installation problem: network not working

Hi, I tried to install debian woody on a quite standard i386 machine (AMD K6-2 500MHz, 128 MB RAM, 30 GB Maxtor IDE hard drive, Realtek RTL 8029 NIC). I made 6 floppies, rescue.bin, root.bin, driver-{1,2,3,4}.bin from the images in debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/3.0.17-2001-11-18/images-1.44

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Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 123539 kernel-image-2.2.20-pmac Bug#123539: boot-floppies: Install kernel missing advansys scsi support Bug reassigned from package `boot-floppies' to `kernel-image-2.2.20-pmac'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you ne

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by jaqque

Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:jaqque time: Tue Dec 11 22:26:03 PST 2001 Log Message: fixed the two space / one space inconsistency. fixed some errors in the supported features of the -reiserfs kernel Files: changed:README-reiserfs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

This one deserves a second look....

Dear Fellow Entrepreneur, Are you achieving the results that you are trying to achieve with your online business? If your current business is offering a product that is a quick and simple solution to a problem that concerns most people, most of the time, then you would be very happy, and wea

Bug#123571: Addition for PPC install manual

Package: boot-floppies Version: 2.2r4 Hi, I wrote up the step-by-step details of getting Debian to boot on a PowerMac that didn't want to load the rescue floppy (it would load for a while, then eject the floppy and boot from the harddrive). Anyways, I thought the BootX docs were kind of sparse, s

debootstrap extract file incorrect

It seems like debootstrap's not validating the extract files correctly for the build. make resc1440apus.bin driversapus.tgz make[1]: Entering directory `/home/toff/boot-floppies' ./rootdisk.sh "" /archive/debian/download 3700 3.0 "apus" C "" I: internationalized mode enabled I: ld.so on this ar

Re: Release-notes

The italian translation of the release notes are being worked and we plan to put the documentation in the CVS in some weeks. Bye, Giuseppe Il Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 12:03:33PM -0700, Chris Tillman ha scritto: [...] > Well, yes and no. On debian-www robster got a little overwhelmed with > the job a

Removing po/*.mo

I noticed whenever a message changes, the build fails saying it can't find that message. It seems like always removing dbootstrap/po/*.mo before a po build cures that, but I don't know how to put that in the po Makefile. Also, there's a DELETE_ON_ERROR that deletes all targets when an error occurs

Re: cvs commit to boot-floppies by jaqque

On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 04:59:53PM -0800, Debian Boot CVS Master wrote: > > fixed the EXTACT_LIST and SMALL_BASE_LIST to support varying > flavours within an architecture > > required for reiserfs and udma100-ext3 as a secondary effect, rootreiserfs.bin and rootudma100-ext3.bin are now both too

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/en by toff

Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en who:toff time: Tue Dec 11 18:04:11 PST 2001 Log Message: nit Files: changed:tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ppc-cds

On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 12:30:59PM +0100, Frank Escher wrote: > Hi, > > i?m looking for the people who are making the ppc-cds. I am a german and > want contact them, because i want asked them if it is of use to have an > install guide with pictures. I own a new toy (Digitalkamera). So i can >

Installation trouble

I am searching for some installation help. I am trying to install stable Debian on the following system: Pentium 4 1.7 Socket 478 Asus P4T-E Socket 478 1GB RDRAM TDK 24x burner 3COM 905c Belkin Firewire PCI Card Leadtek WinFast Titanium 500TD Samsun 170T Flat panel display with digital and analo

cvs commit to boot-floppies by jaqque

Repository: boot-floppies who:jaqque time: Tue Dec 11 16:59:53 PST 2001 Log Message: fixed the EXTACT_LIST and SMALL_BASE_LIST to support varying flavours within an architecture required for reiserfs and udma100-ext3 Files: changed:rootdisk.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Bug#123388: boot-floppies: dialog boxes for i18n need to be fixed

In message , David Kimdon writes: >dbootstrap dialog boxes don't take translatoins into account. Specifically the >nf_select_server() box chops off characters for the French instalation, I've checked in a patch that I think will fix this. Give it a go; if you find that

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Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > tags 123388 pending Bug#123388: boot-floppies: dialog boxes for i18n need to be fixed Tags added: pending > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bu

