Re: Unidentified subject!

2001-06-13 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > Oui, Debian est gratuit et libre. Tu peux trouver plein d'informations à partir > de la page www.debian.org Pas toujours gratuit: des fois on peut l'acheter sur CD-ROM, avec ou sans manuel papier, et cela n'est pas gratuit. On peut certes le tran

Re: Root disk problems for i18n floppies

2001-06-13 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 09:38:06PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > David Whedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > One option is to make an optional i18n floppy and have a menu option: 'Load > > Multiple Languages'. Then we mount the dist that contains the additional > > messages and whatever else

Re: PATCH: hppa support in boot-floppies

2001-06-13 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 12:26:36AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Is hppa releasing with Woody? Do you need an upload of 2.3.6 which > contains these changes so you guys can upload hppa boot-floppies? Is > there any official developers building this (who can upload)? Last I heard, this was an off

cvs boot-floppies, bad-block scan action inverted

2001-06-13 Thread Richard Hirst
+--+ Scan for Bad Blocks? +---+ | | | The system can scan the entire partition for un-readable| | disk blocks and will mark any such bad blocks it finds so |

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap by kraai

2001-06-13 Thread kraai
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:kraai time: Wed Jun 13 06:46:35 PDT 2001 Log Message: Do the right thing according to the `Run a bad block scan' question (noted by Richard Hirst). Files: changed:partition_config.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: cvs boot-floppies, bad-block scan action inverted

2001-06-13 Thread Matt Kraai
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 02:18:56PM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote: > +--+ Scan for Bad Blocks? +---+ > | | > | The system can scan the entire partition for un-readable| > |

Re: PATCH: hppa support in boot-floppies

2001-06-13 Thread Richard Hirst
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:29:15PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 12:26:36AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Is hppa releasing with Woody? Do you need an upload of 2.3.6 which > > contains these changes so you guys can upload hppa boot-floppies? Is > > there any official de

Re: Misc problems with b-f 2.3.6 install, hppa

2001-06-13 Thread Richard Hirst
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 07:56:13PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Richard Hirst wrote: > > At the end of an install, base-config 1.04, it offers to remove some pkgs; > > console-*, because I'm on serial console, I guess, and also base-config > > itself. Is that expected? > > console-* yes, base-confi

Re: problem with latest boot-floppies

2001-06-13 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) wrote: >Matt Kraai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>The man postinst does appear to be hanging around. Furthermore, I >>ran it again on the installed system under strace and it appeared >>to open /proc/meminfo about 2000 times. I'll go ahead and file a >>bug against

[FYI] small user-friendly shells

2001-06-13 Thread Thierry Laronde
Hello, After finishing some fixes to include history support in `ash' via libedit, and in order to have, both a small OS for recovery and installation, and something usable for interactive session, I tried to have a look in order to see if the completion could be added... And I found that pdksh

Re: install manual todo

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Chris Tillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm up for getting started ... sounds like a good plan to me. Any inputs are > welcome! I'd be happy to review work that you've done, of course... -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onshored.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Bug#96906: Debian installer 96906 is a real bug after all

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Dan Shearer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > lilo_1%3a21.7.1-4_i386.deb exists as it should in /var/cache/apt/archives > after the base system install. The file appears to be valid (I unpacked it > with ar, tar and gzip.) > > I am pretty sure the problem is simply that lilo isn't being installed.

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/cs by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/cs who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 10:14:22 PDT 2001 Log Message: configure base is gone, fix doc validity problems Files: changed:dbootstrap.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Misc problems with b-f 2.3.6 install, hppa

2001-06-13 Thread Joey Hess
Richard Hirst wrote: > So, it would seem serial console installs remove base-config and > graphical ones don't... Here is the code that gets run only on serial console systems: elif [ "$SERIALCONSOLE" ]; then ( echo console-data purge

Re: PATCH: hppa support in boot-floppies

2001-06-13 Thread Richard Hirst
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 12:26:36AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > For this very clean patch, you deserve the dubious honor of > debian-boot CVS write perms. Use my PGP key from the debian keyring > to send me a username and password and I can set you up with an > account if you want one. Thanks,

cvs commit to boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 10:59:52 PDT 2001 Log Message: empty file needed for hppa Files: added: SMALL_REMOVE_LIST_hppa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT

Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot)

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
David Whedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This is very confusing... We shoudl remove this question entirely and > > replace it with an alternative selection the user could run *before* > > running "configure drivers", just like "configure pcmcia" is an > > alternative there > > > > can d

cvs commit to base-config/lib by joeyh

2001-06-13 Thread joeyh
Repository: base-config/lib who:joeyh time: Wed Jun 13 11:57:08 PDT 2001 Log Message: unimportant comment updates Files: changed:03console-tools 10passwd 30apt-setup 99inittab -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Root disk problems for i18n floppies

2001-06-13 Thread David Whedon
Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 12:50:51PM +0200 wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 09:38:06PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > David Whedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > One option is to make an optional i18n floppy and have a menu option: 'Load > > > Multiple Languages'. Then we mount the dist that

