RE: Parted still fails to see partitions - Was: Bug#269036 not fixed in parted 1.6.11

2004-09-15 Thread mzenker
> -Original Message- > From: Matt Kraai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 3:36 PM > To: Zenker, Matthias (Otometrics Stuttgart) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Parted still fails to see partitions - Was: > Bug#269036 not fixed in parted 1.6.11 > > > On

Re: [l10n] Manual translation issues

2004-09-15 Thread Nikolai Prokoschenko
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 01:36:08AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > Looks like your knowledge of xml and the tools is better than mine. > Maybe we can work something out together faster than I thought :-) We'll see ;) I just hope to make everything _usable_ for the translators and maintainable for the a

Re: Processing of linux-kernel-di-sparc_0.61_sparc.changes

2004-09-15 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 10:04:46PM -0400, Archive Administrator wrote: > linux-kernel-di-sparc_0.61_sparc.changes uploaded successfully to localhost > along with the files: > linux-kernel-di-sparc_0.61.dsc > linux-kernel-di-sparc_0.61.tar.gz 27 udebs Where can I read the changes of linux-kern

Re: sparc32 2.6 netboot.img too large

2004-09-15 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 12:38:55PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > Hello, > > The 2.6 kernel netboot image I build for sparc32 > is larger then 270,000,000 bytes. > > The one at http://june.voxel.net/~joshk/d-i/images/daily/sparc32/netboot/2.6/ > is also 258Mi. > > I think there is something w

Bug#271782: debian-installer: "Build-Depends" on kbd-chooser udebs which are not in sarge

2004-09-15 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Package: debian-installer Version: 20040801 Severity: serious Tags: sarge Justification: fails to build from source Hi, trying to build debian-installer under sarge fails because kbd-chooser has not yet migrated to sarge. kbd-chooser needs ddetect which is also not in sarge yet. MfG Gos

Re: sparc32: cramfs: wrong magic

2004-09-15 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 11:54:30AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > Hello DIST, > > A sparc32 netboot image stops with: > > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > Freeing initrd memory: 1546k freed > cramfs: wrong magic > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 > Press L1-A to

Re: Parted still fails to see partitions - Was: Bug#269036 not fixed in parted 1.6.11

2004-09-15 Thread Matt Kraai
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 10:05:46AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I won't delete it, because it is a protected/hidden partition containing the WIN XP > installation disk, and I still need it. That is the way IBM Thinkpads are > configured. The funny thing is that SUSE 9.0 (kernel 2.4) which us

RE: Parted still fails to see partitions - Was: Bug#269036 not fixed in parted 1.6.11

2004-09-15 Thread mzenker
It seems that this bug is fixed in parted >= 1.6.12, but that one will not make it into Sarge because of binary incompatibilities :( GN Otometrics -- Hortmann Dipl.Phys. Dr. Matthias Zenker Entwicklung / Development Auchtertstraße 4, D-72770 Reu

Re: netbooting d-i on i386

2004-09-15 Thread Herbert Kaminski
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 02:35:45 +0200, Andreas Schuldei wrote: >i read this >http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s06.html >and looked at the files here: >http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current//images/netboot/ > >and it is not clear to me how the given files

[manual][patch]debconf-get-selections in debconf-utils

2004-09-15 Thread Geert Stappers
Hello, According to the instructions in d-i manual about automatic installation it should be possible get the selections. But it only works if you have the debconf-utils package installed. To prevent other people spending time why debconf-get-selections doesn't work, I contribute the attached pa

Re: netbooting d-i on i386

2004-09-15 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040915 03:55]: > Andreas Schuldei wrote: > > i read this > > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s06.html > > and looked at the files here: > > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current//images/netboot/ > > > > and it is not c

fresh Sarge install, boot failes

2004-09-15 Thread Jan Reilink
Hello list, I hope this is the approperiate list for this question. If not, please point me in the right direction. I'm having problems booting my fresh Debian Sarge installation, 2.6 kernel. Because I'm nowhere near the machine at the moment, I cannot give specific information, so I'm only loo

