Re: lilo udebization

2000-12-25 Thread Joey Hess
Anthony Towns wrote: > You'll note I didn't say the install media: I said "rescue disk". We > can't reasonably do without a rescue disk; whether it's the same as > the installer or some other difficult to maintain offshoot of b-f's is > another matter. Ok, fair enough. Although I have never used

Re: lilo udebization

2000-12-25 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 01:03:25AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Anthony Towns wrote: > > We need lilo on a rescue disk, at least... > Take another look at the system. I'm not even guarenteeing a *shell* on > the install media. You'll note I didn't say the install media: I said "rescue disk". We can'

[risko@atom.hu: Re: lilo udebization]

2000-12-25 Thread Gergely Risko
Hello! Sorry, I'm a mutt beginner ;) I forgot to cc to the list again. Thanks, Gergely - Forwarded message from Gergely Risko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 22:59:23 +0100 From: Gergely Risko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: lilo udebization

2000-12-25 Thread Joey Hess
Gergely Risko wrote: > You mean, before restart but after base-system installed, we can apt-get > from a chroot for example? Right. We could use apt or use the retreiver system that's part of d-i, it is capable of parsing normal Packages files and downloading regular .deb packages too. We have t

Re: lilo udebization

2000-12-25 Thread Joey Hess
Anthony Towns wrote: > We need lilo on a rescue disk, at least... Take another look at the system. I'm not even guarenteeing a *shell* on the install media. -- see shy jo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lilo udebization

2000-12-25 Thread Gergely Risko
Hello! > We definatly need boot loaders (at least one for each arch) to integrate > into either cdebconf or debconf, but it doesnt need to be a core > component. > > Core componenents should be just enough to start the install process. > > A boot loader can be fetched by whatever fetch method i

Re: lilo udebization

2000-12-25 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 05:44:16PM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote: > > We definatly need boot loaders (at least one for each arch) to integrate > into either cdebconf or debconf, but it doesnt need to be a core > component. I'm not sure if this has been discussed, but how will/can say the partitioni

Re: lilo udebization

2000-12-24 Thread Glenn McGrath
Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 09:25:17AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > > Gergely Risko wrote: > > > I made an udeb for lilo. You can find the patch for the unstable lilo > > > in bug 80390. > > Why do we need a lilo udeb? > > We need lilo on a rescue disk, at least... > > Cheers,

Re: lilo udebization

2000-12-24 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 09:25:17AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Gergely Risko wrote: > > I made an udeb for lilo. You can find the patch for the unstable lilo > > in bug 80390. > Why do we need a lilo udeb? We need lilo on a rescue disk, at least... Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lilo udebization

2000-12-23 Thread Zhao Wei
On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 09:25:17AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Gergely Risko wrote: > > I made an udeb for lilo. You can find the patch for the unstable lilo > > in bug 80390. > > Why do we need a lilo udeb? > > By the time lilo runs, we should have a full debian base system set up, > so we could

Re: lilo udebization

2000-12-23 Thread Gergely Risko
Hello! On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 09:51:45AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Gergely Risko wrote: > > But in the base system we won't got grub or bmconf for example, so we > > need udebs for other loaders (I think), and in this case it will be > > clearer if we got an udeb for lilo. > > Right but couldn'

Re: lilo udebization

2000-12-23 Thread Gergely Risko
Hello! On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 09:25:17AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Gergely Risko wrote: > > I made an udeb for lilo. You can find the patch for the unstable lilo > > in bug 80390. > > Why do we need a lilo udeb? > > By the time lilo runs, we should have a full debian base system set up, > so

Re: lilo udebization

2000-12-23 Thread Joey Hess
Gergely Risko wrote: > I made an udeb for lilo. You can find the patch for the unstable lilo > in bug 80390. Why do we need a lilo udeb? By the time lilo runs, we should have a full debian base system set up, so we could just run lilo from there. -- see shy jo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

lilo udebization

2000-12-23 Thread Gergely Risko
Hello! I made an udeb for lilo. You can find the patch for the unstable lilo in bug 80390. Greetings, Gergely Risko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]