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by pb

Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:pb time: Tue Dec 11 15:35:55 PST 2001 Log Message: Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/da by claush

Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/da who:claush time: Tue Dec 11 15:30:44 PST 2001 Log Message: Danish update Files: changed:hardware.sgml inst-methods.sgml rescue-boot.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by claush

Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:claush time: Tue Dec 11 15:30:44 PST 2001 Log Message: Danish update Files: changed:index.da.html.m4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/en by claush

Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en who:claush time: Tue Dec 11 15:29:28 PST 2001 Log Message: Add more SGML tags to tech-info.sgml Files: changed:tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

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

Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:pb time: Tue Dec 11 15:27:47 PST 2001 Log Message: Improve formatting of net-fetch dialog when localised messages are in use. Files: changed:util.c util.h boxes.c net-fetch.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#123539: boot-floppies: Install kernel missing advansys scsi support

Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.17-2001-11-18 Severity: important I just tried to install ppc debian on my powermac last night. The install cannot proceed since the drive in question was installed on an Advansys 3940UW SCSI card. The driver doesn't seem to be available in the installer kern

reiserfs notes

i am doing this mostly for documentation. i should probably file bugreports, all issues listed affect the reiserfs flavour: 1) no mkfs.reiserfs in the root.bin unable to create a reiserfs partition (this is very defeatest of the whole flavour) (could be an artifact of my abreiviated bu

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by robster

Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:robster time: Tue Dec 11 13:17:26 PST 2001 Log Message: Applied a patch from Javi. This patch was successful on 30 out of 31 junks, it failed from about line 920 onwards. So maybe this area needs attention. Files: changed:Tag: woo

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by robster

Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:robster time: Tue Dec 11 13:01:13 PST 2001 Log Message: First version of the woody release notes Files: changed:Tag: woody release-notes.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/ca by aph

Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/ca who:aph time: Tue Dec 11 12:38:44 PST 2001 Log Message: chapter IDs should match the english ones Files: changed:welcome.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

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

Repository: boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk who:sgybas time: Tue Dec 11 08:54:27 PST 2001 Log Message: Use wc from textutils for now since busybox wc is broken (see #123387) Files: changed:SMALL_BASE_LIST_s390 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

cvs commit to boot-floppies/s390-specials by sgybas

Repository: boot-floppies/s390-specials who:sgybas time: Tue Dec 11 08:51:49 PST 2001 Log Message: Write netsetup's configuration to /tmp instead of /root so / can be r/o Files: changed:netsetup.sh root.profile -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

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

Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:sgybas time: Tue Dec 11 08:51:49 PST 2001 Log Message: Write netsetup's configuration to /tmp instead of /root so / can be r/o Files: changed:netconfig.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Bug#123427: cant re-install debian after hardware upgrade

Try a different flavour... The vanilla kernel is probably hanging while probing for some hardware you don't have... SCSI drivers seem to be particularly bad for this... I find that the "-idepci" flavour of boot floppies tends to work best for your kind of setup (new hardware, no SCSI, etc).. Get

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Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reopen 123382 Bug#123382: kernel-image-2.2.20-idepci: need CONFIG_PACKET=y for boot-floppies dhcp-client Bug reopened, originator not changed. > reassign 123382 boot-floppies Bug#123382: kernel-image-2.2.20-idepci: need CONFIG_PACKET=y for boot-flopp

Configuration of SiS 6326

Hi, i'm installing Debian GNU/Linux r3 in my machine and when i can't configurate my video card SiS 6326. Please, support me. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: [PATCH]? Re: forget LANG_CHOOSER for 3.0.18 (was Re: 3.0.18 testing)

David Kimdon wrote: >Very annoying one is 123382 (kernel-image-2.2.20-idepci: >need CONFIG_PACKET=y for boot-floppies dhcp-client, which I'll re-open >and reassign to boot-floppies shortly). Hmm, what's the deal here? We already put af_packet.o on the root disk for the idepci, compact and vanill

Re: [PATCH]? Re: forget LANG_CHOOSER for 3.0.18 (was Re: 3.0.18 testing)

