Re: Bug#454403: openssh: openssh-server-udeb of arm depends zlib1g instead of zlib1g-udeb

2007-12-14 Thread Gordon Farquharson
Hi Colin On Dec 14, 2007 5:28 PM, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > openssh needs to be built with the upgraded zlib1g-dev; upgrading it > just for the installer image build won't help. If you build openssh > locally (possibly appending .0.0.1 to the version number) and stick the > result

Re: Bug#454403: openssh: openssh-server-udeb of arm depends zlib1g instead of zlib1g-udeb

2007-12-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 09:59:32AM -0700, Gordon Farquharson wrote: > On Dec 5, 2007 2:48 AM, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Simply upgrading zlib1g-dev on the buildd to anything other than the > > broken version 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-3 will fix it. It doesn't really seem > > appropriate for

Re: Installing debian on N2100

2007-12-14 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 06:19:13PM -, Andrew Haswell wrote: > Sorry i wasnt clear, the n2100 has 2 disk and i want to use LVM / RAID to > provide an area of RAID1 storage across both disks and and area of raid0 > storage such that 2x 500GB disks could yeald say 200GB R1 and 600GB R0 > theref

Re: Installing debian on N2100

2007-12-14 Thread John Winters
Andrew Haswell wrote: Sorry i wasnt clear, the n2100 has 2 disk and i want to use LVM / RAID to provide an area of RAID1 storage across both disks and and area of raid0 storage such that 2x 500GB disks could yeald say 200GB R1 and 600GB R0 therefore not loosing 50% :-). Using LVM to divide the

Re: Installing debian on N2100

2007-12-14 Thread Andrew Haswell
Sorry i wasnt clear, the n2100 has 2 disk and i want to use LVM / RAID to provide an area of RAID1 storage across both disks and and area of raid0 storage such that 2x 500GB disks could yeald say 200GB R1 and 600GB R0 therefore not loosing 50% :-). Using LVM to divide the disks into 50GB chunks

Re: Installing debian on N2100

2007-12-14 Thread Andrew Haswell
I'm sure i wont be the only one who would appreciate this. I for one have been waiting patiently for some news from you that 4.0r2 is about to arrive :-). I know that with enough time i will muddle through, its more a question of not having the time really hence why im going to find time in th

Re: Installing debian on N2100

2007-12-14 Thread John Winters
Andrew Haswell wrote: Hi, I've been waiting to see if the installer will get fixed so i can install Debian on my Thecus n2100. My skillset is wintel based not Linux which is to say that i am highly technical and i would like to use my n2100 to cross train. As the installer doesnt seem to be g

Re: Bug#454403: openssh: openssh-server-udeb of arm depends zlib1g instead of zlib1g-udeb

2007-12-14 Thread Gordon Farquharson
Hi Colin On Dec 5, 2007 2:48 AM, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simply upgrading zlib1g-dev on the buildd to anything other than the > broken version 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-3 will fix it. It doesn't really seem > appropriate for me to bump the build-dependency version just for this; I > don't

Re: Installing debian on N2100

2007-12-14 Thread Bill Gatliff
Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Andrew Haswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-13 19:57]: I've been waiting to see if the installer will get fixed so i can install Debian on my Thecus n2100. [...] I would like to do this as a project over christmas, im just worried about getting stranded. Advice gr

Re: Installing debian on N2100

2007-12-14 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 07:57:53PM -, Andrew Haswell wrote: > I've been waiting to see if the installer will get fixed so i can install > Debian on my Thecus n2100. My skillset is wintel based not Linux which is > to say that i am highly technical and i would like to use my n2100 to cross >

Re: Installing debian on N2100

2007-12-14 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Bill Gatliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-14 08:53]: > Any idea if the same procedure will work for the n4100? The N4100 is not supported by Debian, but there are some instructions at http://wpkg.org/Running_Debian_on_Thecus_n4100 If you have a N4100 and want to work on getting d-i support, I c

Re: Two questions about installing Debian on a Thecus 2100 (-a-like)

2007-12-14 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-14 07:28]: > 1) just run the installation until base install fails to start the "fails to install", sorry. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Installing debian on N2100

2007-12-14 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Andrew Haswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-13 19:57]: > I've been waiting to see if the installer will get fixed so i can install > Debian on my Thecus n2100. [...] > > I would like to do this as a project over christmas, im just worried about > getting stranded. Advice greatfully received. G

Re: Two questions about installing Debian on a Thecus 2100 (-a-like)

2007-12-14 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* John Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-14 14:20]: > More replying to myself I'm afraid. I've got stuck trying to do > step 2. > > The instructions for interrupting redboot say to use: > > arping -f 192.168.1.100 && telnet 192.168.1.100 9000 > > Unfortunately the current version of arping (2.0

Re: Two questions about installing Debian on a Thecus 2100 (-a-like)

2007-12-14 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* John Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-14 07:06]: > How does one actually tell the installer to switch into expert mode? > There didn't seem to be an option with the el installer - although > of course it did it once partman had failed. You're not asked by default what mode you want to do, so

Re: Two questions about installing Debian on a Thecus 2100 (-a-like)

2007-12-14 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* John Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-14 08:45]: > Presumably it is theoretically possible to just pull those into > memory and set them running - or have I missed something? Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Sorry for not being clear. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UN

Re: Two questions about installing Debian on a Thecus 2100 (-a-like)

2007-12-14 Thread John Winters
John Winters wrote: Martin Michlmayr wrote: * John Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-13 16:43]: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/armel/images/daily/iop32x/netboot/n2100.bin disc OK, but then partman exits part way through starting up. It gets as far as 58% in its startup progress bar a

Re: packages with different build-depends on arm than armel

2007-12-14 Thread Loïc Minier
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007, Riku Voipio wrote: > Looking at current build-deps of gst-plugins-base0.10, I take it > requires a sourcefull upload and a binNMU won't be enough? (Did a sourceful upload yesterday evening.) -- Loïc Minier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Installing debian on N2100

2007-12-14 Thread Andrew Haswell
Hi, I've been waiting to see if the installer will get fixed so i can install Debian on my Thecus n2100. My skillset is wintel based not Linux which is to say that i am highly technical and i would like to use my n2100 to cross train. As the installer doesnt seem to be getting fixed, can anyon

Re: Two questions about installing Debian on a Thecus 2100 (-a-like)

2007-12-14 Thread John Winters
John Winters wrote: [snip] Thank you for your very complete replies. I believe what I need to do now is: 1) Unpack the Thecus firmware (done that) 2) Interrupt redboot with telnet 3) Suck a couple of files over with tftp 4) Boot into the Thecus firmware 5) Do an upgrade again, but this time wi