Bug#156882: boot-floppies: debootstrap; partition list; presentation order is inaccurate

2002-08-16 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Philip Blundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 08:36, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > > The problem is that "debootstrap", when asked to print out the > > partition table, will reorder the output in geometry or on disk order, > > rather than i

Bug#156882: boot-floppies: debootstrap; partition list; presentation order is inaccurate

2002-08-16 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2002-08-16 Severity: minor I reinstalled my laptop, in order to set up a hibernation partition this time. I lied to the BIOS and told it that the drive geometry for my new 12 GB hard disk is the same as that of the original drive. I then used "cfdis

Bug#155371: boot-floppies: /dev/cdrom "cannot autodetect" misleading when no media

2002-08-03 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Package: boot-floppies Version: woody 3.0r0 bf24 In order to reboot, I had to remove the CD from the drive. Then after the reboot, during base-config, I get a dialog that says "this program was unable to auto-detect a CD ROM drive", and it's prompting me for the CD device. It turns out that wh

FYI: Installing EVMS and RAID1, URL to list archive

2002-07-29 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/SourceForge/11629/0/9171087/ -- As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. --I. Watts. .''`. We are deB.ORG; You will be freed. : :' : http://www.debian.org/social_contract>

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

2002-07-29 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
[Ob-CC: Cc'd just FYI. "d-i" refers to the next generation Debian Installer, which you may view at http://cvs.debian.org/ and discuss in [EMAIL PROTECTED]; also archived there - http.] Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am in complete agreement that we would not want to include EVMS

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

2002-07-28 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...], we need some more partition tools; there has been some > discussion on debian-boot regarding it but no final decision has > been reached, though several solutions have been presented. I wonder if the partition tools can do EVMS, or if a plugin

Hardware detection w/example code.

2002-02-14 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
isc_list() re sorting. then # No new disc(s), so unload it. rmmod --stacks sd_mod # XXX ? Is "--stacks" correct here? fi unset discs fi 8<->8 -- mailto: (Karl M. Hegbloom) [EMAIL PROTECT

/dev/console, /dev/tty (Re: Bug#126370: installer issues on "real" terminals)

2002-01-03 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
n, and that output will appear on top of the user's current VT rather than on the first one. -- mailto: (Karl M. Hegbloom) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.microsharp.com phone://USA/WA/360-260-2066 jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fwd: Bug #120407 : nparted: note for debian-installer

2002-01-03 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
roblem upstream, im using devfs which may Glenn> be the problem. I don't think it's devfs or your frame buffer. The reason it works in your xterm is that the printk messages from the kernel are not shown in the xterm, but are on the foreground vt when you are at the con

Documentation: from fdisk man page; Is this in the install manual?

2001-12-07 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
at the partition table, and tries to deduce what (fake) geometry is required for good cooperation with other systems. -- fdisk man page. -- mailto: (Karl M. Hegbloom) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.microsharp.com phone://USA/WA/360-260-2066 jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: bug: cdimage.debian.org should warn against downloading with an ISDN connection

2001-11-25 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Philip" == Philip Blundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Philip> In message Philip> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karl Philip> M. Hegbloom writes: >> Perhaps if they do not, they should. Someone should perform >> that labor and make it possible. I wonder if it would require

Re: bug: cdimage.debian.org should warn against downloading with an ISDN connection

2001-11-25 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Richard" == Richard Atterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Richard> Do the woody bootfloppies support installing via ISDN? Perhaps if they do not, they should. Someone should perform that labor and make it possible. I wonder if it would require an entire new flavor of images, or if

PS (Re: [PATCH;debian-installer/doc/README] Correct URL to upx)

2001-11-23 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
... I should wake up before I write email. I see now. You are trying to build a newer version of it. Uhhmmm... let me guess. The kernel compression only works in the newer one? -- I was Linux when Linux wasn't cool. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: [PATCH;debian-installer/doc/README] Correct URL to upx

2001-11-23 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Eduard" == Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Eduard> Remember, the precompiled UPX stuff is non-free, since the Eduard> closed source NRV lib is used for compression, and the Eduard> free version 1.2 cannot be compiled. Currently, I am Eduard> trying to make the CVS

gtk-doc-tools ?