Re: netbooting d-i on i386

2004-09-15 Thread Frans Pop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 15 September 2004 11:38, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > * Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040915 03:55]: > > Andreas Schuldei wrote: > > Did you read the last paragraph of that page? > > > >For PXE booting, everything you should need is set

Re: fresh Sarge install, boot failes

2004-09-15 Thread Harald Dunkel
Please check http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=263169 Welcome to the family. Regards Harri -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How are protected/hidden partitions (-> IBM Thinkpad) treated by different kernel versions - Was : Parted still fails to see partitions

2004-09-15 Thread mzenker
Hi, I have examined kernel logs (from dmesg) obtained with different Linux/kernel versions on my IBM Thinkpad R50, where I still want to install Sarge using d-i. Here is what I found: ## * Knoppix 3.4/Kernel 2.4: uname -a: Linux Knoppix 2.4.2

Re: [manual][patch]debconf-get-selections in debconf-utils

2004-09-15 Thread Frans Pop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 15 September 2004 11:47, Geert Stappers wrote: > To prevent other people spending time why debconf-get-selections > doesn't work, I contribute the attached patch which tells > about debconf-utils. I've applied the patch. Thanks. -BEGI

Re: Bug#260227: patch

2004-09-15 Thread Ognyan Kulev
Nikolai Prokoschenko wrote: On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 01:46:11PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Fixing the changelog would be a good first step. Done. Please remove the old KOI8-R code from termwrap. Currently there are two KOI8-R handlers in "case $ENCODING". Regards, ogi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

grub floppy fails to boot

2004-09-15 Thread Haines Brown
I'm repeating a question for which I still lack an answer. The object is to boot a new installation of debian sarge, filesystem reiserfs, from a grub (0.95+cvs20040624-8) boot loader installed on a diskette. Grub has not yet been installed on the target disk because I want the security of a boot

Bug#271782: debian-installer: "Build-Depends" on kbd-chooser udebs which are not in sarge

2004-09-15 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Some more udeb sources missing in sarge: rootskel cdrom-checker anna ddetect debian-installer-utils lowmemcheck main-menu MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[debian] initrd (cramfs) + ssh server

2004-09-15 Thread Jozsef Steger
Hi, I am not a member of this list. I searched the archives in vain, though I have a chellenging problem to solve. Hopefully, the task is already solved by someone, in this case I would welcome a site where the solution can be read about. Otherwise I would appreciate any other ideas. I would lik

Bug#260227: patch

2004-09-15 Thread Anton Zinoviev
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 06:51:54AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > > Joey, I'm not really safe at creating a branch with SVN. Would you > mind doing it for me by using the tagged 1.31 version (I properly > tagged it before releasing) ? Or if you prefer, just tell me what > exactly must be done f

Bug#271828: dependency on libdebian-installer4-dev not needed

2004-09-15 Thread Thomas Lange
Package: partman Version: 54 Severity: normal partman does not need to depend on libdebian-installer4-dev The executables inside partman can also be linked without using libdebian-installer. So you can build this package not only for d-i, but also for a normal system. I'm like to use parts of par

Re: Bug#271828: dependency on libdebian-installer4-dev not needed

2004-09-15 Thread Bastian Blank
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 04:31:02PM +0200, Thomas Lange wrote: > partman does not need to depend on libdebian-installer4-dev partman build-depends against that package. > The executables inside partman can also be linked without using > libdebian-installer. So you can build this package not only f

Bug#271782: debian-installer: "Build-Depends" on kbd-chooser udebs which are not in sarge

2004-09-15 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
And some more udeb sources missing in sarge: udpkg netcfg choose-mirror os-prober grub-installer lilo-installer partman partconf MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#271840: Registration

2004-09-15 Thread espunkt
Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: 2004-08-30 http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux winter.infriesland.de 2.4.26-1-386 #1 Tue Aug 24 13:31:19 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 2004-09-04 Method: I

