Severe limitation with flavor "bf2.4" !

2002-05-17 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, I was discussing with someone who wanted to install Debian with the netinst CD prepared by Chris Lawrence. Like most of the people who are given the choice, he decided to use the "bf2.4" flavor ... Unfortunately this flavor doesn't have the ne2k-pci module ! Such network cards are so common

Re: Severe limitation with flavor "bf2.4" !

2002-05-17 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Raphael Hertzog wrote on Fri May 17, 2002 um 09:46:35AM: > Hi, > > I was discussing with someone who wanted to install Debian with the > netinst CD prepared by Chris Lawrence. Like most of the people who are > given the choice, he decided to use the "bf2.4" flavor ... > > Unfortunately

Re: Severe limitation with flavor "bf2.4" !

2002-05-17 Thread J M Cerqueira Esteves
* Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-05-17 09:46 +]: > Hi, > > I was discussing with someone who wanted to install Debian with the > netinst CD prepared by Chris Lawrence. Like most of the people who are > given the choice, he decided to use the "bf2.4" flavor ... > > Unfortunately th

Re: Severe limitation with flavor "bf2.4" !

2002-05-17 Thread Chris Lawrence
On May 17, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > Raphael Hertzog wrote on Fri May 17, 2002 um 09:46:35AM: > > Hi, > > > > I was discussing with someone who wanted to install Debian with the > > netinst CD prepared by Chris Lawrence. Like most of the people who are > > given the choice, he decided to

Re: Severe limitation with flavor "bf2.4" !

2002-05-17 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Fri, May 17, 2002 at 10:29:26AM +0200, Eduard Bloch écrivait: > > Unfortunately this flavor doesn't have the ne2k-pci module ! Such network > > Oh Raphael, I expected you to look first before believing everything... Oh sorry ... I checked with dpkg -c on the package. :-) Why didn't you put i

Bug#147232: boot-floppies: rootfs not unmounted cleanly

2002-05-17 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Chris Tillman wrote on Thu May 16, 2002 um 08:13:15PM: > I don't think we ever really determined what caused this. I was seeing > umount stubbornly refusing to umount once a target had been mounted > twice in the installer. Eduard put in a new losetup but I'm not sure > if he ever teste

Re: Severe limitation with flavor "bf2.4" !

2002-05-17 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Raphael Hertzog wrote on Fri May 17, 2002 um 10:51:04AM: > Why didn't you put it as a module ? It's really confusing ... since > other Debian kernels have it as a module. Since I favorite the idea of a real network-based installation. Currently, there are drivers for very common PCI et

Re: Severe limitation with flavor "bf2.4" !

2002-05-17 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Raphael Hertzog wrote on Fri May 17, 2002 um 10:42:25AM: > > late for woody ... and we'll release as is. But please update everything > > so that 3.0r1 will be ok. > > In fact, it's too important to "release as is". I suggest that we do yet > another bf upload but i386 only ... > > E

Re: Severe limitation with flavor "bf2.4" !

2002-05-17 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Fri, May 17, 2002 at 09:46:35AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog écrivait: > Of course, now that bf 3.0.23 has been tagged and uploaded, it's too > late for woody ... and we'll release as is. But please update everything > so that 3.0r1 will be ok. In fact, it's too important to "release as is". I sugge

Bug#147260: boot-floppies: bug testing woody CD bf24 of ISO May 14 2002

2002-05-17 Thread segura
Package: boot-floppies Version: 20020517 Severity: important -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Kernel Version: Linux pc1b031-03 2.4.16-586 #1 Wed Nov 28 08:21:15 EST 2001 i686 unknown I think it is on rescue disk 3.0.22 I tried to install woody from scratch from the ISO CD of woody

SUGGESTION for Debian FAQ

2002-05-17 Thread Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim
To Whom It May Concern: I am writing in regard of "Debian FAQ" to the addresses that are mentioned in " function" of the debian-boot disk as well as suggested by the debian FAQ itself. My concern is that it is not so obvious to find the Debian FAQ, and therefore I would like to suggest: - The

Re: Severe limitation with flavor "bf2.4" !

