learning from Mandrake

2000-11-12 Thread Max Moritz Sievers
Hello, I don't know if this was discussed before but have you seen Mandrakes GPL-tools? http://www.linux-mandrake.com/diskdrake/ http://www.linux-mandrake.com/harddrake/ http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/drakx.php3 IMHO Mandrake Linux is most easy to install for newbies. Regards, Max Moritz Sie

i18n boot floppies - IMPORTANT

2000-11-12 Thread Marcin Owsiany
Hello! Here is the patch that finally integrates LANGUAGE_CHOOSER to the boot-floppies. _PLEASE_ test it. It almost built on my system (my disk is too small), so it's mostly fine. A few build depends are probably missing (libpng-dev comes to mind, but I'm not sure what exactly - I have too many d

Bug#76871: Request for isapnp on boot floppies

2000-11-12 Thread Aigars Mahinovs
Package: boot-floppies Severity: wishlist Hello all, After a discussion on IRC with a Debian User I propose that there should be created a flavor of Debian boot-floppies that include support for ISA PnP hardware. I suppose this could be accomplished by adding executables

Bug#76871: Request for isapnp on boot floppies

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
merge 76871 61886 thanks Aigars Mahinovs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > After a discussion on IRC with a Debian User I propose that > there should be created a flavor of Debian boot-floppies that > include support for ISA PnP hardware. I suppose this could be > accomplish

Processed: Re: Bug#76871: Request for isapnp on boot floppies

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Debian Boot CVS: aph

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-boot Module name:debian-installer Changes by: aph 00/11/12 11:49:40 Modified files: doc: TODO Log message: just testing the new loginfo stuff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: Tasksel wishlist - Apache / Apache-SSL

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Andrew M.A. Cater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know space is tight on the boot disks - have we space for an additional > two package listings in tasksel patterned after the Roxen entries i.e. As of potato, the issue of adding task scripts is no longer either constrained by the size of the b

Re: SanDisk SDCFB 48 Partition Table

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Bastien CAZENAVE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > and the 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1' command issues the > following error message: > > hda:hda: read_intr: error=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest > Error } > hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=0, se

Re: Debian Boot Floppies - development

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"techservice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > we are currently looking at merging the debian m68K and > LinuxRouterProject to create > >a mac based router box. BTW, you'll probably interact better with the community if you follow

Re: rolling a kernel for a different machine

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Andrew Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi All, > sorry for posting this to this list as it isn't a > development question but no one on the debian-user or > debian-laptop lists seemed to know. > > I'm trying to build a kernel for my laptop (Sony Vaio > F250) on my desktop machine. I tried t

Re: sgi dislabel support for libfdisk

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Well, MIPS porters, I'm happy to apply this patch if it's appropriate. Or you could hang onto it a bit until I branch Potato out and we could apply it to the woody trunk. -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: Some thoughts on a new installer

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 4. The current boot-system can be simplified and used for two > > > purposes. The initial boot system as well as for a base for the future > > > installation. > On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > > Again I think that's disgusting. I don't w

Re: busybox in woody (was Re: first weekly debian-installer status report)

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > I claim this one. (btw, it is "Andersen" not "Anderson" :-). When the new > > > dpkg-dev arrives, I will get an initial set of .udebs uploaded within a day or > > > by Tuesday -- whichever comes later. > > > > Ok -- now, what i

Re: LANGUAGE_CHOOSER on the root disk

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Should I commit it to CVS? I tried to avoid changing anything that is run > without USE_LANGUAGE_CHOOSER=true Yes. -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Bug#11000: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] Installation: should allow adding append to lilo install)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#25848: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] bootdisk: Keep "append=*" parameters during installation proccess.)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#31449: marked as done (suboptimal behavior when mounting as root already installed system)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#57609: marked as done (boot-floppies: Putting fr-latin0 keyboard map in the boot floppies?)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#57733: marked as done (bootdisk: File selection boxes don't work if non-existent directory is given)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#61373: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] install path must end with / if it's symlink)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#61693: marked as done (boot-floppies: confused when configuring the cdrom source)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#64349: marked as done (boot-floppy: insists on path image-1.44/rescue.bin)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#66326: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] images-1.44/rescue.bin)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#67082: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] "Choose debian archive" box confusing)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#67378: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] Potato test-cycle-1 omits /dev/sg*)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#67898: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] doc: missing target of Release Notes link)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#67900: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] doc: "FIXME" text remains (because not labeled "FIXME"))

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#68021: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] Can't locate/configure modules with compact set)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Re: LANGUAGE_CHOOSER - continued

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (2). I added libutf8_plug.so to $LIBRARIES (under "determining set of required > libraries" in rootdisk.sh). I don't know if I should have, I thought this is > needed for library reduction, but now during the build tar cries that it > can't find the fi

Bug#70878: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] Module installation breaks if kernel installation fails once)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#68517: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] Not enough RAID ida devices)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#68659: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] root disk filesystem shouldn't use new ext2 extensions)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Re: TFTP boot with powerbook (debian/powermac)

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
John Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've managed to boot very easily over TFTP using yaboot. Your current > install docs are unfinished (and they say so) on this process and the yaboot > way was very easy. > > Someone's obviously managed to boot this somehow so I'm just wondering if > you

Bug#68900: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] Misterious boot-floppies error)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#68911: marked as done ([fixed in CVS] dbootstrap.h missing)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#69141: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] boot-floppies: Can dd with volume management on in Solaris)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#75303: no subject)

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"C.R de Groot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 potato > architecture: i686 > model: no-name pII 350 > memory: 64MB > scsi: none > cd-rom: -ATAPI 36X > -Philips 2/2/24 cdr/cdrw > network card: ne2000 (Realtek 8019 ISA) > pcmcia: none

Bug#69158: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] boot-floppies: Installer doesn't eject floppies on PowerPC PowerMacs)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Processed: Re: Bug#75303: (no subject)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 75303 [i386, kernel] hang after MCA SCSI message Bug#75303: problems with installation-system. Changed Bug title. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren Benham (administrator, Debian Bugs database

Bug#69959: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] 1.2M root.bin is just nulls)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#69620: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] Is section 1.7 still required?)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#69970: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] images-1.20/root.bin consists entirely of nulls)

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Bug#71080: marked as done ([CVS-fixed] errors in documentation chapter 8)

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Re: debian installation

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
kapil sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I need the boot disk of debian to install it. Please > let me know of the procedure. Read the info at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: I have a problem with the installation.

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, i'm a new user of debian. I have a problem > with the installation: > > When I reboot the system, with the cd (binary 1) after > some messages appears this: > >

Re: LANGUAGE_CHOOSER - continued

2000-11-12 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 03:29:49PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I: copying required libraries to root filesystem > > tar: ./utilities/bogl/libutf8_plug.so: Cannot stat: No such file or directory > > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > >

Processed: #74081: boot-floopies: leaves no kernel-image package

2000-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 74081 boot-floppies Bug#74081: boot-floopies: leaves no kernel-image package Bug reassigned from package `boot-floopies' to `boot-floppies'. > severity 74081 wishlist Bug#74081: boot-floopies: leaves no kernel-image package Severity set to `w

Re: Co-maintainership of base packages by the debian-boot team?

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: > > "Adam" == Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Adam> Yes. More care should be given to the base set. We need to file bugs > Adam> now, and agressively, against them. > > I have a better idea. Let's take out the "middle ma

Re: Each team member keep own Notes. in CVS.

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: > I think it would be useful if we each kept a Notes. in CVS just > to jot ideas that are part of general conjecture; ie, not sorted out > to fit into another doc file yet, etc. This way we can look over > each others notes and ideas. Sound Ok?

Re: cvs commit messages

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think we need to get cvs commit messages from > debian-boot/debian-installer cvs flowing to this mailing list (or some > other list) again. I'm particularly interested in debian-installer > commit of course; Aj and Randolph are hacking away on cdebconf an

Re: Release 2.2 Installation

2000-11-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Costas Koulierakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have recently downloaded the 2.2 release files. > > I read parts of the installation documentation but I could not locate some > information about how to brake-up the distribution files into two CDs (ie. > which files go where). Could you dire