Minimun hardware requirements innaccurate as documented

2020-12-01 Thread Jim
. I even tried this straight from the installer boot menu without loading the desktop into RAM first, with the same results. Please update your documentation. Thanks-:) Jim

Re: LVM partitioning preseed.cfg / kickstart question

2018-03-12 Thread Jim Campbell
Gentle bump. Might someone be able to assist / identify what I'm missing here? Thanks very much, Jim On Tue, Mar 6, 2018, at 1:47 PM, Jim Campbell wrote: > Hi All, > > I seem to be having trouble with correctly partitioning a hard drive > using a PXE boot + preseed file , an

LVM partitioning preseed.cfg / kickstart question

2018-03-06 Thread Jim Campbell
which I don't want) instead of a primary partitions at /dev/sda1 along with a bunch of /dev/mapper/ . . . LVM partitions (which I do want). I've also tried including my preseed.cfg in a custom initrd.gz which is out on the server, but to no avail. I hope this all makes sense. Let me know if you have any advice or additional questions. Kind regards, Jim

Bug#782461: PPC - PowerBook G4 Jessie test install - successful

2015-04-12 Thread Jim Uhl
Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/jessie_di_rc2/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-jessie-DI-rc2-powerpc-netinst.iso Date: Sat Apr 11 22:00:00 PDT 2015 Machine: PowerBook G4 12" Aluminum Processor: 32-bit ppc 1GHz PowerBook6,2 Memory: 768 MB Partit

Dell XPS 13 install

2015-02-19 Thread Jim McCloskey
like this, so I thought it would be better just to congratulate you all and thank you for the excellence of your work, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://l

Bug#751704: libparted questions (was: Bug#751704: partman-base 173: partman overwrites parts of u-boot)

2014-08-17 Thread Jim Meyering
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Karsten Merker wrote: > [CCing Otavio Salvador and Jim Meyering; the following is a short summary > of the situation; the full history can be read in bug #751704: > > Debian-Installer uses partman for partitioning, which in turn is > based o

Bug#705311: installation-guide: typos in fi/gpl.po: Franlin -> Franklin, Fifht -> Fifth

2013-04-12 Thread Jim Wetherhold
I don't know what a file is with an extension x.diff Even when I hold the mouse over the diff link the URL looks a little scrary, sorry On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote: > Source: installation-guide > Version: 20130408 > Tags: patch > Severity: minor > > Please see the a

Bug#684685: installation-reports: Successful install on Lenovo Thinkpad T60p: Wheezy Beta 1

2012-08-12 Thread Jim McCloskey
Package: installation-reports Severity: minor Tags: d-i -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/wheezy_di_beta1/i386/iso-cd/debian-wheezy-DI-b1-i386-netinst.isoy-DI-b1-i386-netinst.iso, Date: Sun Aug 12 14:31:03 PDT 2012 Machine: Lenovo Thin

Bug#635478: debian-installer: Enable VMware modules on installer images.

2011-07-25 Thread Jim Barber
stall, but the Paravirtual SCSI change on the boot device is non-trivial. Regards, -- ------ Jim Barber DDI Health -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://l

Bug#621923: installation-reports: GRUB fails to write when non-RAID disk is present with RAID1 /boot

2011-04-09 Thread Jim Salter
Package: installation-reports Severity: important Tags: d-i -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: 6.0.1a-amd64-businesscard Date: Machine: ASUS Sabretooth motherboard, Intel i7 2600 Partitions: Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate b

Bug#607859: installation-reports: beta2 success, SR1750NX amd64 netinst, transients and glitches

2010-12-22 Thread Jim Hill
Package: installation-reports Severity: minor First two install attempts gave me the "No common CD-ROM" message. Returning to get debug logs, it found it just fine, of course. reportbug from the menu popped "Please install the python-vte package to use the GTK+ (known as 'gtk2' in reportbug) int

Bug#572724: Squeeze installation failure on Itanium w/QLogic fibre channel adapter

2010-03-05 Thread Jim Uhl
Package: installation-reports Boot method: netinst CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/ia64/iso-cd/debian-testing-ia64-netinst.iso 17-Feb-2010 23:23 Date: 05-Mar-2010 13:30 PST Machine: HP Integrity rx2600 Processor: Itanium2 Memory: 10GB Partitions: *Fibre ch

Bug#558686: what version of libparted are you using?

