On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 08:16:47AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> [Anton Zinoviev]
> > I browsed the archives of the mailing list of parted and discovered that
> > this is a known bug of parted. There were even flame wars about it.
> > This is going to be quiet unfortunate to many people who
[Anton Zinoviev]
> I browsed the archives of the mailing list of parted and discovered that
> this is a known bug of parted. There were even flame wars about it.
> This is going to be quiet unfortunate to many people who will try to
> install Debian on dual-boot systems (#258880).
Is is all this
"Anton Zinoviev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Ryan Underwood wrote:
> > partition table appears to be created with a xxx/64/63 geometry by the
> > partitioner. I'm not sure why this is done. Most SCSI disks I can
> > remember partitioning would have a xxx/255/63
Ryan Underwood wrote:
> partition table appears to be created with a xxx/64/63 geometry by the
> partitioner. I'm not sure why this is done. Most SCSI disks I can
> remember partitioning would have a xxx/255/63 geometry.
I browsed the archives of the mailing list of parted and discovered that
t
On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 02:06:08PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
>
> What about these names:
>
> Desktop machine (all files in one partition, recommended for new users)
> Desktop machine (separate partition for home directories)
> Multi-user workstation
> Storage server (big /var)
Yes, this make
> I think this has happened to other users also but the reason is unknown.
> In order to make the situation more clear it will be helpful if you can
> post the contents of the directory /var/log of the installer. In the
> installed system you can find it saved in /var/log/debian-installer.
>
> Th
begin quotation of John Summerfield on 2004-08-03 15:39:43 +0800:
> Ryan Underwood wrote:
>
> >- Is is possible to include memtest86 on the install CD as a boot option?
> > One of the first things I do when installing a new machine is to check
> > that everything is sane. In this case, Linux cr
Package: partman
On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 12:07:16AM -0500, Ryan Underwood wrote:
>
> - In the partitioning menu, I finished partitioning and went to "Go
> Back" to go back to the main menu. Unfortunately, I didn't know this
> was equivalent to a "Cancel" action, and lost my changes after a
>
Glenn McGrath wrote:
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 00:07:16 -0500
Ryan Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
- Should ntpdate be included as part of the base install?
pool.ntp.org
is rather reliable, and it helps to have one's clock in a sane state
so that tar does not complain about timestamps being in
Ryan Underwood wrote:
- Is is possible to include memtest86 on the install CD as a boot option?
One of the first things I do when installing a new machine is to check
that everything is sane. In this case, Linux crashed when booting the
first time. When I made a memtest floppy, I found that on
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 00:07:16 -0500
Ryan Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> - Should ntpdate be included as part of the base install?
> pool.ntp.org
> is rather reliable, and it helps to have one's clock in a sane state
> so that tar does not complain about timestamps being in the future,
>
Hi,
I had the first opportunity to install Debian in a long time today, so I
gave the new D-I beta4 a shot (110MB CD image). The machine is a
Gateway G6-400 (Intel WS440BX, PII-400, 384MB RAM, 3dfx Banshee video
card, 6.4GB IDE + 18GB SCSI HD, IDE CD + zip drive, 3c59x PCI network
card, and Tekr
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