Re: Fwd: Debian Hurd Installer problems

2013-02-15 Thread Nolan Tunnicliffe
Have you considered it could be a resent hard drive layout modification. I haven't had time to investigate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Format http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2010/04/01/the-facts-4k-advanced-fo rmat-hard-disks/1 http://support.dell.com/support/topics/

Re: Fwd: Debian Hurd Installer problems

2013-02-03 Thread Alex Sassmannshausen
Hi Thomas, I hope the information below is what you were looking for. Let me know if it is not. I have tested: - gnumach-image-1.3.99-486_1.3.99.dfsg.git20120219-1_i386.deb (installed by downloading file from snapshot.debian.org, extracting, then copying across to /hurd/boot/gnumach.gz) CHS: 10

Re: Fwd: Debian Hurd Installer problems

2013-02-02 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hi! On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 19:34:13 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Not immediately. IDE disks were working last time I tried on a real > machine, but perhaps these disks have bad timings. Wondering if it might be related to the changes I have recently done for solid-state disks? But that only enl

Re: Fwd: Debian Hurd Installer problems

2013-02-01 Thread Samuel Thibault
Alex Sassmannshausen, le Fri 01 Feb 2013 14:11:10 +, a écrit : > Thanks for the new image - I can confirm that it has resolved the > issue around keyboard layout selection. I just wanted to mention > that I did notice that I can only select from 2 languages in the > installation menu with this

Re: Fwd: Debian Hurd Installer problems

2013-02-01 Thread Alex Sassmannshausen
Hi samuel, Thanks for the new image - I can confirm that it has resolved the issue around keyboard layout selection. I just wanted to mention that I did notice that I can only select from 2 languages in the installation menu with this latest installer: C and English. i wasn't sure whether this

Re: Fwd: Debian Hurd Installer problems

2013-01-30 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Alex Sassmannshausen, le Wed 30 Jan 2013 17:45:10 +, a écrit : > > - Text Install proceeds until Keyboard setup. This step, upon selecting > > the layout, consistently fails. This should be fixed by the latest version I've just uploaded. Also, this version disables the hurd console i

Re: Fwd: Debian Hurd Installer problems

2013-01-30 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Alex Sassmannshausen, le Wed 30 Jan 2013 17:45:10 +, a écrit : > Further to the information below, I have now also noticed, during the > initial start of the debian installer that there is an error message: > /dev/console: permission denied That should be harmless, and not related with

Fwd: Debian Hurd Installer problems

2013-01-30 Thread Alex Sassmannshausen
Hello, I'm forwarding my earlier email to help-hurd and debian-hurd as my original email to bug-hurd never seems to have arrived… Further to the information below, I have now also noticed, during the initial start of the debian installer that there is an error message: /dev/console: permission de