Re: boot-floppies 2.3.5 ready for testing (i386 and powerpc so far)

Hi Adam! You wrote: > I would like to open the door wide for testing. I apologize for the > state of the boot-floppies bug tracking area -- it's a mess. We will > try to clean that up. However, even so, please don't hesitate to file > bugs. > Alternatively, just take rough notes during instal

Re: E2fsprogs 1.20 released

Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 03:49:30AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > > The e2fsprogs 1.21-WIP-0614 release which I just uploaded has some new > > configure options; if you compile it: > > > configure --enable-elf-shlibs --disable-swapfs --disable-imager --di

Re: boot-floppies 2.3.5 ready for testing (i386 and powerpc so far)

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:57:39PM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > - I get a warning "Failure trying to run dpkf --force-auto-select >--force-overwrite --force". The installation doesn't proceed after >this (this warning continues to appear). At least one of the packages is failing to conf

Re: boot-floppies 2.3.5 ready for testing (i386 and powerpc so far)

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:57:39PM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > Some remarks: > > - There are too much drivers on the driver flops. Why do we need joystick, >sound and video drivers on the boot disks? Just including >block, net, fs, cdrom, scsi and usb would save about 7MB >(unco

Re: boot-floppies 2.3.5 ready for testing (i386 and powerpc so far)

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 09:08:20AM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:57:39PM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > > - I get a warning "Failure trying to run dpkf --force-auto-select > >--force-overwrite --force". The installation doesn't proceed after > >this (this war

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap by stephen.r.marenka

Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:stephen.r.marenka time: Fri Jun 15 07:26:08 PDT 2001 Log Message: Minor cosmetic quik cruft removal. Files: changed:bootconfig.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Bug#101010: magicfilter does not depend on djtools. magicfilter tries to execute /usr/bin/djscript

Package: base Version: N/A; reported 2001-06-15 Severity: important -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux Aquarius 2.4.5-ac13 #1 Thu Jun 14 21:44:08 CEST 2001 i586 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Processed: reassign

Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 101010 magicfilter Bug#101010: magicfilter does not depend on djtools. magicfilter tries to execute /usr/bin/djscript Bug reassigned from package `base' to `magicfilter'. > End of message, stopping processing here. Please contact me if you

cvs commit to boot-floppies by aph

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cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by aph

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base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've been downloading these files for a test session, and I can't find the > base tarball. Where can I find this file? It is normally in the images > directories, but I can't find it. There is no base tarball anymore. The functionality has been superce

install disk woes

Hi List, sorry for the long post, I've posted to debian-user, no help, went to the irc channel, no help, and tried debian-isp. still no help. Didn't know debian had a list for the boot disks. :o\ anyway. I've built a custom kernel for my hardware, (compaq proliant 2500R with compaq smart2 arr

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by aph

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Re: install disk woes

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 11:57:13AM -0700, Duane Powers wrote: > Hi List, > > sorry for the long post, I've posted to debian-user, no help, went to > the irc channel, no help, and tried debian-isp. still no help. Didn't > know debian had a list for the boot disks. :o\ anyway. > > I've built a c

cdrom entry in /etc/fstab

Slightly off-topic question: It is ok at all for apt to use /cdrom as a mount point? (I think it violates the spirit of FHS when it says mount points in / are just a convenience for the user and they are not to be used directly by any software). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: E2fsprogs 1.20 released

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 10:08:00AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > The e2fsprogs 1.21-WIP-0614 release which I just uploaded has some new > > > configure options; if you compile it: > > > > > configure --enable-elf-shlibs --disable-swapfs --disable-imager >--disable-resizer --disable-debugfs

boot disks 2.3.5

Hi there, May I firstly say how happy I am with the new boot disks - although I don't have to floppy disks to be able to do a full install, what I have tested seems to work very well indeed, and adds a number of very useful features over the potato install disks. However, one thing comes to mind

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

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Re: boot disks 2.3.5

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 10:00:28PM +0100, Matthew Sackman wrote: > However, one thing comes to mind: if one is installing to, say, a hardware RAID > array, which appears to linux as a single SCSI drive, but requires a module > loading, then how do you do it? The 'Preload module' option seemed pro

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po by peterk

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cvs commit to boot-floppies/scripts/rescue/messages/sv by peterk

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cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po by peterk

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Re: boot disks 2.3.5

Many thanks for this - it rather solves the problem. In which case, what is the 'Preload modules' option for? - the menu description page in the install program didn't seem to make it very clear. With thanks, Matthew On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 04:52:22PM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > On Fri, J

