Re: testing with powermac/oldworld (probs in miboot, debootstrap, kernel)

2001-06-06 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 12:57:12AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > - had to edit the 'system' file on the miboot floppy with ResEdit >to add video=atyfb:vmode:11 for my hardware > >Is there any workarund for this? Any way at all to set ker >args differently to cope with video hardw

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by aph

2001-06-06 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:aph time: Wed Jun 6 23:21:23 PDT 2001 Log Message: reburn changelog, preparing to build this Potato version Files: changed:Tag: potato changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: more sgml woes

2001-06-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Philip Blundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Adam, do you plan to do a source upload from the potato branch any time soon? > I think arm could use one, though we should hold off until I get confirmation > that my recent changes actually fix the stuff they were supposed to. Yes, I'd like to d

timezone

2001-06-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Package: base-config Version: 1.00 Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 11:54:08PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > I wish a lot that we could kill the dbootstrap timezone stuff -- what > > do you think... couldn't this move into base-config or libc6 or > > som

cvs commit to boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk by dwhedon

2001-06-06 Thread dwhedon
Repository: boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk who:dwhedon time: Wed Jun 6 22:37:20 PDT 2001 Log Message: include /usr/lib/debootstrap/scripts/sid At the moment it is a symlink to woody, and the way we build the root disk doesn't preserve symlinks, so we are wasting a few k with two

Re: testing with powermac/oldworld (probs in miboot, debootstrap, kernel)

2001-06-06 Thread David Whedon
Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 12:57:12AM -0400 wrote: > > - during install base unable to install the 'sid' distribution, due >to this error: > > dbootstrap: No such script: /usr/lib/dbootstrap/scripts/sid I'll fix. David > > I'm going to check in a bit more to all this. > > -- > .Adam

Re: ftp/network install very confusing.

2001-06-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
I've rewritten the top-level README file, it was indeed something of a mess. Hopefully it's a bit clearer now. -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onshored.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

testing with powermac/oldworld (probs in miboot, debootstrap, kernel)

2001-06-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Scenario: booting with 2.3.5 (built from cvs about 48 hrs ago) vintage 99 or 98 PowerBook g3 booting from miboot floppy additional floppy for root the rest done via HTTP Problems: - had to edit the 'system' file on the miboot floppy with ResEdit to add video=atyfb:vmode:11 for my

Re: please enter your debian/changelog entries

2001-06-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Heinold) writes: > is debian/changelog the right file now for woody, yes. > when it starts with: > > boot-floppies (2.3.5) unstable; urgency=low > > because the date is from: > > -- Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 30 May 2001 23:26:00 -0400 ? > > and there are

Re: should burn new potato b-f for ARM?

2001-06-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > BTW, aph, when I make busybox updates that are specifically for the > boot floppies (as the last 6 bb releases have been), should those > changes be noted in the boot floppies changelog? No need to do that. Proper place to document changes in busybox

Re: "Make boot floppy failed"

2001-06-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
David Whedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > sounds like status is non-zero The commands leading up to it are something like > this (the actual decive is system dependant (/dev/fd0): > > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/target/lib:/target/usr/lib"; > /target/usr/bin/superformat /dev/fd0 hd > > It would

Re: Ash + historic + uClibc +static : 287Ko

2001-06-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Can someone remind me what is the benefit of having Ash + historic + uClibc +static ? We're trying to save space? -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onshored.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 2.2r3 install: "Make boot floppy failed"

2001-06-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Some people have to use 'floppy=thinkpad' to work around an inverted DCL on the drive. If it fails really quickly, this may be your issue. You can make bootable floppies by other means... For instance, I recommend "Tom's bootdisk" (search for it, I don't have the URL). -- .Adam Di [EMAI

Re: problem building b-f, need help

2001-06-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
It may be that the arguments to kernel.sh are not done properly, so the suffix rules it is using are wrong... Be sure the 3rd argument being passed to kernel.sh is your subarch (e.g, generic) Marcin Owsiany ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > 3. the makefiles/scripts should be changed to look for > k

Re: m68k boot-floppies for woody

2001-06-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Someone is confusing Build-Depends syntax with Depends syntax there. > You can't put arch-specifiers in a normal Depends line. You're right, my bad. *blush* Seems to be fixed now anyhow. -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onshored.com/>