2009-11-30 Thread Jim Meyering
Hello, I've just begun reading about this problem, and have a quick question: What version of libparted are you using? I ask because there have been significant changes in the area of detecting when partitions are active. In particular: v1.9.0-137-g048602c http://git.debian.org/?p=parted/parted

Bug#556906: Net-install (i386, build of November 8) fails on Dell Optiplex 360

2009-11-26 Thread Jim McCloskey
anks very much for your help and for your work, Jim I'll attach the output of lspci -knn for the system in case that would be useful. 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 0a) Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel

Bug#556906: Net-install (i386, build of November 8) fails on Dell Optiplex 360

2009-11-18 Thread jim
Package: installation-reports Severity: important [1] The USB keyboard is detected correctly in the BIOS and in the initial boot menu, but becomes unavailable when the `Choose a Language' menu is presented. The installation can go no further. Tried booting with acpi=off but this made

STP vs. DHCP during Debian pxeboot installs

2009-09-18 Thread Jim Freeman
FYI - When performing unattended Debian installations across a network, some switch protocols/configurations thwart required DHCP negotiation by simply blocking traffic for a time, and DHCP gives up after its default timeout period. For instance, in installing some Dell M610 blades (Broadcom NetX

Bug#545933: Installation-Report: Dell Optiplex 745 USB keyboard not recognized

2009-09-09 Thread Jim McCloskey
responsive (none of arrow keys, enter, space, or TAB produced any response) and so it was impossible to go any farther. Same behaviour with both graphic and non-graphic install methods. Reverting to debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso build of January 31st 2009 resolved the is

Bug#497212: booting the lenny installer via pxe leeds to a black screen

2009-02-04 Thread Jim Paris
0.0.0.0 up /usr/sbin/brctl addif eth0 $1 I uploaded a copy of the "good" vesamenu.c32 from syslinux 3.63 here, in case anyone else wants to test: http://psy.jim.sh/~jim/tmp/vesamenu.c32 This bug should probably be reassigned to syslinux but I'll let the debian-installer team decide.

Bug#509400: installation-reports: optical drive not detected (Lite-On 20X LightScribe)

2008-12-22 Thread Jim McCloskey
* Christian Perrier (bubu...@debian.org) wrote: |> Quoting Jim McCloskey (mccl...@ucsc.edu): |> > Package: installation-reports |> > |> > Boot method: CD |> > Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386

Re: Bug#509400: installation-reports: optical drive not detected (Lite-On 20X LightScribe)

2008-12-22 Thread Jim McCloskey
ler, rather than with the optical drive itself. Thank you very much indeed for this. I'll try the workaround first and report back. I appreciate your help very much, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Bug#509400: installation-reports: optical drive not detected (Lite-On 20X LightScribe)

2008-12-21 Thread Jim McCloskey
Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso Date: Dec 20th--21st Machine: customized P4500A from Polywell COmputers Inc. Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E850

Bug#485508: Bug report

2008-06-09 Thread Jim
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Patrick Fabrizius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject: Bug#485508: Bug report For that specific, informative title, that told us this bug report is a bug report, tell him what he won! Well Jim, he's won something of questionable substance... a b

Bug#475325: Kernel Boot Failure

2008-04-09 Thread Jim Paris
el issue / incompatibility. Try one of these at the boot prompt: install pci=nomsi install pci=nomsi pci=noacpi nolapic noapic acpi=off -jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#468357: win32-loader: installer won't load after rebooting