2001-11-23 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
What about using gtk-doc-tools to help document the debian-installer code? -- I was Linux when Linux wasn't cool. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

patches - to bts from now on.

2001-11-22 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
I'll send them to BTS from now on; sorry. I'm rusty. -- I was Linux when Linux wasn't cool. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PATCH;debian-installer/doc/README] Correct URL to upx

2001-11-22 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Index: README === RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/debian-installer/doc/README,v retrieving revision 1.7 diff -u -u -r1.7 README --- doc/README 2001/01/04 04:29:00 1.7 +++ doc/README 2001/11/23 06:43:33 @@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ Majong ga

[patch;debian-installer/anna] OBO in malloc computation, whitespace, typedef

2001-11-22 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Compiles; have not run it yet. How many of these before I can get back in the keyring, folks? 2001-11-22 Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * retriever.c: Whitespace fixups - space around operators please. Cast of void * returned by malloc unrequired in

Re: aptitude rather than dselect for Woody, Please?

2001-11-19 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
;... or something like it, since it does remember your selections between invocations like dselect does. It will need testing by someone with a CD set to test it with. -- mailto: (Karl M. Hegbloom) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.microsharp.com phone://USA/WA/360-260-2066 jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To

aptitude rather than dselect for Woody, Please?

2001-11-19 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Has it been discussed already? I'd really love to see aptitude rather than dselect in Woody! It's working really well these days; has not segv'd in several months. dselect has finally been outdone! -- mailto: (Karl M. Hegbloom) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.microsharp.com

Bug#110717: More info; when first partition was swap it did that...

2001-08-30 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
When the first partition is a swap partition, it does not see the new partitioning scheme... I had 1024Mb swap, the rest linux, then went back and did 1024Mb swap (left it there) and deleted the linux partition, then created a 16Mb linux then the rest as another linux partition. Each time I

Bug#110719: [reiserfs] Unresolved symbols in PCMCIA modules on reboot

2001-08-30 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.13 (reiserfs); reported 2001-08-30 Severity: normal Tags: woody sid There's a bunch of unresolved symbol errors in the PCMCIA modules where it runs "depmod -a" during the initial reboot. -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i3

Bug#110717: Partitioning error, repartitioned, dinstall does not notice new partitioning afterward

2001-08-30 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.13 (reiserfs); reported 2001-08-30 Severity: important Tags: woody sid I goofed up in partitioning the first time, and went back, via the dinstall menus, to partition again. When I got back to dinstall, it did not know I had repartioned the drive. I checke

Bug#110710: Copyright year needs update

2001-08-30 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2001-08-30 Severity: minor Tags: woody The F10 copyright screen says 1993-2000; it ought to be updated before release, don't you spose? -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux bittersweet 2.4.8 #2 SMP

Re: Tip for install manual? (Re: [PLUG] Debian Linux on a SunBlade 100)

2001-08-21 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
ves and look the sources over when I find some time for that. :-) -- mailto: (Karl M. Hegbloom) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.microsharp.com phone://USA/WA/360-260-2066 jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Tip for install manual? (Re: [PLUG] Debian Linux on a SunBlade 100)

2001-08-16 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
boot.img C0A80164 Stafford> Since I'm a lazy sort and don't often feel like doing Stafford> the conversion, I've cheated by doing a "tcpdump ether Stafford> host [sparc ethernet addr]" from the tftp server, then Stafford> started a boot net on the

Bug#104117: 3.0.7-2001-07-04: Report Problem : fails when NFS not writeable, segv on second try

2001-07-09 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2001-07-09 Severity: important Tags: woody I tried to test the "report problem" item, and selected NFS. It mounted the /tmp of my workstation just fine, but failed to be allowed to write a file there. It printed a messy error message across the i

[wishlist idea] Memorize answers unless I say not to...

