Re: Loop during install

2002-05-10 Thread Chris Tillman
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 06:58:48PM -0700, Jean-Michel Besnard wrote: > > > > Quoting Chris Tillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 02:29:00PM -0700, Jean-Michel Besnard wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > > > I am installing woody on a mac. > > > I boot with a netinst CD I generated

Re: Best way to use base-config_1.33.18?

2002-05-10 Thread Adam Warner
Jim, The easiest way to deal with the base-config problem is to put base-config 1.33.18 on a floppy disk and when it comes time to reboot after the initial install: 1. Type "linux single" at the lilo prompt. 2. mount /floppy 3. dpkg -i /floppy/base-config_1.33.18_all.deb 4. umount /floppy 5. exi

Re: Loop during install

2002-05-10 Thread Jean-Michel Besnard
Quoting Chris Tillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 02:29:00PM -0700, Jean-Michel Besnard wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I am installing woody on a mac. > > I boot with a netinst CD I generated and burned. Then I install with > http. > > > > It asks me the question for the time zon

Re: Loop during install

2002-05-10 Thread Chris Tillman
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 02:29:00PM -0700, Jean-Michel Besnard wrote: > Hey, > > I am installing woody on a mac. > I boot with a netinst CD I generated and burned. Then I install with http. > > It asks me the question for the time zone configuration, then for the password setup >and again for th

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

2002-05-10 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/da who:claush time: Fri May 10 15:47:15 PDT 2002 Log Message: Danish update Files: changed:appendix.sgml boot-new.sgml inst-methods.sgml partitioning.sgml post-install.sgml preparing.sgml rescue-boot.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSC

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by claush

2002-05-10 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:claush time: Fri May 10 15:47:14 PDT 2002 Log Message: Danish update Files: changed:release-notes.da.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2002-05-10 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en who:claush time: Fri May 10 15:42:16 PDT 2002 Log Message: Forgotten boot: converted to tag Files: changed:rescue-boot.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

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

2002-05-10 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en who:claush time: Fri May 10 15:41:26 PDT 2002 Log Message: Misspelled Files: changed:inst-methods.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Loop during install

2002-05-10 Thread Jean-Michel Besnard
Hey, I am installing woody on a mac. I boot with a netinst CD I generated and burned. Then I install with http. It asks me the question for the time zone configuration, then for the password setup and again for the time configuration setting and so on in loop. Any clue ? JM ---

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

2002-05-10 Thread Chris Tillman
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 11:52:28AM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: > On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 06:45:27PM -0700, Debian Boot CVS Master wrote: > > Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en > > who:toff > > time: Thu May 9 18:45:26 PDT 2002 > > Log Message: > > follow the french lead >

Re: Best way to use base-config_1.33.18?

2002-05-10 Thread Chris Tillman
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 10:11:16AM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 09:26:09AM +0100, J M Cerqueira Esteves wrote: > > * John H. Robinson, IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-05-09 22:47 +]: > > > On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 07:34:30PM -0300, Jim Skea wrote: > > > > > > > >

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/fr by barbier

2002-05-10 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/fr who:barbier time: Fri May 10 12:18:32 PDT 2002 Log Message: Version bump Files: changed:inst-methods.sgml partitioning.sgml preparing.sgml rescue-boot.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: Best way to use base-config_1.33.18?

2002-05-10 Thread Jim Skea
Thanks for all the advice. I'll try J Esteves' idea. I had thought of Chris Tillman's suggestion to add a new source using apt, but since I'm working off a local mirror (16 installs to do) 1) I don't really want to rsync unstable as well 2) I had thought that since apt kicks in only

Apparent BUG in Lilo wrt. initrd

2002-05-10 Thread elf
I'm tracking two bugs in the database about how lilo isn't sizing memory properly when it loads ramdisks. This appears to affect a certain class of machine. I don't have a machine with < 64 MB of memory, so I cannot test it directly. I can tell that the latest LILO includes a new codepath that

Re: Best way to use base-config_1.33.18?

