Re: Problem with net install of Woody

Hi, some weeks ago, I had the same problem, and started a discusssion on this problem. I wrote some patches and instructions on how to install woody via network(tftp) on 1386. I installed several machines using this method now. The patches submitted are not in bootfloppies yet, because they aren

Re: Issues with x86 PXE-based tftpboot.img (Was: Re: Bug#140579:TFTP-booting the bootfloppies on i386 now working!)

know of your erxperiences. Regards Michael Daniel Freedman wrote: | Hi Michael, et al, | | "Michael R. Schwarzbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | |>Hi *, |> |>I have successfully installed a debian with debian's boot-floppies via |>TFTP on i386. As already mention

Re: Bug#140579: TFTP-booting the bootfloppies on i386 now working!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, I have successfully installed a debian with debian's boot-floppies via TFTP on i386. As already mentioned in this bug, there is a tool called "mknbi-linux" witch appends initrds to a tftpimage. "mknbi-linux is part of the debian package "mknbi

Bug#140579: boot-floppies: [i386] boot-floppies 3.0.21 fail to load root.bin via tftp

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 | | We might need to add i386 to that list. The question in my mind is, | does TFTP booting work at all on i386? Yes! The TFTP-Booting of the kernel workes well on i386. As described in earlier mails, it can be necassary to "extend" the images to b

Re: Bug#140579: boot-floppies: [i386] boot-floppies 3.0.21 fail toload root.bin via tftp

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, | Is anyone on this list able to test i386 / tftp and see if it's really | broken? If so, this is an "important" bug. It's easy enough to fix | -- e.g, just disable TFTP on i386 if we have to. i have written this to the bug a few days ago: i

Re: Bug#140399: marked as done (boot-floppies: [i386] tftpboot.imgfails to boot)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Adam Di Carlo wrote: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Debian Bug Tracking System) writes: | | |>tftpboot.img was not extended for MBA. Please add this to the |>instalation doku. | | | I'd be glad to, but what the hell is MBA, aside from masters in | business admi

Bug#140579: boot-floppies: [i386] boot-floppies 3.0.21 fail to load root.bin via tftp

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, | |>both others (compact/idepci) booted the kernel, but the halted with: |> |>request_module[block-major-58]: Root fs not mounted | | | Where is your target filesystem? I cannot see block-major-58 anywhere. in the woody instalation guide is writ

Bug#140579: boot-floppies: [i386] boot-floppies 3.0.21 fail to load root.bin via tftp

Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2002-03-30 Severity: normal -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux gate 2.4.14 #1 Thu Nov 22 12:09:16 CET 2001 i586 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Hi, i tested this w

Bug#123203: boot-floppies: invalid compressed format... using boot-floppies 3.0.21 [i386]

Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2002-03-30 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux gate 2.4.14 #1 Thu Nov 22 12:09:16 CET 2001 i586 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C only using bf2.4 all others seem ok.

Bug#140399: boot-floppies: [i386] tftpboot.img fails to boot

Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2002-03-29 Severity: normal -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux gate 2.4.14 #1 Thu Nov 22 12:09:16 CET 2001 i586 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C hi, the tftpboot.i