Bug#501849: Please permit installation with an empty user password

2008-10-13 Thread Franklin PIAT
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 09:26 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > Emmet Hikory wrote: > > I "really, really" wanted to do it to ease working with tools that > > request graphical sudo authentication for devices that didn't have > > keyboards. Yes, this is pointlessly insecure, and yes, there are input > >

Re: di-netboot-assistant - Debian-Installer netboot assistant

2008-09-12 Thread Franklin PIAT
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 09:39 -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I will need to think about it, but the reason why I need to tweak the > > patch is that the image's version isn't included in the paths. So I have > &g

Re: di-netboot-assistant - Debian-Installer netboot assistant

2008-09-12 Thread Franklin PIAT
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 15:01 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 12 September 2008, Franklin PIAT wrote: > > Since I now have an account on Alioth, I was considering to host it > > there. > > > > Does "collab-maint/di-netboot-assistant.git" seems fine for you

Re: di-netboot-assistant - Debian-Installer netboot assistant

2008-09-12 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, Since I now have an account on Alioth, I was considering to host it there. Does "collab-maint/di-netboot-assistant.git" seems fine for you ? Franklin P.S. I am now subscribed to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: di-netboot-assistant - Debian-Installer netboot assistant

2008-09-12 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello Frans, On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 10:04 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Wednesday 23 July 2008, Franklin PIAT wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 16:49 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > > With this dhcpd configuration both problems were fixed and I could > > > use di-n-a without t

location of etch-n-half netboot-images

2008-07-24 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, By chance, do you already know what will be the URL for etch-n-half netboot image ? This is for di-netboot-assistant's di-source.list. Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: di-netboot-assistant (ITP #489812)

2008-07-22 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 10:31 +0200, Franklin PIAT wrote: > On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 20:18 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Franklin PIAT wrote: > > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "di-netboot-assistant". > > > (I am CCing debian-boot in

Re: di-netboot-assistant - Debian-Installer netboot assistant

2008-07-22 Thread Franklin PIAT
On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 16:49 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > Hi Franklin, > > On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Franklin PIAT wrote: > > I had a small home-made script to retrieve and untar Debian Installer > > netboot images. > > I've just tried this again after installing you

Re: di-netboot-assistant - Debian-Installer netboot assistant

2008-07-22 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 16:59 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Tuesday 22 July 2008, Frans Pop wrote: > > 2) The same, but di-n-a learns how to include the custom menu file in > > the menu it generates automatically either by > > - just appending from a separate file, or > > - preserving manually

di-netboot-assistant : DHCP server configuration

2008-07-22 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, I'm considering to add the paragraph below in di-netboot-assistant's README.Debian file. The second scenario is obviously a hack, but it could be useful for many home users which have little control over their DSL modem's built-in DHCP. Typical implementation would use the following tips

Re: RFS: di-netboot-assistant (ITP #489812)

2008-07-08 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 20:18 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Franklin PIAT wrote: > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "di-netboot-assistant". > > (I am CCing debian-boot in case someone has some interest in it) > > This looks like some nice work. I wonde

RFS: di-netboot-assistant (ITP #489812)

2008-07-07 Thread Franklin PIAT
Dear mentors, Dear debian-boot ML, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "di-netboot-assistant". (I am CCing debian-boot in case someone has some interest in it) * Package name: di-netboot-assistant Version : 0.32 Upstream Author : Franklin Piat <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Re: Re: di-netboot-assistant - toward version 1.0

2008-06-17 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Franklin PIAT wrote: > I had a small home-made script to retrieve and untar Debian Installer > netboot images. I've had a few though toward a di-netboot-assistant version 1.0 (read: more robust with less heuristics). The problem is that today, di-n-a is

Bug#485902: installation-report: Use /sys/class/dmi/id/* when dmidecode isn't available

2008-06-11 Thread Franklin Piat
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.35 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hello Recent kernels provides some DMI information in /sys/class/dmi/id/. This could be used by report-hw (and installation-report) in the case where dmidecode isn't installed (tiny Debian installation, etc). I've attache

Bug#485064: installation-report: lenny install on Thinkpad T61 [d-i beta2]

2008-06-11 Thread Franklin Piat
Package: installation-reports Followup-For: Bug #485064 -- Package-specific info: Boot method: network Image version: http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz Date: 2008-06-11 08:14 Machine: Lenovo Thinkpad T61 Partitions: /singl

Re: Re: di-netboot-assistant - Debian-Installer netboot assistant

2008-06-09 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, Sorry for my late reply, but I was busy implementing some changes in di-netboot-installer[1]. I've uploaded a new release[2]. On Thu, 5 Jun 2008, Frans Pop wrote: > On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Franklin PIAT wrote: > > I had a small home-made script to retrieve and untar De

di-netboot-assistant - Debian-Installer netboot assistant

2008-06-02 Thread Franklin PIAT
; as '$date') - support non pxelinux platforms (elilo ia64 ; yaboot powerpc ; sibyl mips sb1-bcm91250a/sb1a-bcm91480b) - Implement "clean" action to remove cached files - Provide tested example for DHCP. See also : http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller -- Franklin PIAT

Bug#471564: installation-report: DI for Lenny, beta1 on HP dc7800

2008-04-05 Thread Franklin PIAT
On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 10:05 -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * Need to pass "install noapic nolapic acpi=off" as kernel > > argument otherwise, the computer wont boot properly. > > Could you upgrade to sid

[RFC] DebianOn : an installation guide framework

2007-06-19 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, I have done some work on a project i would call "DebianOn". I am now requesting for comments on it. The idea is to have a place where Debian users can report how a given hardware is supported by Debian (stable or testing), and to document how to actually configure it. Actually, the Debian

uswsusp: resume_device set to devfs-like name (under D-I), always prevents hibernation

2007-03-16 Thread Franklin PIAT
I wanted to CC debian-boot@lists.debian.org here it is. Forwarded Message From: Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: uswsusp: resume_device set to devfs-like name (under D-I), always prevents hibernation Date: