Debian Boot CVS: joeyh

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:debian-installer Changes by: joeyh 00/11/15 21:42:19 Modified files: doc: TODO retriever.txt Log message: minor updates -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: Bootdisk-O-matic

2000-11-15 Thread Peter Welte
That sure sounds like a good idea to me (although im just a user/ small admin, not programmer)! Just a couple questions, though: 1) if the Bootdisk-O-Matic was used by many people, use of mirrors would probably be needed much, so the computational load on servers would be spread out, yes? 2) thi

Re: 3ware driver in 2.2.17 distribution]

2000-11-15 Thread Lindsey Simon
Thing is that the driver included in the kernel source says it's 1.1, and 3ware doesn't claim to have gotten their driver to that level yet, which is odd. Their most recent version is 1.0.002something... So onto my other question... Is there anyway to create an installation kernel just like th

Re: Toshiba Satellite Boot problems

2000-11-15 Thread Adam Di Carlo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have gotten ahold of 3 Toshiba Satellite T1960CS/200 Laptop > computers. I wanted to install Debian on it, but I have had > problems with the boot disk. I have used the Potato Stable version, > and have tried the Normal, Compact, and IDEPCI boot disk. The > Normal

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 16:08:09 Modified files: utilities : Makefile Log message: remove ill-advised -j4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 16:07:53 Added files: utilities/bf-utf/slang/src: .cvsignore Log message: ignorable -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL P

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 16:07:50 Added files: utilities/bf-utf/slang/demo: .cvsignore Log message: ignorable -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 16:07:47 Added files: utilities/bf-utf/slang: .cvsignore Log message: ignorable -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 16:07:44 Modified files: utilities/bf-utf/newt: .cvsignore Log message: ignorable -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 16:06:54 Removed files: utilities/bf-utf/newt: config.status Log message: should not be in CVS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Priorities

2000-11-15 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Buddha Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > if the task-* packages are intended solely for the > purview of tasksel, why put them in the main > Packages.gz file? Why not distribute the dependency > information as part of the tasksel package? Because that's a huge pain in the butt, doesn't scale,

Re: kernel based gunzip

2000-11-15 Thread Glenn McGrath
Glenn McGrath wrote: > > This may be slightly offtopic, but anyway.. > > The linux kernel has internal code to do gunzip, if there was a kernel > module that could provide access to the internal gunzip code from > userland then it would provide an almost free gunzip as far as space > goes. > >

kernel based gunzip

2000-11-15 Thread Glenn McGrath
This may be slightly offtopic, but anyway.. The linux kernel has internal code to do gunzip, if there was a kernel module that could provide access to the internal gunzip code from userland then it would provide an almost free gunzip as far as space goes. Is this a good/bad idea ? Glenn -- T

Re: compact flavor definately messed

2000-11-15 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm having two problems on the compact flavor 2.2.18 i386, using the > > kernel/pcmcia for 2.2.17 (not the pre versions, the pcmcia from potato > > and the rejected kernel-image-2.2.17* packages). > > The pc

Bug#77088: wd driver won't load during install

2000-11-15 Thread rfunk
Herbert Xu wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> The rest, I'm not entirely sure whether it's a Debian bug When >> running the full version of the install disks, the 8390 module is >> there and loadable, but then when I try to load wd.o, I still get a >> "init_module: Device or resource busy

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 10:58:49 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap: boxes.c Log message: increase vaProblemBox string size from 128 to 512 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 10:58:29 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap: bootconfig.c Log message: grammar fix in "Creation of the boot floppy failed" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 10:55:05 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap: kbdconfig.c Log message: cosmetics; fix the message for bad keymap file to show the file it was looking for -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 10:52:51 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap: main_menu.c Log message: kbd bootarg was conditionalized out for LANG_CHOOSER case, which wasn't quite right; I move it after the lang check, bu

Re: 2.2.18 + LANG_CHOOSER has bad bugs

2000-11-15 Thread Gleydson Mazioli da Silva
Michael Sobolev wrote: > > Well, I modified the way all.utf file is generated (those files from > dbootstrap/langs directory are now included). Please check if Portuguese looks > ok now. I've updated my local boot-floppies and bf-utf tree, then I try to build the boot-floppies. Unfortunally, a

