Bug#69372: cfdisk bugged and wiped partition

2000-08-18 Thread Thue
Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; Severity: critical Using cfdisk to remove the adjacent partitions hda5 and hda7 and create a new partition, all the partition names were reordered. This is ok I guess, except that it insisted on having 2 hda6'es! I tried exiting cfdisk and entering again, but

Boot of 2000/98/Debian system?

2000-08-18 Thread Conrad Delbert Seaman
I'm having trouble getting lilo to boot the system I have, there seems to be a gap in the doc's. My system looks as follows.   1 20 gig disk   50% Disk C: (first partition)  Windows2000(NT5)/Windows98  (this boots using the NT loader) 50% Partition 2:  Linux Prime, Linux Swap, Linux Prime   I

Re: Boot of 2000/98/Debian system?

2000-08-18 Thread Conrad Delbert Seaman
I'm having trouble getting lilo to boot the system I have, there seems to be a gap in the doc's. My system looks as follows.   1 20 gig disk   50% Disk C: (first partition)  Windows2000(NT5)/Windows98  (this boots using the NT loader) 50% Partition 2:  Linux Prime, Lin

Automatic installation of a Debian system

2000-08-18 Thread Romain Guilleret
Hi, Sorry if this question has already been asked. I couldn't find anything. I'm looking for a tool for installing automatically a Debian system from scratch, using a local mirror and a boot floppy, a la Kickstart: - Partition the disk - Install a Debian base system end confi

Re: Automatic installation of a Debian system

2000-08-18 Thread Samuel Hocevar
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000, Romain Guilleret wrote: > I'm looking for a tool for installing automatically a Debian system from > scratch, using a local mirror and a boot floppy, a la Kickstart: > - Partition the disk > - Install a Debian base system end configure it (links, timezone ) > - Install chos

Re: [redferni@logica.com: Re: Release Notes!!!]

2000-08-18 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 10:49:19PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > From: Ian Redfern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Release Notes!!! > > One thing that I don't remember seeing in the release notes is a mention > that, after upgrading from slink, it is nec

Re: not i18ned part in b-f 2.2.15

2000-08-18 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Akira YOSHIYAMA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, of course. I've ported and tested b-f to NEC PC-9800 architecture > for a long time ,and used termwrap from last month. It works fine. Ok -- I committed it. Its in the mainline. -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/> --

Re: Default kernel config.

2000-08-18 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Tommy Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi guys. I want to add a patch to the default installation kernel > that is put on to the 1.44 meg images. This is a screen reading > program patch that allows blind people with special hardware to read > the linux consoles. I'm trying to make it so that

Re: udma disks /modules/2.2.17/ should be modules/2.2.17-ide/

2000-08-18 Thread Adam Di Carlo
bug1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Randolph Chung wrote: > > > > In reference to a message from bug1, dated Aug 17: > > > the udma disks spew up heaps of modprobe errors, cant open dependencies > > > file /lib/modules/2.2.17-ide/modules.dep > > > > > > the directory created is /lib/modules/2.2.1

Re: just a short note

2000-08-18 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Othmar Pasteka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > actually, somewhere failed our quality control, because there is > a "nice" %FIXME around it. I have repeated stated that this is here on purpose because the documentation is not up to my idea of completion yet. It shall remain until more of the larg

Re: Potato now stable

2000-08-18 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anyhow, I really feel some dialog about what you're doing will be more > effective -- experience with Corel's installer, which was in our cvs > (partially, and too late), shows thst just dropping a lump of code into cvs > doesn't help too much, until you

Re: potato release notes missing

2000-08-18 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I disagree, it's useful, having directories without index.html is bad. I deny it is actually useful. All of its information is more completely and clearly stated at http://www.debian.org/releases/potato/index.*.html. Inaccurate and incomplete informati

Re: Bugs against release notes?

2000-08-18 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Package: boot-floppies is the right place to file a bug. -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#69372: cfdisk bugged and wiped partition

2000-08-18 Thread Adam Di Carlo
reassign 69372 util-linux thanks -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Processed: Re: Bug#69372: cfdisk bugged and wiped partition

2000-08-18 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 69372 util-linux Bug#69372: cfdisk bugged and wiped partition Bug reassigned from package `boot-floppies' to `util-linux'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren Benham (administrator, Debian Bug

Re: libc reduction

2000-08-18 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is here somebody around who groks library reduction? I'm not getting > anywhere with it, lacking some background information and seem to be > blind all over. Hmm. I guess you mebbe should look at the CVS changelog for the file and email the people w

Re: How on earth do I load modules from the floppy disks?

2000-08-18 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Pedro I. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "configured modules; modconf returned 32512" > > I'm stuck at this point. Can anyone help me here? Hmmm. Try booting with 'debug' turned on and look at the logs. You can also try going to tty2 and trying the modprobe commands manually there on

Re: potato release notes missing

2000-08-18 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 04:27:14PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > I disagree, it's useful, having directories without index.html is bad. > > I deny it is actually useful. All of its information is more > completely and clearly stated at > http://www.debian.org/releases/potato/index.*.html. Tha

Modules not find in lib errors in 1.44 root.bin file

2000-08-18 Thread tadashi . yoshida
Tried on the ver 2.2, 1.44 diskette set, and encountered the following errors: 1) a use of the root.bin disk reports "modules not find in the /lib" errors could installed isp16 & netwrk3, but not lp 2) an installation, kind of, halt when tried to initialize swap drives. I will try to test more

Re: Default kernel config.

2000-08-18 Thread Herbert Xu
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 04:18:15PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > If so, I'm not sure this is doable. I've CC'd the kernel maintainer; > but please provide a URL for where you got the patch. I know about the patch already. Apparently it's not particularly stable at the moment, especially on l

Re: not i18ned part in b-f 2.2.15

2000-08-18 Thread Akira YOSHIYAMA
Hi, On 18 Aug 2000 15:19:29 -0400 Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Akira YOSHIYAMA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Yes, of course. I've ported and tested b-f to NEC PC-9800 architecture > > for a long time ,and used termwrap from last month. It works fine. > > Ok -- I committed it.

Re: just a short note

2000-08-18 Thread Othmar Pasteka
hi, On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 04:20:38PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > I have repeated stated that this is here on purpose because the > documentation is not up to my idea of completion yet. ok, didn't read it, must have slipped while browsing the emails after my vacation. > It shall remain until