Bug#434712: No network modules on CD

2007-07-25 Thread Peter Chubb
Package: installation-reports Version: 20070510-09:08 Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/ia64/iso-cd/debian-testing-ia64-netinst.iso Date: 2007.07.26 14:10 EST Machine: HP I2000 Processor: Itanium 1, 733MHz Memory: 4G Partitions: Non

Partman and graphical installer (was: Buts about partman [LONG])

2007-07-25 Thread Jérémy Bobbio
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 01:35:19AM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > 1. Partman and graphical installer > -- As you've spotted, I started background thinking and small experiments (thanks Haskell, GTK+ and Cairo) on what could be a good graphical user interface for Par

Buts about partman [LONG]

2007-07-25 Thread Anton Zinoviev
Contents 1. Partman and graphical installer 2. Second generation partman-lvm, partman-md and partman-crypto 3. Issues with the boot partitions in partman-auto (Yaboot, Palo, etc.) 1. Partman and graphical installer -- I never tried the graphical installe

Bug#434588: installation-reports : problem configuring network

2007-07-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 25 July 2007 22:41, Matthew Lennig wrote: > To complete the install I had to configure apt without the mirror. > This installation does not boot. I get the following message: > kernel /boot/vmliniz-2.6.21-2-amd64 root=/dev/md0 ---^- ??? > Error 15: F

Bug#434588: installation-reports : problem configuring network

2007-07-25 Thread Matthew Lennig
Hoi Frans, Ik probeerde deze keer met http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso To complete the install I had to configure apt without the mirror. This installation does not boot. I get the following message: kernel /boot/

Bug#434588: installation-reports : problem configuring network

2007-07-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 25 July 2007 21:40, Matthew Lennig wrote: > No, I used the Debian testing (Lenny) netinst amd64 image. The name of > the file I downloaded was >debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso > I will download a new daily build image now to see if it fixes the > problem. OK. Then ple

Processed: reassign 415790 to installation-reports

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.6 > reassign 415790 installation-reports Bug#415790: APIC 40(40) and 00(40) Errors on 'Sarge' 3.1r4 AMD64 Base Install Bug reassigned from package `installation-report' to `installation-r

Bug#434588: installation-reports : problem configuring network

2007-07-25 Thread Matthew Lennig
On 7/25/07, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 25 July 2007 02:28, Matthew Lennig wrote: > Image version: Debian Lenny amd64 netinst downloaded on 16-July-2007 Thanks for helping me on this! I assume you used an official image for Etch? No, I used the Debian testing (Lenny) net

Bug#434588: installation-reports : problem configuring network

2007-07-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 25 July 2007 20:12, Frans Pop wrote: > If I google for your NIC, it seems likely that the first option is the > correct one as there are also reports of problems for other > distributions. Could you try a daily built image [1] (will install > Lenny) to see if the network works with tha

Re: D-I status update update

2007-07-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 16 July 2007 22:37, Frans Pop wrote: Breakage in daily builds > As some of you may have noticed, daily builds have been failing all > over the place recently. Most issues are now resolved. The zlib1g problem should as of today also be fixed for arm. There is s

Bug#434588: installation-reports : problem configuring network

2007-07-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 25 July 2007 02:28, Matthew Lennig wrote: > Image version: Debian Lenny amd64 netinst downloaded on 16-July-2007 I assume you used an official image for Etch? > Comments/Problems: > I'm trying to installing the Debian Lenny AMD64 netinst on an Asus > A8V-MX motherboard with an integr

Bug#236673: marked as done (debian-installer: Set the date if it's too far in the past)

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#247484: marked as done (please run ntpdate)

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#247484: marked as done (please run ntpdate)

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#236673: marked as done (debian-installer: Set the date if it's too far in the past)

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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clock-setup_0.90_i386.changes ACCEPTED

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Installer
Accepted: clock-setup_0.90.dsc to pool/main/c/clock-setup/clock-setup_0.90.dsc clock-setup_0.90.tar.gz to pool/main/c/clock-setup/clock-setup_0.90.tar.gz clock-setup_0.90_i386.udeb to pool/main/c/clock-setup/clock-setup_0.90_i386.udeb Override entries for your package: clock-setup_0.90.dsc

user-setup_1.16_i386.changes ACCEPTED

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Installer
Accepted: user-setup-udeb_1.16_all.udeb to pool/main/u/user-setup/user-setup-udeb_1.16_all.udeb user-setup_1.16.dsc to pool/main/u/user-setup/user-setup_1.16.dsc user-setup_1.16.tar.gz to pool/main/u/user-setup/user-setup_1.16.tar.gz user-setup_1.16_all.deb to pool/main/u/user-setup/user-s

tzsetup_0.18_i386.changes ACCEPTED

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Installer
Accepted: tzsetup-udeb_0.18_all.udeb to pool/main/t/tzsetup/tzsetup-udeb_0.18_all.udeb tzsetup_0.18.dsc to pool/main/t/tzsetup/tzsetup_0.18.dsc tzsetup_0.18.tar.gz to pool/main/t/tzsetup/tzsetup_0.18.tar.gz Override entries for your package: tzsetup-udeb_0.18_all.udeb - standard debian-ins