> What's the status with the base install step, do we still have show-stopper > bugs there? Yup, show-stopper is 123387 (busybox: wc reading from stdin is broken). Very annoying one is 123382 (kernel-image-2.2.20-idepci: need CONFIG_PACKET=y for boot-floppies dhcp-client, which I'll re-open and

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by pb

Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:pb time: Tue Dec 11 09:18:08 PST 2001 Log Message: Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:pb time: Tue Dec 11 09:15:19 PST 2001 Log Message: Don't offer languages in the menu if their catalogs are not installed. Files: changed:boxes.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

fixed in CVS

tags 123387 pending thanks We were using a char to hold the return value of fgetc. Silly rabbit, chars are for kids. Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#123427: cant re-install debian after hardware upgrade

Package: boot-floppies Version: potato (stable) flavor: dont know, just downloaded the standard floppy set architecture: i386 model: self-built. amd athlon xp 1700+, elitegroup k7s5a motherboard memory: 384 mb pc133 sdram scsi: none cd-rom: 2x atapi cdrom (samsung dvd player and philips writer)

cvs commit to boot-floppies/s390-specials/netsetup by sgybas

Repository: boot-floppies/s390-specials/netsetup who:sgybas time: Tue Dec 11 07:28:44 PST 2001 Log Message: Automatically load the network module and configure the interface if all required parameters are set in the parmfile Files: changed:functions.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

cvs commit to boot-floppies/s390-specials by sgybas

Repository: boot-floppies/s390-specials who:sgybas time: Tue Dec 11 07:28:43 PST 2001 Log Message: Automatically load the network module and configure the interface if all required parameters are set in the parmfile Files: changed:netsetup.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

cvs commit to boot-floppies/s390-specials by sgybas

Repository: boot-floppies/s390-specials who:sgybas time: Tue Dec 11 05:57:27 PST 2001 Log Message: Use a default netmask of 255.255.255.0 Files: changed:netsetup.sh added: root.profile -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

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

Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:sgybas time: Tue Dec 11 05:55:40 PST 2001 Log Message: Do a case-insensitive string compare of the DASD device numbers as they might contain letters (hexadicmal notation). Why is /proc/subchannels upper-case and /proc/dasd/devices

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

Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:sgybas time: Tue Dec 11 05:52:48 PST 2001 Log Message: Removed 2 unused variables Files: changed:baseconfig.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: b-f mess... ah, you know :)

On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 11:59:10AM +0100, Attila Nagy wrote: > saspconvert: ca/rescue-boot.sgml:881 (input line 3728): identifier > `boto-parms'is undefined Hm, I wonder why make lint doesn't spot that. I'm trying to fix the rest, but now I get this: debiandoc2html -d /usr/share/sgml/debiandoc/d

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/ca by jordi

Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/ca who:jordi time: Tue Dec 11 05:33:12 PST 2001 Log Message: Chapter name typo. Files: changed:rescue-boot.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/ca by jordi

Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/ca who:jordi time: Tue Dec 11 05:27:31 PST 2001 Log Message: Fixed a few SGML errors (hi Atila :) Files: changed:preparing.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: [patch] dbootstrap's pt.po update

On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 09:06:04PM -0200, Andre Luis Lopes wrote: > As my recently created CVS account isn't giving write access to CVS, > could someone please apply this one ? Have you done a cvs checkout using your new login? Jordi -- Jordi Mallach Pérez || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || Redisc

Re: [stephen@marenka.net: 10.3 Replacing the Rescue Floppy Kernel ppc]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 08:36:48PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:47:34AM -0600, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > > I also wrote this about four months ago and I still haven't gotten it > > added to the boot-floppy docs. Would Chris or someone else with SGML > > experience plea

Bug#123388: boot-floppies: dialog boxes for i18n need to be fixed

On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 01:29:45AM -0800, David Kimdon wrote: > dbootstrap dialog boxes don't take translatoins into account. Specifically the > nf_select_server() box chops off characters for the French instalation, I'm > sure it does similar meanness to other languages. I expect there are othe

Another build problem

Hello, make clean && make release as usual: debiandoc2text -d /usr/share/sgml/debiandoc/dtd/sgml/1.0/debiandoc.dcl -l ca -O install.ca.sgml > install.ca.txt Warning: locale ca not supported, using default en_US.ISO8859-1 debiandoc2html -d /usr/share/sgml/debiandoc/dtd/sgml/1.0/debiandoc.dcl -l c

