Re: syslinux vesamenu
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've finished and tested the debian-cd patch for using vesamenu. Did > notice one problem. When the vesamenu is used, "default64" does not > behave the same as it normally does in syslinux. Rather than setting the > default that's used then enter is pressed, it makes syslinux > *immediately* start booting the amd64 installer with no chance for > interaction. > > So unless it gets fixed[1], default64 can't be used on vesamenu images, > and I've disabled it. Instead, you need to manually pick amd64 off the > menu when booting a multiarch image. > > Is this a big problem? At least there is a menu, with "AMD64 install" > visible on it. (Maybe that would be better named "64 bit install" to > avoid the amd/ia64/x86_64 confusion..) I think that when we have the menu it's even better to let the user to choice instead of setting it for him. > I've created 3 test CD images that use vesamenu: > > http://kitenet.net/~joey/tmp/vesamenu/ > > My feeling is that this is basically ready to go and is quite unlikely > to break anything in the beta2 timeframe if applied soon. Ack. > PS, the win32-loader.ini file on the multi-arch CDs lists kernel/initrd > images for amd64, but not for i386. Seems wrong. Robert, could you take a look at it? -- O T A V I OS A L V A D O R - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 5906116 GNU/Linux User: 239058 GPG ID: 49A5F855 Home Page: http://otavio.ossystems.com.br - "Microsoft sells you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: syslinux vesamenu
On Sunday 13 April 2008, Joey Hess wrote: > I've finished and tested the debian-cd patch for using vesamenu. Issue: I see "Graphical automated insta". Other comments: basically I don't like it. Mainly because we're going to be confusing regular users with something like automated install. And we'll probably see more users using the export mode when they don't need it. Also, for multiarch images I see the menu becoming way too long (I feel it's already too long with 9 options for your netinst). If we really do want this, I think it should be reordered: Normal install Normal install (graphical) Expert install Expert install (graphical) ... What I'd like to see is just the basic choices selectable from the menu, and a prompt for advanced usage. One option to do this could be: Normal install Normal install (graphical) Rescue mode Rescue mode (graphical) Other options and help Cheers, FJP signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: syslinux vesamenu
On Sunday 13 April 2008, Frans Pop wrote: > What I'd like to see is just the basic choices selectable from the menu, > and a prompt for advanced usage. One option to do this could be: > Normal install > Normal install (graphical) > Rescue mode > Rescue mode (graphical) > Other options and help It would also be nice to have a function key that returns the user to the vesa menu (if possible). signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
More help would be ... helpful :-)
Hi folks, As you might have seen elsewhere, some damn fools seem to have elected me to be DPL for the next year. :-) This does mean that I'm probably not going to have quite so much time for some of the tasks I'm doing right now, such as watching the daily and weekly CD and DVD builds. Most of the time, they work just fine. But every now and then they do need looking at and small tweaks made to: * the debian-cd code to keep up with changes in the archive * configuration on farbror (the CD build machine in Sweden) There are also already some places where I've not had time to do everything I want, including: * cleanups and bugfixes in the existing code * integrating Martin Ferrari's automated image testing tool (pancutan) that he developed last year during the Summer of Code * documentation on how things work (the debian-cd code AND Debian CDs in general) and I'm unhappy about that already. So, who would like to step up and help? I'd love to talk/walk other people through the code. We're on the road to the Lenny release at this point, so I'm hoping sooner rather than later. Talk to me! -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] Armed with "Valor": "Centurion" represents quality of Discipline, Honor, Integrity and Loyalty. Now you don't have to be a Caesar to concord the digital world while feeling safe and proud. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: syslinux vesamenu
Frans Pop wrote: > What I'd like to see is just the basic choices selectable from the menu, and > a prompt for advanced usage. One option to do this could be: Last month syslinux got submenu support for vesamenu, so its now doable.. Here's an example image with menu items for text and gtk: http://kitenet.net/~joey/tmp/mini.iso Here's an example image with the full set of possible options: http://kitenet.net/~joey/tmp/minifakemulti.iso (only the i386 text d-i options will really boot in these hacked together images) > It would also be nice to have a function key that returns the user to the > vesa menu (if possible). The best thing I've been able to come up with is ctrl-alt-del to get back to the menu. You can define a boot target that restarts the vesa menu, but I ran into some bugs when doing it, and requring people type "menu" to get back to the menu is not very intuitive. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature
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