Re: netbooting d-i on i386

2004-09-15 Thread Joey Hess
Frans Pop wrote: > There currently is a little inconsistency in the naming of that file. > For RC1 the file was named pxeboot.tar.gz. For the daily builds (and the > next release), the file has been renamed netboot.tar.gz. > The manual obviously uses the 'current' name. > > Joey: Would it be poss

Bug#271840: Registration

2004-09-15 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 05:38:24PM +0200, espunkt wrote: > Before I had Debian 3.0 without graphical login. If I remember > correctly, I just had to change the target runlevel. Now the > 2nd runlevel brings a grahical login. I think, the installer > did not ask me about that. Debian has always be

Processing of elilo-installer_0.0.8_ia64.changes

2004-09-15 Thread Archive Administrator
elilo-installer_0.0.8_ia64.changes uploaded successfully to localhost along with the files: elilo-installer_0.0.8.dsc elilo-installer_0.0.8.tar.gz elilo-installer_0.0.8_ia64.udeb Greetings, Your Debian queue daemon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

elilo-installer_0.0.8_ia64.changes ACCEPTED

2004-09-15 Thread Debian Installer
Accepted: elilo-installer_0.0.8.dsc to pool/main/e/elilo-installer/elilo-installer_0.0.8.dsc elilo-installer_0.0.8.tar.gz to pool/main/e/elilo-installer/elilo-installer_0.0.8.tar.gz elilo-installer_0.0.8_ia64.udeb to pool/main/e/elilo-installer/elilo-installer_0.0.8_ia64.udeb Announcing to [

Processing of elilo-installer_0.0.9_ia64.changes

2004-09-15 Thread Archive Administrator
elilo-installer_0.0.9_ia64.changes uploaded successfully to localhost along with the files: elilo-installer_0.0.9.dsc elilo-installer_0.0.9.tar.gz elilo-installer_0.0.9_ia64.udeb Greetings, Your Debian queue daemon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: Bug#260227: patch

2004-09-15 Thread Nikolai Prokoschenko
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 02:26:04PM +0300, Ognyan Kulev wrote: > >>Fixing the changelog would be a good first step. > >Done. > Please remove the old KOI8-R code from termwrap. Currently there are > two KOI8-R handlers in "case $ENCODING". Ooops. Didn't see that one. Removed & committed. -- Nik

elilo-installer_0.0.9_ia64.changes ACCEPTED

2004-09-15 Thread Debian Installer
Accepted: elilo-installer_0.0.9.dsc to pool/main/e/elilo-installer/elilo-installer_0.0.9.dsc elilo-installer_0.0.9.tar.gz to pool/main/e/elilo-installer/elilo-installer_0.0.9.tar.gz elilo-installer_0.0.9_ia64.udeb to pool/main/e/elilo-installer/elilo-installer_0.0.9_ia64.udeb Announcing to [

Re: [l10n] Manual translation issues

2004-09-15 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 15 September 2004 10:54, Nikolai Prokoschenko wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 01:36:08AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > Yes, that works. I have split the file into bookinfo.xml and > > preface.xml. I will try to check all .xml files for the same kind of > > errors. > > Great, one proble

automated d-i install testing

2004-09-15 Thread Joey Hess
I've added a new directory to svn, in scripts/digress, which is a bit of a framework to allow for automated testing of d-i installs. It currently only has scripts for testing ia64's, netbooting with serial console, but the framework is flexible and I hope to add scripts later for more usual things,

Bug#266872: [i386] [20040816] [netinstall] hwconfig shows minor error

2004-09-15 Thread maks attems
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Joey Hess wrote: > It seems that I'll also need /var/log/debian-installer/messages to see > the actual error message from the kernel when ohci1394 is loaded. > finally got this piece of log, it's attached. -- insmod: init_module: ohci1394: No such device -- -- maks Using

Re: home for the d-i manual

2004-09-15 Thread Geert Stappers
( for people of -doc, this thread started at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 11:59:35AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Frans Pop wrote: > > There currently is a little inconsistency in the naming of that file. > > For RC1 the file was named pxeboot.tar.gz. For the daily builds (and the > >

