Re: install problem

2000-06-13 Thread Robi
Hey, I moved some files around and it finally went through. tty3 was usefull in seeing what it was actually wanting. The displays in the installer always reference images-1.44/rescue.bin which i think is wrong, it should be more descriptive, because on that screen in tty3 it was looking in a diff

Bug#64179: Testers needed: This bug might still be present.

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Karl> I spoke too soon... This bug might still be present. Karl> It does stop if you push Enter while a transfer is running. But Karl> perhaps if the transfer han

Re[2]: PPPoE for base?

2000-06-13 Thread hashao
Hello Erik, Tuesday, June 13, 2000, 1:06:32 PM, you wrote: EA> On Tue Jun 13, 2000 at 01:02:01AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: EA> PPP over Ethernet. It is commonly used with DSL to encapsulate EA> a PPP connection over Ethernet, which is then encapsulated in EA> ATM cells... Debian has a pppoe

missing command line parameters in install.bat

2000-06-13 Thread Petr Cech
Hi, you've probably noticed the mail, I've CC'ed to this list. Problem: dbootstrap tries to install from images-1.44/drivers.tgz instead of images-1.44/idepci/drivers.tgz Booting: using install.bat Analysis: the kernel doesn't get passed some parameters, mainly disksize=1.44 flavor=id

Re: install problem

2000-06-13 Thread Petr Cech
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 08:23:11PM -0400 , Robi wrote: > > > OK. Again wrong. The 2.88 images are really only for CD installs. They are > > bootable themself and contain root.bin and the files from rescue.bin. > ok, fair enough. not clear though. > > now i get the 1.44 images, and since i'm ins

Bug#64179: Testers needed: This bug might still be present.

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Karl> I spoke too soon... This bug might still be present. Karl> It does stop if you push Enter while a transfer is running. But Karl> perhaps if the transfer hangs, there's a point where it cannot be Karl> interru

Re: install problem

2000-06-13 Thread Petr Cech
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 07:59:24PM -0400 , Robi wrote: > > ok, i downlaoded all the idepci stuff again, and now tried the 2.88 disks. > I moded the install.bat [from the idepci dir in root] file to reflect the > 2.88 dists and the rescue.bin since there is no root. I get a Kernel OK. Again wrong

Re: Installed kernel-source-2.2.15 1:2.2.15-3 (all source)

2000-06-13 Thread Joey Hess
Herbert Xu wrote: >* Bring capabilities closer to POSIX spec (Andrew Morgan) > | Note. This subtly changes cap_bset behaviour. I've heard speculation that this is really meaning you fixed the capability hole in 2.2.15. Is that right? And what about the other security holes in 2.2.15?

Re: [dbootstrap] Resume from http-fetch not working right.

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Karl> If I use net-fetch to get base2_2.tgz, and stop it in the middle, Karl> then attempt to resume it, the zcat | tar command fails. Fixed in CVS. Please check my work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Boot Problem

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Brit" == Brit Rothrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brit> When the system boots, the Linux opening screen appears - when we begin Brit> the installation, as soon as the load process begins, we see "Lo" (a Brit> quick flash, so I'm not sure) and the system immediately re-boots.

[CVS] HOWTO vendor tracking for Debian package maintainence and development of upstream sources.

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Michael" == Michael Sobolev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 04:04:22AM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: Karl> Today for some reason I went and put Newt and Slang into my CVS Karl> repository. I checked in the Woody version of Newt, then went to Red

Bug#65599: [thully@worldnet.att.net: Re: Bug#65599: Problem with update-alternatives]

2000-06-13 Thread Josip Rodin
- Forwarded message from Tim Hull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Tue, From: Tim X-Accept-Language: en To: Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Bug#65599: Problem with update-alternatives Oops! I wasn't root. Josip Rodin wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 04:51:40PM -0400, Tim Hul

Bug#65606: No installation of LILO to logical partition?

