Bug#69793: IBM PC Server 320 (MCA/PCI Pentium) cannot boot

2000-08-23 Thread era eriksson
On 23 Aug 2000 22:06:04 -0400, Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > era eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address daf1 > current-> tss.cr3 = 00101000, %cr3 = 00101000 > *pde = > Oops: > CPU:0 > EIP:0010:[

Re: [debian-installer] microdpkg

2000-08-23 Thread Randolph Chung
> It looks like we should probably get further along on the redesign > so we can begin to get some better idea of what udpkg needs to be able > to do. Maybe we don't need dependencies. Maybe we do. > > (FWIW, Randolph is working on some 9 or 10k udpkg that does support > deps.) I just checked so

CVS Update: debian-installer

2000-08-23 Thread Randolph Chung
[EMAIL PROTECTED] CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:debian-installer Repository: debian-installer/tools/udpkg/ Changes by: tausq@va. 00/08/23 23:22:13 debian-installer/tools/udpkg Update of /cvs/debian-boot/debian-installer/tools/udpkg In directory va:/usr/debian/tmp

CVS Update: debian-installer

2000-08-23 Thread Randolph Chung
[EMAIL PROTECTED] CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:debian-installer Repository: debian-installer/tools/ Changes by: tausq@va. 00/08/23 23:21:55 debian-installer/tools Update of /cvs/debian-boot/debian-installer/tools In directory va:/usr/debian/tmp/cvs-serv18492/too

Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?

2000-08-23 Thread Chris Peterson
Yes, I apparently have the same problem. I bought Debian 2.2 CD-Rs from Cheapbytes and Setup complains about missing rescue floppies. blah... I guess that's $$ down the drain. chris - Original Message - From: "Eric Hanchrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?

2000-08-23 Thread Nate Amsden
Yes, i had a similar problem over a year ago with Slink(2.1) i got a 2 cd set and not only did they only send me 1 cd out of the 2, the 1 cd they sent was useless, it was FULL of curropted archives. cheapbytes is cheap shit, they will never get my business again(they never returned calls or email

Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?

2000-08-23 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I just received my Debian 2.2 CDs from Cheapbytes -- 3 binary CD-ROMS. I could not boot off the first one (the installation program complained that it couldn't mount the rescue image). I decided to run `md5sum' on each file on the CD-ROM, and compare its output with the file /cdrom/md5sum.txt.

Processed: reassign to base-config

2000-08-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 67641 base-config Bug#67641: APT Configurator ignores "local" and other unknown package areas Bug reassigned from package `boot-floppies' to `base-config'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren

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

2000-08-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 67640 base-config Bug#67640: Can only install non-US from non-US.debian.org Bug reassigned from package `boot-floppies' to `base-config'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren Benham (administra

Re: FWD: Problems with pre2 2.2

2000-08-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Trae McCombs wrote: > > Mount a previously initilized partition, it sees you have win95, and says you > > need to use vfat, however, it writes it to the fstab table as being msdos. > > Which is a bad thing, long file names won't work for people. > > Trae w

Re: confusing message during disk format

2000-08-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Ugh.Unfortunately, the YesNoBox doesn't support defaulting to No. > > Can't we just change the wording maybe? > > > > I am trying to avoid an action, yet clicking yes? That is plain wrong. It's just a question of phrasing. Like,

Bug#67722: PCMCIA/network conflict (cf #66284)

2000-08-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Toby White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Using boot-floppies 2.2.16, the bug described in #66284 seemed > to occur. That is, PCMCIA configuration went quite happily, > but then setting up the network seemed to try to reinitialise > the PCMCIA system again, and failed. Using which set of install

Re: Installed base-config 0.34 (source i386)

2000-08-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Changes: > base-config (0.34) unstable; urgency=low > . >* Added Japanese translation from Akira YOSHIYAMA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Not uploading yet though. >* Changed stage5 check to only prompt about logging in if > /root/dbootstrap_set

Bug#68716: marked as done ([slink, i386] problem booting no-name AMD)

2000-08-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated 23 Aug 2000 23:02:47 -0400 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line problems booting the install 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 now your responsib

Processed: Re: Bug#65606: Close the bug

2000-08-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 65606 boot-floppies Bug#65606: No installation of LILO to logical partition? Bug reassigned from package `base' to `boot-floppies'. > severity 63198 normal Bug#63198: boot-floppies: Don't put the lilo boot record in the extended partition Sev

