Re: modifying rescue/root disk

On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 09:41:31PM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I would like to be able to modify the debian rescue and root disk so that > I can use brltty when I am installing or have to use the rescue disk for > other reasons. Brltty is a program that enables a blind user to use a I read thro

modifying rescue/root disk

I would like to be able to modify the debian rescue and root disk so that I can use brltty when I am installing or have to use the rescue disk for other reasons. Brltty is a program that enables a blind user to use a braille display with linux. I have instructions here that were in the brltty manu

Re: [d-i]: debootstrap udeb?

On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 02:26:38AM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > Have you or anybody else looked into making an udeb of debootstrap for > installing the base system using debian-installer? Not afaik. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't sp

kernel panic: vfs: unable to mount root fs install errror 01:00

Hi, Problem: I'm trying to get a server built with 2.2r4 potato cd and keep getting the above error. I tried the boot options in f2-f8 and tried mounting various root.bins from specifying floppy0 at boot: then got kernel panic: no init found try passing init= option to kernel. I looked up t

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by blade

Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:blade time: Sat Jan 12 17:25:01 PST 2002 Log Message: Documenting my todays changes. 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 blade

Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:blade time: Sat Jan 12 17:20:21 PST 2002 Log Message: Additional check to make sure that we have a Journal _and_ ext3 support before choosing ext3 as fstype. Files: changed:partition_config.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: tasksel.pot?!

On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 03:46:18PM -0800, Randolph Chung wrote: > > I've found /tasksel/po/ on cvs.debian.org (today it seems oddly > > slow) with a lot of .po, but no .pot at all! where is it? > > what are .pot files for? .pot file contains only msgids, it's a template for making po files. Mar

Testing boot floppies 3.0.19-2001-12-30

Hi, I just did an install using drivers and basedebs located on a local hard disk partition, /dev/hda6 (ext3), to the new root (/) on /dev/hda9 (also ext3). There were no problems mounting /dev/hda9 as ext2, even though I had just created it as ext3. This is mandatory, since the supplied 2.2.20

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

Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:blade time: Sat Jan 12 16:15:24 PST 2002 Log Message: Cosmetical fixes, corrected meaning of message strings when writting a problem report. Files: changed:choose_medium.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Bug#126188: boot-floppies: "Malformed Release file"

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jorgen Schaefer wri tes: >When installing Debian over the net from woody boot floppies, >I get the error "Malformed Release file" for any mirror I tried. >A friend reports the same problem. It works when using potato >boot floopies. >Version: N/A; reported 2001-12

Linux not booting...addendum to msg of 1/11

In addition...discoed C:...got "MBR FA:" with cursor (not usable) Typing random letters gave "MBR 1234F:" and further typing at random would put the cursor under the 1. Reattached C: and tried the install CD again...kernel still in panic... reseeded RAM, IDE Controller Socket...no luck... App

Re: tasksel.pot?!

> I've found /tasksel/po/ on cvs.debian.org (today it seems oddly > slow) with a lot of .po, but no .pot at all! where is it? what are .pot files for? randolph -- Debian Developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.TauSq.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: tasksel.pot?!

On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 10:54:55PM +0100, f.riccardo wrote: > Hi! > I've found /tasksel/po/ on cvs.debian.org (today it seems oddly > slow) with a lot of .po, but no .pot at all! where is it? It's called C.po Marcin -- Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://marcin.owsiany.pl/ Gnu

Processed: your mail

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

Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:blade time: Sat Jan 12 15:16:42 PST 2002 Log Message: More workarounds to use vfat instead of msdos where possible. Files: changed:bootconfig.c partition_config.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

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tasksel.pot?!

Hi! I've found /tasksel/po/ on cvs.debian.org (today it seems oddly slow) with a lot of .po, but no .pot at all! where is it? -- best regards f.riccardo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#128941: Difficulties with monochrome display

Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.18-2001-12-21, downloaded from the Debian archive Severity: normal With a monochrome monitor the current implementation of the progress bar is useless since it keeps shown as it was shown on the beginning of the process. That is, it keep shows that the process

Re: user name

On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 06:27:28AM +1100, Jeff wrote: > My system is Debian 2.1 slink, and on installation I was asked for, and > gave, a password. Now, when I reboot and give back the password, I am denied > entry. Anybody got an answer for me ? Replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > thanks > > > > Evide

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po by cwryu

Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po who:cwryu time: Sat Jan 12 12:46:02 PST 2002 Log Message: updated translation Files: changed:ko.po -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: URGENT! Install Base System via network: settings wrong

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 05:50:49PM +, Philip Blundell wrote: > > I then tried a brand new installation, including formatting the partition. > >In this case, the whole installation, until the base system installation, went > >smooth. Not a single error and no hack needed. At the base system

mklibs.py cross patch

i patch mklibs.py to make it work in a crosscompile environment. please review the patch and include it if you want. bastian -- Conquest is easy. Control is not. -- Kirk, "Mirror, Mirror", stardate unknown --- mklibs.py.orig Sat Jan 12 20:21:46 2002 +++ mklibs.py Sat Ja

Re: Disabling vga16 in the boot config

On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 07:20:15PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Look, vga16 fb driver is built-in into the kernels of our i18n > flavors and loads automaticaly. The user is not able to use another > framebuffer driver from module, not without specifying the > video=vga16:off parameter to prevent t

Re: Disabling vga16 in the boot config

#include Philip Blundell wrote on Sat Jan 12, 2002 um 05:32:40PM: > > Since base-config currently does not make any use of the language > > (correct me if I am wrong), is there anything speaking against it? > > Sorry, I don't really understand what you're saying. > > Can you be more concrete ab

Re: Broken link found in installation guide for woody

On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 02:50:42PM +0100, Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > Il Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 03:08:20PM +0100, Ruud Schellekens ha scritto: > [...] > > there is a link to debian vendors right under the header 11.2.1. > > This link points to http://www.debian.org/distrib/vendors but it doesn't > > see

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by toff

Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:toff time: Sat Jan 12 10:09:29 PST 2002 Log Message: fix CD vendor url Files: changed:urls.ent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: user name

On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 12:20:51AM +1100, Jeff wrote: > My system is Debian 2.1 slink, and on installation I was asked for, and gave, a >password. Now, when I reboot and give back the password, I am denied entry. Anybody >got an answer for me ? Replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks Evidently

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po by porridge

Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po who:porridge time: Sat Jan 12 09:54:40 PST 2002 Log Message: translated 65% of untranslated items Files: changed:pl.po -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR

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

Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en who:toff time: Sat Jan 12 09:53:36 PST 2002 Log Message: change example of proprietary ThinkPad -> Nvidia Files: changed:hardware.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: The current implementation of the progress bar is useless withmonochrome monitors.

On Sat, 2002-01-12 at 17:22, Shaul Karl wrote: > The progress bars I am referring to are the ones that appear when one > is installing the operating system and drivers, and the ones that > appear when one is using the network to install the base system. Does it help if you boot with the "mono"

Re: Disabling vga16 in the boot config

On Sat, 2002-01-12 at 15:56, Eduard Bloch wrote: > IMHO we should disable the vga16 framebuffer in the default > configuration if the user choosed a latin1 language. Reason: you cannot > unload this driver at runtime, so you cannot load another one, for > example an accelerated driver for Matrox.

Re: The current implementation of the progress bar is useless with monochrome monitors.

> Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum veritate scripsit: > > > With a monochrome monitor the current implementation of the progress > > bar is useless since it keeps shown as it was shown on the beginning of > > the process. > > That is, it keep shows that the process has not been started (or, i

Re: The current implementation of the progress bar is useless with monochrome monitors.

Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum veritate scripsit: > With a monochrome monitor the current implementation of the progress > bar is useless since it keeps shown as it was shown on the beginning of > the process. > That is, it keep shows that the process has not been started (or, if > you lik

Disabling vga16 in the boot config

Hello, IMHO we should disable the vga16 framebuffer in the default configuration if the user choosed a latin1 language. Reason: you cannot unload this driver at runtime, so you cannot load another one, for example an accelerated driver for Matrox. Since base-config currently does not make any use

The current implementation of the progress bar is useless with monochrome monitors.

With a monochrome monitor the current implementation of the progress bar is useless since it keeps shown as it was shown on the beginning of the process. That is, it keep shows that the process has not been started (or, if you like, has ended). Was I expected to give some parameter like monoch

[d-i]: debootstrap udeb?

Have you or anybody else looked into making an udeb of debootstrap for installing the base system using debian-installer? -- Tollef Fog Heen Unix _IS_ user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Broken link found in installation guide for woody

Il Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 03:08:20PM +0100, Ruud Schellekens ha scritto: [...] > there is a link to debian vendors right under the header 11.2.1. > This link points to http://www.debian.org/distrib/vendors but it doesn't > seems to exist (yet?) > > You may want to fix this. Yes. I believe that it

Broken link found in installation guide for woody

L.S. I've been reading the new Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 For Intel x86 guide and found, what I believe to be, a broken link. On the page: http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/i386/ch-appendix.en.html#s-obtain there is a link to debian vendors right under the header 11.2.1. This link poi

Re: [alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/doc/ch-hardware-req.en.html]

On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 06:24:18PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > IBM released mwave GPL drivers and info a long time back now, and its in > > the base kernel. Pick a newer evil example - say Nvidia ? > > Sounds like a reasonable idea. Can you supply a nice-sounding > sentence? Let's go ask IBM

user name

My system is Debian 2.1 slink, and on installation I was asked for, and gave, a password. Now, when I reboot and give back the password, I am denied entry. Anybody got an answer for me ? Replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks

Re: problem in documentation building

Il Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 12:18:39PM -0700, Chris Tillman ha scritto: [...] > > so the question is: may I put everything in CVS even if it doesn't compile? If it >will be in CVS than > > someone could explain what is the error. > > No, it should be buildable before you check it in. > > Could you