Processing of tzsetup_0.18_i386.changes

2007-07-25 Thread Archive Administrator
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Processing of user-setup_1.16_i386.changes

2007-07-25 Thread Archive Administrator
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Processing of clock-setup_0.90_i386.changes

2007-07-25 Thread Archive Administrator
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Bug#420448: I can't install kernel for amd64

2007-07-25 Thread Frans Pop
reassign 420448 installation-reports thanks > During installation, when it installs my kernel, it can not find it. > I see the var/log and it couldn't find cdrom//pool/…/kernel-….deb. > So, I can't finalise installation. Could you please send us the /var/log/syslog for an installation with the f

Processed: Bug#420448: I can't install kernel for amd64

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 420448 installation-reports Bug#420448: I can't install kernel for amd64 Bug reassigned from package `linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64' to `installation-reports'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian

Bug#434580: Debian AMD64 installed with problems

2007-07-25 Thread Frans Pop
Thank you for your report. On Wednesday 25 July 2007 03:39, Miguel Bernabeu Taboada wrote: > Comments/Problems: > When it installs the kernel, dpkg send same error that netinst > installation: "dpkg: error procesing > /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-12_amd >64.deb

Bug#434594: marked as done (Debian AMD64 installed with problems)

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#433675: marked as done (apt-setup: use_mirror variable doesn't work properly)

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:30:50 +0200 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#433675: apt-setup: use_mirror variable doesn't work properly has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this

Bug#433675: apt-setup: use_mirror variable doesn't work properly

2007-07-25 Thread Alexis Bezverkhyy
Yes you're right, /usr/lib/apt-setup/generators/50mirror exits even with boolean use_mirror. I think mu problem came from some other installation component, to solve it I removed 'choose_mirror' from my installation CD. I'm sorry, I'll try to investigate more, but it's positively not a bug in apt-

Processed: Set pending tags for pending apt-setup changes

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > tag 401432 + pending Bug#401432: debian-installer: security.debian.org should not be mandatory in expert mode There were no tags set. Tags added: pending > tag 379067 + pending Bug#379067: netinst CD should not be added to sources list of target syste

Processed: reassign 425397 to debconf

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.26 > reassign 425397 debconf Bug#425397: tasksel/pkgsel causing Etch netboot install to hang indefinitely Bug reassigned from package `installation-reports' to `debconf'. > End of message

Bug#425397: tasksel/pkgsel causing Etch netboot install to hang indefinitely

2007-07-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 10:40:35AM +0100, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > I've hit this exact issue (nice workaround with the "echo" trick) and > been doing some more debug. With _loads_ of debug the bug > dissappeared :-( But I have now managed to see where the race is. > > When the hang occurs, the

Bug#425397: marked as done (tasksel/pkgsel causing Etch netboot install to hang indefinitely)

2007-07-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Re: libd-i updates

2007-07-25 Thread Bastian Blank
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 03:21:37PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 10:42:23PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > - Drop hash table. B-Trees are not really worser to use. > Please switch over existing code using hash tables if you do this. (For > instance, main-menu uses di_hash_ta

Re: libd-i updates

2007-07-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 10:42:23PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > As I have a bit more free time now, I'm going back to do the following > changes on libd-i: > > - Split libd-i-packages. > - Drop hash table. B-Trees are not really worser to use. Please switch over existing code using hash tables i

Re: D-I status update

2007-07-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 10:37:20PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > Architectures that are still at older kernel versions: > - powerpc (2.6.18): could be switched; I've pinged Colin for this several > times, but apparently he's not yet found time; it would be great if > someone else would take more re

Re: r48657 - in trunk/packages/os-prober: debian os-probes/init/common

2007-07-25 Thread Otavio Salvador
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Colin Watson wrote: >> - Tighten check for whether we're running in d-i; anna-install isn't >> quite enough because if you're running d-i code outside d-i it's >> sometimes reasonable to install a shim for anna-install. > >> -if type anna-insta

