cdebconf plans

2002-07-02 Thread Randolph Chung
I've been getting some inquiries about what the plans are for cdebconf moving forward. I thought I'd write down a few things I have in mind, with the hope that other people can help contribute :-) The goal here is that we can continue to use cdebconf as a small(er) (size-wise) implementation of t

Re: Cross-install howto

2002-07-02 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 05:15:13PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > Chris Tillman wrote on Mon Jul 01, 2002 um 11:46:37PM: > > >Mount any additional filesystems. > > # If this mount point is referenced in your /etc/fstab: > > $ mount /path # e.g.: mount /usr > > Or use "

Re: cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/pt by gleydson

2002-07-02 Thread Gleydson Mazioli da Silva
Yes, these changes were needed to be made eye-by-eye, that's a tiresome work, but it would be done some day :) Also, these changes need to be done in urgency fashion to the aproximate Woody release retaking my main work as document translator and to fix some critical bugs that broken the comp

Sucessfull Woody Installation Report

2002-07-02 Thread Andre Luis Lopes
Hi, I´m sending this messages just to let you know that I have just upgraded a running Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r6 system to Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Woody without any problem. The dist-upgrade was perfect. The machine was an ancient Pentium 166 being used as proxy server (using Squid), mail server (both

Re: cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/pt by gleydson

2002-07-02 Thread Andre Luis Lopes
On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 07:22:03PM -0700, Debian Boot CVS Master wrote: > Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/pt > who:gleydson > time: Sun Jun 30 19:22:02 PDT 2002 > Log Message: > - Added some lacking text after a line-by-line revision (by eye) > - added the doc-check featu

Re: Configuring APT

2002-07-02 Thread Andre Luis Lopes
On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 02:41:01PM -0700, santmyer wrote: [snip] > Now I want to download some packages from the > internet. When I run apt-get I get the error message > "Failed to fetch > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages > could not resolve http.us.debian

NEWS RELEASE

2002-07-02 Thread
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Configuring APT

2002-07-02 Thread santmyer
Hi,   I installed a minimal Debian linux and booted it. It seems to boot OK and I can use what has been installed.  I think I set up PPP correctly.  When I use the pon command, I hear the usual dialup via my modem.   Now I want to download some packages from the internet.  When I run apt-ge

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

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po who:dancer time: Tue Jul 2 09:38:07 PDT 2002 Log Message: add error checking in makefile, not yet complete Files: changed:Makefile -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by dancer

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:dancer time: Tue Jul 2 09:38:06 PDT 2002 Log Message: add error checking in makefile, not yet complete Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [patch] utilities/dbootstrap/po/Makefile gawk bug

2002-07-02 Thread Junichi Uekawa
In Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:24:19 +0200 (CEST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] cum veritate scripsit : One line of advise: Please use diff -u. It's much easier to read. > With the attached patch below, I would have spent only 2 seconds. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Junichi Uekawa http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer

Re: PDC20268 support in boot disks

2002-07-02 Thread Ben Marsh
On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 01:04 AM, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > Ben Marsh wrote on Tue Jul 02, 2002 um 09:24:08PM: >> I have been downloading iso images with the hope of doing a net install >> of debian unstable (hopefully) bypassing stable and testing to save on >> downloaded megabyte

Re: Cross-install howto

2002-07-02 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Chris Tillman wrote on Mon Jul 01, 2002 um 11:46:37PM: >Mount any additional filesystems. > # If this mount point is referenced in your /etc/fstab: > $ mount /path # e.g.: mount /usr Or use "mount -a" to mount all filesystems already specified in /etc/fstab. > # K

Re: PDC20268 support in boot disks

2002-07-02 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Ben Marsh wrote on Tue Jul 02, 2002 um 09:24:08PM: > I have been downloading iso images with the hope of doing a net install > of debian unstable (hopefully) bypassing stable and testing to save on > downloaded megabytes. However all the isos seem to use the same boot > kernels and n

Re: PDC20268 support in boot disks

2002-07-02 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 09:24:08PM +1000, Ben Marsh wrote: > I have been downloading iso images with the hope of doing a net install > of debian unstable (hopefully) bypassing stable and testing to save on > downloaded megabytes. However all the isos seem to use the same boot > kernels and non

PDC20268 support in boot disks

2002-07-02 Thread Ben Marsh
I have been downloading iso images with the hope of doing a net install of debian unstable (hopefully) bypassing stable and testing to save on downloaded megabytes. However all the isos seem to use the same boot kernels and none of them seem to have the driver for the Promise 100Tx PCI IDE co