Re: d-i for wheezy on a Dreamplug, docs/recommended practice?

2013-04-22 Thread Martin Lucina
at "No installable kernel was found in the package > repositories for this platform". Following up on this; tried again today with d-i 20130422-08:33 netboot image and all of the problems I mentioned in my last email have been fixed. Good stuff! I also figured out the problem I had w

Re: d-i for wheezy on a Dreamplug, docs/recommended practice?

2013-04-22 Thread Ian Campbell
gt; build. I can now get through the entire installation process, however the > > installer claims that "No installable kernel was found in the package > > repositories for this platform". > > Following up on this; tried again today with d-i 20130422-08:33 netboot > image an

Re: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] installation-manual: Should it suggests to switch to run level 1 and back?

2013-04-22 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Regid Ichira] > > 1. AM I right that strictly speaking, there are cases where the > > `easiest way' will not work? > > Yes. Any daemon started from within rcS.d/ will be killed by > /etc/rc1.d/S01killprocs and not started again when switching to

Bug#705956: installation-report (NOW FIXED) HPT370 PATA Boots to ONE disk, NO RAID, using V7 Installer RC1 Wheezy i386 20130214-11:13

2013-04-22 Thread techy techtech
Package: installation-reports Subject: installation-report (NOW FIXED) HPT370 PATA Boots to ONE disk, NO RAID, using V7 Installer RC1 Wheezy i386 20130214-11:13 More information is in my previous installation-reports on archived; bug#606416 and bug#610627, about my 'False Raid Controller'. BOOT

Bug#705961: installation-reports: debian-installer does not create an EFI partition by default

2013-04-22 Thread Jorge Sanz Forcdada
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? I wanted to install Debian in a disc with Windows 8 inside * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or

Bug#705961: installation-reports: debian-installer does not create an EFI partition by default

2013-04-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 09:29:57PM +0200, Jorge Sanz Forcdada wrote: >Package: installation-reports >Severity: normal > >Dear Maintainer, >*** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** > > * What led up to the situation? > I wanted to install Debian in a disc with Windo

Bug#705961: installation-reports: debian-installer does not create an EFI partition by default

2013-04-22 Thread Jorge Sanz Forcada
Hi Steve Thanks for your help. Yes, I was surprised of this problem because I did not see anything in the release notes, despite of having some information on the UEFI issues. Let me extend a bit more on the process followed: The PC came with Windows 8 pre-installed. That implies also a re

Bug#705961: installation-reports: debian-installer does not create an EFI partition by default

2013-04-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:11:06PM +0200, Jorge Sanz Forcada wrote: >Hi Steve > >Thanks for your help. Yes, I was surprised of this problem because I >did not see anything in the release notes, despite of having some >information on the UEFI issues. Let me extend a bit more on the >process follow

Bug#705971: debian-installer hangs when tty console in use (console-setup)

2013-04-22 Thread Stefano Forli
Package: debian-installer Version: 20130415 Severity: critical Tags: installation, wheezy, console-setup It seems that if a TTY console is in use during the installation, the whole installation process hangs and can't be recovered (see below). It is possible to switch to different tty's, but It is

RFC: initramfs-tools support for early firmware loading

2013-04-22 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
As of Linux kernel 3.9, support for supplying early firmware data to the kernel has been added. Currently, it is used for early microcode updates for Intel processors, and ACPI table overrides. This is a very important feature, that we should support as soon as practical. ACPI table overrides ca