Re: [gsoc2009] debian-installer on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD

2009-03-11 Thread Luca Favatella
On 11/03/2009, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 11:57:22PM +0100, Luca Favatella wrote: [...] > Note that we already have Ging, a Live CD running GNU/kFreeBSD [1]. It > is clearly outdated, but it shows how to boot from a CD-ROM, and use a > ramdisk that allow copy-on with the CD fi

Re: [gsoc2009] debian-installer on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD

2009-03-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 01:47:52PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Martin Michlmayr writes: > > * Colin Watson [2009-03-09 00:01]: > >> Martin Michlmayr persuaded me to tentatively volunteer for mentoring > >> the addition of mtd support, but actually I'd be much more excited > >> about mentoring

Re: [gsoc2009] debian-installer on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD

2009-03-09 Thread Otavio Salvador
Martin Michlmayr writes: > * Colin Watson [2009-03-09 00:01]: >> Martin Michlmayr persuaded me to tentatively volunteer for mentoring >> the addition of mtd support, but actually I'd be much more excited >> about mentoring this project if it had a good student. Martin, is it >> possible that som

Re: [gsoc2009] debian-installer on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD

2009-03-09 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Colin Watson [2009-03-09 00:01]: > Martin Michlmayr persuaded me to tentatively volunteer for mentoring > the addition of mtd support, but actually I'd be much more excited > about mentoring this project if it had a good student. Martin, is it > possible that somebody else could mentor mtd suppo

Re: [gsoc2009] debian-installer on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD

2009-03-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 07:46:08PM +0200, Ross Cameron wrote: > Why not re-impliment the installer in a more OS neautral way (plugins for > different kernel/userland types) instead of porting it? > > That way it will look and feel and act (hopefully) the same as it currently > does, but now the co

Re: [gsoc2009] debian-installer on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD

2009-03-06 Thread Otavio Salvador
Gunnar Wolf writes: > Luca Favatella dijo [Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 11:57:22PM +0100]: >> (I don't know if I have to cc other Debian mailing lists) > > Probably debian-boot would be the one - I am adding a Cc: to this > mail, and quoting it fully. Debian-boot is [1] for «Developing the > installation

Re: [gsoc2009] debian-installer on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD

2009-03-05 Thread Ross Cameron
Why not re-impliment the installer in a more OS neautral way (plugins for different kernel/userland types) instead of porting it? That way it will look and feel and act (hopefully) the same as it currently does, but now the code is future proof? On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote:

Re: [gsoc2009] debian-installer on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD

2009-03-05 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Luca Favatella dijo [Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 11:57:22PM +0100]: > (I don't know if I have to cc other Debian mailing lists) Probably debian-boot would be the one - I am adding a Cc: to this mail, and quoting it fully. Debian-boot is [1] for «Developing the installation system - Discussion and mainten