Bug#69197: base: Inadequate backup instructions and tools

On 23 Aug 2000 16:23:47 -0400, Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 procedu

Bug#68021: /lib/modules and symlinking a symlink

I was able to reproduce this set, but only after running "install OS and modules" twice. I bet the flavor doens't matter. I believe we have hit this problem before. When a symlink is made from /lib/modules to /target/lib/modules, if there is already a such a link in /lib/modules, then /target

Processed: bugs fixed in bf 2.2.17 cvs

Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 67898 [CVS-fixed] doc: missing target of Release Notes link Bug#67898: doc: missing target of Release Notes link Changed Bug title. > retitle 67900 [CVS-fixed] doc: "FIXME" text remains (because not labeled "FIXME") Bug#67900: doc: "FIXME" tex

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

Good news: I'm happily running Potato on this monster now. I'm sending this only to tie up some loose ends. Upgrading the Flash BIOS to the latest version (29A) fixed everything. An update disk is available for download from IBM's site. (The exact location was

Processed: yikes this is a bad bug

Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 68021 [i386] can't locate/configure modules with compact set Bug#68021: [can't reproduce] can't locate module with compact Changed Bug title. > severity 68021 important Bug#68021: [i386] can't locate/configure modules with compact set Severity

Bug#69905: marked as done (Problem booting from SPARC installation CD)

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Bug#69905: Problem booting from SPARC installation CD

Package: boot-floppies Version: stable, architecture: sparc model: Sun memory: 256M scsi: none cd-rom:ATAPI network card: Sun Happy Meal pcmcia:none I booted the system from the CDROM and selected IDE as the CDROM type. The kernel proceeded to boot and then paniced. The last mess

Re: Installed base-config 0.34 (source i386)

Adam Di Carlo wrote: > >* Changed stage5 check to only prompt about logging in if > > /root/dbootstrap_settings exists. Closes: #67358 > >* Freshened Mirrors.masterlist to fix swedish mirror data, Closes: #66755 > > So. This looks like the last of the Potato-compat base-configs. > S

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

Adam Di Carlo wrote: > 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 As far as I know, the debconf is potato is still utterly broken with regards to translated sele

Re: 2.2.17 early access testing version (i386)

Previously Adam Di Carlo wrote: > i386 build of the CVS boot-floppies as of yesterday is available at > http://auric.debian.org/~aph/bf/2.2.17/>. Please note that the 2.2.17 kernel is basically ready as well, Alan Cox is just waiting for Linus to make it official. We should get that in 2.2.r1 as

2.2.17 early access testing version (i386)

i386 build of the CVS boot-floppies as of yesterday is available at http://auric.debian.org/~aph/bf/2.2.17/>. The target for this is Potato 2.2r1, i.e., the first point release. We would like to finalize this upload within a week or so. This is not the final 2.2.17 but I have put it up for gene

Re: [debian-installer] microdpkg

On Wed Aug 23, 2000 at 11:31:42PM -0700, Randolph Chung wrote: > > I just checked something into cvs. it's in tools/udpkg > This is so cool. You 'da man! -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: [debian-installer] microdpkg

> This is probably more than sufficient as far as using it to install > packages into the installer itself goes. I don't think we should ever > need to install more than one package at a time, and if only one at a > time is installed, your behavior is correct. I also don't anticipate > this orderi

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

Michael Bramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I make a german debian cd-set for linuxland. > > I patch rootdisk.sh with: > > if [ "$language" = "de" ]; then > info "modifying initial inittab to run base-config in language $language" > sed "s,/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure base-config,sh -c

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

era eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I mean, if you can't boot linux you can't boot and there's probably > > littel we can do. > > Your installation manual requests that I submit a bug report if I > can't get it to work. It's not like I'm demanding that you fix this. > (And I'm sorry i

Re: [debian-installer] microdpkg

Randolph Chung wrote: > > > 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 s

AW: Installing into DOS partition

Hi, thank you for answering. > > First try: umsdos > You'll need to supply more information. What is failing with > umsdos.o? Don't remember anymore. Its working now. Don't ask why :-( > Once you're able to mount, mount it on /target, the install routine > will accept that later. Yes, it does

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

On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 03:04:00PM +0200, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > Hello again! > > 1). First, the base-config thing: > > I tried to find a way to make base-config use Polish, so during one > installation I booted linux in single user mode to edit /etc/inittab before > it started debconf > > Her

Re: [debian-installer] microdpkg

Randolph Chung wrote: > It's really still very incomplete. It "supports deps" right now only in the > sense that it will check dependencies against installed/to-be-installed-with- > same-command packages. it doesn't do any of the ordering stuff yet, > although the hooks are there. Dependency chec

Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?

>I just received my Debian 2.2 CDs from Cheapbytes >I decided to run `md5sum' on each file on the CD-ROM, and compare its >output with the file /cdrom/md5sum.txt. I was surprised to find that >they differed. >(there are many other such files): I'm really not surprised. I had CheapBytes RH and