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap by eb

2001-06-06 Thread eb
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:eb time: Wed Jun 6 17:53:55 PDT 2001 Log Message: kbdconfig is obsolete, fix dialog to mention 'dpkg-reconfigure console-data' instead. Files: changed:kbdconfig.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

cvs commit to boot-floppies by h.heinold

2001-06-06 Thread h . heinold
Repository: boot-floppies who:h.heinold time: Wed Jun 6 17:09:24 PDT 2001 Log Message: adding root.bin for targets mips and mipsel Files: changed:Makefile -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dpkg-reconfigure base-config

2001-06-06 Thread Joey Hess
Richard Hirst wrote: > and when I reboot the system I get T0 respawning too fast from init. > Rebooted with init=/bin/sh, renamed inittab.real to inittab, rebooted, > logged in, and I find that "/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure base-config" > just pauses for a short while and returns to the prompt. The

RE: 14 MB RAM

2001-06-06 Thread MPfeifer
> english: > I have just one question: why 14 MB RAM to install debian linux? My > Laptop has only 4 MB Ram and there is no other distribution, on which > somebody still works on, which installs linux by floppy. 'Small Linux' > shows that it is possible to do it but I have the impression that 'Sm

Re: cvs commit to boot-floppies by cts

2001-06-06 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 09:50:29AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Repository: boot-floppies > who:cts > time: Wed Jun 6 09:50:29 PDT 2001 > > > Log Message: > > [m68k] hfs commands need to be run as root, call them with sudo you should call them with $ROOTCMD instead, there a

Re: where are uptodate boot disk images for woody

2001-06-06 Thread Matt Kraai
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 11:54:08PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Matt Kraai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > No. I tried the 2.3.4 set earlier today, and a BusyBox bug > > prevented the permissions from being set correctly. Please see > > http://bugs.debian.org/99627 for a description of the p

14 MB RAM

2001-06-06 Thread Thorsten Spätling
english: I have just one question: why 14 MB RAM to install debian linux? My Laptop has only 4 MB Ram and there is no other distribution, on which somebody still works on, which installs linux by floppy. 'Small Linux' shows that it is possible to do it but I have the impression that 'Small Linux'

Re: Translating installation manual to finnish

2001-06-06 Thread David Whedon
Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 07:40:03PM +0300 wrote: > I've some friends are we are interested in translating installation > manual for woody to finnish. So, is it possible to get CVS > account(s?) without being official Debian developer? yesi, it is possible, talk to Adam Di Carlo. Though it may be

cvs commit to boot-floppies by cts

2001-06-06 Thread cts
Repository: boot-floppies who:cts time: Wed Jun 6 09:50:29 PDT 2001 Log Message: [m68k] hfs commands need to be run as root, call them with sudo Files: changed:release.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Translating installation manual to finnish

2001-06-06 Thread Tommi Vainikainen
I've some friends are we are interested in translating installation manual for woody to finnish. So, is it possible to get CVS account(s?) without being official Debian developer? (To my credit, I already have account to webwml ie. Debian's web site under name "finnish".) It looks like Tapio L

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by joeyh

2001-06-06 Thread joeyh
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:joeyh time: Wed Jun 6 09:01:38 PDT 2001 Log Message: base-config change Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "Make boot floppy failed"

2001-06-06 Thread David Whedon
Package: boot-floppies Version: 2.2.23 I'm turning this into a bug, cc'ing debian-boot manually since bugs.debian.org is down at the moment. Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 07:58:50AM -0700 wrote: > Are there certain details I need to give to get a > reply? I think the only problem is we're busy and cluel

cvs commit to boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/prototype/etc by joeyh

2001-06-06 Thread joeyh
Repository: boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/prototype/etc who:joeyh time: Wed Jun 6 08:43:06 PDT 2001 Log Message: Modified for base config 1.0, which will be in testing in a few days, with luck. Will *NOT* work with earlier versions of base-config! (this includes the serial conso

Re: LILO only boots default OS

2001-06-06 Thread David Whedon
Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 10:21:04AM -0500 wrote: > Package: potato > Version: 2.2r3 > > When the computer boots up only the default OS is loaded. The file > lilo.conf contains the lines > other=/dev/hda1 > label=win > During boot up LILO does not give the option to boot the other OS that is > not t