2002-05-10 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 09:26:09AM +0100, J M Cerqueira Esteves wrote: > * John H. Robinson, IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-05-09 22:47 +]: > > On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 07:34:30PM -0300, Jim Skea wrote: > > > > > > I'm posting this to debian-boot since it seems where most of the > > > discus

Bug#145904: install-doc: Document isolinux multiboot failure with SCSI cdrom (i386 only)

2002-05-10 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Fri, May 10, 2002 at 05:17:28PM +0100, Rob Bradford écrivait: > > The Release notes may need to be updated at the same time. > > > > Uhm, i didnt realise we releasing official cd images with isolinux. > Which section of the release notes is relevent? Well, i just checked, you don't speak of

Bug#145904: install-doc: Document isolinux multiboot failure with SCSI cdrom (i386 only)

2002-05-10 Thread Rob Bradford
On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 17:43, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Package: install-doc > Version: N/A; reported 2002-05-05 > Severity: normal > > The section describing the various install CDs and what they boot needs > to be updated (for i386). > > We realized that the isolinux multiboot method seems to fa

[Patch] debian-installer: add a function in libd-i

2002-05-10 Thread thomas poindessous
Hi, I added a function in libd-i. This function is used in netcfg. Could someone commit this change please ? And is there any plan to release libd-i, because ddetect and netcfg use utils.c which is libd-i. Thanks -- Thomas Poindessous [EMAIL PROTECTED] Index: Makefile =

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/debian by tfheen

2002-05-10 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/debian who:tfheen time: Fri May 10 05:08:26 PDT 2002 Log Message: remove debhelper example files Files: removed:manpage.1.ex manpage.sgml.ex postinst.ex postrm.ex preinst.ex prerm.ex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Best way to use base-config_1.33.18?

2002-05-10 Thread J M Cerqueira Esteves
* John H. Robinson, IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-05-09 22:47 +]: > On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 07:34:30PM -0300, Jim Skea wrote: > > > > I'm posting this to debian-boot since it seems where most of the > > discussion on the base-config problem is gong on. > > my question, for those with base

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/ja by kubota

2002-05-10 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/ja who:kubota time: Fri May 10 04:13:40 PDT 2002 Log Message: added closing tag. Files: changed:tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by kubota

2002-05-10 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:kubota time: Fri May 10 04:02:37 PDT 2002 Log Message: orthography of Japanese word "okonau". Files: changed:install.ja.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by kubota

2002-05-10 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:kubota time: Fri May 10 03:59:54 PDT 2002 Log Message: update translation. Files: changed:release-notes.ja.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/ja by kubota

2002-05-10 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/ja who:kubota time: Fri May 10 03:56:35 PDT 2002 Log Message: update translation. Files: changed:post-install.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/ja by kubota

2002-05-10 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/ja who:kubota time: Fri May 10 03:55:02 PDT 2002 Log Message: update translation. Files: changed:partitioning.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/ja by kubota

2002-05-10 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
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cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/ja by kubota

2002-05-10 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/ja who:kubota time: Fri May 10 03:49:12 PDT 2002 Log Message: update translation by Nobuhiro IMAI. Files: changed:tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Bug#146479: `defaults' keyword in /etc/fstab is often useless

2002-05-10 Thread Santiago Vila
Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.22 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch I wish the /etc/fstab file to fit in 80 columns if possible, so that it is more readable in console. It usually does not because the installation program seems to think "defaults" is a required option, but in fact this keyword

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

2002-05-10 Thread Denis Barbier
On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 06:45:27PM -0700, Debian Boot CVS Master wrote: > Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en > who:toff > time: Thu May 9 18:45:26 PDT 2002 > Log Message: > follow the french lead > > Files: > changed:inst-methods.sgml partitioning.sgml preparing.sgml