Trouble booting from HD
Hi, I have installed Debian potato on a HD that formerly was running Mandrake 7.2. Mandrake wrote the MBR, and LILO was default boot manager. I had a 16MB partition on hda1 where i mounted /boot When I installed debian potato and mounted hda1 as /boot I was told that it was impossible to write the boot loader before cylinder 1023. I re-partitioned hda1 and it is now 8MB, still in the first cylinders on the disk. Installing debian and writing to MBR now seemd to work fine during the install. After installing debian and doing the first boot, I was told to insert a disk into the disk-drive and boot from that. OK, I thought that something had gone wrong and tried to fix it. Just to make sure that I had something written to MBR, i tried using install-mbr: 'install-mbr -l /dev/hda' The result from this command was: Drive: 0x80 Default: D Timeout: 18/18 seconds Enabled: F A Interrupt: Shift Key Don't knowing what really to look for, all I can say is that this _looks_ to be fine by me. This is what /etc/lilo.conf looks like: boot=/dev/hda root=/dev/hda3 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map delay=20 vga=normal default=Linux image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only I also think this is correct... All files referenced does exist. I have also tried to run lilo several times. I even tried to run install-mbr and trying to write to the mbr. It executed without giving any error messages or problems. This did not, however, solve my problems. I still have to boot from disk. Yesterday, I tried building my first kernel (followed the recipe her: http://www.linux.com/live/newsitem.phtml?sid=117&aid=11762 ) At the end of compiling it, I got a question asking if I wanted to make LILO the boot manager and linux bootable from HD (or something like that), and I answered yes. Of course, this did not help. Now I am wondering: Has anyone got a suggestion for how to make Linux bootable directly from HD without needing a boot disk? Regards, Runar PS I am only running Linux on my computer, no other os' are installed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: zlib compression corruption from cvs server?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark W. Eichin) writes: > > Could not chdir to home directory /org/home/eichin: No such file or directory > > Ok, that's fixed, now I get: > > $ CVS_RSH=ssh CVSROOT=:ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/debian-boot cvs co . > cvs server: Updating . > cvs server: Updating CVSROOT > cvs server: failed to create lock directory in repository > `/cvs/debian-boot/CVSROOT': Permission denied > cvs server: failed to obtain dir lock in repository > `/cvs/debian-boot/CVSROOT' > cvs [server aborted]: read lock failed - giving up Yes, I don't give normal folks write permissions to CVSROOT. You shouldn't try to checkout '.' module. Use a real module instead. > Is this intentional, or am I missing something? (like, a new > undocumented cvs option to access the repository read-only without > getting any locks?) Intentional. -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: zlib compression corruption from cvs server?
Ahh, I didn't realize that locking would still work if I avoided that (I think cvs used to put some global locks in CVSROOT, or something like that - maybe it was a history file issue...) Also, didn't know about cvs co "-c" to get a list of valid modules. (Is there a project page with some context, that I've failed to notice, have I just not been clever enough about gleaning things from the archives? mostly I want a boot-floppies that doesn't depend on the (obsolete) cslatex (which collides with jadetex, see there are 4 or 5 chained bug reports explaining), and works USB-only... I'm more than willing to keep plugging away at it, I just keep feeling I'm missing something. Hmm, would it be more productive to look at the debian-boot logs from around the time of the 2.2 release, instead of recent ones?) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: zlib compression corruption from cvs server?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark W. Eichin) writes: > Ahh, I didn't realize that locking would still work if I avoided that > (I think cvs used to put some global locks in CVSROOT, or something > like that - maybe it was a history file issue...) Also, didn't know > about cvs co "-c" to get a list of valid modules. (Is there a project > page with some context, that I've failed to notice, have I just not > been clever enough about gleaning things from the archives? mostly I > want a boot-floppies that doesn't depend on the (obsolete) cslatex > (which collides with jadetex, see there are 4 or 5 chained bug reports > explaining), and works USB-only... I'm more than willing to keep > plugging away at it, I just keep feeling I'm missing something. Hmm, > would it be more productive to look at the debian-boot logs from > around the time of the 2.2 release, instead of recent ones?) Read boot-floppies/README-CVS and probably work on the woody branch. -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Boot stage WAS Re: Booting to floppy
At 16:40 +0100 3/4/01, Ethan Benson wrote: >On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 03:13:10PM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: >> >> "Boot-floppies" isn't the best name for this software. >> > >the replacment for the current `boot-floppies' is called >debian-installer. > Will this Mailing list move to debian-testing? Information from http://www.nl.debian.org/MailingLists/subscribe : debian-testing This list finds problems with the next Debian release. This includes: trying the installation, trying the upgrade, and testing individual packages. Moderated: no Subscription: open Groet Geert Stappers - Hit the right key to continue -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: zlib compression corruption from cvs server?
