Blars Blarson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >Network configuration:[ ] none [ ] dhcp [ ] static [ ] modem/dsl
>
> This seems to imply that all dsl uses the abomination of pppoe. I've
Thats strange since the word doesn't eve
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Network configuration:[ ] none [ ] dhcp [ ] static [ ] modem/dsl
This seems to imply that all dsl uses the abomination of pppoe. I've
got SDSL at home, and would need to choose static if I was installing
on a directly connected
>[Geert Stappers]
>> Add missing serial line (detection) support to the list.
>
>Are you talking about the missing serial line support in
>grub-installer, or some feature of the grub boot loader? The first
>should be easily fixable. At least we use grub with serial console
>here at the university
[Geert Stappers]
> Add missing serial line (detection) support to the list.
Are you talking about the missing serial line support in
grub-installer, or some feature of the grub boot loader? The first
should be easily fixable. At least we use grub with serial console
here at the university, and i
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 10:14:48PM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > >
> > > Have you URLs for none i386 distributions?
> Have you URLs for non-i386 distributions?
> >
> > I don't understand the question :>
>
> It was to ask your attention for the world beyond ia32 (a.k.a. i386).
No sorry,
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 01:39:35PM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:24:42AM +0100, Norman Schmidt wrote:
> > Robert Millan schrieb:
> > Why I do not use grub is because I want to boot from software raid 1,
> > and lilo makes that possible. It even writes two bootblocks on
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 11:14:48AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 12:33:06AM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> > GRUB need to install automatically using the grub-installer udeb. I
> > believe only bug #219833 is blocking this at the moment.
I've just uploaded the fix for
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:50:07PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 07:53:20PM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > >
> > > However, there's always a preferred option. Don't call it "default" if you
> > > don't want to, but we need to decide which is the preferred option for Debia
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 07:53:20PM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> >
> > However, there's always a preferred option. Don't call it "default" if you
> > don't want to, but we need to decide which is the preferred option for Debian.
> For Debian means on all architectures.
Yeah.. sorry. I meant "for
GRUB advantages.
> > I'm not intending to make a flamewar of bootloaders. I just suggest not to have
> > a "default" bootloader but to let the user to choose what is the one she needs.
>
> Sounds fine. If you look at the links I pasted (see below), you'll see tha
LILO. Some users will need LILO advantages, some will need GRUB advantages.
>> > I'm not intending to make a flamewar of bootloaders. I just suggest not to have
>> > a "default" bootloader but to let the user to choose what is the one she needs.
>> You already
I just suggest not to have
> a "default" bootloader but to let the user to choose what is the one she needs.
Sounds fine. If you look at the links I pasted (see below), you'll see that
this is what other distributions do.
However, there's always a preferred option. Don
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 12:40:08AM +0100, Peter 'p2' De Schrijver wrote:
> > - Clean dessign. While GRUB's dessign is far from perfect, it is still a
> >very flexible one. GRUB understands filesystems and network protocols,
> >making it able to load kernels dynamicaly from the disk or the
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 12:33:06AM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> [Robert Millan]
> > I (as GRUB co-maintainer) have discussed with Jason the possibility
> > of GRUB being the default bootloader for i386 in Debian 3.1, and we
> > agree that GRUB is now mature enough for t
; > I'm not intending to make a flamewar of bootloaders. I just suggest not to have
> > a "default" bootloader but to let the user to choose what is the one she needs.
> You already have this choice. Simply run debian-installer at priority
> medium and you will see main
suggest not to have
> a "default" bootloader but to let the user to choose what is the one she needs.
You already have this choice. Simply run debian-installer at priority
medium and you will see main-menu and you can choose grub or lilo. For
the priority=high install we need a default
Andrés Roldán <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just suggest not to have a "default" bootloader but to let the
> user to choose what is the one she needs.
Precisely. Selecting a suitable boot loader is an important task,
and the installer should allow the admin to make a del
As the maintainer of LILO, I know that there is advantages on GRUB and advantages
on LILO. Some users will need LILO advantages, some will need GRUB advantages.
I'm not intending to make a flamewar of bootloaders. I just suggest not to have
a "default" bootloader but to let the user
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:24:42AM +0100, Norman Schmidt wrote:
> Robert Millan schrieb:
>
> > Hi there!
> >
> > Expecting to hear some feedback from the Debian Installer hackers about what
> > the requirements are, and gladly disposed to address them.
>
> Hi Robert!
>
> Why I do not use grub i
Robert Millan schrieb:
Hi there!
Expecting to hear some feedback from the Debian Installer hackers about what
the requirements are, and gladly disposed to address them.
Hi Robert!
Why I do not use grub is because I want to boot from software raid 1,
and lilo makes that possible. It even writes
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 12:25:15AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
>
> Hi there!
>
> Time to talk a bit about which is going to be the default bootloader for i386
> in next Debian release.
>
> I (as GRUB co-maintainer) have discussed with Jason the possibility of GRUB
> bein
[Robert Millan]
> I (as GRUB co-maintainer) have discussed with Jason the possibility
> of GRUB being the default bootloader for i386 in Debian 3.1, and we
> agree that GRUB is now mature enough for that.
Sounds good. I would also use grub as the default. We do it already
in S
Hi there!
Time to talk a bit about which is going to be the default bootloader for i386
in next Debian release.
I (as GRUB co-maintainer) have discussed with Jason the possibility of GRUB
being the default bootloader for i386 in Debian 3.1, and we agree that GRUB is
now mature enough for that
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