Bug#615600: BOOTIF= kernel commandline option does not work

2011-03-02 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Marc Haber writes: > On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 04:44:07PM +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > >> Maybe, I didn't try it on SMP. write_net_rules has some locking to >> prevent such issues, though. > > My rule hasn't, but it shouldn't do anything if the sc

Re: Fw: Re: Starting Debian installer from Grub2 on Flash

2011-03-04 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Jean-Michel Pouré - GOOZE writes: > * On startup, only C and English are proposed. I suppose this is a > problem with language detection due to serial console. Right? How can I > unable all languages on startup? See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=301343: 'This [hang] was "fixed

Bug#614504: Can't install debian 6.0 on a Dell optiplex gx110

2011-03-04 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Steve McIntyre writes: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:42:33AM +0100, Matthieu COUDERT wrote: > >> Neither the "install" nor the "graphical install" option works. >> When I choose one of these options, the bottom of the screen gets >> covered with multicolored snow, and nothing else happens. >> I bu

Bug#616315: cdebconf in d-i via serial hides the option to go back

2011-03-10 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Miguel Figueiredo writes: > New proposal for the messages. You still don't seem to handle the case when going back isn't supported. Is that entirely forbidden in the installer? -- Regards, Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Squeeze DHCP autoconfiguration failed on BootPXE install

2011-03-22 Thread Ferenc Wagner
stephane travassac writes: > I have find the solution > I had netcfg/dhcp_timeout=60 in the kernel command line and it's work. Good. As far as I know, there's already a fix for this (allowing shorter timeouts) in the development version of netcfg, which didn't make it into 6.0.1, AFAIK. -- Re

Bug#623273: netcfg: way to start web and ssh via preseed

2011-04-19 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Matt Taggart writes: > I am attempting to debug a preseed install on serial console and I > can't just switch to another VC to get the log or run a shell. If I > could access the built-in webserver to access the logs or ssh to run a > shell and poke around, that would help a lot. Here is what I

Re: lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")

2010-05-24 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Kurt Roeckx writes: > On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 01:11:48PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: >> William Pitcock (22/05/2010): >>> This means that users should *test grub2 extensively* before Squeeze >>> is released so that any issues can be resolved now. >> >> There should also be some folks fixing t

Re: lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")

2010-05-24 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Stephen Powell writes: > Both grub-legacy and grub-pc use sectors on the hard disk outside of > the master boot record [...] This breaks the design of the backup > software that my employer uses. This backup software backs up the > master boot record and all partitions; but since the extra secto

Re: lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")

2010-05-24 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Stephen Powell writes: > On Mon, 24 May 2010 05:36:32 -0400 (EDT), Ferenc Wagner wrote: >> Kurt Roeckx wrote: >>> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 01:11:48PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: >>>> William Pitcock (22/05/2010): >>>>> This means that users s

Re: lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")

2010-05-24 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Stephen Powell writes: > On Mon, 24 May 2010 05:29:56 -0400 (EDT), Ferenc Wagner wrote: > >> Stephen Powell writes: >>> >>> Both grub-legacy and grub-pc use sectors on the hard disk outside of >>> the master boot record [...] >> >> You may wa

Re: lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")

2010-05-24 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Stephen Powell writes: > On Mon, 24 May 2010 13:38:55 -0400 (EDT), Ferenc Wagner wrote: >> Stephen Powell writes: >>> On Mon, 24 May 2010 05:29:56 -0400 (EDT), Ferenc Wagner wrote: >>>> Stephen Powell writes: >>>>> Both grub-legacy and grub-pc use

Re: lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")

2010-05-24 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Daniel Baumann writes: > On 05/24/2010 11:29 AM, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > >> You may want to try extlinux, it works much like LILO in this respect. >> It lacks a convenient configuration system, but that of grub-legacy >> would be easy to adapt, and I actually plan to wo

Re: lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")

2010-05-25 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Stephen Powell writes: > Ferenc Wagner wrote: > >> Stephen Powell writes: >>> >>> Both grub-legacy and grub-pc use sectors on the hard disk outside of >>> the master boot record and outside of a partition ... >> >> You may want to try extlin

Re: lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")

2010-05-27 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Samuel Thibault writes: > Paul Vojta, le Thu 27 May 2010 00:47:14 +, a écrit : >> In article , >> Ferenc Wagner wrote: >> >>> Sorry, I don't trust in the future of LILO myself. If there's anything >>> which only LILO can do, I recommend

