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Re: Some problems and questions...

On 15 Apr 2002, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > As to the "Neighbour Table Overflow" error, I've seen it since Potato on > > several 486 and Pentium machines, both SCSI and IDE. > > Ok, we've changed

Re: Some problems and questions...

f missing lo-Interface configuration, which was not > > saved by debootstrap in some situations in bfs << 3.0.20 or so. > > Dale, were you using 3.0.22? I thought you said you were... maybe we > have some bugs we thought were fixed but which are not... > > -- > ..

Re: Bochs can be helpful for bootdisk testing

On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Robert Millan wrote: > On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 10:53:44AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > > Robert, are you aware of any roadblocks to completing a simple > > installation? I haven't seen any yet... > > > > Just install as you wou

Re: Bochs can be helpful for bootdisk testing

ar problems are not the fault of bochs, since the kernel works the same way on real hardware. Robert, are you aware of any roadblocks to completing a simple installation? I haven't seen any yet... Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "Dwarf's Guide to Debian GNU/Linux&q

Re: Bochs can be helpful for bootdisk testing

really well for my needs. Thanks for packaging it Robert! Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "Dwarf's Guide to Debian GNU/Linux" _-_-_-_-_-_- _- _- _- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (8

Bug#135594: CD install is a tangled mess

e rest of the teams as well) great work on this difficult package. Considering that many of the components that can fail are not under the control of the BF team, the result is quite remarkable. Thanks again for your great contribution. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "Dwarf's G

Bug#135504: CD isn't unmounted after Kernel/Drivers install

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Bug#135594: CD install is a tangled mess

the option "Install the Base System". That's all the information I have at this point. If there is anything I can trap or otherwise investigate, feel free to ask ... nicely please. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "Dwarf's Guide to Debian GNU/Linux" _-_-_-_-_-_

Bug#135504: CD isn't unmounted after Kernel/Drivers install

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CD install of Woody

broken for the CD install. Waiting is, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "Dwarf's Guide to Debian GNU/Linux" _-_-_-_-_-_- _- _- _- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 _- _- Flexible So

Re: Still no base tarball

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 08:35:17AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > I would think that would be obvious. It saves about 5 hours of download > > lets not exaggerate, 1 to 1.5 hours max. I downloaded the tarball from people several da

Re: Still no base tarball

On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > [Geez, 3 lists?] > > Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > > nobody has yet provided a convincing argument for putting the > > > tarball on the CDs. > >

Re: Still no base tarball

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Re: Still no base tarball

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 05:17:21PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 07:39:41PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > > However, even for these cases, we s

Re: Still no base tarball

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Re: Still no base tarball

work, although there are Win based starting points that will not work without the tarball, so that _is_ extra work, and I'm not really advocating it... Thanks for your time, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "Dwarf's Guide to Debian GNU/Linux" _-_-_-_-_-_- _-

Path to base tarball.

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Re: Still no base tarball

On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 09:56:07AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > > > http://people.debian.org/~sfrost/basedebs_3.0_alpha.tar > > > > > http:

Re: Still no base tarball

On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:30:58AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > http://people.debian.org/~sfrost/basedebs_3.0_alpha.tar > > > http://people.debian.org/~sfrost/basedeb

Re: Still no base tarball

On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 08:45:15AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 09:32:11AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > > Anthony, Adam tells me that you are

Re: Still no base tarball

On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 09:32:11AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > Anthony, Adam tells me that you are the responsible party for the base > > tarball. Where do we find this beast? > > Hrm. I don't really have the b/wid

Re: Still no base tarball

scratch without it. So, where do we find this neccessary item? Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "Dwarf's Guide to Debian GNU/Linux" _-_-_-_-_-_- _- _- _- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1

Re: successful installation with 2.3.5 boot-floppies

wrong. > > What we do is build using sid packages, as you say, until base > freezes, and we let the testers choose which distro (stable, testing, > unstable) they want to install. > > With regards to telling the testers what to do, I feel that's the > responsibility

Re: Testing woody boot/install process

ot ready to declare a new hardware problem on my machine. Any ideas what I can do about this, other than bying a real ATAPI drive? So far the install is looking pretty good. Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz

Re: Testing woody boot/install process

On 17 Feb 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Ah! I think I understand. I was using the compact image, because it was > > the only one I could get to download from your web page. (I tried the more > > obvious, like th

Re: Testing woody boot/install process

On 15 Feb 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've been using an evaluation copy of vmware to capture screen shots for > > the GFDL release of my book, and I though I should share some of my > > findings. > > >

Testing woody boot/install process

ethernet devices. We _do_ want to be able to do such an install on vmware, don't we? Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 M

Re: call for volunteers -- woody boot-floppies

oppy images for the install process? I'm obviously a bit confused, can you clarify this? Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software

Re: Failing to be of help with boot floppies

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > Dale Scheetz wrote: > > of what was happening and why it was unnecessary, and got replies like: > > > > "It doesn't do that any more." > > > > When you select these steps, the first screen presented is

Failing to be of help with boot floppies

their own muddy finger prints on the current flawed design. At this rate we are loosing ground and I see no hope of fixing anything. More than a bit frustrated, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone:

Re: bad press at www.linuxworld.com

install to all the possible archaic machines in existance is a design of deminishing returns on invested efforts. KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) should apply at every opportunity. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Sche