Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 06:22:37AM +, Wasfi JAOUAD wrote: > Joey Hess wrote : > > > > You'll need to wait until this evening's build to get the fix I uploaded.. > > Waited. Downloaded. > > You're the man Joey. Thanks. > Debian_user++; > > Resolved. Good to hear that. Have fun with your D

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Wasfi JAOUAD
Joey Hess wrote : >> It's this one : >> http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz >> right ? > > You'll need to wait until this evening's build to get the fix I uploaded.. Waited. Downloaded. You're the man Joey. Thanks. Debian_user++; Resolved. W. J. i386-13-M

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Joey Hess
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've found and just fixed an error that prevented installs booted from a > > usb stick from using the CD for any packages pase the base installation. > > Assuming all your CDs were iso images on a USB stick, this explains the > > problem. > > Great news ! I'm eager to

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Wasfi JAOUAD
Geert Stappers wrote : >> It's this one : >> http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz >> right ? > Yes, and if not, then try tomorrow again. I must ;-) Binaries I downloaded this morning behaved exactly the same way (grub not found). Thank you Geert for your follow

Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-13 Thread Wasfi JAOUAD
Geert Stappers wrote : > Play the game again. > Play it as a game with no rules. > Nobody did forbid you to take notes, to write down the exact message, nobody. Lest's play. > Take your time to do another install. > Take your time to make notes about it. .. , 1. Took me some time ! Now I

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 01:56:41PM +, Wasfi JAOUAD wrote in a different order: > Geert Stappers wrote : > > > > And how works an AMD64 installer on a AMD64 ? > > > > > > I'll try and tell you > > > > Nice! > > Well, I tried. It didn't go far : base system could not be installed. > I learne

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Wasfi JAOUAD
Geert Stappers wrote : > IIRC is [EMAIL PROTECTED] the life form that wants > to install an AMD64 with an i386 image of d-i. Oh! I forgot to mention : I'm a non-intelligent life form! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-13 Thread Wasfi JAOUAD
Geert Stappers wrote : > > > And how works an AMD64 installer on a AMD64 ? > > > > I'll try and tell you > > Nice! Well, I tried. It didn't go far : base system could not be installed. I learned the exact message by heart, but after 3 hours fighting with netcourrier.com which was on vacation t

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 09:09:43AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've found and just fixed an error that prevented installs booted from a > > usb stick from using the CD for any packages pase the base installation. > > Assuming all your CDs were

Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 11:21:42AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Which should be the cd from the last beta release, which certianly does > > have grub on it. Yuou cold verify this by mounting the iso on another > > machine though. > > Yes I d

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread wjaouad1
> I've found and just fixed an error that prevented installs booted from a > usb stick from using the CD for any packages pase the base installation. > Assuming all your CDs were iso images on a USB stick, this explains the > problem. Great news ! I'm eager to test this right now (I'm finished res

Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-12 Thread Joey Hess
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It is quite likely that the mirror you used at the moment of the > > install was broken. > > > > Have you tried using another Debian mirror? > > I don't use any mirror at all. I skip the mirror configuration step. A > mirror is not needed : grub package (at least) is

Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-12 Thread wjaouad1
> And how works an AMD64 installer on a AMD64? Sorry fot beeing late to follow up on this. I had quite a lot of problems with my system : first lost partitions and now my system. This is why I want open software : I'm fighting with my backup/restore soft to convince it it's a shame for it not

Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-12 Thread wjaouad1
> Based on your log files, you're doing an install using the hd-media > images, and the iso on your drive is: > May 8 11:07:26 base-installer: Found label 'Debian GNU/Linux testing > _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20060314)' Yes. Actually I tried almost all of the CD images available

Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-12 Thread wjaouad1
> It is quite likely that the mirror you used at the moment of the > install was broken. > > Have you tried using another Debian mirror? I don't use any mirror at all. I skip the mirror configuration step. A mirror is not needed : grub package (at least) is in the images I use. > I don't exactly

Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-11 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Please quote the exact error message, a paraphrased error message is > useless. > > Here you are : > > apt-install: Package grub is not available, but is referred to by another > package. > apt-install: E: Package grub has no installation candi

Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-11 Thread Joey Hess
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Please quote the exact error message, a paraphrased error message is > useless. > > Here you are : > > apt-install: Package grub is not available, but is referred to by another > package. > apt-install: E: Package grub has no installation candidate > grub-installer:

Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-11 Thread wjaouad1
> Please quote the exact error message, a paraphrased error message is useless. Here you are : apt-install: Package grub is not available, but is referred to by another package. apt-install: E: Package grub has no installation candidate grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install grub' failed -

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-10 Thread Joey Hess
David Härdeman wrote: > Not my bug report, but I'm seeing similar error messages... I have no idea if you're seeing the same problem as the thread head, but I've reproduced your problem and filed a bug report on nfs-common to get it fixed. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signa

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-10 Thread David Härdeman
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 04:19:49PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There's likely to be more information in /var/log/syslogafter this > error pops up. Yes, it says grub could not be found (was hard to find)! I used netinst CD image, then the first testing CD image (grud**.deb

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-10 Thread Joey Hess
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > There's likely to be more information in /var/log/syslogafter this > > error pops up. > > Yes, it says grub could not be found (was hard to find)! I used > netinst CD image, then the first testing CD image (grud**.deb is > actually in both) but I have the exact same pr

Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-10 Thread wjaouad1
> And how works an AMD64 installer on a AMD64 ? I'll try and tell you (USB booting with hd-media/boot.img.gz only, I'm against the CD's theory..) Tonight if I have enough time : my playing with i386 installer broke some part of my system hard disk partition table. No files lost, I'm just tranfer

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-10 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 04:09:07PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Mmmm, another amd64 ... > > Oh, I forgot to say that I'm using only i386 images to install > (on an AMD64 plateform yes !). And how works an AMD64 installer on a AMD64? Your feedback is appreciated. Cheers Geert Stappers -

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-10 Thread wjaouad1
> Mmmm, another amd64 ... Oh, I forgot to say that I'm using only i386 images to install (on an AMD64 plateform yes !).

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-10 Thread wjaouad1
> There's likely to be more information in /var/log/syslogafter this error pops > up. Yes, it says grub could not be found (was hard to find)! I used netinst CD image, then the first testing CD image (grud**.deb is actually in both) but I have the exact same problem..