Bug#509662: graphical splash screen not iLO compatible

2010-06-17 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Frans Pop writes: > On Friday 26 December 2008, Daniel Pocock wrote: > When someone is accessing a server remotely using a HP iLO, they may not have the iLO licensed for graphical modes (extra license fees have to be paid to HP) Alternatively, someone may be using a seria

Re: Multi-arch netinst getting too big

2010-06-26 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Ian Campbell writes: > Another option might be to combine gtk/initrd.gz and xen/initrd.gz so > that the overhead is only the kernel udebs and not duplicating all the > other stuff. I probably mentioned this already, but you aren't constrained to a single initrd.gz: you can use several ones separ

Re: Multi-arch netinst getting too big

2010-06-26 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Ian Campbell writes: > On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 21:12 +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > >> Ian Campbell writes: >> >>> Another option might be to combine gtk/initrd.gz and xen/initrd.gz so >>> that the overhead is only the kernel udebs and not duplicating all th

Bug#587150: #587150: d-i netinst cd doesn't boot, isolinux error: further investigation

2010-06-26 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Holger Wansing writes: > I found, that this not only a problem of the netinst cd, but > also hardware dependent. > I can boot my old 486 Toshiba Satellite laptop with this cd, > but on my IBM Thinkpad T23 the cd produces the isolinux error: > > Error: no configuration file found. > > (The T23 doe

Bug#587150: [syslinux] Bug#587150: #587150: d-i netinst cd doesn't boot, isolinux error: further investigation

2010-06-27 Thread Ferenc Wagner
"Helmut Hullen" writes: > Du meintest am 27.06.10: > >>> It would obviously be useful to know which exact image this was, so >>> that I have a hope of knowing if I can reproduce the bug. > >> Uhh, I see, this is somewhat difficult. >> Today, i downloaded an iso, and it booted fine. But that is Is

Bug#587150: [syslinux] Bug#587150: #587150: d-i netinst cd doesn't boot, isolinux error: further investigation

2010-06-28 Thread Ferenc Wagner
"Helmut Hullen" writes: > The simpliest way for me might be some download addresses for several > *.iso images which I can test. > > Thinkpad T22, T23, T40 The image which fails to boot on the submitter's T23 is http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/unstable/20100626-3/i386/iso-cd/de

Re: Multi-arch netinst getting too big

2010-06-28 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Ian Campbell writes: > On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 21:49 +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > >> Ian Campbell writes: >> >>> On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 21:12 +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote: >>> >>>> Ian Campbell writes: >>>> >>>>> Anoth

Bug#587150: #587150: d-i netinst cd doesn't boot, isolinux error: further investigation

2010-07-02 Thread Ferenc Wagner
This particular bug is fixed in Syslinux 4.00 final, which is already in unstable. Other two very similar bugs were only fixed in 4.01-pre1, which isn't packaged yet. -- Thanks, Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Bug#589672: installation-reports: remote console netboot install

2010-07-19 Thread Ferenc Wagner
"j.konrad" writes: > I selected german as language at the start. > The network console ignores that and continues in english. Network console also ignores frontend selection (DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text). I wonder if it's by design... -- Regards, Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ.

Bug#597087: debian-installer: Swap space is too big when created by the guided partitioner

2010-09-20 Thread Ferenc Wagner
"Nelson A. de Oliveira" writes: > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Christian PERRIER wrote: > >> Indeed, 3 times the memory size seems too big, particularly with large >> amounts of RAM ("large" varies over time!). > > I was reading the recipes in partman-auto and while it seems that it's > not

Re: is lilo ever installed by default anymore?

2010-09-21 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Christian PERRIER writes: > Quoting Steve Langasek (vor...@debian.org): > >> I'm working on cleaning up the release notes for the squeeze release, and in >> the section on post-upgrade lilo handling, we have this note, which is >> carried over from lenny (where it referred to etch): >> >> If

Re: is lilo ever installed by default anymore?

2010-09-22 Thread Ferenc Wagner
posion bit writes: > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Christian Perrier wrote: > So, I would say that LILO is no longer the default installer for some installations of lenny. >>> >>> Do you mean Squeeze? >> >> Yes, Squeeze >> >>> What if /boot is on LVM (can happen with manual partitio

Re: Wheezy release: CDs are not big enough any more...

2012-05-16 Thread Ferenc Wagner
"Thomas Schmitt" writes: > I am a bit scared by the catastrophic potential of > cat debian.iso > /dev/sdX > for X = valuable hard disk. What about recommending /dev/disk/by-id/usb-X instead? -- Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

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