2001-04-11 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
ot; type file that's got a language in it... (Perl would rock) It could do lookups in LDAP or whatever... Site wide, machine local... Bet I've added nothing new. 8-) That's life. Hello all! -- mailto: (Karl M. Hegbloom) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.microsharp.com phone:/

I am too busy to work on the build setup I thought I would have time for.

2000-12-28 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
I will be too busy with a project at work to have time to assist with the debian installer project. I thought I was going to help out by working on the build system, but will not have enough time to do it right. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Need an automated thing. Can anyone help?

2000-12-19 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
You might want to take a look at OpenRock's version of the boot floppies. It installs almost totally automaticly like that. Look around at openrock.net and I think you'll find it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: udeb's of dhcpcd, pump and ppp

2000-12-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
I found that the DHCP v3 `dhclient' works much better than the `dhcpcd' does. There's a package in "project/experimental" that I've been using. I bet it will be ready for the main distro by release day anyway, so why not just use it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

Has the new installer been given a codename yet? (ala Woody)

2000-12-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
If the Debian Installer has not yet been nicknamed, I would like to do so. Let's call it "Insinuating Terrapin". Think of the Tortoise and the Hare, and envision a hare wearing a very special hat we are so fond of. Now picture the hare hitching a ride on the terrapin, after seeing how well

I'm back, on weekends and some eves.

2000-12-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Has anyone claimed the build system yet? I've begun working on it. I've time for this only on weekends and evenings. I'll try and be able to put in at least eight hours a week. (It's ski season.) I have not committed anything to CVS; and will not until it's working correctly (and perhaps

Re: biweekly debian-installer status report

2000-12-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
n debian installer do something like that? arpwatch, dhcpd, netboot, ... Hmmm. -- mailto: Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://people.debian.org/~karlheg/ ( <-- These are full-on slotskis. --> ) This is only a semi-colon --> ; -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: biweekly debian-installer status report

2000-12-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
andling their own setup, after Joey> reboot, via debconf. These include timezone config, many of Joey> the things in base-config now, what else? Actually offer to set the clock then too, I suppose, either from a timerserver or by hand. -- mailto: Kar

Reiserfs boot floppies for Debian?

2000-12-11 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
lesystem with mkreiserfs and using cp -a and mkdir to set it up. I fixed up /etc/fstab and lilo.conf, ran lilo, then rebooted. Now I have Debian Woody with a reiserfs /. I hope that dpkg performance is improved by reiserfs. -- mailto: Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ht

[hardware detection] I wrote a toy for you to play with.

2000-12-09 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
error ("fread"); exit (EXIT_FAILURE); } if ((hdr.sig1 == 0x55) && (hdr.sig2 == 0xAA)) { printf ("%p: %i blocks @ %p\n", where, hdr.len, hdr.entry); } } if ((status = fclose (kcore)) != 0) { perror ("fclose /proc/kcore");

udma100 asus a7v not found ["lhomer" ] Re: Fw: [PLUG] hopeful new Linux recruit

2000-12-04 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
My small problem has been solved. Thank you for all the help and support. I am now able to install and run off a hard drive although the installation named the drive "hdg", and I can't boot from that drive just yet..I also can no longer see it in a windows directory..small matters. Apparently my

Re: the next step

2000-10-21 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Erik" == Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Erik> On Fri Oct 20, 2000 at 05:02:48PM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: >> >> Ok, cool. Do you have a patch queue for us? Erik> My mailbox. I can also give folks write ac

Re: Shared calendar software for the `debian-boot' team?

2000-10-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Sobolev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 01:55:33PM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: >> There's a nice one for Gnome getting written, isn't there? Let's use >> it.

Re: Each team member keep own Notes. in CVS.