2008-02-28 Thread Jim Paris
For the similar E521 it looks like other people ran into the exact same problem: http://www.felix-schwarz.name/Linux_on_Dell_E521_(en)#Boot_.28solved.29 and the solution in that case was to upgrade the system BIOS and/or try the kernel command line arguments "acpi=noirq" or "e

Re: [PATCH] document win32-loader

2008-02-25 Thread Jim Paris
Robert Millan wrote: > This patch adds a short explanation on what win32-loader does from end user > point of view. ... > +When the program is started, it will ask a few preliminar questions and > prepare the > +system to start the installer. s/preliminar/preliminary/ -jim --

Re: Persistent disk naming - wild idea for a solution

2008-02-18 Thread Jim Paris
"The drive /dev/disk1 used to be plugged into PCI 0:0:3 port 4, but it's missing. I see two new drives with /dev/disk1's UUID at USB port 2 and USB port 3. How should they be assigned? usb.2 -> /dev/disk1 usb.3 -> /dev/disk2 Press ENTER or wait 15 seconds to acc

Bug#466333: Wrong capitalization for "Xfce"

2008-02-17 Thread Jim Paris
I don't get it. The tendency in upstream is clear ("Xfce") but win32-loader goes against that and calls it "XFCE". Shouldn't that be a reason to fix rather than just close this bug? -jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#460824: Bug#457901: Installation report - HP pavillion 2585ep

2008-01-14 Thread Jim Paris
FS: unknown mount option [realtime] Your command has "relatime" and the dmesg says "realtime". Was there a typo somewhere or did some program really change the name? -jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#451208: installation-report: Successful install

2007-11-13 Thread Jim Paris
-1968) > (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) If LC_ALL was set to C during installation, I think libpaper1 would have defaulted to A4 (because "locale width" and "locale height" return A4 size in that case) -jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#448871: Should give us the option of syncing time

2007-11-01 Thread Jim Paris
Rick Thomas wrote: > Using ntp to set the time should be a short operation. If it takes a > long time, the validity of the time that results is in question -- by > virtue of the process[*] being used. Unless it's slow becuase of something like the initial DNS lookup.

Bug#436497: should avoid using timers in progress bar

2007-08-07 Thread Jim Paris
re that the length of the timeout is never more than form->timer, or just notice and handle the case where the gettimeofday(&now,0) call returns a time earlier than lastTimeout. -jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#436340: Installation freezes during "configure the clock" step

2007-08-07 Thread Jim Paris
's already past 12:00:00.001 and return immediately -- no problem. - if time jumps backwards, it will wait until the time catches up with 12:00:00.001 -- the "hang" that Luigi noted. -jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: About console-setup in d-i

2007-05-23 Thread Jim Paris
ne of > them). I added some patches & info to those 5 bugs, hope it helps. -jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#417407: debian-installer: d-i destroyed existing raid device

2007-04-02 Thread Jim Paris
-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly > filesystem. > Apr 2 10:45:49 kernel: EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery. If those two disks were part of a RAID mirror and they were written to individually, they could end up inconsistent, which may have caused problems with the RA

Bug#415620: Wrong driver for Radeon card?

2007-03-22 Thread Jim Paris
Found it! If the class in pci*lst is "unknown", it uses the class from the PCI configuration space. Your device is class 0x0480 but it is computed incorrectly as 0x0380, due to signed arithmetic. This patch fixes the bug. -jim --- discover1-1.7.19.orig/lib/pci.c 2007-0

Bug#415620: Wrong driver for Radeon card?

