Bug#724042: installation-report: partitioned disk with partitions not on physical sector boundaries

2013-09-22 Thread Julian Gilbey
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Tags: d-i See description of issue below. -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: "Jessie" - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-1 20130819-05:32 Date: Machine: Dell Inspiron 1545 Partitions: Base System Installation Checklist:

Bug#724042: installation-report: partitioned disk with partitions not on physical sector boundaries

2013-09-23 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 07:13:55AM +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Quoting Ben Hutchings (b...@decadent.org.uk): > > > I think fdisk should not warn about alignment of extended partitions, > > since they contain nothing but a partition table. > > > So this bug should either be closed, or reass

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-08-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
Package: debian-installer Version: 20130613 I'm setting up a new install, using guided partitioning with LUKS encryption. I have a 750GB hard disk (a somewhat old machine!) and I've twice restarted it thinking that it had hung on the screen which says "Erasing data on SCSI1 ...". I then realised

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-08-31 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 08:22:29PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > control: severity -1 wishlist > control: tags -1 +confirmed Oh, gosh, I didn't realise *how* slow: it's taken about 36 *hours* (!!!) to wipe the 750GB disc. That is not really going to endear Debian to people trying it for the first

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-08-31 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 01:31:38AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > Oh, gosh, I didn't realise *how* slow: it's taken about 36 *hours* > > (!!!) to wipe the 750GB disc. > > > > That is not really going to endear Debian to people trying it for the > > first time or even not for the first time; the

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-08-31 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 02:32:40AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Julian Gilbey (2013-09-01): > > On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 01:31:38AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > > Like the 'Cancel' button? > > I did write more than that, I quoted a changelog entry, which

Bug#721360: debian-installer: warn that blockdev-wipe can be very slow

2013-09-01 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 02:03:09PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Sonntag, 1. September 2013, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > I don't want to play bug-severity games, but I'd rate this higher than > > wishlist, as 36 hours to even begin the installation is unreasonable. >

Re: This isn't a support question but more a request.

2001-04-17 Thread Julian Gilbey
ould probably be held. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Julian Gilbey
-* package maintainers, but has the desired function. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://w

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Julian Gilbey
ntainers should mess with this part of CVS" or by making > dak/dinstall look at the actual contents of the latest task- packages). > I suspect using CVS'll be easier and at least as good though. Fair enough; you have the code. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Julian Gilbey
ar to Depends, Recommends and Suggests, but with slightly different rules. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of London Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://people.debian.org/

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Julian Gilbey
k-* packages themselves containing a Tasks: field in place of Depends and Recommends fields. > And while we're at it, we could implement Reverse-Suggests too, and > finally satisfy RMS.. What about "Enhances"? Or is it not yet up to it? Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-08 Thread Julian Gilbey
id that it must have a different set of rules. Remember that the Task: header will be under the control of a strictly limited number of packages. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary,

Updating the linux kernel

2011-10-25 Thread Julian Gilbey
rwarded message from Alexander Reichle-Schmehl - Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:01:33 +0200 From: Alexander Reichle-Schmehl Subject: Re: Obselete packages possibly preventing migration to testing To: Julian Gilbey CC: ftpmas...@debian.org Hi Julian! Am 23.10.2011 17:17, schrieb Julian Gilbe

Bug#574888: installer: Squeeze alpha1 can't find Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet card

2010-03-21 Thread Julian Gilbey
Package: installation-reports Severity: important -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso Date: 21 March 2010 17:00 Machine: Dell Vostro 430 Partitions: Didn't get that far in the

Bug#574888: installer: Squeeze alpha1 can't find Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet card

2010-03-21 Thread Julian Gilbey
Oops, forgot the attachment. Julian installation-files.tar.gz Description: Binary data

Bug#574888: installer: Squeeze alpha1 can't find Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet card

2010-04-08 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 02:07:53PM +1000, Geoff Simmons wrote: > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 10:17:37PM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > Detect network card:[E] > [...] > > The key issue seems to be the message in dmesg: > > tg3: Problem fetching invariants of chip,

Bug#579088: installation-reports: confusing to set up encrypted volumes in manual selection

2010-04-25 Thread Julian Gilbey
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: amd64 stable (5.0.4) Date: February 2010 Machine: Dell Core i5 machine Partitions: Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders o

Bug#574888: Squeeze with Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet card

2010-11-01 Thread Julian Gilbey
Forwarding to the bug report... Julian On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 02:26:48PM -0500, Manuel E. Gutierrez wrote: > > Hi Julian, > > This bug is still around... > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=574888 > > > Cheers, Manuel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@