Introduction and questions about a failure while calling dpkg-buildpackage linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6-0.71

2004-09-20 Thread Niklaus Giger
b/modules/2.6.8-pegasos ? Is there somewhere a newer version of linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6? Any hints would be greatly appreciated. Best regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis Tel. ++41 55 612 20 54 (privat) Tel. ++41 55 618 64 68 (Geschäft)

Corrections for the installation manual (netboot PPC). Missing yaboot-netboot.conf

2004-10-08 Thread Niklaus Giger
ages", a sentence like: "Verify that you selected a netbootable kernel. Kernel to boot from a CD will fail." Best regards -- Niklaus Giger Wieshoschet 6 CH-8753 Mollis Tel. ++41 55 612 20 54 (privat) Tel. ++41 55 618 64 68 (GeschÃft)

Installing elilo on MacMiniIntel fails

2006-08-07 Thread Niklaus Giger
willing to help out (let's say do at least one installation of a base system from CD once a week till etch is out or till the end of year whatever comes first), but I do not have the time to dwelve very deep. Best regards -- Niklaus Giger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Installing elilo on MacMiniIntel fails

2006-08-16 Thread Niklaus Giger
Am Dienstag, 8. August 2006 18:54 schrieb Otavio Salvador: > Niklaus Giger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > After upgrading the firmware to 1.0.1 and installing EFI boot loader > > (Version 0.7). Refit would recognise the daily <..> > I would like to know what

Re: Installing elilo on MacMiniIntel fails

2006-08-16 Thread Niklaus Giger
arget $ lilo /dev/sda3 (ignoring some warnings from lilo) After this the installation continued fine, and I have no a running Debian system. Best regards -- Niklaus Giger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MacMiniIntel installation woes (and joys)

2008-03-22 Thread Niklaus Giger
children (unfortunately quite often) use MacOSX, which is installed beside a GNU/Debian etch installation. E.g. I do not even know against which package I have to report this bug. Best regards -- Niklaus Giger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Bug#388296: nobootloader: Pegasos firmware older than 1.2.99 need to substract 1 from partitions.

2006-09-19 Thread Niklaus Giger
MAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls /proc/device-tree/openprom/SmartFirmware-version A >cat /proc/device-tree/openprom/SmartFirmware-version >1.1 Best regards Niklaus Giger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

efi-vars still missing in new 2.6.17-2 kernel

2006-09-24 Thread Niklaus Giger
=381951 reports the bug "linux-2.6: EFI support needed for MacBook Pro" fixed as per 25.08.06 When will this be fixed for the boot u-debs? Thanks in advance -- Niklaus Giger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MacMiniIntel: debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso fails after loading initrd.img

2006-10-18 Thread Niklaus Giger
lation and I my other systems are PPC based) Best regards -- Niklaus Giger macmini.tar.bz2 Description: application/tbz

Bug#394754: MacMiniIntel: debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso fails after loading initrd.img

2006-10-22 Thread Niklaus Giger
Package: installation-reports Severity: important - Forwarded message from Niklaus Giger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Niklaus Giger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-boot@lists.debian.org Subject: MacMiniIntel: debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso fails after loading initrd.img Date:

Bug#395284: AltGr key does not work in gtk/directfb frontend

2006-10-28 Thread Niklaus Giger
phical installer. I can only suggest to > use the regular text based frontend to work around this problem. > > What is the key combination needed to type a "@" on a Swiss/German > keyboard? AltGr-2 on Swiss/German keyboard (PC-Style). Mac used Apple-G. Best regards Niklaus Giger

Bug#395934: installation-report: PowerBook G4 failed: no mkinitrd

2006-10-28 Thread Niklaus Giger
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.20 Severity: normal -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso Date: October 28 2006 Machine: PowerBook G4 Partitions: Date

Bug#395934: installation-report: PowerBook G4 failed: no mkinitrd

2006-10-28 Thread Niklaus Giger
Am Samstag, 28. Oktober 2006 22:32 schrieb Frans Pop: > On Saturday 28 October 2006 21:49, Niklaus Giger wrote: > > Comments/Problems: > > > > Installation of the base system failed, as neither initramfs-tools nor > > yaird was installed. Then installation of the linu

Bug#395934: installation-report: PowerBook G4 failed: no mkinitrd

2006-10-29 Thread Niklaus Giger
Am Sonntag, 29. Oktober 2006 01:18 schrieb Frans Pop: > On Sunday 29 October 2006 00:08, Niklaus Giger wrote: > > Here it is. Hope it doesn't matter that the installation language was > > german, if so. I can repeat in english. > > Thanks. This is very strange. The most

Bug#395934: installation-report: PowerBook G4 failed: no mkinitrd

2006-10-29 Thread Niklaus Giger
Am Sonntag, 29. Oktober 2006 16:05 schrieb Frans Pop: > On Sunday 29 October 2006 11:05, Niklaus Giger wrote: > > Here is the new (english) syslog with set -x. > > From this log it looks like you must have preseeded the installer to only > use yaird. As yaird is not available

Bug#545129: installation-reports: Installation report for my MacMiniIntel

2009-09-05 Thread Niklaus Giger
Package: installation-reports Severity: minor -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/cd-sources/ 3. August 2009 Date: 30. August 2009 Machine: MacMiniIntel Partitions: Dateisystem Typ1K‐Blöcke Benutzt Verfügbar Ben% Eingehängt auf /