2007-03-22 Thread Jim Paris
ian, maybe adding --debug to the discover commandline could help clarify things: discover --debug --disable=serial,parallel,usb,ide,scsi \ --format="%V %M\t%S\t%D\n" video -jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#389881: RC-ness of this bug

2007-03-13 Thread Jim Paris
en it should (?) get mounted by RAID UUID at boot. -jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#390401: Same problem, maybe fixed

2006-10-06 Thread Jim Paris
martin f krafft wrote: > > http://jim.sh/~jim/tmp/target.tar.gz > I don't know how DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND=1 would help things. Neither do I, but it does :) Here's how to demonstrate it using target.tar.gz on another system: su cd /tmp tar xzf target.tar.gz chroot targe

Bug#390401: Same problem, maybe fixed

2006-10-06 Thread Jim Paris
gs in the broken state, but I can do it again if that'll help. The file is here (86M): http://jim.sh/~jim/tmp/target.tar.gz Let me know if there's anything else I should try. -jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#390401: Same problem, maybe fixed

2006-10-06 Thread Jim Paris
ll the version in etch). -jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#306476: quick question about Bug#306476

2006-02-24 Thread Jim Watson
l was for the sunblade 100, the other would fail half-way through. Anyway the cdrom stopped working when it was just after warranty, and since then it has installed debian by net boot several times with no problems. jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Bug#290975: installation report (problem-free)

2005-01-17 Thread Jim McCloskey
and configured the ethernet adapter (Broadcom BCM4401 100Base-T), where the August version could not. I thought I could choose to install a 2.6 series kernel, but if that was an option, I somehow missed it. THANKS!!! Jim McCloskey

Bug#287327: debian-installer failure

2004-12-26 Thread Jim Cromie
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: rc2 uname -a: NA - windows machine Date: 12/24/04 Method: Machine: Dell pentium 4 something Processor: Memory: 512 ? Root Device: USB Root Size/partition table: Output of lspci and lspci -n: Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [

Re: Bug#282763: Installation report amd64 (gcc-3.4)

2004-11-24 Thread Jim Lieb
ecipes in the /var/lib tree in the installer. These should not even be present although it seemed other logic kept them from being used. If I understand this stuff correctly, this udeb shouldn't even be built for non-ia64. -- * Jim Lieb Wild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#281569: de4x5 doesn't work on ia64 system

2004-11-19 Thread Jim Lieb
The tulip driver works just fine. Given the previous bug > #267302 there's obviously some disagreement on which module to use. I > know that nobody else (RH/SuSE) is using the de4x5 module on ia64. Is > there some way we can key on architecture? Can we add Subsystem > Dev

Re: adding an "outdated" warning to the installation manual for some arches

2004-10-07 Thread Jim Lieb
On Wednesday 06 October 2004 16:43, Joey Hess wrote: > I guess the installation manual is still not fact checked or up to date > > > What other architectures besides i386 and powerpc are updated well > enough to avoid such a warning? ia-64 -- ***** Jim Lieb Wild Open Sou

Re: Bug#268554: weirdness trying to use existing efi partitions on ia64

2004-10-01 Thread Jim Lieb
Closes: #268554 Found problem as reported. Committed fix with revision r22446. Jim On Thursday 30 September 2004 21:54, Joey Hess wrote: > Jim Lieb wrote: > > Close: 268554 > > > > This bug has been fixed by a combination of various partman core changes > > and the

Re: Bug#268554: weirdness trying to use existing efi partitions on ia64

2004-10-01 Thread Jim Lieb
On Thursday 30 September 2004 21:54, Joey Hess wrote: > Jim Lieb wrote: > > Close: 268554 > > > > This bug has been fixed by a combination of various partman core changes > > and the latest patch to partman-efi. I could not reproduce this symptom > > in the cur

Bug#264947: Acknowledgement (Busybox chroot crash/errors on Sarge 08/06 for ia64.)

2004-09-30 Thread Jim Lieb
correctly, the console displays unaligned access fixup messages with this kernel. These do not show up with 2.4.27. This bug can be either closed or reduced in priority since the error message is only a warning, not an error. JIm -- * Jim Lieb Wild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Bug#270746: the display of the efi boot partition is uninformative

2004-09-30 Thread Jim Lieb
Package: partman-efi Close: 270746 This bug is fixed with the same patch as fixes #268555. Please close. Jim On Wednesday 08 September 2004 18:21, Joey Hess wrote: > Package: partman-efi > Severity: normal > Tags: d-i > > This is how partman displays my partition table

