Bug#165156: bf2.4 / ext3 -- boot argument: old kernel compatibility option inconsistency

2002-10-17 Thread Tom Wzietek
Package: boot-floppies Version: current Severity: minor Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody), bf2.4 Not exactly a bug... but for consistency: When 'nolangchooser' argument is passed to the installer and EXT3 is selected as one of the filesystems, the installation program asks if it should retain old ker

Bug#123973: Installer fails to mount FAT32 partition to get kernel and driver modules

2001-12-14 Thread Tom Wzietek
Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.17-2001-11-18 (i386) I'm trying to install woody over the network by invoking the installer within DOS (through install.bat). In order to achieve that, I copy loadlin.exe, linux, root.bin, rescue.bin and drivers.tgz onto a FAT32 partition which will co-exist wi

Bug#125718: "ext2 partitions mounted" message should not refer to ext2 exclusively

2001-12-18 Thread Tom Wzietek
case I was actually using ext3. Also, since there is currently a flavour of kernel using reiserfs, this is another reason to simply drop the "ext2" in the message. It's just cosmetics but may eliminate some potential confusion. -- Tom Wzietek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Bug#123974: FWD: Bug#123974: post-boot network install fails because dhcp was not run

2001-12-18 Thread Tom Wzietek
"John H. Robinson, IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if i remember correctly, he was talking about the PCMCIA network. > > last time i did a _full_ install of woody onto a laptop, baseconfig was > started _before_ the pcmcia card services were started. so getting > packages over the net failed. >

Bug#134569: bf2.4: invalid compressed format (err=2), system halted

2002-02-18 Thread Tom Wzietek
package (potato) and occured on a much older system. thanks -- Tom Wzietek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#135138: Kernel panic in boot-floppies-2.4

2002-03-19 Thread Tom Wzietek
The person who reported this bug meant that the request for root floppy should go in an infinite loop instead of giving up after the second time and hard locking the machine. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]