Bug#67641: APT Configurator ignores "local" and other unknown package areas

Package: boot-floppies Version: 2.2.16 During installation, selecting the following APT configuration methods: ftp http filesystem only selects main, contrib and non-free areas; other areas available (e.g. specifically in my case, potato/local) are silently ignored; the only way to add them i

Bug#67640: Can only install non-US from non-US.debian.org

Package: boot-floppies Version: 2.2.16 When configuring apt during system installation the methods filesystem ftp http all ask if you want to install non-US, but give you no control of where the non-US packages are retrieved from; they are ignored if stored on a local filesystem or availa

Re: loadlin bugreport

On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > I can't reproduce this myself due to lack of machines with windows, > so I didn't want to file a bugreport. No windows machine handy either, but I do have an empty 2 gig drive and installed DOS 5.0 on it for this. > > 1. copy linux, loadlin.exe an

Bug#67624: [potato] mkfs.ext2 does not work on file

Package: boot-floppies Version: 2.2.16 When I try to make ext2 filesystem on a file mkfs.ext2 prints: mkfs.ext2: error in loading shared libraries: /lib/libext2fs.so.2: symbol __divdi3, version GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference This error occurs only in potato,

loadlin documentation

I can't find the loadlin documentation anywhere.. there is a .zip file with the loadlin sources which probably contains them, but it might be a good idea to have the documentation somewhere in potato/main/disks-i386/docs/ or /dosutils/ as well. Wichert. -- ___

loadlin bugreport

I can't reproduce this myself due to lack of machines with windows, so I didn't want to file a bugreport. I've been told that starting the potato install using loadlin as documented in the installation manual doesn't work. The procedure they used is: 1. copy linux, loadlin.exe and root.bin (fro