Bug#65606: Close the bug

2000-08-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
reassign 65606 boot-floppies severity 63198 normal merge 65606 63198 64823 thanks Edward Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well I recommend closing the bug. What do the maintainer and submitter think? I think it should be fixed. -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/> -

Re: building i18ned docs

2000-08-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So either index.en.html should be translated and TARGETDOCS definition > should contain index$(DESTEXT).html, or there should not be such thing as > "index$(DESTEXT).html" at all in the Makefile. Is this fixed or still outstanding? -- .Adam Di [

Re: using addon pack for base (Re: not i18ned part in b-f 2.2.15)

2000-08-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Taketoshi Sano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [ADDON discussion clipped] > > Using this scheme, we can use the same base tar ball for all > > languages, with some extra language pack which consist of > > required packages for a language. > > > > I think this will not affect the main C/english only

Re: [potato] last not i18ned part in bf and more

2000-08-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems the only way to go is make a wrapper script. I tested that, and > debconf works OK (i.e. the templates show in Polish, and the only > untranslated things are yes/no buttons and two messages (in the background > and at the top of the box), whic

Bug#60872: marked as done ([slink] dbootstrap requiring unexisting file resc1440-2.0.38.bin)

2000-08-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated 23 Aug 2000 22:18:27 -0400 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line bug fixed in potato (stable) boot-floppies 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 now

Bug#69793: IBM PC Server 320 (MCA/PCI Pentium) cannot boot

2000-08-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
era eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The 256KB cache is enabled, Hmmm. You might *try* turning that off. > the PCI slot interrupts (#1 and #2) are > set up on "auto-select" (should I do this by hand? I get to choose the > IRQs myself if I want to) I doublt that's the problem. > and I've

Re: Translated floppies?

2000-08-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
peter karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Adam Di Carlo: > > > Have you updated the Swedish release notes and install manual? > > No, I have not translated those (and I don't think they even exist). I do > not have time to do that, I have concentrated on translating the actual > floppies,

Re: XF86_SVGA missing?

2000-08-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Conrad Delbert Seaman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to install the X window system and I run XF86Setup, only to find > the following error when it tries to connect. > > XF86_SVGA no such file > > then the boot of the X window server fails. > > could someone point me in the right

Re: bf rewrite?

2000-08-23 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi, On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 01:19:44PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > I've heard plans to make the hurd always use linux to install. You should probably check your sources. > I hope there are hurd folks on this list (debian-boot). I will try to check occasionally, but as the Hurd distribution is in

Bug#69197: base: Inadequate backup instructions and tools

2000-08-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
era eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know how to do that. A naive user who is getting acquainted with > Unix in general and Debian in particular is probably completely > ignorant about backup tools and procedures. My point is that while the > Debian handbook (or whatever it's called) says

Re: debinst, debconf & postinst.

2000-08-23 Thread Joey Hess
bug1 wrote: > The woody installer is planning on being based around a debconf like > program. > > I read in a recent posts (cant find it right now) about postinst stuff > being unwelcome, to make everything preconfigurable. Well we discussed it, and found cases where questions do have to be aske

Re: bf rewrite?

2000-08-23 Thread Joey Hess
Nathan Valentine wrote: > It might also be nice work out some way to make the install > code work well with both Linux and the Hurd. I looked at some > of the code before thinking that maybe I could hack out some > very basic Hurd install disks, but it was just too hairy. I've heard plans to make

Re: [debian-installer] microdpkg

2000-08-23 Thread Joey Hess
Anthony Towns wrote: > It also depends on what udpkg is going to be used for: there are probably > different design constraints if it has to work for populating a RAM disk > before doing anything compared to if you've already got some scratch > space on your hard disk. udpkg is going to be used f

Bug#69786: Documentation - important

2000-08-23 Thread Martin Schulze
Martin Schulze wrote: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: current (pre 2.2.17) > > The following issues need to be documented. I'm writing this bug report > only because it should not be forgotten... > > 1. The meaning of the "<...>"-button in the getDirBox()-dialog > > 2. Preload modules from

Bug#69786: Documentation - important

2000-08-23 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 01:13:23PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: current > > The following issues need to be documented. I'm writing this bug report > only because it should not be forgotten... BTW I read the following at http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet

Re: Installing into DOS partition

2000-08-23 Thread Martin Schulze
Maisenbacher Matthias (K3/EMW4) * wrote: > Hi, > > I was already asking this in debian-user, but nobody semmed to care. > Now: > > I tried to install potato into a DOS partition. > First try: umsdos > > I copied umsdos.o into /tmp ann loaded it into the kernel, > but mount (in the boot flav

