Bug#921603: installation-reports: Buster installer fails to detect CD when installing from flash drive (USB)

2019-02-06 Thread Carl Fink
Package: installation-reports Severity: important Tags: d-i -- Package-specific info: Boot method: USB flash drive Image version: Buster Alpha3 AMD64 (downloaded 7 February 2019), also unetbootin image downloaded 8 Feb Date: Machine: Intel NUC8i5BEK Partitions: root@debian-NUCi5:~# fdisk -

Bug#913523: working workaround

2018-11-16 Thread Carl Karsten
.c32; \ mcopy -i$(TEMP_BOOT) /usr/lib/syslinux/modules/bios/libutil.c32 ::libutil.c32 ; \ -- Carl K

Bug#913523: workaround/fix: add more uefi syslinux files

2018-11-11 Thread Carl Karsten
This works for the one box I am testing on (the same OP's turbot). There may be more files than needed, we were guessing and stopped when it booted. This suggests the existing boot.img can be fixed without breaking backwards compatibility. Get the syslinux package dd boot.img /dev/sdX, mount /d

Bug#913523: workaround: replace syslinux with grub

2018-11-11 Thread Carl Karsten
this isn't a fix, but a workaround that is fairly easy: dd boot.img /dev/sdX, mount it, cd it. mkdir -p efi/boot grub-mkimage -o bootx64.efi -p /efi/boot -O x86_64-efi \ fat iso9660 part_gpt part_msdos \ normal boot linux configfile loopback chain \ efifwsetup efi_gop efi_uga \ ls search search_

Bug#913523: boot.img has no partition table

2018-11-11 Thread Carl Karsten
hd-media/boot.img does not contain a partition table, it is just an fs: $ file boot.img boot.img: DOS/MBR boot sector, code offset 0x58+2, OEM-ID "SYSLINUX", sectors/cluster 8, Media descriptor 0xf8, sectors/track 63, heads 255, sectors 1953120 (volumes > 32 MB) , FAT (32 bit), sectors/FAT 1904, s

Bug#907768: debian-installer: gfx and txt installer fail on new System76 oryx pro 17in 1080P disp w nvidia GTX1070

2018-09-09 Thread Carl Myers
boot menu, and exhibits the exact same behavior as the installer does, so I cannot boot into a live debian system from the USB images either. I'm trying to create an ubuntu live thumb drive now so I can run debootstrap from there... Thanks! -Carl -- Carl Myers PGP Key ID 3537595B PG

Bug#907768: debian-installer: gfx and txt installer fail on new System76 oryx pro 17in 1080P disp w nvidia GTX1070

2018-09-01 Thread Carl Myers
is not relevant. I am happy to try things if you have any suggestions for a workaround, at this point I have to imagine the possibilities are a (very very weird) hardware problem, or a hardware incompatibility. Thanks! -Carl Myers -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.4 APT prefers

Bug#897145: installation report

2018-04-28 Thread Carl Fink
rror 17" Cannot boot from this drive. I will try writing the image to a different USB drive to see if the problem might be the partition table of the installer drive, which is what Error 17 would seem to point to. -- Carl Fink c...@finknetwork.com Thinking and logic and stuff at

Bug#785149: grub installer failing on nvme0n1

2017-04-19 Thread Carl Karsten
Looks like the same problem. I am running a preseeded instal of stretch. If someone can provide a preseed file for me to test with I can give it a go, or try to collect my setup and post. -- Carl K

Bug#833706: Additional instance

2016-08-08 Thread Carl Fink
Another report: same error and same behavior on a Lenovo Yoga 11S. Using the 64-bit netinst image. Going to try the more complete media image now. -- Carl Fink c...@finknetwork.com

Bug#806164: installation-reports: jessie install on dell xps 13 9350 (grub-installer issues)

2015-12-05 Thread Carl Myers
- hopefully these details will help you figure out the remaining problems (possibly with the package that provides grub-install, if it is differnet from grub-installer? otherwise some other code path in there...) Thanks! -Carl -- Carl Myers PGP Key ID 3537595B PGP Key fingerprint 9365 0FAF

Bug#806164: installation-reports: jessie install on dell xps 13 9350 (grub-installer issues)