Re: r48649 - in trunk/packages/apt-setup: . debian generators

2007-07-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 25 July 2007 09:56, Joey Hess wrote: > Frans Pop wrote: > > - full CD: default to false, ask at high priority > > - DVD: default to false, ask only at medium priority > > Both of these feel wrong, the DVD especially. OK. It is now: - full CD: default to _true_, ask at high priorit

Re: r48646 - in trunk/packages/apt-setup: debian generators

2007-07-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 25 July 2007 10:03, Joey Hess wrote: > Frans Pop wrote: > > +Template: apt-setup/updates-select > > +Type: select > > +Default: security > > +Choices-C: security, volatile, both, none > > +__Choices: Only use updates from security.debian.org, Only use > > updates from volatile.debian.o

Re: r48668 - in trunk/packages/apt-setup: . debian generators

2007-07-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 25 July 2007 09:41, Joey Hess wrote: > Frans Pop wrote: > > + # Text is optional for Debian > > + db_get apt-mirror/netinst/general > > + db_subst apt-setup/use_mirror NETINST_BLURB "$RET" > > I don't see how this works. db_get will get the answer to the question, > but these are

Re: d-i nfsroot

2007-07-25 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 10:16:49AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 09:56:34AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > Interesting idea. I think the NBD support in d-i that I'm somewhat > > working on could be related to this (to use it for swap, or whatever). > > I think we should

Re: d-i nfsroot

2007-07-25 Thread Bastian Blank
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 09:56:34AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Interesting idea. I think the NBD support in d-i that I'm somewhat > working on could be related to this (to use it for swap, or whatever). I think we should use iSCSI, which is supported by the kernel and a standard. The linux SCS

Re: d-i nfsroot

2007-07-25 Thread Joey Hess
Wouter Verhelst wrote: > If you're going to create a default link (which is valid for every > client that uses the same /boot), then I don't think it's a good idea to > set up a file tuned to the client's MAC address; you may want to use the > same installation for many clients. OTOH, you may just

Re: r48646 - in trunk/packages/apt-setup: debian generators

2007-07-25 Thread Joey Hess
Frans Pop wrote: > * Add support for updates from volatile.debian.org. > * Allow the user to select whether to add security and/or volatile updates. > The question is only asked at medium or low priority. > +Template: apt-setup/updates-select > +Type: select > +Default: security > +Choices-C: se

Re: r48657 - in trunk/packages/os-prober: debian os-probes/init/common

2007-07-25 Thread Joey Hess
Colin Watson wrote: > - Tighten check for whether we're running in d-i; anna-install isn't > quite enough because if you're running d-i code outside d-i it's > sometimes reasonable to install a shim for anna-install. > - if type anna-install >/dev/null 2>&1; then > + if type anna

Re: d-i nfsroot

2007-07-25 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 03:37:49AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > I thought some today about how to make d-i support installing nfsroot > systems, as I set one up manually. > > While there are plenty of other tools (LTSP, lessdisks, etc) I think > there's still a use case here for d-i. Sometimes you wa

Re: r48649 - in trunk/packages/apt-setup: . debian generators

2007-07-25 Thread Joey Hess
Frans Pop wrote: > - full CD: default to false, ask at high priority > - DVD: default to false, ask only at medium priority Both of these feel wrong, the DVD especially. Our CDs miss a lot of tasks and a lot of lesser packages within tasks. It's almost always appropriate to use a mirror when

Re: r48668 - in trunk/packages/apt-setup: . debian generators

2007-07-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 25 July 2007 09:41, Joey Hess wrote: > Frans Pop wrote: > > + # Text is optional for Debian > > + db_get apt-mirror/netinst/general > > + db_subst apt-setup/use_mirror NETINST_BLURB "$RET" > > I don't see how this works. db_get will get the answer to the question, > but these are

Re: r48668 - in trunk/packages/apt-setup: . debian generators

2007-07-25 Thread Joey Hess
Frans Pop wrote: > + # Text is optional for Debian > + db_get apt-mirror/netinst/general > + db_subst apt-setup/use_mirror NETINST_BLURB "$RET" I don't see how this works. db_get will get the answer to the question, but these are text templates. Did you mean to metaget the description

d-i nfsroot

2007-07-25 Thread Joey Hess
I thought some today about how to make d-i support installing nfsroot systems, as I set one up manually. While there are plenty of other tools (LTSP, lessdisks, etc) I think there's still a use case here for d-i. Sometimes you want to customise an NFS root setup for one system, or don't want to le