Bug#692309: installation-guide: 3.6.2. Boot Device Selection: Booting debian-installer from a USB stick

2012-11-10 Thread Don Wright
Samuel Thibault wrote: >Brian Potkin, le Tue 06 Nov 2012 13:05:25 +, a écrit : >> Burn plpbt.iso to a CD. > >But then why not simply burn the Debian CD image on the CD? One may create the boot-assistant tool CD once for all USB sticks, then load new images to USB stick as often as desired. Gr

Bug#681734: Failed installation at Detect network hardware

2012-07-15 Thread Don Wright
Package: installation-reports Boot method: USB stick, using Default and Expert install. Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-wheezy-DI-b1-amd64-DVD-1.iso Date: 15-Jul-2012 Machine:Self-built with Biostar TZ68A+ mobo Processor: Intel i5-2500K Mem

Bug#635968: installation-reports: Initial boot after installation failed

2011-07-30 Thread Don Wright
Ralf Jung wrote: >> So far, I for one haven't seen a system which requires a >> partition _table_ to boot, not to mention a bootable >> partition in it. BIOS merely loads first 512 bytes of >> a disk into memory and jumps into that area, without >> trying to interpret what's inside. Unless you us

Bug#543256: Make installing recommends optional

2009-08-26 Thread Don Wright
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:19:06 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: >I've been wondering whether we don't need a new field to express such >relationships. Something like "Soft-Depends:". That would be treated as >depends, but can be unselected manually or uninstalled later if a user >really, really wants to.

Bug#479474: aptitude: logs /dev/gpmctl messages in syslog, followed by possibly I die! error

2008-05-04 Thread Don Wright
Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.11.2-1 Severity: normal Upon entering aptitude, before any actions are taken, the following is seen in the syslog: May 4 17:25:37 turbo aptitude: *** info May 4 17:25:37 turbo aptitude: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory May 4 17:25:37 turbo aptitude: *** in

Bug#415066: installation-report: Mostly successful amd64-kde install on Intel P965/ICH8 chipset with JMicron IDE

2007-03-15 Thread Don Wright
Subject: installation-report: Mostly successful amd64-kde install on Intel P965/ICH8 chipset with JMicron IDE Package: installation-reports Version: 2.29 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: Debian GNU/Linux t

Bug#407222: Install problem

2007-01-17 Thread Don Wright
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:12:02 +0100, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >What do you get if you type 'cat /etc/apt/sources/list' at the command >prompt? That should be 'cat /etc/apt/sources.list' - an easy typo when getting into the rhythm. 8^) -- I just realized the USB stick I casually loan

Bug#388572: debian-installer won't let me select a local apt-proxy mirror

2006-09-21 Thread Don Wright
Tested with today's i386 netinst image from: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso Debian GNU/Linux testing "Etch" - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20060921) As with earlier snapshots/releases, I had no difficulty entering m

Bug#319524: please allow DHCP server to specify default archive mirror

2005-07-23 Thread Don Wright
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:24:15 +0100, Phil Blundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Ultimately, in fact, I'd like a way for a running Debian system to >update its /etc/apt/sources.list ... so that I don't have to edit >sources.list on every machine if the mirror location changes. Isn't this what rsync