Bug#271886: languagechooser: Please add nothern saami (se) language choice

2004-09-15 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
Package: languagechooser Please reinsert Nothern Saami as a language choice. It is needed to get localization-config to configure a Nothern Saami environment after installation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: svn: Connection closed unexpectedly

2004-09-15 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 11:57:40PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > Hello D.I.S.T., DIST: Debian Install System Team ;-) > Over here I get: > > $ svn co svn+ssh://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/svn/d-i/trunk debian-installer > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: > svn: Connection closed unexpectedly > > Googl

Bug#271890: Installation process on Sarge 20040801

2004-09-15 Thread h . fertin
Package: installation-reports There is a possibility this bug report has gone its way in the BTS, but there is a much more high probability it has been forwarded to Dave Null because the first time I have sent it, I have forgotten the "Package:" line (just because I didn't know what package it was

Processing of preseed_0.07_i386.changes

2004-09-15 Thread Archive Administrator
preseed_0.07_i386.changes uploaded successfully to localhost along with the files: preseed_0.07.dsc preseed_0.07.tar.gz network-preseed_0.07_all.udeb file-preseed_0.07_all.udeb Greetings, Your Debian queue daemon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Processing of floppy-retriever_1.01_i386.changes

2004-09-15 Thread Archive Administrator
floppy-retriever_1.01_i386.changes uploaded successfully to localhost along with the files: floppy-retriever_1.01.dsc floppy-retriever_1.01.tar.gz floppy-retriever_1.01_all.udeb load-floppy_1.01_all.udeb Greetings, Your Debian queue daemon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Bug#258982: acknowledged by developer (Re: network-console: base-config not started after reboot)

2004-09-15 Thread Frans Pop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Bastian, On Sunday 12 September 2004 15:48, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > base-config works via ssh, instruction how to finish them is included. Could you please give me a little bit more info or point me to the docs? Included where? Aft

floppy-retriever_1.01_i386.changes ACCEPTED

2004-09-15 Thread Debian Installer
Accepted: floppy-retriever_1.01.dsc to pool/main/f/floppy-retriever/floppy-retriever_1.01.dsc floppy-retriever_1.01.tar.gz to pool/main/f/floppy-retriever/floppy-retriever_1.01.tar.gz floppy-retriever_1.01_all.udeb to pool/main/f/floppy-retriever/floppy-retriever_1.01_all.udeb load-floppy_1.

preseed_0.07_i386.changes ACCEPTED

2004-09-15 Thread Debian Installer
Accepted: file-preseed_0.07_all.udeb to pool/main/p/preseed/file-preseed_0.07_all.udeb network-preseed_0.07_all.udeb to pool/main/p/preseed/network-preseed_0.07_all.udeb preseed_0.07.dsc to pool/main/p/preseed/preseed_0.07.dsc preseed_0.07.tar.gz to pool/main/p/preseed/preseed_0.07.tar.gz

Bug#271102: An idea for the mdadm problem

2004-09-15 Thread Paul Hampson
If I pass a debconf setting on the boot command prompt, will that affect any packages installed during "Install The Base System"? If so, I could put an option on the command line to do this, setting mdadm to _not_ start the notifier daemon by default. This would make raid/lvm installation relativ

Bug#268491: mapdevfs disk names before showing to user

2004-09-15 Thread Jim Lieb
On Friday 27 August 2004 19:03, Joey Hess wrote: > Package: elilo-installer > Severity: wishlist > Tags: d-i > > It would be nicer if elilo-installer could run mapdevfs on the > partition name(s) before displaying them in elilo-installer/bootpart. > Since bootpart is mapdevfsed right after it's tak

Bug#271907: Partman doesn't display cciss driver names properly

2004-09-15 Thread Jim Lieb
Package: partman This is a re-submit to add the package header line. Disreard the previous email w/ this same subject line. Sorry. Partman doesn't know how to display the info for various integrated raid controllers. In particular, it cannot display for the HP SMART controller (cciss). This p