2002-05-17 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Fri, May 17, 2002 at 11:35:36AM +0200, Eduard Bloch écrivait: > Since I favorite the idea of a real network-based installation. > Currently, there are drivers for very common PCI ethernet cards builtin, > so you can theoreticaly install with 2 floppies from the network. And > with an additional

Re: Severe limitation with flavor "bf2.4" !

2002-05-17 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 10:51:04AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Why didn't you put it as a module ? It's really confusing ... since > other Debian kernels have it as a module. I'd submit that installing things as modules with our system is *far* more confusing. Users seldom know what cryptic m

Re: Severe limitation with flavor "bf2.4" !

2002-05-17 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Raphael Hertzog wrote on Fri May 17, 2002 um 01:45:31PM: > We really shouldn't mix the kernel we use for CD based install > and floppy based install... It's too late for such ideas, sorry. > when we boot on a CD, we have access to all the modules and we don't > need to integrate it i

Re: Severe limitation with flavor "bf2.4" !

2002-05-17 Thread Chris Tillman
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 08:40:25AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 10:51:04AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > Why didn't you put it as a module ? It's really confusing ... since > > other Debian kernels have it as a module. > > I'd submit that installing things as modules

Re: PowerPC pcmcia-modules name seems wrong

2002-05-17 Thread Matt Kraai
On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 08:48:38PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > I was trying to build boot-floppies on powerpc, and it kept stopping > after failing to download pcmcia-modules. > > I turned debug on, and finally figured out there is a mismatch between > the debootstrap-...Packages file and kern

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

2002-05-17 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po who:dancer time: Fri May 17 08:11:18 PDT 2002 Log Message: update ja.po, fix typo Files: changed:ja.po -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

trouble with LILO (no multi-boot function)

2002-05-17 Thread Smathers Drew
Problems with LILO... Installing Debian (potato kernel2.2 v6) for the first time, I went ahead and put LILO in the MBR, assuming this would give me the convenience of choosing which OS to boot, as did the modified version of LILO that ships with Mandrake. Here are my partitions for reference:

Re: Severe limitation with flavor "bf2.4" !

2002-05-17 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 08:40:25AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 10:51:04AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > Why didn't you put it as a module ? It's really confusing ... since > > other Debian kernels have it as a module. > > I'd submit that installing things as modules

Re: boot floppies debian

2002-05-17 Thread David Kimdon
Fri, May 17, 2002 at 07:24:50PM +0300 wrote: > Hello dwhedon, > > AFAIK I didn't find russian in a previous (1-2 month ago) versions of > boot-floppies. You are right, but I believe newer disks have Russian. Specifically, CDROM installs should have Russian translations now. > Does You want rus

cvs commit to boot-floppies/powerpc-specials/miBoot by toff

2002-05-17 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/powerpc-specials/miBoot who:toff time: Fri May 17 20:35:59 PDT 2002 Log Message: script to change boot arguments in hfs-boot-floppy.img Files: added: patch-floppy-image.pl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Bug#147232: boot-floppies: rootfs not unmounted cleanly

2002-05-17 Thread Chris Tillman
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 10:31:59AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > Chris Tillman wrote on Thu May 16, 2002 um 08:13:15PM: > > > I don't think we ever really determined what caused this. I was seeing > > umount stubbornly refusing to umount once a target had been mounted > > twice in the

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

2002-05-17 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en who:toff time: Fri May 17 21:42:00 PDT 2002 Log Message: Add workaround for more than 20 partitions Files: changed:partitioning.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [E

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by toff

2002-05-17 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:toff time: Fri May 17 21:43:33 PDT 2002 Log Message: Add workaround for more than 20 partitions Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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