Debian Boot CVS: joeyh

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:debian-installer Changes by: joeyh 00/12/06 23:18:26 Modified files: doc: TODO Log message: we have a retreiver -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR

Debian Boot CVS: joeyh

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:debian-installer Changes by: joeyh 00/12/06 23:17:37 Modified files: doc: TODO Log message: a debconf client library is seriously needed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Debian Boot CVS: joeyh

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:debian-installer Changes by: joeyh 00/12/06 23:15:50 Added files: retriever/wget : Makefile debconf.c debconf.h wget-retriever.c Log message: retreiver using busybox wget wow, it's trivial, but I think it will work (untested) ther

Debian Boot CVS: joeyh

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:debian-installer Changes by: joeyh 00/12/06 23:14:40 debian-installer/retriever/wget Update of /cvs/debian-boot/debian-installer/retriever/wget In directory klecker:/tmp/cvs-serv31922/wget Log Message: Directory /cvs/debian-boot/debian-inst

Debian Boot CVS: polish

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: polish 00/12/06 23:10:50 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap/po: pl.po Log message: sync -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#78981: Compaq proliant (1600) install would go a lot easier with /dev/id a/c0d0 present

2000-12-06 Thread Robert Klahn
Package: boot-floppies Version: 2.2.17 This is a bug against the compact set of floppies. Life goes easier in the install of Debian on a Compaq Proliant 1600 with SmartRAID (cpqarray) card if the /dev/ida/c0d0, /dev/ida/c0d0p1, /dev/ida/c0d0p2, etc. block special files are present. Here is how

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/12/06 21:02:25 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap/po: fi.po Log message: more missing \n's -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/12/06 21:02:10 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap: util.h Log message: document fullscreen_execlog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/12/06 21:01:48 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap: bootconfig.c Log message: oops, fix a missing ';' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/12/06 21:01:31 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap: baseconfig.c Log message: cosmetics -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR

Re: Bug#78750: Can't load lp module during install

2000-12-06 Thread Randolph Chung
> It's not a modconf bug, if you modprobe lp from the command line it > doesn't bring in parport_pc either. Ok, nevermind, ignore me randolph -- Debian Developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.TauSq.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: busybox wget

2000-12-06 Thread Randolph Chung
> * joey@gumdrop:~>busybox wget -c http://slashdot.org/ > wget: cannot parse url: slashdot.orgdot.org > (No comment ;-) Fixed in busybox cvs. > * -O - does not cause it to output to stdout. Of course, if it *did*, > the progress display would need to be turned off or go to stde

Re: Bug#78750: Can't load lp module during install

2000-12-06 Thread Randolph Chung
> This isn't really a boot-flopppies bug I think. Nor does it seem to > be a kernel problem. Is it a modconf bug? A modutils bug? It's not a modconf bug, if you modprobe lp from the command line it doesn't bring in parport_pc either. randolph -- Debian Developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ww

Re: [sumary] Re: unattended install

2000-12-06 Thread Randolph Chung
> the very short version of the above: > > If the installer could read scripted responses from a text file rather > than stdin, wonderful things could happen :) debian-installer will be able to do this pretty trivially, if we do things right. but since woody will likely release with the "old" bo

Re: [VA-Debian] Comments from a first-time Debian install.....

2000-12-06 Thread Randolph Chung
> This can really be read two ways; either standard is selected if you pick > nothing else and deselected if you pick anything, or it is selected and > anything else you pick layers on top. Since the second is dselect's behavior, > I suspect the second meaning is the intended one. My concern is

[sumary] Re: unattended install

2000-12-06 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, the very short version of the above: If the installer could read scripted responses from a text file rather than stdin, wonderful things could happen :) -Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: boot-floppies -> unattended install

2000-12-06 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, debian-devel readers: please follow-up to debian-boot debian-boot readers: sorry for the in media res cross-post but I think this is the more appropriate forum (I'm sure you'll correct me if I'm wrong :) these are all very useful tools (FAI et al.), but not quite what I'm looking for... I

Re: [VA-Debian] Comments from a first-time Debian install.....