Re: [OT] extracting boot image from 'el torito' image

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Brent Verner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 13 Jun 2001 at 01:01 (-0400), Adam Di Carlo wrote: > | Brent Verner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > | > Hi, > | > Sorry for the noise, but I figured this is the best list for the > | > question. > | > > | > How can I extract the boot image fro

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/de by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/de who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 12:10:49 PDT 2001 Log Message: more chopping out of references to configure base or base floppies Files: changed:schrittweise.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/en by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 12:10:50 PDT 2001 Log Message: more chopping out of references to configure base or base floppies Files: changed:tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/es by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/es who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 12:10:52 PDT 2001 Log Message: more chopping out of references to configure base or base floppies Files: changed:dbootstrap.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: debootstrap and dselect tutorial

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
David Whedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Here's the play by play. > > You asked me if I could help with something here: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot-0106/msg00176.html > > I think a decision started to be made here: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot-0106/msg00164.html > > And th

Re: problem building b-f, need help

2001-06-13 Thread Ron Farrer
Adam Di Carlo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > That's not even close to being correct. Whatever.. This is what it says: ++ '[' -f '/archive/debian/download/cache/archives/dosfstools-[a-zA-Z0-9]*.deb' ']' > The download stuff works fine for me and lots of people on this list. I'm trying to make it

Re: problem building b-f, need help

2001-06-13 Thread David Whedon
> Anyway the problem is still there, it fails to find the packages I've > already downloaded. I've tried putting them in /archive/debian/local, > /archive/debian/Incoming, and /archive/debian/download/cache/archives. > Any ideas? I've been putting packages in boot-floppies/updates/ nad it find t

boot-floppies cvs missing build-depends

2001-06-13 Thread Filip Van Raemdonck
Hi, I've finally gotten around to start testing bf. (I already checked out cvs a couple of months ago, but other things kept popping up taking my time) I'm working off a partial local mirror, I had made sure everything in build-depends en in the binary package depends was available, started buil

Re: boot-floppies cvs missing build-depends - NOT

2001-06-13 Thread Filip Van Raemdonck
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:30:09PM +0200, Filip Van Raemdonck wrote: > > Could someone add this to the build depends. Doh. I just realized this isn't related to the building of boot-floppies package. Regards, Filip -- "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choos

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 15:16:29 PDT 2001 Log Message: more chopping out of references to configure base or base floppies Files: changed:po2sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/fi by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/fi who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 15:16:30 PDT 2001 Log Message: more chopping out of references to configure base or base floppies Files: changed:dbootstrap.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/fr by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/fr who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 15:16:31 PDT 2001 Log Message: more chopping out of references to configure base or base floppies Files: changed:dbootstrap.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/hr by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/hr who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 15:16:32 PDT 2001 Log Message: more chopping out of references to configure base or base floppies Files: changed:dbootstrap.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/pl by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/pl who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 15:16:34 PDT 2001 Log Message: more chopping out of references to configure base or base floppies Files: changed:dbootstrap.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/pt by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/pt who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 15:16:35 PDT 2001 Log Message: more chopping out of references to configure base or base floppies Files: changed:dbootstrap.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/sk by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/sk who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 15:16:36 PDT 2001 Log Message: more chopping out of references to configure base or base floppies Files: changed:dbootstrap.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/ja by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/ja who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 15:16:33 PDT 2001 Log Message: more chopping out of references to configure base or base floppies Files: changed:dbootstrap.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot)

2001-06-13 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 02:44:29PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > 'Edit Kernel Boot ...' will still come up as alternate to 'Configure the > > Hostname' and 'Configure the Network' sometimes. > > "Edit Kernel Boot..." should be an alternative tot he "Make system > bootable", IMHO. hrm, how will

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/ru by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/ru who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 16:16:33 PDT 2001 Log Message: more chopping out of references to configure base or base floppies Files: changed:dbootstrap.sgml tech-info.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 17:31:23 PDT 2001 Log Message: Galician has no docs, so don't try to install them Files: changed:Makefile.docs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: critical problems in 2.3.5 prevent release

2001-06-13 Thread Chris Tillman
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 07:47:41PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: >> >> http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/SystemDisk-tutorial/of105patch.html >> >> There's a link there for a floppy-image Mac OS that might be just the ticket >> for you. > > OK heres some random thoughts... > > some oldworld machi

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 18:26:08 PDT 2001 Log Message: more work on getting doc-web going; this time, we have to set arch-title for ia64 (as well as a default for lame arches that don't have one) and total number of packages and such Files: cha

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 18:26:09 PDT 2001 Log Message: more work on getting doc-web going; this time, we have to set arch-title for ia64 (as well as a default for lame arches that don't have one) and total number of packages and such File

Ftp

2001-06-13 Thread l0k0
Eu gostaria de puxar a instalação so debian pela internet mas parece que o indereço FTP onde tinha a instalalação não está funcionando, não está sendo viável para mim no momento comprar os cd's... Por favor, se der responda a este mail: [EMAIL PROTECT

LG IBM 서버 1,890,000원(6개월 IDC 무료 이용 포함)