2015-12-05 Thread Carl Myers
nd fails to boot the rest of the way. Either something is messed up in my boot loader that a fresh install did not fix, or the fix in the grub-installer package alone is not enough (although it definitely is working better since it doesn't get errors during install anymore). -Carl [1] htt

Bug#806164: installation-reports: jessie install on dell xps 13 9350 (grub-installer issues)

2015-12-03 Thread Carl Myers
That would be great - I have a colo server at cmyers.org you could upload to, I'll email you credentials directly. If it's too much trouble, I can wait until monday, but I'm glad to be the guinea pig and try this out if you don't mind. -Carl On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 12:

Bug#806164: installation-reports: jessie install on dell xps 13 9350 (grub-installer issues)

2015-12-02 Thread Carl Myers
install CD with the updated packages now. -Carl -- Carl Myers PGP Key ID 3537595B PGP Key fingerprint 9365 0FAF 721B 992A 0A20 1E0D C795 2955 3537 595B signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#806849: Bug#806164: installation-reports: jessie install on dell xps 13 9350 (grub-installer issues)

2015-12-02 Thread Carl Myers
gt; > for debian-installer-utils might be a good idea. I've added that to my > jessie pu todo list. > > Carl: This should be fixed with the next d-i alpha/beta. This is great - thanks for this - I'll try these changes out tonight and let you know! -Carl > > Mraw, >

Bug#806849: debian-installer: d-i fails to install grub2 correctly for efi system using encrypted LVM

2015-12-02 Thread Carl Myers
On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 02:15:16PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 09:30:05AM -0800, Carl Myers wrote: > > I know this is a bug tracker, not a support forum, but given this is a > > known bug, if it isn't going to be fixed soon, could someone point m

Bug#806849: debian-installer: d-i fails to install grub2 correctly for efi system using encrypted LVM

2015-12-02 Thread Carl Myers
On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 04:44:46PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > This is a known bug. > > Ben. > > -- > Ben Hutchings > Humans are not rational beings; they are rationalising beings. I know this is a bug tracker, not a support forum, but given this is a known bug, if it isn't going to be fixed

Bug#806849: debian-installer: d-i fails to install grub2 correctly for efi system using encrypted LVM

2015-12-02 Thread Carl Myers
Steve, Thanks for following up so quickly! Yes, the installer said UEFI on the splash screen, and the /sys/firmware/efi directory existed. I was most successful booting from a USB CD drive, which I selected from the EFI bios to start the boot. Thanks! -Carl On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 01:55:37PM

Bug#806849: debian-installer: d-i fails to install grub2 correctly for efi system using encrypted LVM

2015-12-01 Thread Carl Myers
Package: debian-installer Version: stretch alpha 4 Severity: important Tags: d-i Dear Maintainer, I have a new System76 Oryx Pro laptop using efi boot. Ubuntu installs successfully but I can't get debian to install using encrypted LVM. The laptop has an nvme device which requires efi boot so I

Bug#646130: parted: New upstream version

2012-03-02 Thread Carl Fürstenberg
Package: parted Version: 2.3-8 Followup-For: Bug #646130 parted 3.1 has been released today, and I would be really grateful if this stalemate could be resolved. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experim

Bug#549130: Creation of sid chroot fails at installing libc6;

2009-10-01 Thread Carl Chenet
tags 549130 confirmed thanks Hi, I only succeeded in build an etch chroot. Exactly the same error as above. Bye, -- Carl Chenet -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#492525: debian-installer: wrong device number for root partition

2008-07-26 Thread Carl Witty
Package: debian-installer Severity: important I installed Debian testing using debian-LennyBeta2-amd64-netinst.iso using lvm2 over raid1. On the first reboot after the install, the initrd failed to mount the root partition and dumped me into a shell. I eventually figured out that the kernel c

Bug#445865: debian-installer: Does not include any gnupg checking on CDROMs or DVDs

2007-10-08 Thread Carl Johnson
Package: debian-installer Version: 20070308 Severity: wishlist Please add Release.gpg files to the official releases on CDROMs and DVDs, and anything else needed for aptitude to verify the authenticity of the disks. I just went through a lot of trouble trying to get aptitude to quit warning me th