Re: building sparc32 images on sparc64

2004-09-15 Thread Joshua Kwan
Geert Stappers wrote: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 Freeing initrd memory: 1546k freed cramfs: wrong magic Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 Press L1-A to return to the boot prom Sorry, my bad. I fixed this in linux-kernel-di-sparc 0.61 which should have hit un

netinst, wep key with spaces w/ patch

2004-09-15 Thread Chad Miller
I recently installed on a friend's network, which had a WEP key with a space in it. The installer worked, but it wrote a /etc/network/interfaces file that didn't work. After boot, the key was set to the substring up to and not including the space in the WEP key. I _think_ that a backslash befo

Processed: reassign 271638 to netcfg

2004-09-15 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.8.5 > reassign 271638 netcfg Bug#271638: DHCP: right setting, but wrong language message (Indonesian) Bug reassigned from package `installation-reports' to `netcfg'. > End of message, stopp

Bug#271913: installation-report

2004-09-15 Thread K Hanai
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/ as of 13-Sep-2004 uname -a: Linux d130-140 2.4.27-1-386 #1 Fri Sep 3 06:24:46 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: Sep. 16, 2004 Method: cdrom boot followed by network install from h

Re: sparc32 2.6 netboot.img too large

2004-09-15 Thread Joshua Kwan
Geert Stappers wrote: The 2.6 kernel netboot image I build for sparc32 is larger then 270,000,000 bytes. It's fixed but not uploaded pending a possible fix for udiv versioning that mistakenly taints the kernel. The problem is that we don't use the btfix'd System.map and the position of the _end s

Bug#260227: patch

2004-09-15 Thread Ognyan Kulev
Anton Zinoviev wrote: The entry for Bulgarian in languagelist should be taken either from version 1.32 or 1.30 but not 1.31. 1.32 (with "kbd=") is preferred. And there is no problem to use it without CP1251 support in termwrap. Regards, ogi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

Re: Bug#270321: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc: PReP boot failure

2004-09-15 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 12:09:58AM -0500, Hollis Blanchard wrote: > On Sep 8, 2004, at 11:20 PM, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > > > >Hollis Blanchard writes: > > > >>pivot_root: No sKernel panic: Attempted to kill init! > >>uch file or dire ctory > >>/sbin/ini<0>Rebooting in 180 seconds..t: 426: cannot o

Processed: Re: Bug#271890: Installation process on Sarge 20040801

2004-09-15 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > clone 271890 -1 Bug#271890: Installation process on Sarge 20040801 Bug 271890 cloned as bug 271914. > reassign -1 grub-installer Bug#271914: Installation process on Sarge 20040801 Bug reassigned from package `installation-reports' to `grub-installer'.

Processed: Re: Bug#271886: languagechooser: Please add nothern saami (se) language choice

2004-09-15 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > tags 271886 pending Bug#271886: languagechooser: Please add nothern saami (se) language choice There were no tags set. Tags added: pending > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system adminis

Bug#271890: Installation process on Sarge 20040801

2004-09-15 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > * 2) The partman problem > During the first process install you are prompted to make partitions on > your disk(s). The only problem (but it is a big one) is that it is > nowhere said that you should press the "F12" key to edit the fields you > can s

Bug#271890: Installation process on Sarge 20040801

2004-09-15 Thread Christian Perrier
clone 271890 -1 reassign -1 grub-installer reassign 271890 lilo-installer retitle -1 Please add the initial boot options to lilo.conf retitle -1 Please add the initial boot options to menu.lst thanks > * 1) The ACPI problem: > The only way to boot the first CD was to enter "expert26 acpi=off' boot

Bug#271886: languagechooser: Please add nothern saami (se) language choice

2004-09-15 Thread Christian Perrier
tags 271886 pending thanks Quoting Petter Reinholdtsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Package: languagechooser > > Please reinsert Nothern Saami as a language choice. It is needed to > get localization-config to configure a Nothern Saami environment after > installation. Re-added. Funnily, it was st