Re: Bug#268554: weirdness trying to use existing efi partitions on ia64

2004-09-30 Thread Jim Lieb
On Monday 30 August 2004 12:23, Jim Lieb wrote: > > Package: partman-efi > > Severity: normal > > Tags: d-i Close: 268554 This bug has been fixed by a combination of various partman core changes and the latest patch to partman-efi. I could not reproduce this symptom in the cu

Re: Bug#268555: two partition types for efi on ia64

2004-09-30 Thread Jim Lieb
If it needs to change to be consistant with other menus or fit usability, do it. -- * Jim Lieb Wild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 831.295.9317 Office: 831.421.0883Fax: 831.421.0885 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#268555: two partition types for efi on ia64

2004-09-29 Thread Jim Lieb
On Wednesday 29 September 2004 16:10, Joey Hess wrote: > Jim Lieb wrote: > > I just did an svn --show-updates -verbose status from > > packages/partman/partman-efi in my working copy and got the following: > > > > * an "svn: subversion/libsvn_wc/status.c

Re: Bug#268555: two partition types for efi on ia64

2004-09-29 Thread Jim Lieb
On Wednesday 29 September 2004 12:55, Joey Hess wrote: > Jim Lieb wrote: > > > I noticed that with this patch, there is still no type given for efi > > > partitions in the main partman menu. With the last version of the > > > patch, a type was given, though the menu

Re: Bug#268555: two partition types for efi on ia64

2004-09-29 Thread Jim Lieb
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 23:21, Joey Hess wrote: > Jim Lieb wrote: > > As promised. Here is the revised patch. This has been tested > > and I had my glasses on at the time so I could see that the 'efi' > > was indeed gone. As with the previous patch this has c

Re: Bug#268555: two partition types for efi on ia64

2004-09-28 Thread Jim Lieb
As promised. Here is the revised patch. This has been tested and I had my glasses on at the time so I could see that the 'efi' was indeed gone. As with the previous patch this has changes to the templates but since they are deletions, they require no translator work. Jim On Monday 27

Re: Bug#268555: two partition types for efi on ia64

2004-09-27 Thread Jim Lieb
On Monday 27 September 2004 11:55, Jim Lieb wrote: > On Monday 27 September 2004 09:54, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 07:15:42AM -0700, Jim Lieb wrote: > > > Since there is no template item, it doesn't process that line or > > > display it &g

Re: Bug#268555: two partition types for efi on ia64

2004-09-27 Thread Jim Lieb
On Monday 27 September 2004 09:54, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 07:15:42AM -0700, Jim Lieb wrote: > > Since there is no template item, it doesn't process that line or display > > it > > If partman doesn't process that line then this is a bug and

Bug#268555: two partition types for efi on ia64

2004-09-25 Thread Jim Lieb
fi partition is > set up and many other partitions are being made. -- * Jim LiebWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 831.295.9317 Office: 831.421.0883Fax: 831.42

Bug#271907: Partman doesn't display cciss driver names properly

2004-09-17 Thread Jim Lieb
, just lemme know. I do have one on my rx2600 and have tested against it. some testing on other archs would be useful. -- * Jim LiebWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 831.295.9317 Office: 831.421.0883Fax: 831.421.0885 -

Bug#271907: Partman doesn't display cciss driver names properly

2004-09-15 Thread Jim Lieb
This patch properly parses and displays the controller. Patch set follows as attachment Jim -- ***** Jim LiebWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 831.295.9317 Office: 831.421.0883Fax: 831.421.0885 Index: partman/debian/chan

Bug#268491: mapdevfs disk names before showing to user

2004-09-15 Thread Jim Lieb
iately follow the command. This patch closes bug 268491. Jim -- * Jim LiebWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 831.295.9317 Office: 831.421.0883Fax: 831.421.0885 Index:

