Re: install trouble: stuck at "select tasks"

2000-11-24 Thread Joey Hess
Lawrence H. Robins wrote: > I am (trying to be) a new Debian user. I have the 2.2r0 CD set > and got through most of the installation without a problem, but > near the end of the install, after installing the base system, > booting it, creating a root account and a user account, I > accidentally

Can't install udma66 base

2000-11-24 Thread Jim Wolf
I am unable to install downloaded Debian 2.2r1 udma66 base system on an ATA/66 drive attached to a Promise Ultra66 controller. Various suggestions in HOW-TOs, news groups, etc. don't help. The Ultra66 and all attached HDs work fine with Windows 98. Drives on my P3 with 128MB memory are configu

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-24 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/11/24 16:04:30 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap/langs: langs.xml english.src Log message: added a possibility to tag default language -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: building arm boot floppies - python error in dbootstrap/lang

2000-11-24 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 06:18:01PM +, Wookey wrote: > Having updated from cvs I am now past the LC problems reported. And then I > got some python complaints, but after installing task-python-dev (except for > 2 bits (gdb and python-gimp) which aren't compiled for potato arm) I get a > bit fur

Processed: Re: Bug#77920: passwords entered in base-config are not treated literally

2000-11-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 77920 base-config Bug#77920: passwords entered in base-config are not treated literally Bug reassigned from package `boot-floppies' to `base-config'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren Benham

Bug#77920: passwords entered in base-config are not treated literally

2000-11-24 Thread Joey Hess
reassign 77920 base-config thanks Damnit, you should know better.. Now, which characters, exactly? Joseph Carter wrote: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: N/A; reported 2000-11-24 > Severity: important > > When asked for a passwd on first boot, certain punctuation characters are > mangled. T

Re: building arm boot floppies - python error in dbootstrap/lang

2000-11-24 Thread Wookey
On Fri 24 Nov, Wookey wrote: > The arm boot-floppies building saga continues. replying to my own post - sorry (just to save anyone spending too much time investigating) > ./ver2.py 0 i386 langs.xml > ImportError: ./iconv.so: R_ARM_PC24 relocation out of range > > This may be an arm-specific pr

Bug#77920: passwords entered in base-config are not treated literally

2000-11-24 Thread Joseph Carter
Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2000-11-24 Severity: important When asked for a passwd on first boot, certain punctuation characters are mangled. This bug should be considered RC because following good security practices (ie, feeding damned near line noise in for a passwd) is able

Bug#77455: i18n] sets wrong keyboard for i386 - kind of solved

2000-11-24 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 12:49:02AM +0100, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > > So it looks like one should normalize the list of available keyboards in one of > > the places... > > Maybe the arch prefixes in langs/*.src should be cut off at > build time? Looking at utilities/dbootstrap/kbdconfig.c I would s

building arm boot floppies - python error in dbootstrap/lang

2000-11-24 Thread Wookey
The arm boot-floppies building saga continues. Having updated from cvs I am now past the LC problems reported. And then I got some python complaints, but after installing task-python-dev (except for 2 bits (gdb and python-gimp) which aren't compiled for potato arm) I get a bit further. Now, when

Re: Booting loops (Downloading SCSI SCRIPTS)

2000-11-24 Thread Frank Heckenbach
Karl Hammar wrote: > debian-boot and Frank: > >From what I recognize what GĂ©rard says, we could boot the Tekram > DC390U with: > >boot: linux sym53c8xx=mpar:n > > to disable the pci master parity checking. Works for me. Thanks for the help. I'll probably unsubscribe soon, so if there's

Installation with off-Board IDE

2000-11-24 Thread Andreas Heinlein
Hello, yesterday, I tried to install Debian 2.2 on a system with ASUS A7V board. This board is special in several ways. Apart from a total of seven (!) USB ports, it has an onboard Promise UATA/100 chip, in addition to the UATA/66 controller built into the VIA chipset. The system shipped with