2000-12-06 Thread Joey Hess
Randolph Chung wrote: > > No -- I'm not saying that we create a new task package. I am merely > > saying that tasksel should have a selectable item on the list which is > > *not* from a task package, representing the packages at the standard > > priority. > > *grumble*, IMO this is much easier d

Re: [VA-Debian] Comments from a first-time Debian install.....

2000-12-06 Thread Randolph Chung
> No -- I'm not saying that we create a new task package. I am merely > saying that tasksel should have a selectable item on the list which is > *not* from a task package, representing the packages at the standard > priority. *grumble*, IMO this is much easier done in base-config randolph -

Re: busybox wget

2000-12-06 Thread Joey Hess
Joey Hess wrote: > * -O - does not cause it to output to stdout. Of course, if it *did*, > the progress display would need to be turned off or go to stderr, or > the download would be corrupted by the progress display anyway. Oh btw Erik, this is the one I really care about for the nascent wg

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/12/06 18:00:52 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap: choose_medium.c Log message: remove crufty old kernel 2.0 stuff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Bug#78750: Can't load lp module during install

2000-12-06 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Adam Di Carlo wrote: > This isn't really a boot-flopppies bug I think. Nor does it seem to > be a kernel problem. Is it a modconf bug? A modutils bug? Sounds like /etc/modutils/arch/i386 is missing, that includes the needed alias: alias parport_lowlevel parport_rpc modutil

Re: Bug#78750: Can't load lp module during install

2000-12-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Niccolo Rigacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Fresh install with standard 1.44 floppies (rescue, root and drivers). > > When configuring kernel modules, it is impossible to load the lp module, > because modprobe is unable to discover the parport_pc dependance. > > Workaround: load first the par

busybox wget

2000-12-06 Thread Joey Hess
So I'm looking at busybox wget, with an eye to using it as the core of the http retreiver. Observations: * The chunked transfer encoding thing is a killer. Seems to break it on a pretty large number of web sites. I guess you know about this though. * joey@gumdrop:~>busybox wget -c http://slas

Debian Boot CVS: joeyh

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:debian-installer Changes by: joeyh 00/12/06 16:25:46 Modified files: retriever/choose-mirror/debian: templates Added files: retriever/choose-mirror/debian: changelog control copyright

Debian Boot CVS: joeyh

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:debian-installer Changes by: joeyh 00/12/06 16:22:05 Removed files: retriever/file/debian: postinst templates Log message: cruft -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Debian Boot CVS: joeyh

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:debian-installer Changes by: joeyh 00/12/06 16:19:31 Modified files: retriever/choose-mirror: TODO choose-mirror.c Added files: retriever/choose-mirror: README Log message: added docs, fixed return code -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Debian Boot CVS: ericvb

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: ericvb 00/12/06 16:10:27 Modified files: documentation/fr: inst-methods.sgml Log message: mention IPX problems in "boot-from-floppies". fix SGML problems in "set-lang". From S. Kalt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Debian Boot CVS: joeyh

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:debian-installer Changes by: joeyh 00/12/06 16:06:35 Modified files: retriever/choose-mirror: TODO choose-mirror.c Log message: converted it to using a jump table of functions in the state machine. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Debian Boot CVS: ericvb

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: ericvb 00/12/06 16:04:07 Modified files: documentation/fr: rescue-boot.sgml Log message: Corrections for Sparc arch. From S. Kalt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Debian Boot CVS: mss

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: mss 00/12/06 14:54:03 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap/po: ru.po Log message: updated -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

Debian Boot CVS: mss

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: mss 00/12/06 12:34:36 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap/langs: lc.c Log message: always include locale.h -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Debian Boot CVS: joeyh

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:debian-installer Changes by: joeyh 00/12/06 14:40:50 Modified files: retriever/choose-mirror: TODO choose-mirror.c Log message: allright, it's done except for supporting two methods at once, and it seems to actually work -- To UN

Re: Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For Intel x86

2000-12-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Soon Pak Leng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear Authors > > Under section 5.4.2 Files for the Initial System Boot, > you have missed out image for driver-4.bin which is > required for the installation from the documentation. > > >http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/12/06 11:26:00 Modified files: documentation : defaults.ent Log message: update downloadable files based on newest released boot-floppies -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: aph 00/12/06 11:25:53 Modified files: debian : changelog Log message: update downloadable files based on newest released boot-floppies -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: main-menu, udeb, debconf

