installation errors

2007-08-09 Thread Dan Burt
i upgraded from unslung to debian successfully, and i used the web interface to set the ip address and upgrade the firmware. unfortunately, the system hung and wouldnt shutdown so i pulled the power plug. this corrupted my system partitions superblocks. so now i am trying to reinstall this, but

Bug#436785: partman: Support relatime mount option and possibly enable by default

2007-08-09 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
As atime is used by popularity-contest to collect information on what packages has been used the last week, it might be good to check how such change affect popularity-contest. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: wish: code cleanup to change NETBOOT_PATH (d-i modifications)

2007-08-09 Thread Václav Ovsík
Hi, On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 01:22:23PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Václav Ovsík wrote: > > My modifications are attached. I simply add variable NETBOOT_DI_DIR with > > the string `debian-installer'. Only things needed to build modified > > installer is to change value to e.g. `debian-installer-my'.

Re: Debian Lenny 64bit and clock issue

2007-08-09 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 08-08-2007 om 17:47 schreef Bart Hendriks: > At 13:34 08.08.2007, Christian Perrier wrote: > > > >We recently found a bug in clock-setup, more particularly when the > >installer has to set the clock *earlier* than it was before running > >the installer. > > > >You might want to test a daily buil

Processed: Re: /sbin/discover: radio_maestro is unneeded with ES1978 Maestro 2E

2007-08-09 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > notfound 431812 1.7.21 Bug#431812: /sbin/discover: radio_maestro is unneeded with ES1978 Maestro 2E Bug no longer marked as found in version 1.7.21. > reassign 431812 discover-data Bug#431812: /sbin/discover: radio_maestro is unneeded with ES1978 Maest

Bug#431812: /sbin/discover: radio_maestro is unneeded with ES1978 Maestro 2E

2007-08-09 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
notfound 431812 1.7.21 reassign 431812 discover-data found 431812 2.2007.05.11 thanks [Joseph Neal] > It's been loading this module as long as I can remember. I'm just > now getting around to reporting it. I do not understand this bug report. According to the information returned by discover i

Bug#437018: Network shouldn't be used/enforced on non-network installs

2007-08-09 Thread Tim Hull
Package: debian-installer Version: 20070308 Priority: wishlist During installs from CD-ROM and DVD media, users are still currently prompted to set up the network and download security fixes from the network. However, many (quite possibly most) users who use the full-blown install media (as oppos

Bug#437013: d-i doesn't properly understand LVM groups with active snapshot volumes

2007-08-09 Thread Tim Hull
Package: debian-installer Version: 20070308 I recently used d-i to install Debian Etch to a volume that was part of an LVM volume group that contained an active snapshot volume. While the installation proceeded fine, it issued an error message to the effect that something was wrong with the parti

Bug#437016: d-i inconsistent in definition of GB used

2007-08-09 Thread Tim Hull
Package: debian-installer Version: 20070308 During an Etch install, the partitioning step is inconsistent about the definition of a gigabyte. For example, when LVM volumes are created, the definition of GB used for specifying their size is (1024*1024*1024) bytes. However, the definition of GB use

Bug#431812: /sbin/discover: radio_maestro is unneeded with ES1978 Maestro 2E

2007-08-09 Thread Joseph Neal
On Thursday 09 August 2007, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > notfound 431812 1.7.21 > reassign 431812 discover-data > found 431812 2.2007.05.11 > thanks > > [Joseph Neal] > > It's been loading this module as long as I can remember. I'm just > > now getting around to reporting it. > > I do not und

Bug#437018: Network shouldn't be used/enforced on non-network installs

2007-08-09 Thread Tim Hull
I guess having it look for a network in the background and silently fail would be preferable, in any case. Is this doable? On 8/10/07, Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting Tim Hull ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > It would be GREAT if the network-related steps would be skipped/bypas

[D-I] Status of console-setup switch

2007-08-09 Thread Christian Perrier
(this mail is of some interest for users of Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Esperanto, French, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Russian, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese) The first step for the console-setup switch ("db_set debian-installer/charmap UTF-8" in localechooser) was done in l

Bug#437018: Network shouldn't be used/enforced on non-network installs

2007-08-09 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Tim Hull ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > It would be GREAT if the network-related steps would be skipped/bypassed on > a default install from non-netinstall media. Users then could configure the > network at their leisure after the install using the tools they prefer > (NetworkManager etc). Could

Bug#437013: d-i doesn't properly understand LVM groups with active snapshot volumes

2007-08-09 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Tim Hull ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Package: debian-installer > Version: 20070308 > > I recently used d-i to install Debian Etch to a volume that was part of an > LVM volume group that contained an active snapshot volume. While the > installation proceeded fine, it issued an error message to

Switch D-I to console-setup: status page

2007-08-09 Thread Christian Perrier
I just added a basic wiki page about the switch to console-setup for D-I. Please correct my probable mistakes, enhance the page, complete stuf, etc. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/ConsoleSetupSwitch That page is linked from http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/LennyGoals signatu

[DI-POLL] D-I contributors poll

2007-08-09 Thread Christian Perrier
This mail is (BCC-)sent to all members of the "d-i" project on alioth.debian.org, "d-i" being the project for the development of the Debian Installer (in case you would wonder why you're a member of that thing). The mail is also sent to debian-boot for archive purposes, or in case some of you dro