84: 1 signature not checked due to a missing key
gpg: /home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm/.elbe-in/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 36AA35FF22BB8F84: public key "ELBE Devel (Linutronix Elbe developers) <elbe-devel@linutronix.de>" imported
gpg: key 36AA35FF22BB8F84: 1 signature not checked due to a missing key
gpg: key 36AA35FF22BB8F84: "ELBE Devel (Linutronix Elbe developers) <elbe-devel@linutronix.de>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 2
gpg:               imported: 1
gpg:              unchanged: 1
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir '/home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm/.elbe-in'
gpg: keybox '/home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm/.elbe-in/elbe-keyring' created
gpg: key 36AA35FF22BB8F84: 1 signature not checked due to a missing key
gpg: /home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm/.elbe-in/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 36AA35FF22BB8F84: public key "ELBE Devel (Linutronix Elbe developers) <elbe-devel@linutronix.de>" imported
gpg: key 36AA35FF22BB8F84: 1 signature not checked due to a missing key
gpg: key 36AA35FF22BB8F84: "ELBE Devel (Linutronix Elbe developers) <elbe-devel@linutronix.de>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 2
gpg:               imported: 1
gpg:              unchanged: 1
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
[CMD] gpg --no-options                 --no-default-keyring                 --keyring /home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm/.elbe-in/elbe-keyring                 --export                 --output /home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm/.elbe-in/elbe-keyring.gpg
gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir '/home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm/.elbe-in'
gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir '/home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm/.elbe-in'
mkdir -p .elbe-in/initrd-tree/usr/lib/base-installer.d .elbe-in/initrd-tree/lib/debian-installer-startup.d
echo 'mkdir -p /target/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/; cp /usr/share/keyrings/elbe-keyring.gpg /target/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/' > .elbe-in/initrd-tree/usr/lib/base-installer.d/10copyelbekeyring
echo "echo 'ttyS1::respawn:/usr/bin/tail -n +0 -f /var/log/syslog' >> /etc/inittab; kill -HUP 1" > .elbe-in/initrd-tree/lib/debian-installer-startup.d/S10serial-log
chmod 755 .elbe-in/initrd-tree/usr/lib/base-installer.d/* .elbe-in/initrd-tree/lib/debian-installer-startup.d/*
mkdir -p .elbe-gen
gzip -cd .elbe-in/initrd.gz > .elbe-gen/initrd-preseeded
cd .elbe-in/initrd-tree && find . | cpio -H newc -o --append -F ../../.elbe-gen/initrd-preseeded
60183 blocks
qemu-img create -f qcow2 initvm-base.img 80G
Formatting 'initvm-base.img', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=85899345920 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
qemu-system-x86_64
[    0.000000] Linux version 6.1.0-22-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc-12 (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.94-1 (2024-06-21)
[    0.000000] Command line: root=/dev/vda1 debconf_priority=critical console=ttyS0,115200n1 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text TERM=dumb
[    0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000000009fbff] usable
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000000009fc00-0x000000000009ffff] reserved
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000000f0000-0x00000000000fffff] reserved
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000100000-0x000000003ffdafff] usable
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000003ffdb000-0x000000003fffffff] reserved
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000feffc000-0x00000000feffffff] reserved
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000fffc0000-0x00000000ffffffff] reserved
[    0.000000] NX (Execute Disable) protection: active
[    0.000000] SMBIOS 2.8 present.
[    0.000000] DMI: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014

etc...

[    2.671287] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    2.674869] usb usb1: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[    2.676556] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 6.1.0-22-amd64 uhci_hcd
[    2.678610] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:01.2
[    2.681279] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.682651] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    2.722011] bochs-drm 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
[    2.727423] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[    2.763810] [drm] Found bochs VGA, ID 0xb0c5.
[    2.764426] ACPI: \_SB_.LNKA: Enabled at IRQ 10
[    2.767298] [drm] Framebuffer size 16384 kB @ 0xfd000000, mmio @ 0xfebd0000.
[    2.776525] [drm] Found EDID data blob.
[    2.785004] [drm] Initialized bochs-drm 1.0.0 20130925 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[    2.790391] fbcon: bochs-drmdrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[    2.796970] random: crng init done
[    2.801301] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[    2.811336] bochs-drm 0000:00:02.0: [drm] fb0: bochs-drmdrmfb frame buffer device
[    2.826053] virtio_net virtio1 ens4: renamed from eth0
Starting system log daemon: syslogd, klogd.
mount: mounting /dev/fd0 on /media failed: No such file or directory
umount: can't unmount /media: Invalid argument
mount: mounting /dev/fd0 on /media failed: No such file or directory
Detecting network hardware  ... 2%... 95%... 100%
Detecting link on ens4; please wait...  ... 0%
Waiting for link-local address...  ... 16%... 25%... 33%... 41%... 50%... 100%
Attempting IPv6 autoconfiguration...  ... 8%... 100%
Attempting IPv6 autoconfiguration...  ... 5%... 10%... 20%... 30%... 40%... 50%... 60%... 70%... 80%... 90%... 100%
Configuring the network with DHCP  ... 4%... 100%
Checking the Debian archive mirror  ... 25%... 50%... 75%... 100%... 100%
Choose a mirror of the Debian archive
-------------------------------------

!! ERROR: Bad archive mirror

An error has been detected while trying to use the specified Debian archive
mirror.

Possible reasons for the error are: incorrect mirror specified; mirror is not
available (possibly due to an unreliable network connection); mirror is broken
(for example because an invalid Release file was found); mirror does not
support the correct Debian version.

Additional details may be available in /var/log/syslog or on virtual console 4.

Please check the specified mirror or try a different one.
[Press enter to continue]

[t-8ch]

Can you look at initvm/installer.log?

[peccehu]

root@bookworm:/home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm#
root@bookworm:/home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm# cat installer.log |tail
Aug 23 12:34:05 main-menu[2685]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb
Aug 23 12:34:05 main-menu[2685]: INFO: Menu item 'choose-mirror' selected
Aug 23 12:34:05 anna-install: Queueing udeb apt-mirror-setup for later installation
Aug 23 12:34:05 choose-mirror[3619]: DEBUG: command: wget --no-verbose http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/oldstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):'
Aug 23 12:35:22 choose-mirror[3619]: DEBUG: command: wget --no-verbose http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):'
Aug 23 12:36:39 choose-mirror[3619]: DEBUG: command: wget --no-verbose http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):'
Aug 23 12:37:56 choose-mirror[3619]: DEBUG: command: wget --no-verbose http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):'
Aug 23 12:39:12 choose-mirror[3619]: INFO: mirror does not have any suite symlinks
Aug 23 12:39:12 choose-mirror[3619]: DEBUG: command: wget --no-verbose http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bookworm/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename|Architectures):'
Aug 23 12:40:29 choose-mirror[3619]: WARNING **: mirror does not support the specified release (bookworm)
root@bookworm:/home/devel/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm/initvm#

[t-8ch]

Please try to use the primary_proxy xml element.
(This should be more automatic...)

[peccehu]

I added the following section in my target XML file

    <target>
		<mirror>
		  <primary_proxy>http://192.168.40.17:3128</primary_proxy>
		</mirror>
        <hostname>hc3</hostname>

and then ran again the initvm creation with the target XLM as argument
But the result is the same as previous post.

devel@bookworm:~/SVN/LINUXHC3/trunk/platform/bookworm$ elbe initvm create hc3prod.xml

[t-8ch]

Sorry, this should be part of the <initvm> tag, which by default is taken from elbepack/init/default-init.xml, but you can specify your own in your elbe xml.