2001-06-13 Thread netlock
Title: Untitled Document      

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 19:08:00 PDT 2001 Log Message: more defaults for entities not set Files: changed:defaults.ent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot)

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 02:44:29PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > 'Edit Kernel Boot ...' will still come up as alternate to 'Configure the > > > Hostname' and 'Configure the Network' sometimes. > > > > "Edit Kernel Boot..." should be an alternative t

Bug#100749: cdrom entry in /etc/fstab points to non-existant /dev/cdrom

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Thue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: N/A; reported 2001-06-13 > Severity: important > Tags: potato > > (hoping this is the correct package) Yup. > Title says it all actually. > The problem is somewhat easily located and fixed by hand, > but I really think the c

Re: Ftp

2001-06-13 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Wed, 13 Jun 2001 22:51:42 -0300 (Hora padrão leste da Am. Sul) "l0k0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > Eu gostaria de puxar a instalação so debian pela internet mas parece que o > indereço FTP onde tinha a instalalação não está funcionando, não está sendo > viável para mim no momento comprar os

Bug#100749: cdrom entry in /etc/fstab points to non-existant /dev/cdrom

2001-06-13 Thread Matt Kraai
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:15:08PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Thue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Package: boot-floppies > > Version: N/A; reported 2001-06-13 > > Severity: important > > Tags: potato > > > > (hoping this is the correct package) > > Yup. > > > Title says it all actuall

Re: problem building b-f, need help

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
David Whedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Anyway the problem is still there, it fails to find the packages I've > > already downloaded. I've tried putting them in /archive/debian/local, > > /archive/debian/Incoming, and /archive/debian/download/cache/archives. > > Any ideas? In config, set

Re: Root disk problems for i18n floppies

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
David Whedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Too bad, but there isn't a good way around it. Has any thought gone into making > root.fr.bin, that is, a bunch of different root disks, or am I going crazy? In > principle they would be easy to make, unfortunately it would increase the size > of b-f b

Install manual organization

2001-06-13 Thread Chris Tillman
Here's my thinking about re-organization the manual along the lines you proposed. We'll need much less space to talk about installation source options without a base tarball or floppies. Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For PowerPC Contents 1 Welcome to Debian 1.1 What is Debian? 1.2 What i

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 23:41:40 PDT 2001 Log Message: updates; add 2001 copyright year; remove busybox copyright info Files: changed:copyright -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 23:42:23 PDT 2001 Log Message: install-doc package, first cut; update boot-floppies description Files: changed:control -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 23:43:00 PDT 2001 Log Message: first cut install-doc package, completely untested Files: changed:changelog rules added: install-doc.README.Debian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by aph

2001-06-13 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:aph time: Wed Jun 13 23:53:01 PDT 2001 Log Message: stupid extra newline Files: changed:control -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debootstrap and dselect tutorial

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Ok, it's there now, needs testing. -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onshored.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#100749: cdrom entry in /etc/fstab points to non-existant /dev/cdrom

2001-06-13 Thread Thue
Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2001-06-13 Severity: important Tags: potato (hoping this is the correct package) Title says it all actually. The problem is somewhat easily located and fixed by hand, but I really think the cdrom should work "out of the box", hence the bug severity..

Re: successful installation with 2.3.5 boot-floppies

2001-06-13 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 08:37:21PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Anthony, I sense some impatience and/or hostility here. What is it > we can do to make you more happy? (For reference, most of the hostility is primarily due to non-Debian related computer problems; the best thing you can do is e

Re: successful installation with 2.3.5 boot-floppies

2001-06-13 Thread Dale Scheetz
Before everyone gets too bent out of shape, let me re-assure you all that the debian-testing group is here to help, and now that we have releases to work on, I am confident that the team will begin testing. I've been pretty busy trying to find a job (finding work is always harder than doing work.

Re: boot-floppies 2.2.25 with i386 2.2.19 upgrade

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Richard Hirst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 12:59:22PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > > It's a Symbos 53C1010, which appears to be more or less compatible with the > > > > 53C8xx chips used in the earlier tekram cards. At least, there're references > > > > to them in t

Re: successful installation with 2.3.5 boot-floppies

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue Jun 12, 2001 at 08:37:21PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > > > they're allowed to have special instructions that you have to carry out > > > very precisely ("Switch to VC 2, type this confusing sed command... Before > > > rebooting, switch to

Re: boot-floppies 2.2.25 with i386 2.2.19 upgrade

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Brian Schramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 14 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > LSI Logic Symbios pci scsi bios. > > > > > > I think that is what you are looking for. > > > > Not really, no. I wanted a chip number. > > > > www.tekram.com, flip, flip, flip. > > > > It's

Re: boot-floppies 2.2.25 with i386 2.2.19 upgrade

2001-06-13 Thread Richard Hirst
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 12:59:22PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > It's a Symbos 53C1010, which appears to be more or less compatible with the > > > 53C8xx chips used in the earlier tekram cards. At least, there're references > > > to them in the 2.4 series kernels' 53c8xx driver sources, so I