disk) that provides a similar output to fdisk -lu
e.g.
home:/home/bug1/dev/busybox# ./busybox rdisk /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 20.5 GB = 40160988 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 bytes
Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System
/dev/hda16336499936+ 82 Linux
Repository: debian-installer/tools/pcidetect
who:bug1
time: Sat Aug 4 21:53:39 PDT 2001
Log Message:
Renamed to lmod-detect-pci
Files:
removed:Makefile lst_net.h lst_net_1000.h lst_net_10_100.h lst_net_arcnet.h
lst_net_other.h lst_net_tokenring.h lst_net_wan.h
Repository: debian-installer/tools/lmod-detect-pci
who:bug1
time: Sat Aug 4 21:47:48 PDT 2001
Log Message:
Updated pci database based on Thierry Laronde's pci-id table, it now knows about 120
pci modules
Files:
added: Makefile lmod-detect-pci.1 lmod-detect-
Repository: debian-installer/tools/pcidetect/debian
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time: Sat Aug 4 21:47:48 PDT 2001
Log Message:
Updated pci database based on Thierry Laronde's pci-id table, it now knows about 120
pci modules
Files:
removed:README.Debian changelog control copyright
Repository: debian-installer/tools/lmod-detect-pci/debian
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Log Message:
Updated pci database based on Thierry Laronde's pci-id table, it now knows about 120
pci modules
Files:
added: changelog control copyright rules
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Repository: debian-installer/tools/lmod-detect-pci/debian
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Repository: debian-installer/tools/kdetect
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Randolph Chung wrote:
>
> In reference to a message from bug1, dated Aug 17:
> > the udma disks spew up heaps of modprobe errors, cant open dependencies
> > file /lib/modules/2.2.17-ide/modules.dep
> >
> > the directory created is /lib/modules/2.2.17/
> &g
the udma disks spew up heaps of modprobe errors, cant open dependencies
file /lib/modules/2.2.17-ide/modules.dep
the directory created is /lib/modules/2.2.17/
This is pretty serious, stops modules being configured
Glenn
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The woody installer is planning on being based around a debconf like
program.
I read in a recent posts (cant find it right now) about postinst stuff
being unwelcome, to make everything preconfigurable.
I think the debian installer could make a lot of use of a post install
type setup. e.g. to do
Chris Rutter wrote:
>
> I have a fairly wacky proposal which concerns, mainly, boot-floppies on
> Linux/ARM. I've attached the proposal here; it should actually of generic
> relevance, but I'm only working on ARM for the time being. If anyone had
> any comments I'd be hugely hugely greatful. I
"Winux is a graphical configuration interface for the LOADLIN
bootloader. It also has multi-language support including English,
French, German, Italian and Spanish."
http://www.linux-france.org/prj/winux/English/index.html
This could be a nice thing for people that intend to switch beteen linux
Ive been working on writting a debconf in c, im calling it
debconf-native at the moment.
If we can make the user interface for debconf a bit more flexible, it
would be ideal to base the entire woody isntaller around.
Debconf would be great for users becasue it would be same tool they
could use
There is a script in the boot-floppies src, /scripts/mklibs.sh, it
strips the library down to only the objects required to run specified
binaries.
Jarkko Kovala wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> This is kind of off topic, sorry.
>
> How did you get the c libraries on the boot floppies so small?
>
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If debconf is going to play a central role for the woody installer it
may be beneficial to rewrite it in c.
Perl has its uses, but its a pretty big overhead for the installer if
its only used for debconf.
How stable do you consider the functionality provided by debconf, do you
think it will chan
Wookey wrote:
>
> Some of you may be aware that emdebian.org has been created to generate a
> debian-allied embedded linux distibution. My area of interest is ARM
> devices, and a lot of the potential platforms are handheld/embdedded
> devices (4Mb flash, 32Mb RAM, 100Mhz Strongarm, LCD+touchscre
Ben Collins wrote:
>
> If you are really interesed in writing some code, I'de like to see a
> smallish library that interprets things in /dev of a devfs mounted
> filesystem. query things like drives, partitions, devices, etc.. Devfs is
> definitely going to be the way to go in woody.
>
> Ben
>
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 12:02:30AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > > The reason for not just using the normal /proc is that it enlarges the
> > > kernel by about 67KB in 2.[34].x which is about 5% of our space on the
> > > initial boot floppy. By using a few dev modules
Hi, ive been playing around with kernel modules, and i intend to make
/proc/filesystems, /proc/partitions available as devices in the same way
as busybox's devmtab, devps and devmodules.
My reasons for this are that when debian installer starts one of its
first priorities may be to find space tha
Exodous wrote:
>
> Hey,
>
> How is everyone doing. I really need some help. I need to make custom
> rescue and root disks for my systems with my specific kernel
> (2.4.0-test2-ac2). I have tried so many ways and I have not reached any
> success. I read the bootdisk howto , yard etc . I have n
At the following address there is a mini-libfdisk, its pretty tiny (it
uses mini-elk), im going to check it out further, maybe it could handy
for partitioning for woody.
ftp://ftp.stormix.com/ogl/inst/src/om-inst/
The original site loops to be in japan, i couldnt get into it though.
