Bug#94435: [m68k] Extracting kernel from floppy image fails

2001-04-18 Thread ferret
Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2001-04-18 Severity: important version: Potato mac m68k (busybox 2000.11.29-07:44+) Problem: When installing to NFS root, a message mentioning special handling of the installation images is shown, then mounting the images fails. Details: dbootst

Re: biweekly debian-installer status report

2000-12-13 Thread ferret
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > Done this week: > - choose-mirror is usable > - wget retriever works, needs some things like proxy support > - cdebconf udebs build now, and it is usable > - demo2a.tar.gz, demo system that can download udebs from the web > and uses cdebconf ([EMAIL PRO

bf build failing, aparantly due to missing file

2000-07-28 Thread ferret
make[1]: Entering directory `/share/acct/idalton/work-in-progress/boot-floppies/documentation' rm -f messages.ent ln -s messages_C.ent messages.ent rm -f dynamic.ent ln -s dynamic_C_i386.ent dynamic.ent Verifying SGML validity for Installation Manual, language C: nsgmls -ges -wall /usr/lib/sgml/de

Re: test of 'compact' install with 20000614 CVS

2000-06-18 Thread ferret
I was booting 'linux verbose debug' at the syslinux 'boot' prompt. No install.bat here. I just installed another machine with the same images, but using a different installation method, and it did not have any problems. totem: installing kernel and modules from already-mounted fs. As below, I c

test of 'compact' install with 20000614 CVS

2000-06-16 Thread ferret
I'm booting with the rescue and root 1.44MB diskettes. I have my boot-floppies CVS build copied onto an hard drive on the machine I'm installing on. I mounted the partition, switched over to vt2, and copied resc1440compact.bin into images-1.44/compact/rescue.bin and copied driverscompact.tgz into