2000-10-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
n brain-dead software. I am karlheg, of deB.ORG. You will be freed. Resistance is useful. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) http://www.debian.org/~karlheg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FALSE == 1

2000-10-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
the conscientious to coddle those who run brain-dead software. I am karlheg, of deB.ORG. You will be freed. Resistance is useful. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) http://www.debian.org/~karlheg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: the next step

2000-10-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Erik" == Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Erik> On Fri Oct 20, 2000 at 02:24:59PM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: >> >>>>> "Erik" == Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Erik

Re: Red Hat installer via CVS ?

2000-10-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
ailable via CVS, but the latest released Erik> version can be grabbed from http://openlinux.org/lizard/ Looks like they've got CVS after all. -- We should not penalize the conscientious to coddle those who run brain-dead software. I am karlheg, of deB.ORG. You will be freed. Resist

Re: FALSE == 1

2000-10-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Nick" == Nick Holgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nick> I have just spent couple of hours tracking down a problem with a minor patch Nick> I made to the boot-floppies sources. It turns out that I made the assumption Nick> that the macro FALSE would be defined as 0, when in fact

Each team member keep own Notes. in CVS.

2000-10-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
's not possible, I'll see if I can make it possible somehow. -- We should not penalize the conscientious to coddle those who run brain-dead software. I am karlheg, of deB.ORG. You will be freed. Resistance is useful. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) http://www.debian.org/~kar

Re: the next step

2000-10-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
S where we can pull it out as an included module or a side tree? Can you create a patch-queue like I mentioned previously? -- We should not penalize the conscientious to coddle those who run brain-dead software. I am karlheg, of deB.ORG. You will be freed. Resistance is useful. mailto:[EM

Red Hat installer via CVS ?

2000-10-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
in-dead software. I am karlheg, of deB.ORG. You will be freed. Resistance is useful. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) http://www.debian.org/~karlheg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Co-maintainership of base packages by the debian-boot team?

2000-10-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
... and webcams w/voice -- We should not penalize the conscientious to coddle those who run brain-dead software. I am karlheg, of deB.ORG. You will be freed. Resistance is useful. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) http://www.debian.org/~karlheg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Shared calendar software for the `debian-boot' team?

2000-10-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
ce is useful. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) http://www.debian.org/~karlheg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debinst: target media preperation

2000-10-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
can specifiy a * partition size, and it will expand that one to fill, won't it? I guess if it doesn't work that way, it ought to. -- We should not penalize the conscientious to coddle those who run brain-dead software. I am karlheg, of deB.ORG. You will be freed. Resistan

Re: Alternative root filesystem support

2000-10-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
t up Reiserfs on RAID with lvm? -- We should not penalize the conscientious to coddle those who run brain-dead software. I am karlheg, of deB.ORG. You will be freed. Resistance is useful. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) http://www.debian.org/~karlheg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [debian-installer] Build setup?

2000-09-23 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Martin Keegan wrote: >> I found the toplevel Makefile pretty annoying last time I was building >> boot-floppies; it called itself recursively with a separate make >> process, which tended to make make -n and make -j unusa

Re: Which task package installs gpm?

2000-09-21 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Karl> It would be good to check and see how powerful and loaded Karl> the machine is, and not start to

Re: redesigning the debian installer

2000-09-21 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Torsten" == Torsten Landschoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Torsten> [cfengine] >> Isn't `debconf' supposed to take on some of that all? With off-box >> config databases, pre-configuration, etc? Torsten> Forget it :( debconf is for creating the first config files and upda

Re: Which task package installs gpm?