Re: boot disks 2.3.5

Stephen R Marenka wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 10:00:28PM +0100, Matthew Sackman wrote: > > >>However, one thing comes to mind: if one is installing to, say, a hardware RAID >>array, which appears to linux as a single SCSI drive, but requires a module >>loading, then how do you do it? The '

Re: Install manual organization

Chris Tillman wrote: > 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 Deb

Re: Revisions for Chapter 2, System Requirements

Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 11:36:16PM -0700 wrote: > > Proposed revisions for Chapter 2, System Requirements attached. Hi Chris, I took a look at the changes and they look good, my only question is : Why take the following out? I think it should stay. -There are, however, some limitations in

Re: boot disks 2.3.5

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 11:21:05PM +0100, Matthew Sackman wrote: > Many thanks for this - it rather solves the problem. In which case, what is the > 'Preload modules' option for? - the menu description page in the install > program didn't seem to make it very clear. Got me, I thought that's what

Re: boot disks 2.3.5

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:27:31PM -0700, Duane Powers wrote: > Stephen R Marenka wrote: > This applies to me precisely. Most of you probably saw my post earlier > this morning, and after beating of the stupid out of myself, > I compiled a kernel properly, and managed to get into the install

new debootstrap in incoming

Hi guys, There's a new debootstrap in incoming which includes groff-base and some other changes. Probably worth a rebuild of b-f's, as with current/old debootstrap's, groff (in base) dies because it depends on groff-base. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Revisions for Chapter 2, System Requirements

> Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 11:36:16PM -0700 wrote: >> >> Proposed revisions for Chapter 2, System Requirements attached. > > Hi Chris, > > I took a look at the changes and they look good, my only question is : > > Why take the following out? I think it should stay. > > > -There are, however, s

Make Debian Floppy

For posterity, I've attached the Make Debian Floppy script. It really is convenient to use, just drag the *.bin images to the script icon and supply floppies. You need Disk Copy (the utility) and Applescript (the system extension). If you gunzip it within Linux, the resource fork for the script

Re: Make Debian Floppy

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 11:33:15PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > For posterity, I've attached the Make Debian Floppy script. It really is > convenient to use, just drag the *.bin images to the script icon and supply > floppies. You need Disk Copy (the utility) and Applescript (the system > ext

Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 02:41:01PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > i think as far as an implementation detail goes creating a tarball > containing /var/cache/apt/archives of the base/required packages then > teaching debootstrap to extract it there and use the packages would be > fairly easy. Actual

Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 02:41:01PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > but if aj wants base.tgz in all incarnations dead we shall have to > forgo hard disk and floppy installation methods. Why? The floppy and harddrive installation requires you to download images from a new connection. That being that

Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: > i tend to agree, though there are some contrived cases where > installing via a base tarball without net access is useful. > > for example i have a very slow internet connection and several > machines, i would like to download the base tarball once an

Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 07:07:00PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 02:41:01PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > but if aj wants base.tgz in all incarnations dead we shall have to > > forgo hard disk and floppy installation methods. > > Why? The floppy and harddrive installation

Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 02:31:14PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Why is this better? For one, it's going to be able to work with > debian-installer, for sid release, since boot-floppies is going away > in sid. For two, its better because we don't have to create another > boot-floppies release

Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 05:09:33PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On 15 Jun 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > There is no base tarball anymore. The functionality has been > > superceeded by debootstrap (the package). > > Hrm. This is midely annoying to say the least :< > > The base tarball

Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 05:09:33PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > I'm not sure how you can automate that process without haxoring the .debs > since they can't really have their post insts run. It would be nice if > there is possible solution, particularly if said solution could run on > non-Debia

Bug#100996: boot-floppies regress. seriously

Package: Installation Version: 2.3.5 Severity: grave Complete version: 2.3.5-2001-06-14 compact Error-message: debootstrap exited with error 1. dpkg --force-depends --force-overwrite --force failed. (approximation) I tracked this down to be in /usr/lib/ debootstrap/scripts/woody I cannot expla

Bug#101001: bootfloppies: cfdisk messes up

Package: Installation Version: 2.3.4 Severity: important Full version: boot-floppies 2.3.4-2001-05-31-compact Partitioning my 30 GB Harddrive with cfdisk resulted in a non-bootable system that I wasn't able to make bootable with lilo without reinstalling. Using fdisk in the second install instea

Bug#100996: boot-floppies regress. seriously

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 02:12:02PM +0100, Gaby Schilders wrote: > Error-message: debootstrap exited with error 1. > dpkg --force-depends --force-overwrite --force failed. This problem is because one or more of the packages failed to configure. You should be able to look in the logs (or chroot /