Bug#69793: IBM PC Server 320 (MCA/PCI Pentium) cannot boot

2000-08-23 Thread era eriksson
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:54:53 -0500, Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 04:45:37PM +0300, era eriksson wrote: > [ snip ] >> Package: boot-floppies >> Version: (potato >> >> architecture: i386 >> model:IBM PC Server 320 >> memory: 48MB > Conf

Bug#13021: marked as done (boot-floppies: basesystem via FTP)

2000-08-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#69197: base: Inadequate backup instructions and tools

2000-08-23 Thread era eriksson
On 23 Aug 2000 10:41:53 -0400, Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > era eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On 22 Aug 2000 22:48:17 -0400, Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I don't understand. The base system is meant to be a minimally >> > functional system, not a rescu

Bug#69793: IBM PC Server 320 (MCA/PCI Pentium) cannot boot

2000-08-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 04:45:37PM +0300, era eriksson wrote: [ snip ] > Package: boot-floppies > Version: (potato > > architecture: i386 > model:IBM PC Server 320 > memory: 48MB Configured how? > scsi: AIC-7870 > cd-rom: ... it just says IBM CDRM0103 or something li

Installing into DOS partition

2000-08-23 Thread Maisenbacher Matthias (K3/EMW4) *
Hi, I was already asking this in debian-user, but nobody semmed to care. Now: I tried to install potato into a DOS partition. First try: umsdos I copied umsdos.o into /tmp ann loaded it into the kernel, but mount (in the boot flavour) wasn't able to mount -t umsdos. When i (copied into /t

Bug#69197: base: Inadequate backup instructions and tools

2000-08-23 Thread Adam Di Carlo
era eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 22 Aug 2000 22:48:17 -0400, Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't understand. The base system is meant to be a minimally > > functional system, not a rescue system for recovery. It will be > > getting *smaller* in time, not larger.

Re: Why crash ? :)

2000-08-23 Thread Martin Schulze
Benjamin Constant wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to make my own boot-floppies with my own (debian based) > graphical text menu but when i try to execute main_menu_test, i simply > get a segmentation fault... : ) Use the CVS version, that works, just tested it 10secs ago. Regards, Joey --

Processed: hmm

2000-08-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 67378 [CVS-fixed] Potato test-cycle-1 omits /dev/sg* Bug#67378: Potato test-cycle-1 omits /dev/sg* Changed Bug title. > retitle 66326 [CVS-fixed] images-1.44/rescue.bin Bug#66326: images-1.44/rescue.bin Changed Bug title. > retitle 66030 [CVS

Bug#64823: incorrect LILO automatic placement on i386

2000-08-23 Thread cmartin
Hello, Le 22 Aoû, Adam Di Carlo écrivait à propos de "Re: Bug#64823: incorrect LILO automatic placement on i386" > Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > I choose "make linux directly bootable from hard disk" >> > >> > Then a dialog box says my disk is factory clean. >> > Then a di

Bug#69793: IBM PC Server 320 (MCA/PCI Pentium) cannot boot

2000-08-23 Thread era eriksson
Package: boot-floppies Version: (potato architecture: i386 model:IBM PC Server 320 memory: 48MB scsi: AIC-7870 cd-rom: ... it just says IBM CDRM0103 or something like that (SCSI #6) network card: (yes; dunno exactly) pcmcia: N/A video:Cirrus Logic GD-54xx

Why crash ? :)

2000-08-23 Thread Benjamin Constant
Hi, I'm trying to make my own boot-floppies with my own (debian based) graphical text menu but when i try to execute main_menu_test, i simply get a segmentation fault... : ) Can someone help me please ? --   Benjamin Constant  [email] [EMAIL PROTECTED]  BNUX S.A.  [www] http://www

Re: Translated floppies?

2000-08-23 Thread peter karlsson
Adam Di Carlo: > Have you updated the Swedish release notes and install manual? No, I have not translated those (and I don't think they even exist). I do not have time to do that, I have concentrated on translating the actual floppies, since I think it is better to translate those than to tran

Bug#69786: Documentation - important

2000-08-23 Thread Martin Schulze
Package: boot-floppies Version: current The following issues need to be documented. I'm writing this bug report only because it should not be forgotten... 1. The meaning of the "<...>"-button in the getDirBox()-dialog 2. Preload modules from floppy, the first step by gemorin 3. Please check "

Bug#58984: marked as done ("Choose Debian archive path" dialog box unclear)

2000-08-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#64371: marked as done (Smart Array RAID Compaq do not see at boot)

2000-08-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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