2000-09-21 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Michael" == Michael S Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 12:23:19AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: >> IMO debian already has a system pretty darn close to kickstart, with >> the above commands i can clone a system at *any* time, not just when >

Re: thinkpad 240

2000-09-21 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Sid" == Sid Bertheaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sid> trying a floppy install. hangs up on 2 disk the root.bin. gives i/o message Sid> and I have tried 4 disks. Sid> Goes like this. Sid> ramdisk0 floppy=thinkpad Try once without the floppy=thinkpad and see if it works

Re: installation

2000-09-21 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Lee" == Lee A Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Lee> Thanks Much, Wish I could help. Anyone got a clue what to do? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: redesigning the debian installer

2000-09-21 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Torsten" == Torsten Landschoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Torsten> On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 10:47:20AM +0200, Sebastien Chaumat wrote: >> Let me explain replicator's point of view. We assume that we want to >> install 99% identical contents on all of our computers >> (class

[debian-installer] Build setup?

2000-09-21 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
How should we design the `debian-installer' build system? I think that it ought to be very granular, with a complex dependancy structure, so that changing one thing doesn't involve a long rebuild cycle before a testable image is generated. Makeing it work with the `-j' switch would be a Go

[debian-installer] /etc/lilo.conf

2000-09-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
For the new installer, I think that "/etc/lilo.conf" should be pulled out into a conffile, with the `lilo' package, and configured from there, so that upgrading `lilo' will upgrade that also. This way, for instance, folks upgrading `slink' to `potato' would have had an upgraded `lilo.conf'

[Installer] Remote Boot mini-HOWTO

2000-09-19 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Have yous seen the `Remote Boot mini-HOWTO'? Marcus' mention of GRUB reminded me of it. I just wonder if that all could or should be integrated in some way? The Corel fancy boot screen thing is neat... but fails to boot on my test box. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

I'm back on list...

2000-09-19 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
I'm back, folks. Hello, everyone. I will not have much time for development work until next summer. Perhaps then I can assist more... but I for sure want to be involved in the discussion. I stand to learn a lot from being involved with this project. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Boot Problem

2000-09-15 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Adam" == Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> Sorry we haven't been able to help you here. Adam> The only time I've heard of another reporting this problem, it was bad Adam> memory in the machine. You might try a memory scrubber. Adam> This is a hardware/kerne

Re: bf-utf, gnewt

2000-06-20 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Taketoshi" == Taketoshi Sano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Taketoshi> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: >> I started trying to port the patches I found in the bf-utf repository >> over to the `slang' Newt (snewt

bf-utf, gnewt

2000-06-18 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
I started trying to port the patches I found in the bf-utf repository over to the `slang' Newt (snewt) in the `gnewt' module. Are those changes backwards compatible? I know nothing about that. Note that there is a `minislang' in `gnewt' that I think we can use... I did not apply any patche

Re: [dbootstrap] Resume from http-fetch not working right.

2000-06-18 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Randolph" == Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Randolph> What web server (and version) are you using? Apache 1.3.12-1 Randolph> the range header is a http1.1 extension iirc. the fetch code probably needs Randolph> to do a bit more careful checking of the result cod

[woody] My plans.

2000-06-18 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
e of their own, and jot down their ideas and outline what they see as how the installer ought to work. Later we'll make a spot for those in CVS, and that way we can all compare notes, discuss and debate, then begin a shared planning document. -- A few months in the laboratory often sav

[Rainer Dorsch ] Re: New install / loopback device

2000-06-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> > but the new system has no network file. Interestingly the network file > > is not known on the upgraded system: > > rainer@rakete:~$ dpkg -S /etc/init.d/network > > dpkg: /etc/init.d/network not found. > > /etc/init.d/network has never been known by dpkg, btw, it used > to be created by boo

PS Re: [snewt,gnewt] New CVS modules created. (Was: Re: [gnewt] Are you using a version control system?)

2000-06-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
PS - I removed all of the files that can be automaticly generated from the `gnewt' repository. I will see to adding a ".cvsignore" later on today, along with a shell script like the ones the Gnome and Guile folks use to bootstrap a CVS checkout with `aclocal', `automake' and `autoconf'. Le

[snewt,gnewt] New CVS modules created. (Was: Re: [gnewt] Are you using a version control system?)

2000-06-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
fixed by: no-X11-forwarding,no-port-forwarding,no-agent-forwarding,command="/usr/bin/cvs --allow-root=/var/cvs/debian-boot server" A new group can be created and the `gnewt' repository set to it, and all of us added to that group if the administrators feel that to be necessary.

[gnewt] Are you using a version control system?

2000-06-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
at won't get angry, I'm certain... as long as we don't keep it a secret and we share our work with them) (Perhaps the `bk' distributed repository model would work well for this sort of project? We need to find out more about it.) -- A few months in the laboratory often s

Re: Potato network card modules setup broken?

2000-06-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Has this been dealt with yet? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [woody,debinst] (Was: Re: [dbootstrap] `newt' and `boxes.c', `bogl' and `bowl'[, `???' and `boxeX.c'?])

2000-06-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "bug1" == bug1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bug1> Talking about newt, did you know there exists gnewt, its a gnome wrapper bug1> around newt, not directly usefull to us, but who knows, could come in bug1> handy. bug1> http://oksid.ch/gnewt/ I'll look this over and see if

Re: [woody,debinst] (Was: Re: [dbootstrap] `newt' and `boxes.c', `bogl' and `bowl'[, `???' and `boxeX.c'?])

2000-06-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Erik" == Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Erik> Agreed re parted. I think a cool project would be hacking a GUI similar to Erik> cfdisk into parted... Yes, that would be a good thing to do. If we used Newt for the interface, we'd have X for free, with `gnewt'. Er

Re: [woody,debinst] `parted' and non-DOS compatible partitioning schemes

2000-06-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Ben" == Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ben> On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 09:44:31PM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: >> On Sat Jun 17, 2000 at 01:29:43PM +1000, bug1 wrote: >> > What about parted, it doesnt have much a of a GUI, but it wouldnt be >> > hard to do i dont think

Re: [woody,debinst] `genext2fs', loop-dev and fakeroot?

2000-06-17 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Ben" == Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ben> On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 02:22:10PM +1000, bug1 wrote: >> Ben Collins wrote: >> >> > >> > Also, I'm looking into a program on freshmeat called genext2fs that can >> > create ext2 images from a directory (and usin

[woody,debinst] (Was: Re: [dbootstrap] `newt' and `boxes.c', `bogl' and `bowl'[, `???' and `boxeX.c'?])

2000-06-16 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Bruce" == Bruce Sass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bruce> Hello Karl, Bruce> I was gonna send this to the list, then noticed the subject was Bruce> [dbootstrap], not [woody]... maybe you will find it interesting. I posted to the list, since that's where the other team members w

Re: Boot Problem

2000-06-16 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Ziegler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jim> On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 03:27:53PM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: >> >>>>> "Jim" == Jim Ziegler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Jim> On Tue,

Re: install report: dac1100 raid array

2000-06-15 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> One small note: mounting a 40 gb drive can take some time (10 minutes), Joey> especially when the raid controller is evidently still rebuilding the Joey> array in the background. Dbootstrap displays a blue screen with no wind

`viewcvs' (Was: Re: [dbootstrap] `newt' and `boxes.c', `bogl' and `bowl'[, `???' and `boxeX.c'?])

2000-06-15 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ben> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: >> I'll try to keep in mind that there needs to be a generic interface >> that can be implemented by other GUI frontends, in the w

[dbootstrap] `newt' and `boxes.c', `bogl' and `bowl'[, `???' and `boxeX.c'?]

2000-06-14 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
if you've any good ideas, let me know. I'll be on IRC all evening. -- A few months in the laboratory often saves several hours at the library. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) irc: nick karlheg on irc.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to install Debian w/ an Adaptec PRO ???