Bug#268491: mapdevfs disk names before showing to user

2004-08-30 Thread Jim Lieb
On Monday 30 August 2004 12:57, Joey Hess wrote: > Jim Lieb wrote: > > On Friday 27 August 2004 19:03, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Package: elilo-installer > > > Severity: wishlist > > > Tags: d-i > > > > > > It would be nicer if elilo-installer co

Bug#268554: weirdness trying to use existing efi partitions on ia64

2004-08-30 Thread Jim Lieb
tate. In other words, the "problem" would not be carrying forward old cruft but potentially removing good stuff you may want. Safest path: expect a re-format which -- * Jim LiebWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 831.295.9317 Office: 831.421.0883Fax: 831.421.0885 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#267689: debian installer IA64 usb keyboard

2004-08-27 Thread Jim Lieb
On Friday 27 August 2004 12:05, Joey Hess wrote: > Jim Lieb wrote: > > The problem is in the way the initrd was built. If you look > > carefully, you will find that there is no modules.dep which crashes > > modprobe. This *should* have been done by the initrd builder but it &

Bug#267689: debian installer IA64 usb keyboard

2004-08-27 Thread Jim Lieb
new) depmod in their postinst also break. Usb is critical (and noticed) simply because that forces the choice of serial or kb/video console at the very beginning. -- * Jim LiebWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 831.295.9317 Office: 831.421.0883Fax: 831.421.0885 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#259296: ia64 menus patch fixes 259296 and 267689

2004-08-26 Thread Jim Lieb
not set yet I have left them alone. I'll leave it to the actual submitter/uploader to update ia64.cfg appropriately to be in sync with what is current in the archive and svn at commit time. Jim On Tuesday 24 August 2004 23:30, dann frazier wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:27:50P

Bug#262182: Patch for elilo-installer to call apt-install elilo

2004-08-24 Thread Jim Lieb
(Busybox chroot crash/errors on Sarge 08/06 for ia64.)) was filed because of failures in this code. That bug has not been fixed and the failure case cannot be tested until that bug is resolved. Jim -- * Jim LiebWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED

Bug#259296: ia64 menus patch fixes 259296 and 267689

2004-08-24 Thread Jim Lieb
. -- * Jim LiebWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 831.295.9317 Office: 831.421.0883Fax: 831.421.0885 Index: build/boot/ia64/general.msg === --- build/boot/ia64/general.msg

Bug#267724: successful installation report

2004-08-23 Thread Jim McCloskey
Mount partitions: [O] Install base system:[O] Install boot loader:[O] Reboot: [O] Comments/Problems: It was a breeze. I had no problems at all. THANKS!!!!! Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Bug#264947: Busybox chroot crash/errors on Sarge 08/06 for ia64.

2004-08-10 Thread Jim Lieb
ld have handled this. Aug 9 22:58:12 main-menu[238]: WARNING **: Menu item 'elilo-installer' failed. Aug 9 22:58:58 main-menu[238]: INFO: Modifying debconf priority limit from 'high' to 'medium' There are additional issues caused by the module load failure(s) th

Re: Bug#257910: Installation Report ia64 netinst beta4 : no fat16 /boot partition created

2004-08-07 Thread Jim Lieb
-installer fail but partman doesn't even have the option to create any f/s other than ext2. Note: this may only be an anomaly w/ that particular day's iso builds. I will know more tomorrow or Monday after I test the new iso. Jim On Saturday 07 August 2004 20:59, Florence Servant wrote: &

Re: sarge-ia64-netinst (July 24) installation attempt and failure on DL590/64

2004-08-05 Thread Jim Lieb
hough others are loaded. Jim On Monday 02 August 2004 19:41, Zan Lynx wrote: > Hi! I am not sure if this is the proper list or the correct format. > Any tips on doing this right will be appreciated! > > I finally got around to trying the Sarge netinst ISO that I > downloaded July 2

Re: partman-efi

2004-07-20 Thread Jim Lieb
On Tuesday 20 July 2004 12:53, Joey Hess wrote: > Jim Lieb wrote: > > ?? I have no idea where this comes from. The only depends I can > > see is for partman. Is this a dependency in partman-auto? The > > recipes call for a 'method{ efi }' to trigger the formattin