Bug#392897: ntfsresize error is ignored, confusing the user

2006-10-13 Thread Carl Fink
Package: debian-installer Version: Etch Beta 3 Severity: important Installing Debian Etch on my HP Pavilion DV6119US laptop, I naturally had to resize the NTFS partition to make room. Using the non-graphical installer, I chose to manually edit the partition table, to resize the main NTFS partitio

Bug#392895: After install and reboot, freeze during boot into Linux on HP Pavilion DV6119US

2006-10-13 Thread Carl Fink
Package: debian-installer Severity: important After resolving a problem with ntfsresize (reported under separate cover), I was able to install Debian Etch on my Pavilion. After removing the install CD and rebooting, GRUB appears, I select Debian Etch, and Linux starts to boot. The line "Checking

Bug#287627:

2004-12-29 Thread Carl Andrews
debian) and now actuall DEBIAN! The last time I tried to install debian, over a year ago, I had dificulty with the installer, this one is GREAT - also I have learned a little about linux since last year .... Thanks! Carl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Bug#279233: installation-reports

2004-11-01 Thread Carl Stephenson
24x768. Came up as 800x600, and I had to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config manually. Also, I have an nVidia card... The install was slick and easy. My suggestion is to break the "Desktop Computer" selection down into Gnome or KDE desktops. -- Carl Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Stry

Bug#277951: Bug report for installation-reports

2004-10-23 Thread Carl T. Miller
Joey Hess said: > Carl T. Miller wrote: >> On my first several attempts, I partitioned two hard drives and >> consistently got this error. The base install failed saying that >> it could not umount several filesystems, including /dev/shm and >> something for usb

Bug#277951: Bug report for installation-reports

2004-10-23 Thread Carl T. Miller
Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: installer RC2 for x86 (not a daily build) uname -a: Linux twiki 2.6.8-1-386 #1 Thu Oct 7 02:21:16 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: Sat Oct 23 12:50:26 EDT 2004 Method: installed from cdrom, then network, without proxy deb http

Bug#269526: Broken links, yaboot{,.conf} missing from Sarge installer

2004-09-01 Thread Carl Henrik Holth Lunde
Package: debian-installer Hi, I'm reading the Installation Guide (for PPC), and section 4.2.1.1 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-powerpc/rc1/doc/manual/en/ch04s02.html (and 4.4.2) refers to yaboot and yaboot.conf The files are not listed in http://http.us.debian.org/d

Bug#267263: Bug report

2004-08-21 Thread Carl T. Miller
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: RC1 uname -a: Not available Date: Aug 14 Method: Burned CD from Sarge Debian Installer RC1 image Machine: HP Pavilion N5430 Processor: AMD Duron 850 Memory: 256KB Root Device: hda Root Size/partition table: Not available Output of lspci and

Re: LILO versus GRUB

2004-08-11 Thread Carl Fink
To answer the original question: you can use the new installer and still keep LILO. I did. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http://www.jabootu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Bug#264510: Installation Report

2004-08-09 Thread Carl Hansen
ments/Problems: upon reboot, starts rebooting, goes pretty far, then: insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.26-1-generic/kernel/driver/usb/host/usb-ohci.o: init_module: No such device insmod usb-ohci failed usb-ohci can't be loaded. (machine hangs. fyi. nothing plugged into usb.) -- Carl Hansen [EMAIL

Installation report, Averatec 3120V

2004-07-18 Thread Carl Fink
t detect my WiFi card (SMC 2635W), although I understand it's supported by kernel 2.6. I'll look for installation instructions tomorrow or so. I completed the install using the built-in ethernet port and an actual patch cable. If any of the developers would like further information, please ask

Bug#247119: Debian Installation Report

2004-05-03 Thread Carl-Martin Pershed
install. The rest of the install went smoothly without any flaws at all. Good work everyone! -- // Carl-Martin Pershed | [EMAIL PROTECTED] // GPG Key ID: 0x6E83D051 signature.asc Description: Detta =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E4r?= en digitalt signerad meddelandedel

Bug#212450: has been fixed long ago...

2004-02-27 Thread Carl
I think you're right. In fact, I thought this bug had been closed ages ago :) On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 20:37, Joshua Kwan wrote: > Hi Carl, > > I think this bug has been fixed long ago. We now deconfigure the network > everytime we reset it. Can you try again with new daily imag

Re: A question??

2001-03-15 Thread Carl Greco
>Christhian Flores from Mexico > > > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Carl Greco [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]