Bug#123388: #123388, boot-floppies: dialog boxes for i18n need to be fixed

> l[0] = newtLabel(1, height + 2, _("Download URL")); > e[0] = newtEntry(14, height + 2, txtbuf, 58, &s[0], NEWT_FLAG_SCROLL); > > l[1] = newtLabel(1, height + 4, _("Proxy")); > e[1] = newtEntry(14, height + 4, nf_state.proxy.hostname, 34, &s[1], > >Maybe some strlen's are in order? Ac

ppc-cds

Hi, i´m looking for the people who are making the ppc-cds. I am a german and want contact them, because i want asked them if it is of use to have an install guide with pictures. I own a new toy (Digitalkamera). So i can make from each step the install-routine and write some text in german too

Bug#123388: boot-floppies: dialog boxes for i18n need to be fixed

Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2001-12-11 Severity: normal dbootstrap dialog boxes don't take translatoins into account. Specifically the nf_select_server() box chops off characters for the French instalation, I'm sure it does similar meanness to other languages. I expect there a

b-f mess... ah, you know :)

Hello, saspconvert: ca/rescue-boot.sgml:881 (input line 3728): identifier `boto-parms'is undefined ^^^ What do you think? Should I make a script which compiles b-f in an endless loop and sends an e-mail every time it doesn't compile? I have a machine, dedicated to this >;-) --

Bug#123391: /target/usr/sbin/modconf: cannot create: directory nonexistant

Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2001-12-11 Severity: minor When configuring modules, just after I'm asked for paramters for my 3c509 (I don't enter any parameters. I see at the bottom of the screen: /target/usr/sbin/modconf: cannot create: directory nonexistant /target/usr/sbin/mo

Re: Bug#123325: -pic packages lack depends

On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 06:05:56PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Package: libnewt-pic, libnewt-utf8-pic > Version: 0.50.17-7.3 > Severity: serious > > The libnewt*-pic packages require a versioned dependancy (= > ) on the libnewt* packge they go with. Thus > libnewt-utf8-pic must depend on 'l

Re: [PATCH]? Re: forget LANG_CHOOSER for 3.0.18 (was Re: 3.0.18 testing)

I committed the newt hack, and filed a number of other bugs, the only complete show-stopper however is this one: http://bugs.debian.org/123387 busybox: wc reading from stdin is broken I believe this is what causes the Packages.gz corrupt problem that aph spoke of this weekend. -David -- To

Re: [PATCH]? Re: forget LANG_CHOOSER for 3.0.18 (was Re: 3.0.18 testing)

David Kimdon wrote: >Appears to work. The flashing screen went away, and I had a >choice of languages. I'll drop down and do a full install now and see >if anything else turns up. If all is cool and no one squeals I'll >commit the above patch. Okay, cool. We can always change it to use a more

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by dwhedon

Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:dwhedon time: Tue Dec 11 01:32:41 PST 2001 Log Message: hack to substitute libnewt-utf8-0 for libnewt0 on the rootdisk for i18n builds. Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

cvs commit to boot-floppies by dwhedon

Repository: boot-floppies who:dwhedon time: Tue Dec 11 01:32:41 PST 2001 Log Message: hack to substitute libnewt-utf8-0 for libnewt0 on the rootdisk for i18n builds. Files: changed:rootdisk.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: dbootstrap broken on mips and mipsel

Hi Karsten, On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 10:00:27PM +0100, Karsten Merker wrote: > due to changes in the upstream Linux/MIPS kernel (/proc/cpuinfo changes > during the 2.4.15 merge) dbootstrap is currently broken on mips and mipsel > with kernel 2.4.15 and newer. These kernels do not anymore provide >

[PATCH]? Re: forget LANG_CHOOSER for 3.0.18 (was Re: 3.0.18 testing)

Looks like pb hit the nail on the head. Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 01:53:21PM + wrote: > Oh, wait, this can't be good news: > > I: Retrieving >http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/newt/libnewt0_0.50.17-7.3_i386.deb > > I wonder if it's using that libnewt.so rather than the one from my ho