Re: partman-efi

2004-07-20 Thread Jim Lieb
On Tuesday 20 July 2004 12:12, Joey Hess wrote: > Jim Lieb wrote: > > the efi udeb is in the patch set along with the partman-auto > > additions. > > Not in the patch I'm looking at. This has: > > +Depends: efi-udeb, partman > > And no mention of where efi-ude

Re: partman-efi

2004-07-20 Thread Jim Lieb
On Tuesday 20 July 2004 10:53, Joey Hess wrote: > Jim Lieb wrote: > > The strings in the template have already been "translated" for the > > most part. I picked the strings from the hppa/palo boot and did an > > s/palo/efi/g on them. The big translation part is patc

Re: partman-efi

2004-07-20 Thread Jim Lieb
On Tuesday 20 July 2004 10:05, Joey Hess wrote: > dann frazier wrote: > > Jim Lieb filed a patch for #257910 which adds the partman-efi > > package and adds efi support to partman-auto. I've tested an image > > he made for us, and it worked fine on my system. > >

Re: Partman

2004-07-20 Thread Jim Lieb
s into svn and the daily builds. Does anyone have an indication when that will happen so Dann F and I finish validation on this portion of the ia64 port? Thanks, Jim On Monday 19 July 2004 20:51, John Summerfield wrote: > Margarita Manterola wrote: > >-= This is a code fix. No s

Bug#257910: Installation Report ia64 netinst beta4 : no fat16 /boot partition created

2004-07-06 Thread Jim Lieb
I am working on fixing this problem for my company and will submit a bug report and patch very shortly. Jim On Tuesday 06 July 2004 09:11, Florent de Dinechin wrote: > Package: installation-reports > Debian-installer-version:sarge-ia64-netinst.iso beta4 > > Machine : HP i2000 (bios 1

Bug#254935: The way the swap size is calculated seems not correct

2004-06-17 Thread Jim Lieb
disk just for swap. Just an upper limit and keep it advisory w/ appropriate defaults. > > > Thiemo -- * Jim LiebWild Open Source Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 831.295.9317 Office: 831.421.0883Fax: 831.421.0885 -- T

Bug#231819: Debian install

2004-06-03 Thread Jim Bray
I tried this on the old Toshiba. It still hangs in the usual place, at 'Starting PC Card Services', with a 2.4 kernel. However, it works fine with linux26, making it past two instances 'Starting etc.' Jim Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Jim Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-0

Bug#231819: Debian install

2004-06-01 Thread Jim Bray
Martin, I have burned a copy of this and will try it on the Toshiba before long. I can report that I needed to do an install on my old k6-2 box, and the install candidate worked fine, with clear improvements since the last time I tried. I used the linux26 method. Jim Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Jim

Re: Cannot partition scsi drive

2004-05-18 Thread Jim Seymour
On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 07:49:34PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Jim Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-17 13:04]: > > I was able to get to a virtual console and found out the module > > for my scsi card had not been loaded. Once I modprobed the correct >

Re: Cannot partition scsi drive

2004-05-17 Thread Jim Seymour
On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 07:22:19PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Jim Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-16 14:15]: > > I am at an impasse with the current debian installer using > > diskettes. All seems to go fine until I am asked about partitioning > > th

Cannot partition scsi drive

2004-05-16 Thread Jim Seymour
the bf24 diskettes but keep hitting a roadblock further into the install with diskette problems while loading the driver disks. Anyone else had a problem with partitioning a scsi drive using the new debian installer? Ideas? Thanks, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Bug#231819:

2004-02-08 Thread Jim Bray
Same thing with -beta2. Tried various debugging options and 'expert' method, but can't get any more info. Note: Mandrake hangs when attempting to start pcmcia system on this thing. Only known problem (just got it). Laptop does have a built-in floppy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Bug#231819:

2004-02-08 Thread Jim Bray
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: Daily build, 2/8/2004 Machine: Toshiba 2060CDS Laptop Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked:[O] Comments/Problems: Hung in 'Detecting Hardware', at 95% complete, with message 'skipping unavailable module 'ide-fl

Bug#231370: qlogic driver fails on Alpha

2004-02-05 Thread Jim Crilly
0au with a QLogic "new isp1020 revision ID (5)" according to the 2.6.0-mm2 kernel driver, although SRM 'sho con' says 1040, not sure if that's important. If you need any more information let me know. Thanks, Jim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: d-i install failure on Alpha

2004-02-04 Thread Jim Crilly
s been made to port it to 2.6, which will be a concern in the future. I don't mean to beat this horse any more than necessary, but if there is a working driver shouldn't it be included in the Debian tree and images? Best Regards, --George Thanks, Jim. On Wednesday 04 Februa

d-i install failure on Alpha

2004-02-04 Thread Jim Crilly
ould be an option for d-i? I know 2.4 will most likely be the default but it would be nice to have the option. Thanks, Jim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

sarge-netinstall-iso, Dell Brio

2003-12-01 Thread Jim McCloskey
orts of difficulties that Dell machines have with isolinux. None of these concern the Brio, though, and none of the reports I've found look much like this (mostly, the boot process goes at least a certain distance before failing). Very puzzled, Jim McCloskey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Debian-Installer HOWTO

2003-09-15 Thread Jim McCloskey
ac kernel patch and then everything worked fine. Is there support for this NIC in the kernel options that come with the net install isos? Thanks very much, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Should all udeb binaries use UTF8 libraries?

2003-02-26 Thread Jim Mintha
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 02:53:03PM +, Philip Blundell wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 14:39, Jim Mintha wrote: > > I would love to get rid of the two versions of the libraries. The > > last time I believe there were problems with some packages not working > > well with

Re: Should all udeb binaries use UTF8 libraries?

2003-01-27 Thread Jim Mintha
t time I believe there were problems with some packages not working well with the UTF8 version. I have to look at it again to remember exactly what. This is the time to fix it. My feeling is that with some work and coordination this should be possible. I will look over the history tonight to re

Re: todo?

2002-11-21 Thread Jim Lynch
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 10:34:34 + Richard Hirst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 12:21:56AM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > Getting d-i to work on other arches than i386 is high-priority. > > I know talk is cheap, but I do intend to work on d-i for hppa and ia64. > Just a ma

Re: Partition tools (Re: debian-installer status -- 2002-07-29)

2002-08-30 Thread Jim Lynch
On 30 Aug 2002 17:05:52 +0200 Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Jim Lynch > > | Over the past few days, I tried to build debian-installer, and > | subtracting some minor frustrations that could have been cleared up > | in the docs, it was pretty easy

Re: Partition tools (Re: debian-installer status -- 2002-07-29)

2002-08-28 Thread Jim Lynch
On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 21:09:22 -0400 Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 05:42:30PM -0700, Jim Lynch wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 18:46:41 -0400 > > Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am in complete agre

Re: Installation problem

2002-08-28 Thread Jim Lynch
e you'd get the same problem... if that's the case, maybe you could install with 2.2 kernel and include everything necessary to compile the kernel... > Denis Lahaie -Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Partition tools (Re: debian-installer status -- 2002-07-29)

2002-08-19 Thread Jim Lynch
e to improve volume management support in d-i, > then I would hope that my contributions would be welcome. As far as I'm concerned, such contributions would be very welcome. > - mdz -Jim P.S., I just noticed I'm replying to a 3-week-old message; hope my comments are still appropriate. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Why, IYO, is d-i worse than b-f? | Let's test | delay caused by work, not attitude

2002-07-28 Thread Jim Lynch
building and testing new features. Which is the same every time debian is released... things get added, gotta test, gotta work on the problems, gotta listen to other users and developers, gotta take some or all of their comments into account, gotta do the work that represents. That takes time.

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