Re: LILO only boots default OS

2001-06-06 Thread Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcã
> When the computer boots up only the default OS is loaded. The file > lilo.conf contains the lines > other=/dev/hda1 > label=win > During boot up LILO does not give the option to boot the other OS that is > not the default. > > I have the following partitions setup: > > hda1 7GB FAT32 Wind

LILO only boots default OS

2001-06-06 Thread Gonzalez Jorge-QJG005
Package: potato Version: 2.2r3 When the computer boots up only the default OS is loaded. The file lilo.conf contains the lines other=/dev/hda1 label=win During boot up LILO does not give the option to boot the other OS that is not the default. I have the following partitions setup: hda1 7GB

Re: "Make boot floppy failed"

2001-06-06 Thread bri r
Are there certain details I need to give to get a reply? I looked for the dbootstrap package at debian.org, but I guess it isn't one, even though the message on a virtual console is "dbootstrap: Make boot floppy failed..." Brian --- bri r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >Hi all, >This is m

Re: m68k boot-floppies for woody

2001-06-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Richard Hirst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My build runs for 519 minutes, then fails with: > > dh_builddeb -i > dpkg-deb: parse error, in file `debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control' near line 6 package >`boot-floppies': > `Depends' field, syntax error after reference to package `zlib-bin' > dh_builddeb:

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by eb

2001-06-06 Thread eb
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:eb time: Wed Jun 6 06:29:00 PDT 2001 Log Message: remove bogus arch-specifiers from Depends: line. they are only allowed in Build-depends Files: changed:control -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: m68k boot-floppies for woody

2001-06-06 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Richard Hirst wrote: > So, I guess it is the [i386] it doesn't like. I'm guessing I need > a newer dpkg, but I don't see a 1.9.8 for m68k yet. Can someone > confirm that, before I chew up another 9hrs of cpu? Someone is confusing Build-Depends syntax with Depends syntax there. You ca

Re: should burn new potato b-f for ARM?

2001-06-06 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Not right now, I expect we'll need updated kernel packages soon. Ok, forget about that. Yes, new package would be nice ;) Wichert. -- _ / Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talent

Re: m68k boot-floppies for woody

2001-06-06 Thread Anthony Towns
(-boot and -release?? -devel is more approriate) On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 08:50:25AM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote: > Depends: [...] zlib-bin [i386], [...] > So, I guess it is the [i386] it doesn't like. "[i386]" and such is only permissable in *Build-Depends*. There's a bug in the package. Cheer

Ash + historic + uClibc +static : 287Ko

2001-06-06 Thread Thierry Laronde
Hello all, FYI, I have played a little around `ash', uClibc, the historic (libedit) etc.. Here is the result for a full compatible ash with historic : thierry@pc04:~/cvs/BSD/basesrc/bin/sh$ ls -al sh -rwxr-xr-x1 thierry thierry287168 jun 6 11:21 sh thierry@pc04:~/cvs/BSD/basesrc/bin/

dpkg-reconfigure base-config

2001-06-06 Thread Richard Hirst
Hi, I've got a problem (on hppa), booting in to the second stage install. inittab says T0:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/termwrap /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure base-config /dev/ttyS0 2>&1 and when I reboot the system I get T0 respawning too fast from init. Rebooted with init=/bin/sh, renamed inittab.rea

Re: m68k boot-floppies for woody

2001-06-06 Thread Richard Hirst
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 02:40:50PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Nobody is working on m68k boot floppies for Woody at the moment. This My build runs for 519 minutes, then fails with: dh_gencontrol -i dh_md5sums -i dh_builddeb -i dpkg-deb: parse error, in file `debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control' nea

The main page

2001-06-06 Thread Craig Schwantes
the main page or some else using that address keep trying to asses my computer on different ports 35 different ones. 129.206.170.20 address -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap by eb

2001-06-06 Thread eb
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:eb time: Wed Jun 6 00:24:17 PDT 2001 Log Message: delete /target/etc/yaboot.conf.old which is what yabootconfig renamed the yaboot.conf installed by the yaboot package. Files: changed:bootconfig.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema