Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 03:09:27AM +0200, Petr Stehlik wrote: > > Partition check: > > request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted > > VFS: Cannot open root device 03:05 > > Kernel panic: Unable to mount root fs > > > > Not sure if this due to the minix instead of ext2fs or if the ramdisk >

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Petr Stehlik
V Pá, 30. 07. 2004 v 03:17, Wouter Verhelst píše: > > Unfortunately in 5 seconds there started to scroll an error message > > saying "bogl: don't know screen type 2".. > > Could you try booting with "nolangchooser"? That should disable bogl, > and make installation possible, albeit without the lan

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Petr Stehlik
> Partition check: > request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted > VFS: Cannot open root device 03:05 > Kernel panic: Unable to mount root fs > > Not sure if this due to the minix instead of ext2fs or if the ramdisk > simply must be in /dev/ram since the stock kernel has no useful drivers >

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Petr Stehlik
V Čt, 29. 07. 2004 v 21:56, Geert Uytterhoeven píše: > So you should dd the ramdisk image to a spare partition, and use that > partition > as the root file system. Last four hours I tried to do just that with help of FreeMiNT since no linux is running on my machine ATM. Since I couldn't find a 'd

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 09:56:43PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Petr Stehlik wrote: > > V ?t, 29. 07. 2004 v 20:36, Stephen R Marenka pí?e: > > > > Any chance the 781842 is in fact a gzipped size? So that the unpacked > > > > kernel (that will be stored in RAM) is say 1.5

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Petr Stehlik wrote: > V ?t, 29. 07. 2004 v 21:56, Geert Uytterhoeven pí¨e: > > So you should dd the ramdisk image to a spare partition, and use that > > partition > > as the root file system. > > Cool. That way 2 MB of ST-RAM could be almost enough. Did I overlook > this metho

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Petr Stehlik
V Čt, 29. 07. 2004 v 21:56, Geert Uytterhoeven píše: > So you should dd the ramdisk image to a spare partition, and use that > partition > as the root file system. Cool. That way 2 MB of ST-RAM could be almost enough. Did I overlook this method in the installation guide? What would the bootstrap

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Petr Stehlik
V Čt, 29. 07. 2004 v 21:43, Petr Stehlik píše: > Well. On machines where ramdisk cannot be loaded to FastRAM the 2 MB of > ST-RAM is clearly not enough. And since the kernel + initrd is no less > than 6 MB it's safe to say that even 4 MB of ST-RAM is not enough When I am thinking about it again: b

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Petr Stehlik wrote: > V ?t, 29. 07. 2004 v 20:36, Stephen R Marenka pí¨e: > > > Any chance the 781842 is in fact a gzipped size? So that the unpacked > > > kernel (that will be stored in RAM) is say 1.5 MB large? > > > > duh! 1656864. > > Well. On machines where ramdisk cannot

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Petr Stehlik
V Čt, 29. 07. 2004 v 20:36, Stephen R Marenka píše: > > Any chance the 781842 is in fact a gzipped size? So that the unpacked > > kernel (that will be stored in RAM) is say 1.5 MB large? > > duh! 1656864. Well. On machines where ramdisk cannot be loaded to FastRAM the 2 MB of ST-RAM is clearly no

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 05:39:19PM +0200, Petr Stehlik wrote: > Any chance the 781842 is in fact a gzipped size? So that the unpacked > kernel (that will be stored in RAM) is say 1.5 MB large? duh! 1656864. > > Anyone? > > Most 68030+ Atari computers have either 4MB ST-RAM or more. So I'd say >

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Petr Stehlik
V Čt, 29. 07. 2004 v 17:32, Stephen R Marenka píše: > > Are you sure that 2 MB is enough? Considering that it needs to load the > > bootstrap, the kernel image and also the ramdisk all to the ST-RAM? Or > > is the ramdisk loaded to FastRAM already? The question is whether the > > kernel itself fits

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 08:06:40PM +1000, david howe wrote: > Nice to see someone actually putting in specific platform advice. > > Quickly looking over the video section (with an eye to the mac specific > areas) I am reminded that one of the biggest headaches new installs run > into is with the x

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 11:40:57AM +0200, Petr Stehlik wrote: > V St, 28. 07. 2004 v 18:28, Stephen R Marenka pí?e: > > On the Atari, both ST-RAM and Fast RAM (TT-RAM) are used by Linux. Many > > users have reported problems running the kernel itself in Fast RAM, so > > the Atari bootstrap will

Re: mozilla-thunderbird package on buildd - stuck

2004-07-29 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 01:53:14PM +0200, Alexander Sack wrote: > Hi, > > mozilla-thunderbird failed with no space left on device and is somehow > stuck! Could someone > please requeue it? wonky! done. The right list of [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not

Re: mozilla-thunderbird package on buildd - stuck

2004-07-29 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Alexander Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > mozilla-thunderbird failed with no space left on device and is somehow > stuck! Could someone > please requeue it? > > Thanks > > Alexander Wrong list. CCing. The official email for buildd problems is @buildd.debian.org. But I have yet to see

mozilla-thunderbird package on buildd - stuck

2004-07-29 Thread Alexander Sack
Hi, mozilla-thunderbird failed with no space left on device and is somehow stuck! Could someone please requeue it? Thanks Alexander -- GPG messages preferred. | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** Alexander Sack | : :' : The universal [EMAIL PROTECTED] | `. `' Operating Sys

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread david howe
Nice to see someone actually putting in specific platform advice. Quickly looking over the video section (with an eye to the mac specific areas) I am reminded that one of the biggest headaches new installs run into is with the xserver. Besides making a general reference to the xfree site, what inf

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Petr Stehlik
V St, 28. 07. 2004 v 18:28, Stephen R Marenka píše: > On the Atari, both ST-RAM and Fast RAM (TT-RAM) are used by Linux. Many > users have reported problems running the kernel itself in Fast RAM, so > the Atari bootstrap will place the kernel in ST-RAM. The minimum > requirement for ST-RAM is 2

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > 2.5. Memory and Disk Space Requirements > > On the Amiga the size of FastRAM is relevant towards the total memory > requirements. Also, using Zorro cards with 16-bit RAM is not supported; > you'll need 32-bit RAM. The amiboot program can be used to