Glenn
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Alvaro wrote:
>
> This assumption is false. The new installer is going to be modular, and
> it will be able to start from a very small base (1 floppy, we hope) and
> retrieve other modules as needed from various sources (like cd's,
> floppies, and the network).
>
A recent thread on debian-boot concerns wether busybox should be allowed
into woody as a seperate package.
Busybox is a vital component of the installer but would NOT be useable
or installable post install.
The reason for rejection
On Sat Jul 01, 2000 at 11:27:31AM -0400, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho w
If the installer understood smb we could mount remote directorys using
via windos (or others) shared folders.
SMB mounts would be usefull for computers on a lan, ftp, http gets are
more versatile.
It would be easier for some people to just share a folder on there
windows machine than get them to
Joey Hess wrote:
>
> bug1 wrote:
> > > What is the advantage to delaying partitioning, get it out of the way
> > > fast and you have the whole harddrive to play with.
> > >
> > If you get it out the way first, then you limit how powerfull it can be.
>
Bruce Sass wrote:
> I think you are forgetting about something...
> how is partitioning going to be accomplished without user interaction.
>
> I'm not aware of any tools that can take a description of a filesystem
> then partition and setup a harddrive(s) accordingly, that seems to be a
> task ne
Hartmut Koptein wrote:
>
> > > > How and Interim filesystem might work (as i see it)
> > >
> > > Why have an interim fs?
>
> And what about raiserfs or better jfs ?
>
I havent tried reiserfs yet, from what i know it save us a bit of space
with small files wouldnt it, does it have nay other adv
Bruce Sass wrote:
>
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, bug1 wrote:
> > Bruce Sass wrote:
> > > On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, bug1 wrote:
> > > > How and Interim filesystem might work (as i see it)
> > >
> > > Why have an interim fs?
> >
> > 1) To ge
If we breaking the installer into seperate modules, with binaries in
seperate modules how are we going to support them with libraries?
Currently we have mklibs.sh to cut down the libraries to only support
the binaries we need.
Its going to be harder to do that if we have heaps of different modul
Bruce Sass wrote:
>
> On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, bug1 wrote:
> > How and Interim filesystem might work (as i see it)
>
> Why have an interim fs?
>
> - Bruce
1) To get around any space limitations presented by the boot medium, or
ramdisk.
It is delaying the partitioni
Steve Przepiora wrote:
> As long as your thinking of re-doing boot-floppies, why not take suggestions
> from users about what's important for them? Maybe set up some kind voting
> page or something.
>
Its a good idea to keep in touch with regular users, but i think timing
is important.
I think it
Joey Hess wrote:
> I think this would require a minimum of 16 mb of disk space, and
> probably a bit more. Since with ramfs, disk space == memory, this
> would limit installations to systems with around 20-32 mb of memory.
> I don't think that's very acceptable.
>
> I don't see how you could use
Karl mentioned something on this in another post, there are lots of
ideas floating around, maybe we do need something other than emails and
cvs to keep track of everything.
What about a web page or something?
I guess the issue is, would the benefits of maintaining a web page for
the development
Erik Andersen wrote:
>
> On Sat Jun 17, 2000 at 12:02:51AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > 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:
> > > > > Red Hat's `libfdisk&
"Karl M. Hegbloom" wrote:
> Karl> newtGrid's and whatnot. I'm going to start learning Newt, and see
> Karl> what I can come up with.
Karl, if you havent found this newt tutorial already, its at
http://oksid.ch/gnewt/tutorial.html
Glenn
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Ben Collins wrote:
>
> Also, I'm looking into a program on freshmeat called genext2fs that can
> create ext2 images from a directory (and using an optional device list for
> devices) as non-root. Would be very nice for woody boot-floppies, IMO.
> It's a single .c, so could go into utilities if i
"Karl M. Hegbloom" wrote:
>
>
> Karl> I discovered today that the `boot-floppies' "root.bin" has the entire
> Karl> libnewt.so on it, rather than a subset as I had assumed previously.
> Karl> I somehow never noted that there's a libslang.pic, but not a
> Karl> libnewt.pic.
>
Tal
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> Hi new to the list. Trying to get the Linux-2.4.0-test1-ac18 + Reiserfs 3.6.9
>(patched) ????????
> kernel rescue disk to work, but get a "Unable to find swap-space signature" and
>"Sorry, ????????
> your computer does not have enough memory." afte
Joey, i have some ideas of how woody boot floppies could work and would
like to see how close they are to yours, or what are the curent plans
for woody?
Some things ive been thinking are
base.tgz could be created on the fly if someone has access to the debian
archive.
An intermediate install co
"Karl M. Hegbloom" wrote:
> Joey Hess has started a design document for the Woody
> installation system. Look in the archives for it.
>
In CVS? could you please give a few more pointers as to where it is.
I looked but i didnt really know where to look or what to look for.
Thanks
Glenn
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Adam Lininger wrote:
>
> I installed version 2.1 and configured X. Now it automatically boots into a collored
>screen that asks for the login name and password but after I type them in it gives me
>a blue screen with an icon in the lower left corner. The mouse doesn't work and each
>key result
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