Bug#489006: have /boot on md0 (dm-raid1), but install grub to MBRs of both disks?

Well, Subject basically says what I try: I want to have /boot on /dev/md0 (raid1, sda1+sdb1) / on /dev/md1 (also raid1, sda5/sdb5 swap, non-critical data on lvm on /dev/md2 (raid0, sda6/sdb6) The Debian installer easily lets me create such a layout, even using preseeding. However, grub (both lega

Re: 5.0.4-i386 freezes at boot

On Sun, 2010-04-11 at 14:04 +0300, Sakari Aaltonen wrote: > Quoting Ben Hutchings : > > > Please try to install the 'testing' suite (work in progress for Debian > > 6.0 'squeeze') using the installer from > > . This will install a > > newer kernel ve

Re: 5.0.4-i386 freezes at boot

Quoting Ben Hutchings : I'm wondering whether the keyboard is still broken here. Did you type the username in or did you select it with the mouse? Or were you forced to select the wrong keymap for your keyboard because of the restrictions in the installer? I typed in the usernames, both 'r

Bug#577451: hw-detect: Should automatically install hardware related packages (RAID tools, printer drivers, fingerprint scanner tools, etc)

Package: hw-detect Version: 1.50 Tags:patch For some kind of hardware, it would be very nice if the Debian installer automatically installed the packages to support the hardware in question. An example is the RAID monitoring and administration tools needed to check and configure a hardware R

Bug#577451: hw-detect: Should automatically install hardware related packages (RAID tools, printer drivers, fingerprint scanner tools, etc)

Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > +apt-install discover || true > +if [ -x /target/sbin/discover-pkginstall ] ; then > + in-target discover-pkginstall > +fi > > I suspect it need more work to get the debconf stuff to work properly > from within d-i. debconf passthrough should work with in-target use

Bug#577461: installation-guide: Updates to textmode activation

Package: installation-guide Version: 20090901 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hello, Squeeze apparently needs vga=0 in addition to fb=false, else the kernel switches to graphical mode very early. This needs to be documented in the accessibility section, here is a patch, which also mentions how usefu

Bug#505564: marked as done (Please document the braille support)

Your message dated Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:56:36 +0200 with message-id <20100411205635.ga21...@const.famille.thibault.fr> and subject line Re: Bug#505564: Please document the braille support has caused the Debian Bug report #505564, regarding Please document the braille support to be marked as done. T

Re: Bug#577461: installation-guide: Updates to textmode activation

Samuel Thibault, le Sun 11 Apr 2010 22:58:39 +0200, a écrit : > Squeeze apparently needs vga=0 in addition to fb=false, else the kernel > switches to graphical mode very early. That being said, it could actually been considered as a regression, since fb=false used to be enough. Samuel -- To UN

Debian installer shortcuts?

Hello, I'm having a look at the debian installer documentation atm, and I'd like to precisely document the various keypresses needed to enable the accessibility parts of the debian installer. I have no problem with finding out information on x86 as I have a lot of x86 boxes. I however do not have

Bug#577461: installation-guide: Updates to textmode activation

Ah, sorry, I thought that what follows would have been independent from this bugreport but actually it's not. The help menu is in textmode and can be used to type boot parameters etc., so let's document that too. Samuel Index: en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml ==

Bug#577451: hw-detect: Should automatically install hardware related packages (RAID tools, printer drivers, fingerprint scanner tools, etc)

reassign 577451 pkgsel severity 577451 wishlist thanks On Sunday 11 April 2010, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > For some kind of hardware, it would be very nice if the Debian > installer automatically installed the packages to support the hardware > in question. IMO this belongs in pkgsel, not in hw

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Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reassign 577451 pkgsel Bug #577451 [hw-detect] hw-detect: Should automatically install hardware related packages (RAID tools, printer drivers, fingerprint scanner tools, etc) Bug reassigned from package 'hw-detect' to 'pkgsel'. Bug No longer mark

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Bug#577461: installation-guide: Updates to textmode activation

tag 577461 pending thanks On Sunday 11 April 2010, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Samuel Thibault, le Sun 11 Apr 2010 22:58:39 +0200, a écrit : > > Squeeze apparently needs vga=0 in addition to fb=false, else the > > kernel switches to graphical mode very early. > > That being said, it could actually be

Bug#577461: installation-guide: Updates to textmode activation

On Monday 12 April 2010, Frans Pop wrote: > The fact that now two parameters are needed is the simple consequence of > the fact that one is a kernel parameter (which *must* be passed at boot > time) and one is a D-I parameter and the fact that the one does not > automatically imply the other. Actu

Re: Bug#577461: installation-guide: Updates to textmode activation

Frans Pop, le Mon 12 Apr 2010 00:39:57 +0200, a écrit : > I've left out the virtualization bits as I don't think they belong in > a section about accessibility and disabling framebuffer in general is > already also documented in the general "boot parameters" section. That is true, but knowing that

[D-I Manual] Build log for en (11 Apr 2010) - ERRORS DURING BUILD

A build of the Debian Installer Manual was triggered by an update to SVN. !!! There were errors during the build process. !!! Please check the log and correct the errors. Only architectures (if any) that were built correctly have been uploaded. A log of the build is available at: - http://d-i.al