> Read boot-floppies/README-CVS and probably work on the woody branch. Excellent. Thanks much._Mark_ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
libgd-dev vs. libgd1g-dev?
The woody branch build-depends on libgd1g-dev. This is potato's 1.7.3-0.1, whereas libgd-dev is woody's 1.8.4-2. Should the build-depends be changed, or is there a specific reason to stick with the potato version? diffs follow. _Mark_ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Herd of Kittens Debian Package Maintainer -- RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/debian/control,v retrieving revision 1.50.2.6 diff -u -r1.50.2.6 control --- debian/control 2001/02/13 06:10:11 1.50.2.6 +++ debian/control 2001/03/05 23:47:04 @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Standards-Version: 3.1.1 Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper -Build-Depends: glibc-pic, slang1-pic, libnewt-dev, libpopt-dev, zlib1g-dev, recode, gettext, m4, debiandoc-sgml, libi18n-langtags-perl, man-db, libpaperg, tetex-bin, tetex-extra, perl5, libwww-perl, pointerize, libgd1g-dev, bison, ash, dpkg-awk, flex, file, debhelper, gawk, console-data +Build-Depends: glibc-pic, slang1-pic, libnewt-dev, libpopt-dev, zlib1g-dev, recode, +gettext, m4, debiandoc-sgml, libi18n-langtags-perl, man-db, libpaperg, tetex-bin, +tetex-extra, perl5, libwww-perl, pointerize, libgd-dev, bison, ash, dpkg-awk, flex, +file, debhelper, gawk, console-data Package: boot-floppies Architecture: all -Depends: dpkg-dev, gcc, glibc-pic, slang1-pic, libnewt-dev, libpopt-dev, zlib1g-dev, recode, make, gettext, m4, debiandoc-sgml, libi18n-langtags-perl, man-db, libpaperg, tetex-bin, tetex-extra, perl5, libwww-perl, pointerize, libgd1g-dev, bison, ash, dpkg-awk, flex, file, debhelper, gawk, console-data +Depends: dpkg-dev, gcc, glibc-pic, slang1-pic, libnewt-dev, libpopt-dev, zlib1g-dev, +recode, make, gettext, m4, debiandoc-sgml, libi18n-langtags-perl, man-db, libpaperg, +tetex-bin, tetex-extra, perl5, libwww-perl, pointerize, libgd-dev, bison, ash, +dpkg-awk, flex, file, debhelper, gawk, console-data Suggests: python-xml Description: Scripts to create the Debian installation floppy set. This package allows you to create a Debian installation system on floppy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
download-only and local mirrors don't interact well
re:"- remove rsync mirroring stuff; we get packages as needed apt-get" as far as I can tell it doesn't play well with a local mirror -- apt-get doesn't actually copy anything in download-only mode... which makes sense, but breaks this usage :-) I don't see an obvious flag to change that, looking at the man page; perhaps apt-move can be subverted for this case? I'll look at that next... _Mark_ -- Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: apt console-common debconf dpkg fileutils ifupdown ipchains kbd libncurses5 libstdc++2.10 libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 libwrap0 mount ncurses-base netkit-inetd netkit-ping perl-base psmisc sysvinit tcpd The following NEW packages will be installed: apt ash base-passwd busybox console-common console-data debconf debootstrap dpkg e2fsprogs fileutils ifupdown ipchains isapnptools kbd libc6 libncurses5 libnewt0 libpopt0 libstdc++2.10 libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 libwrap0 makedev modutils mount nano-tiny ncurses-base net-tools netbase netkit-inetd netkit-ping pcmcia-cs perl-base psmisc pump slang1 sysvinit tcpd util-linux whiptail 0 packages upgraded, 40 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/10.8MB of archives. After unpacking 31.1MB will be used. Download complete and in download only mode -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to base-config/debian by joeyh
Repository: base-config/debian who:joeyh time: Mon Mar 5 17:53:50 PST 2001 Log Message: * Needs to have a versioned depend on debconf, since no version of debconf-tiny supports the seen flag, and older versions of debconf don't, either. * Version 0.56 of this package got into testing by mistake, since it was missing the dependancy. It will continue to be broken for some time, until a new enough debconf gets into testing. This sucks, but I can't do anything really to fix it except wait. In the meantime, unstable will be ok. Closes: #88523 Files: changed:changelog control -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: download-only and local mirrors don't interact well
Manually using --print-uris to generate symlinks worked ok.
for i in $(apt-get --print-uris --yes -o Dir::State=$PWD/download/state -o
Debug::NoLocking=true -o Dir::Cache=$PWD/download/cache -o
Dir::State::status=$PWD/download/status -o Dir::Etc::SourceList=$PWD/localsources.list
--download-only install ash base-passwd busybox console-data debootstrap e2fsprogs
libnewt0 libpopt0 makedev modutils nano-tiny netbase net-tools pump slang1 whiptail
libc6 isapnptools pcmcia-cs util-linux | awk -F\' '{ print $2 }' | sed s/^file://); do
ln -s $i updates/; done
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cvs commit to modconf/template by joey
Repository: modconf/template who:joey time: Mon Mar 5 19:20:08 PST 2001 Log Message: * Updated Spanish translation (Jordi Mallach) * Removed bashism because ash doesn't like it. Well, that's nothing new, right? But even hiding it into some if [] clause is not appreciated by ash. I thought it was a good idea... reality again proved me wrong... (Closes: Bug#88413) Files: changed:eval_es.fixed eval_sv.fixed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to modconf by joey
Repository: modconf who:joey time: Mon Mar 5 19:20:08 PST 2001 Log Message: * Updated Spanish translation (Jordi Mallach) * Removed bashism because ash doesn't like it. Well, that's nothing new, right? But even hiding it into some if [] clause is not appreciated by ash. I thought it was a good idea... reality again proved me wrong... (Closes: Bug#88413) Files: changed:modconf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to modconf/debian by joey
Repository: modconf/debian who:joey time: Mon Mar 5 19:20:08 PST 2001 Log Message: * Updated Spanish translation (Jordi Mallach) * Removed bashism because ash doesn't like it. Well, that's nothing new, right? But even hiding it into some if [] clause is not appreciated by ash. I thought it was a good idea... reality again proved me wrong... (Closes: Bug#88413) Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to modconf/debian by joey
Repository: modconf/debian who:joey time: Mon Mar 5 19:32:16 PST 2001 Log Message: * Umh... somehow there was .32 already, even though I checked the cvs diff it didn't look like it was uploaded already. Will have to bump up the version number. * Whil I'm at it, I've capitalized the development team as well Files: changed:changelog control -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cvs commit to modconf/debian by joey
Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 07:32:16PM -0800 wrote: > Repository: modconf/debian > who:joey > time: Mon Mar 5 19:32:16 PST 2001 > > > Log Message: That was me, I uploaded .32 after removing the bash'ism. Then there was so much discussion about how it should be fixed that I backed away. I should've commited to at least the changelog though. > > * Umh... somehow there was .32 already, even though I checked the cvs > diff it didn't look like it was uploaded already. Will have to bump > up the version number. > * Whil I'm at it, I've capitalized the development team as well > > > Files: > > changed:changelog control > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
non-en dbootstrap.sgml references to &Choose-Debian-archive-path;
documentation/{cs,hr,fr}/dbootstrap.sgml all still use
&Choose-Debian-archive-path; while the main tree (and the entity
definitions that the translations include) appears to have switched to
&Select-Debian-Archive-path;
I've patched mine locally to let the build proceed; should I send
patches, or just whine at the debian-translators list? _Mark_
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Re: debian-installer and devfs
> Right now, busybox init doesn't work with devfs. I have not > looked into what changes are needed to make it work. I agree > though, that if we do go this route, we really want to avoid > the cost of devfsd, > bustbox 0.49pre-1 init does work with devfs, at least everything I've seen so far works well. -David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to debian-installer/rootskel/src/etc/init.d by dwhedon
Repository: debian-installer/rootskel/src/etc/init.d who:dwhedon time: Mon Mar 5 23:20:12 PST 2001 Log Message: changes to work with devfs Files: changed:rcS removed:makedevs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to debian-installer/rootskel/src by dwhedon
Repository: debian-installer/rootskel/src who:dwhedon time: Mon Mar 5 23:20:12 PST 2001 Log Message: changes to work with devfs Files: removed:linuxrc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to debian-installer/rootskel/src/etc by dwhedon
Repository: debian-installer/rootskel/src/etc who:dwhedon time: Mon Mar 5 23:20:12 PST 2001 Log Message: changes to work with devfs Files: changed:inittab -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