2000-06-14 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Michael" == Michael Agbaglo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> This controller is supported by 2.3.x series - what is the easiest way Michael> to install Debian ? Can I replace the kernel on rescue disk, will this Michael> be sufficient ? As a goal for the Woody installatio

Re: Initial problem

2000-06-14 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "rslittle" == rslittle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: rslittle> I am using a 486 with a cd player, floppy drive and win95. I want to rslittle> make boot floppies. CD is not bootable. There is no true dos capability rslittle> to boot into in order to run rawrite. Any suggestions?

Re: Boot Problem

2000-06-14 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>> "Jim" == Jim Ziegler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jim> On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 04:45:03PM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: >>> >>>>> &qu

Re: Selecting from a list of one CD drives.

2000-06-14 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Christoph" == Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Christoph> But each time something has to be read from the CD I am prompted to select Christoph> from which CD drive to install And it presents a list of one(!) drive. Christoph> Is that intentional? Fixed in C

Re: Selecting from a list of one CD drives.

2000-06-14 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Christoph" == Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Christoph> I have the installation running with some kernel commandline options: Christoph> cd quiet Christoph> But each time something has to be read from the CD I am prompted to select Christoph> from which CD

Re: Boot Problem

2000-06-14 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Ziegler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jim> On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 04:45:03PM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: >> >>>>> "Brit" == Brit Rothrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Brit>

Bug#64179: Testers needed: This bug might still be present.

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Karl> I spoke too soon... This bug might still be present. Karl> It does stop if you push Enter

Bug#64179: Testers needed: This bug might still be present.

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Karl> I spoke too soon... This bug might still be present. Karl> It does stop if you push Enter while a transfer is running. But Karl> perhaps if the transfer hangs, the

Re: [dbootstrap] Resume from http-fetch not working right.

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Karl> If I use net-fetch to get base2_2.tgz, and stop it in the middle, Karl> then attempt to resume it, the zcat | tar command fails. Fixed in CVS. Please check my work. -- To U

Re: Boot Problem

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Brit" == Brit Rothrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brit> When the system boots, the Linux opening screen appears - when we begin Brit> the installation, as soon as the load process begins, we see "Lo" (a Brit> quick flash, so I'm not sure) and the system immediately re-boots.

[CVS] HOWTO vendor tracking for Debian package maintainence and development of upstream sources.

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Sobolev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 04:04:22AM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: Karl> Today for some reason I went and put Newt and Slang into my CVS Karl> repository. I checked in the

Bug#65547: modconf] Can't locate module serial

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: >> Note: /target/etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.15-idepci/modules.dep >> modprobe: Can't loca

Re: How to set up an install server ?

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
>>>>> "bug1" == bug1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bug1> "Karl M. Hegbloom" wrote: >> Joey Hess has started a design document for the Woody >> installation system. Look in the archives for it. >> bug1> In

[bf-utf] Newt diffs in my CVS

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
oubtedly patches made by Red Hat that you will want to merge with your working version... -- A few months in the laboratory often saves several hours at the library. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) irc: nick karlheg on irc.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

[xviddetect,modconf,task-x-*,task-gnome-*] Install report - Things needing done!

2000-06-13 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
YTMAWBK. NFS install was working around `boot-floppies-2.2.{9,10,11}'. I hope it's not broken now. The identical `mount' command from the shell command line on vt2 hangs also, so I don't believe it's a problem with `dbootstrap'... how could it be? -- A few mo

Bug#64179: Testers needed: This bug might still be present.

2000-06-12 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
n BTS. -- A few months in the laboratory often saves several hours at the library. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) irc: nick karlheg on irc.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[dbootstrap] Resume from http-fetch not working right.

2000-06-12 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
dbootstrap'? I wonder if the "Range:" header is only defined for HTTP/1.1? I will look into this tonight. -- A few months in the laboratory often saves several hours at the library. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) irc: nick karlheg on irc.debian.org -- To UNS

[dbootstrap] Ctrl-C will break out of several places now.

2000-06-12 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
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