Bug#737170: debian-installer: hd-media installer says it didn't find ISO image, modprobe error in the logs
Package: debian-installer Version: 20130613+deb7u1+b1 Severity: important I'm trying to build a bootable USB stick with the "hd-media" image at: http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz plus the debian-7.3.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso CD image. The installer doesn't find the ISO image, here's an excerpt from the syslog: Jan 30 21:04:35 iso-scan: Found ISO ./debian-7.3.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso on /dev/sda1 Jan 30 21:04:35 kernel: [5.367123] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Jan 30 21:04:35 kernel: [5.368754] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Jan 30 21:04:35 iso-scan: Detected ISO with 'stable' (wheezy) distribution Jan 30 21:04:35 iso-scan: Detected ISO with distribution 'stable' (wheezy) Jan 30 21:04:35 iso-scan: Debian ISO ./debian-7.3.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso usable Jan 30 21:04:35 main-menu[251]: (process:1281): modprobe: invalid option -- 'l' Jan 30 21:04:35 main-menu[251]: WARNING **: Configuring 'iso-scan' failed with error code 1 Jan 30 21:04:35 main-menu[251]: WARNING **: Menu item 'iso-scan' failed. I verified that the modprobe tool used in the squeeze installer did in fact have a -l option (it listed all available modules), but now it doesn't. Busybox's modprobe also has a -l option. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140130215912.16774.59504.report...@forza.casa
Bug#650979: debian-installer: syslinux boot menu falls off the bottom of the screen
Package: debian-installer Version: 20110106+squeeze3+b1 Severity: normal The syslinux menu on squeeze installation media is configured in such a way that some of the menu entries, the "press TAB to edit a menu entry" message and the help messages fall off the bottom of the screen. I tested with netinst CDs and hd-media boot images, but I believe all installation media are configured in the same way. The configuration in stdmenu.cfg is this (comment included): menu vshift 17 menu rows 10 menu helpmsgrow 15 # The command line must be at least one line from the bottom. menu cmdlinerow 16 menu timeoutrow 16 menu tabmsgrow 18 There are 28 lines in VESA mode, according to the syslinux docs. With vshift set to 17 only 12 lines are available for the menu: the title and the hidden border use 4 lines so there are only 8 lines left for the menu entries. I'm attaching a screenshot from the amd64+i386 multiarch netinst CD's advanced menu (which is 13 lines long) where this problem is clearly visible: no item is selected because the selection went off the screen. Also, the "scrollbar" is not visible if the menu exceeds the configured number of lines, so the user has no clue that more entries are available. This is probably due to the choice of colors and the black background. A related, minor problem is that the display becomes corrupted if you edit a command line that is longer than one screen line: try for example to edit the "Graphical install" item on the multiarch netinst CD. This is because syslinux is smart enough to pull the command line within the visible screen, but then gets confused and scrolls things around wildly. I tried changing the configuration on a hd-media boot image like this: menu vshift 16 menu rows 7 menu helpmsgrow 12 menu cmdlinerow 12 menu tabmsgrow 13 It may need more tweaking, but at least all the menu entries and messages are within the screen whle still not covering the logo. Only a few menus have more than 7 entries. If further space is wanted, I'd suggest moving the logo up, there's plenty of black pixels at the top of the image. IMHO, the old boot screen was neater and looked defintely less "toyish", by the way. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.3 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'stable'), (400, 'testing'), (99, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111204190455.25708.56766.report...@forza.casa
Bug#650979: broken boot menu
Screenshot from the amd64+i386 multiarch netinst CD's advanced menu (which is 13 lines long) where no item is selected because the selection went off the screen. -- Ciao, Flavio Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. -- Henry Spencer <>
Bug#650979: debian-installer: syslinux boot menu falls off the bottom of the screen
On 06/12/2011 04:40, Joey Hess wrote: Flavio Stanchina wrote: If further space is wanted, I'd suggest moving the logo up, there's plenty of black pixels at the top of the image. IMHO, the old boot screen was neater and looked defintely less "toyish", by the way. There's a 100% chance that we'll be changing the boot logo, although what the final one for wheezy is not yet known. Well, I suppose you already thought about it, but why not try to get permission to use the real Wheezy this time? It's a penguin! :) This image would be perfect with a white background, penguin on the left and menu on the right: http://www.disneypicture.net/r-disney-movies-79-toy-story-172-toy-story-wheezy-2712.htm Google for images of Wheezy, some people already went down this road. On 06/12/2011 04:54, Joey Hess wrote: I have also made your changes to the squeeze branch of the installer, so they should be in the next point release of squeeze. Good, I hope I'll remember to check this. -- Ciao, Flavio Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. -- Henry Spencer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4edfda02.7050...@stanchina.net