2000-12-06 Thread Joey Hess
David Whedon wrote: > I was playing with the demo system and it isn't clear to me how udebs, debconf > and the main-menu will interact. Here are my thoughts, this mostly comes out of > looking at main-menu.c, playing with debconf, and looking at the demo, if this > is documented somewhere, I didn

Re: Chinese installer

2000-12-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Xuedong Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I am insterested in helping add chinese support in installer, I don't know what >can I do > and where to find the related document, Anyone give me a hint? thanks!!! Get the CVS version of the boot-floppies -- see http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppie

Re: DAC960 needed

2000-12-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Herbert Xu wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 09:31:36PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > > I need it to boot from cd cd uses standard.. Also what about SMP > > > > Use the second CD. > > I use a specialized CD genera

main-menu, udeb, debconf

2000-12-06 Thread David Whedon
I was playing with the demo system and it isn't clear to me how udebs, debconf and the main-menu will interact. Here are my thoughts, this mostly comes out of looking at main-menu.c, playing with debconf, and looking at the demo, if this is documented somewhere, I didn't see it: .menutest : each

Debian Boot CVS: tale

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: tale00/12/06 09:36:53 Modified files: utilities/dbootstrap/po: fi.po Log message: All translated, next check the fuzzy translations -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For Intel x86

2000-12-06 Thread Soon Pak Leng
Dear Authors Under section 5.4.2 Files for the Initial System Boot, you have missed out image for driver-4.bin which is required for the installation from the documentation. http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/driver-4.bin Regards. _

Re: [VA-Debian] Comments from a first-time Debian install.....

2000-12-06 Thread tytso
From: Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 06 Dec 2000 10:52:01 -0500 > Well, that's not really true, is it? Don't we write out /target/etc/modules > here? I don't think that we touch it any other time. modconf writes that file. The user can run modconf (or compile a new

Debian Boot CVS: rmrfchik

2000-12-06 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:boot-floppies Changes by: rmrfchik00/12/06 08:33:34 Modified files: documentation/ru: dbootstrap.sgml hardware.sgml post-install.sgml preparing.sgml rescue-boot.sgml welcome.

Chinese installer

2000-12-06 Thread Xuedong Zhang
Hi, I am insterested in helping add chinese support in installer, I don't know what can I do and where to find the related document, Anyone give me a hint? thanks!!! Xuedong Zhang Boston University -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: [VA-Debian] Comments from a first-time Debian install.....

2000-12-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Ted recommended that one of the tasks be made to represent the > > standard packages. I think this is a very good idea. Let it be > > checked by default. > > I think there are two problems: > > 1. How do we get this package; mu

Re: [VA-Debian] Comments from a first-time Debian install.....

2000-12-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 01:49:26AM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Well, for instance, even with booting with the 'compact' set, which > > has a lot of ethernet cards included, on my system at home, I need the > > 3c509 driver installed. So, if I w

Bug#78924: modconf: Doesn't support 2.4 module naming.

2000-12-06 Thread Per von Zweigbergk
Package: modconf Version: 0.2.27 Severity: wishlist Doesn't find modules on 2.4.0-test11. Here is a ls -lR of my /lib/modules/2.4.0-test11 --- /lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/: total 28 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 14 Dec 6 15:22 build -> /usr/src/linux drwxr-xr-x4 root

Re: [VA-Debian] Comments from a first-time Debian install.....

2000-12-06 Thread Wookey
On Sun 03 Dec, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > and I'm the schlub who has to maintain the old system until the new one is > ready. And I'd just like to say that you do a very good job on that front. It's a thankless task but a very important one and I think we're all impressed with the amount of work y

support for promise 100 (was: Re: DAC960 needed)

2000-12-06 Thread Othmar Pasteka
hi, because there are feature requests. what's about the 2.2.18 ide patches for support for the promise udma 100 chipsets? would be rather great to use them on the duron motherboard made by asus. so long Othmar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro