Re: Should /boot be ext2, instead of ext4?

2021-08-07 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Hideki! > On Aug 7, 2021, at 4:12 PM, Hideki Yamane wrote: > > I've found that d-i creates /boot as ext2 for guided partioning > with LVM. I think ext4 is better but is there any reason to do so? > (e.g. some architecture or bootloader cannot recognize ext4 for it) It’s normally a bootloader

Should /boot be ext2, instead of ext4?

2021-08-07 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, I've found that d-i creates /boot as ext2 for guided partioning with LVM. I think ext4 is better but is there any reason to do so? (e.g. some architecture or bootloader cannot recognize ext4 for it) If not, I'll prepare a MR for it. (Of course, it will be treated after bullseye release).

Bug#991951: debian-installer: Text installer sporadically hangs when using 512 - 1024 MB of memory.

2021-08-07 Thread Witold Baryluk
Package: debian-installer Followup-For: Bug #991951 Hi Samuel. > Witold Baryluk, le ven. 06 août 2021 16:29:50 +0200, a ecrit: >> https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye//amd64/ch03s04.en.html says this >> should be supported. > Yes, that should be working, and does work in my tests. Thanks fo

Re: Bug#991969: D-I: news for Bullseye: help with firmware installation

2021-08-07 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Am 7. August 2021 09:01:56 MESZ schrieb "McIntyre, Vincent (S&A, Marsfield)" : >On Sat, Aug 07, 2021 at 07:40:52AM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: >>+ >>+ More and more, peripheral devices require firmware to be loaded as >>+ part of the hardware initialization. To help deal with this problem, >>

Re: Bug#991969: D-I: news for Bullseye: help with firmware installation

2021-08-07 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Justin B Rye (2021-08-07): > (I'm surprised that we can't link to ch06s04.html without the .en and > have it automatically handle translations. Anyone know a way of doing > that?) I'm quite confident this works: https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/ch06s04#completing-installed-syste

Re: Bug#991969: D-I: news for Bullseye: help with firmware installation

2021-08-07 Thread Justin B Rye
Paul Gevers wrote: > Before pushing, I hope to see comments from Justin. > > Paul > +Help with installation of firmware > + > + More and more, peripheral devices require firmware to be loaded as > + part of the hardware initialization. To help deal with this problem, > + the installer has been

Re: Bug#991969: D-I: news for Bullseye: help with firmware installation

2021-08-07 Thread McIntyre, Vincent (S&A, Marsfield)
On Sat, Aug 07, 2021 at 07:40:52AM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: >Hi, > >On 06-08-2021 21:52, Holger Wansing wrote: >> I would like to add a paragraph to the release-notes, describing a bit the >> new "install-firmware" mechanism via modalias, with a link to the new doc >> in the installation-guide, fo