Debian Boot CVS: risko

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: risko 00/11/15 09:49:25 Modified files: . : README-Translators Log message: My e-mail address changed. Risko Gergely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Michael Sobolev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, so you want people to download that huge boot-floppies in case they just > want a custom version of boot floppies without language chooser at all? Sure, why not. This is intended to be standard on two i386 vanilla flavors and pretty much any n

Re: 2.2.18 + LANG_CHOOSER has bad bugs

2000-11-15 Thread Michael Sobolev
Well, I modified the way all.utf file is generated (those files from dbootstrap/langs directory are now included). Please check if Portuguese looks ok now. -- Misha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 07:54:51 Modified files: utilities/bogl : Makefile Log message: include xml files from dbootstrap/langs directory while generating ../all.utf file -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: 2.2.18 + LANG_CHOOSER has bad bugs

2000-11-15 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 03:51:03PM +0300, Michael Sobolev wrote: > > > > The accentuation codes for Portuguese language with utf language chooser > > > > isn't working too. > > > That's a bug. It should be working. > On second thought, the reduced font may miss needed characters... I checked the

Autodetection

2000-11-15 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello! I made a program to autoconfigure the kernel (in a very soft manner). My program is a simple shell script that detect what kernel know (/proc, ...). It can detect most of modern hardware. I can convert very fast this program for a installer autodetection. But I'm not subscribed in debian

Re: 2.2.18 + LANG_CHOOSER has bad bugs

2000-11-15 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 10:40:03AM -0400, Gleydson Mazioli da Silva wrote: > Michael Sobolev wrote: > > > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 09:18:34AM -0400, Gleydson Mazioli da Silva wrote: > > > The accentuation codes for Portuguese language with utf language chooser > > > isn't working too. > > That's

Re: 2.2.18 + LANG_CHOOSER has bad bugs

2000-11-15 Thread Gleydson Mazioli da Silva
Michael Sobolev wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 09:18:34AM -0400, Gleydson Mazioli da Silva wrote: > > The accentuation codes for Portuguese language with utf language chooser > > isn't working too. > That's a bug. It should be working. Thanks, I'm starting another test now... > > -- > Mis

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 03:37:33 Modified files: debian : changelog . : Makefile utilities/bogl : Makefile README.BOGL-bterm utilities/dbootstrap: Makefile util

Re: 2.2.18 + LANG_CHOOSER has bad bugs

2000-11-15 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 09:18:34AM -0400, Gleydson Mazioli da Silva wrote: > The accentuation codes for Portuguese language with utf language chooser > isn't working too. That's a bug. It should be working. -- Misha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 03:32:29 Removed files: utilities/bf-utf/slang/demo: config.log config.status Log message: We don't need that as well -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: 2.2.18 + LANG_CHOOSER has bad bugs

2000-11-15 Thread Gleydson Mazioli da Silva
Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Here's my preliminary findings with LANG_CHOOSER and 2.2.18. > > bad bugs: > - cannot find default keymap > cosmetic bugs: > - english should be first language on top > - highlight in cfdisk doens't show up (bterm issue)? > - choose the language screen is ugly -- nee

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-15 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/15 03:02:57 Removed files: utilities/bf-utf/newt: config.log Log message: I don't think we need that here -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Install failure using floppies on _old_ machine

2000-11-15 Thread Dave Whiteley
Sorry about the previous message. Problem fixed (RTFM) Or at least search the archives, and use the idepci rescue disk. Dave -- E-Mail: Dave Whiteley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 15-Nov-2000 Time: 09:33:15 Phone: 0113 233 2059 This message has been disinfected. It

Install failure using floppies on _old_ machine

2000-11-15 Thread Dave Whiteley
Dear All, I have inherited a couple of old 486 machines and I am trying to make them useful by installing potato on them. I am using the current boot disks (v ...17?). I have already used the same disks to install on another different box. The rescue floppy gets as far as printing the message

Bug#77088: wd driver won't load during install

2000-11-15 Thread Herbert Xu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The rest, I'm not entirely sure whether it's a Debian bug When > running the full version of the install disks, the 8390 module is > there and loadable, but then when I try to load wd.o, I still get a > "init_module: Device or resource busy" error, whether I give

Re: compact flavor definately messed

2000-11-15 Thread Herbert Xu
Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having two problems on the compact flavor 2.2.18 i386, using the > kernel/pcmcia for 2.2.17 (not the pre versions, the pcmcia from potato > and the rejected kernel-image-2.2.17* packages). The pcmcia modules in potato are compiled for pre6, aren't t