Dietpi: [FAILED] DietPi-PREP | Unable to continue, DietPi-PREP will now terminate.

[kuerious]

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• DietPi has encountered an error, and, is unable to continue -
• Please create a ticket: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues -
  

  - Copy and paste the BLUE lines below, into the ticket -

Details:

• Date | Tue 5 Feb 17:45:51 MST 2019
• Bug report | N/A
• DietPi version | v6.20.0 (Fourdee/master)
• Img creator | n/a
• Pre-image | n/a
• SBC device | NULL (index=21)
• Kernel version | #1 SMP Debian 4.9.130-2 (2018-10-27)
• Distro | stretch (index=4)
• Command | chmod -R +x /DietPi/dietpi /var/lib/dietpi/services /etc/cron.daily/dietpi /etc/cron.hourly/dietpi
• Exit code | 1
• Software title | DietPi-PREP

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install Debian minimal via netinstall
2. Install pre-requisites using scripts provided on page:
   apt-get update; apt-get install -y systemd-sysv ca-certificates sudo wget locales --reinstall
3. Run the provided script pieces:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Fourdee/DietPi/master/PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh -O PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh
chmod +x PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh
./PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh

• Install begins
• Insert name for credit
• Insert "build from" info
• Select build (Master, beta, or dev)
  
  
  
  • selected master
  
  
• Select "current device this is being installed on
  
  
  
  • selected "21 : x86_64 Native PC" [Installing on HP EliteDesk]
  
  
• Select wi-fi option [0 : I do not...]
• "Please select a distro version (Currently installed: - 4 stretch" [select "4 : Stretch]

Expected behaviour:

• Install should begin

The minimal Debian install should be converted into a DietPi install

Actual behaviour:

• 
  
  1. First an error message:
     
     https://i.imgur.com/o5SMzQu.png
  
  
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  1. The script fails:
  
  

--------------------------------------------------------------------
- DietPi has encounted an error, and, is unable to continue        -
- Please create a ticket: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues -
- Copy and paste the BLUE lines below, into the ticket             -
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Extra details:

• Installing, updating, and running _locate_ finds this under the /boot/dietpi menu:

/boot/dietpi
/boot/dietpi-CHANGELOG.txt
/boot/dietpi-README.md
/boot/dietpi.txt
/boot/dietpi/.install_stage
/boot/dietpi/boot
/boot/dietpi/dietpi-autostart
...

Additional logs:

Log file contents:
chmod: cannot access '/DietPi/dietpi': No such file or directory

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[kuerious]

So I plugged in the following:

mkdir /DietPi/dietpi/
ln -s /boot/dietpi/ /DietPi/dietpi

Attempted the script again, this time I get the following:

systemctl start dietpi-ramdisk Exit code 1
Job for dietpi-ramdisk.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status dietpi-ramdisk.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

So, yeah ... I'm unsure about what to do now.

[MichaIng]

@kuerious
Thanks for your report. Jep indeed a wrong chmod target, I fixed it and merged into master: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/pull/2506
Just redo with the steps, which will download the fixed DietPi-PREP version.

I mark as closed, feel free to reopen, if required.

[kuerious]

This bug #2503 points to bug #2506 ... which points back here, to 2503.

Where's the fix?

[Fourdee]

@kuerious

Use the dev branch for PREP script, then select master during GUI:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Fourdee/DietPi/dev/PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh -O PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh
chmod +x PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh
./PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh

[MichaIng]

@kuerious @Fourdee
I already merged it into master. Okay since it does not change any remaining DietPi code.

2506 is a pull request, selecting "Files changed" shows the changed/fixed code line(s).

At the top you see "master from beta", which means that I merged the fixed code from beta branch (where I added the commit first) into the master branch (release branch).

[Fourdee]

@MichaIng

Ah nice one, thanks 👍

Been unwell last few days, trying to catch up 😃

[speeedturtle]

I have the same problem installing the latest version to my ARM device.

DietPi-PREP: G_AGUP
│ - Exit code: 100
│ - DietPi version: v6.22.3 (MichaIng/master) | HW_MODEL:22 | HW_ARCH:3 | DISTRO:4
│ - Image creator: n/a
│ - Pre-image: n/a

[MichaIng]

@speeedturtle
This is not the same error 😉. Please paste the full output or rerun the plain APT command and paste all output of it:
apt update