2000-06-13 Thread Tim Hull
Package: base Version: 2.2.15-06-07 When I installed Debian "potato" I was not allowed to install LILO to a logical partition. It says LILO can't be installed there, but in fact it can. I reconfigured LILO after install to lie in the logical partition ,and it worked. This may or may not work

Re: install problem

2000-06-13 Thread Petr Cech
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 06:54:49PM -0400 , Robi wrote: > > Hello, found you on some archives... regarding boot problems > > are you aware that the current install disks, if one uses the hard drive > method, using the larger .tgz files, the drivers.tgz contains 2.2.15 > kernel modules, while the

Unidentified subject!

2000-06-13 Thread Robi
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Bug#65599: Problem with update-alternatives

2000-06-13 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 04:51:40PM -0400, Tim Hull wrote: > Package: base > Version: 2.2.15-06-07 > > In the /etc/alternatives directory, there is a file that says to use the > update-alternatives command to change alternative programs. There is a > manpage, but no update-alternatives command.

Bug#65547: modconf] Can't locate module serial

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Adam" == Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: >> Note: /target/etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.15-idepci/modules.dep >> modprobe: Can't locate module serial >> >> Installation failed. >>

Re: How to set up an install server ?

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "bug1" == bug1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bug1> "Karl M. Hegbloom" wrote: >> Joey Hess has started a design document for the Woody >> installation system. Look in the archives for it. >> bug1> In CVS? could you please give a few more pointers as to where it is.

Bug#65599: Problem with update-alternatives

2000-06-13 Thread Tim Hull
Package: base Version: 2.2.15-06-07 In the /etc/alternatives directory, there is a file that says to use the update-alternatives command to change alternative programs. There is a manpage, but no update-alternatives command. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

Processed: reassign

2000-06-13 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 65580 boot-floppies Bug#65580: frozen rescue floppy image for PowerMac doesn't work Bug reassigned from package `boot' to `boot-floppies'. > -- Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren Benham (administrator

Bug#65309: marked as done (UDMA66 boot floppies video problem)

2000-06-13 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated 13 Jun 2000 10:31:58 -0400 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#65309: UDMA66 boot floppies video problem has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is n

Boot Problem

2000-06-13 Thread Brit Rothrock
Hi Guys, We are having a problem getting Linux to boot on an Industrial Computer Source SB586P(V) Rev(C) computer board. The SB586 has a 100 Mhz Pentium and uses American Megatrent BIOS (1994, the latest version for this board). The system has 30 meg of main memory and is using the on-board Adap

Re: Compact install fails on my hardware

2000-06-13 Thread Taketoshi Sano
Thanks! I also think about adding this, but I can't decide where I can write it on (f7.txt seems to be alternative for me). I think f5.txt will be okay. at "13 Jun 2000 01:54:27 -0400", Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Try using "linux video=vc:8" on "boot:" prompt of the rescue

Re: [bf-utf] Newt diffs in my CVS

2000-06-13 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 04:04:22AM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > Today for some reason I went and put Newt and Slang into my CVS > repository. I checked in the Woody version of Newt, then went to Red > Hat and got their latest. > > If it's useful to yous, you may access: > > http://b

[bf-utf] Newt diffs in my CVS

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Today for some reason I went and put Newt and Slang into my CVS repository. I checked in the Woody version of Newt, then went to Red Hat and got their latest. If it's useful to yous, you may access: http://bittersweet.inetarena.com/~cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi/newt> There are undoubtedly patch

Re: [PROBLEM] in 2.2.15 busybox tar

2000-06-13 Thread Ben Collins
> > Did this fix the problem you were seeing then? > Yes, thanks. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] '

Re: [PROBLEM] in 2.2.15 busybox tar

2000-06-13 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 01:16:32AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What bugs in the current boot-floppies BusyBox need to be fixed? > > > Probably just the tar bug. Other things, such as Bug #64576 > > are not really critical. > > I agree w

[xviddetect,modconf,task-x-*,task-gnome-*] Install report - Things needing done!

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Boot-floppies: 2.2.15 `modconf' isn't working - cannot find modules. The cure was (iirc) to go over to vt2 and run: cd /lib rm -rf modules ln -s /target/modules modules depmod -a -C /target/etc/modules.conf -b /target This is obviously RC, and so are the following, IMHO. It