Re: Scheduling 9.1, maybe 8.9

2017-07-04 Thread Charles Chambers
Might a lowly user propose taking an extra month so that more of the bugs installing 9.0 can be worked out? It is summer, after all. On Jun 25, 2017 12:10 PM, "Jonathan Wiltshire" wrote: > Hi, > > A month or so from 9.0 bring us to about 15th July. How would any of these > suit? Is 8.9 at the

Bug#866186: Installation issues with Live distribution including nonfree repository

2017-07-03 Thread Charles Chambers
ng Debian 8.7 on the desktop and the wifi is still working fine. On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 7:46 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Hi Charles, > > Sorry for leaving you hanging - I've been swamped then away for a > couple of days. > > Hint: please try to also CC @bugs.debian

Bug#866186: Network detection on inatall

2017-07-02 Thread Charles Chambers
Additional details: Half of the reported behavior is resolved. There is no difference in behavior between "not detected" and "not connected" in the install process. The only variation occurs when the network port (one automatically detected and configured) gets an IP address - the DHCP graph fini

Copying repository for offline install

2017-07-02 Thread Charles Chambers
I'm trying an offline install with DVD media. When an offline install gets to the stage where it is copying the install media's package list(s) to the target computer - just before package selection - and the user needs to change shuffle the DVD, the DVD drive door is still locked and won't open.

Bug#866186: Additional details

2017-07-01 Thread Charles Chambers
The install process ignores an integrated BroadCom BCM5751 and does not detect a USB wireless that uses the r8712u driver in Debian 8.x. The BCM5751 was formerly supported in the standard installation, the USB wireless requires the nonfree repository. I've tried the following installation media:

Bug#866186: Installation issues with Live distribution including nonfree repository

2017-06-27 Thread Charles Chambers
Package: cdimage.debian.org Version: 9.0.1 I'm attempting to install from Debian Live with nonfree respoitory support included as a USB image, and the installation process does not include or offer support for networking hardware. I'm installing onto a Dell GX620 midtower with a BroadCom NetXtr

Issues with installing with Live edition that includes the nonfree repository

2017-06-27 Thread Charles Chambers
Where are issues with installation of the live images reported?

Re: IMPORTANT: Do live Debian images have a future?

2017-06-27 Thread Charles Chambers
And I'll add my 2¢ as an end user. The live images exist IMHO to test compatibility before committing to installation, and to install what was just tested and demonstrated, regardless of environment. It's a nice feature (arguably an essential feature) that the actual install mirror *exactly* the

Re: Call For Participation Debian Cloud Sprint

2016-08-12 Thread Charles Plessy
 me too » from this side of the world ! -- Charles Plessy Debian Med packaging team, http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan

Re: Debian images on Oracle Compute Cloud Service

2016-01-29 Thread Charles Plessy
re minimal. In my opinion, if there is no competition or challenge within the Oracle cloud about which images should be used by default when somebody wants Debian, then by all means they are official. Have a nice day. Charles -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan

Re: Cloud images with backports APT-enabled.

2015-12-28 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 10:31:14PM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : > > I started a discussion on the debian-backports mailing list. Let's see how it > goes. > > <https://lists.debian.org/debian-backports/2015/11/msg00067.html> Hello everybody, To summarise the origi

Re: Cloud images with backports APT-enabled.

2015-11-30 Thread Charles Plessy
Hi Thomas and everybody, > On 11/28/2015 03:08 PM, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > > In the case of cloud images, wouldn't that problem be solved by pinning the > > backports suite at a low priority, and pinning the installed backports > > (cloud-init, etc.) at a h

Cloud images with backports APT-enabled.

2015-11-28 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 11:40:01AM +0100, Thomas Goirand a écrit : > On 11/25/2015 04:06 PM, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > > in practice, the Debian "Stable" images for AWS and now Azure contain bits > > that > > are not from Stable, for instance the cloud-i

cloud-init: backports, stable updates and collaborative maintenance.

2015-11-26 Thread Charles Plessy
e package, but I take the opportunity to review all issues in the BTS, so please be patient or contribute to the bug cleaning :) I can upload sooner to Experimental if people would like. Also, there is always `debcheckout -a cloud-init`, it is on collab-maint... Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan

About non-Stable files in Cloud images: More liberal Stable updates ? (Re: Debian images on Microsoft Azure cloud)

2015-11-25 Thread Charles Plessy
es to give strong guarantees to the Stable release team, such as "all updates will have been tested succesfully on all platforms providing an 'official' Stable image". Apart from cloud-init, what other packages may need to be updated in Stable ? Have a nice day, -- Charles

About non-Stable files in Cloud images: create a Blend ? Distribute image builders on ftp.debian.org ? More liberal Stable updates ? (Re: Debian images on Microsoft Azure cloud)

2015-11-25 Thread Charles Plessy
pdates. In the case of cloud-init for instance, I think that it would be possible to coordinate such updates on this list, without rushing and with giving all needed attention if there is feedback requesting to not do the updates. This may open the possibility to have 100 % Stable images. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan

Re: Debian images on Microsoft Azure cloud

2015-11-24 Thread Charles Plessy
otstrap-vz side, and I think that it gives us stakes in the decision-making process. Have a nice day, Charles -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan

Re: Reproducibility of image building (Re: Debian images on Microsoft Azure cloud)

2015-11-24 Thread Charles Plessy
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:04 AM Charles Plessy wrote: > > > > Altogether, for reproducibility, would the following be acceptable ? > > (Wording, of course, can be improved) > > > > * When building an image twice in a row with the same package source > >

Re: Debian images on Microsoft Azure cloud

2015-11-23 Thread Charles Plessy
, I found a Wheezy image made by a contributor. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/partners/kazumihirose/debiangnulinux70wheezy/ A duckduckgo search shows that he presented his work in 2013 at the Tokyo Debian study group. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan

Re: Debian images on Microsoft Azure cloud

2015-11-23 Thread Charles Plessy
s opposed to: "send an enquiry and read 100 answers"). Have a nice day, Charles -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan

Reproducibility of image building (Re: Debian images on Microsoft Azure cloud)

2015-11-22 Thread Charles Plessy
uld be good to provide their list and an explanation on why they vary, although it is not a stict requirement. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan

Package source requirements for cloud images (Re: Debian images on Microsoft Azure cloud)

2015-11-21 Thread Charles Plessy
ss, while it is a best practice to use signed apt sources, does it have to be strictly mandatory, or can requirements regarding reproducibilty and auditability be enough to ensure that an image does not contain malwares, non-Free software or simply third-party programs that are not redistributed by Debian ? Have a nice Sunday, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan

Re: Bug#775824: www.debian.org: [CD/faq] be consistent with the installation-guide

2015-01-20 Thread Philip Charles
tallation and cannot be used for installing additional software. Of course extra software can be downloaded if required. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.co.nz -

Netinst test

2015-01-13 Thread Philip Charles
bian installation despite it being 64 bit and uefi, and it loaded. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.co.nz - personal.i...@copyleft.co.nz - business --

Re: jessie uefi netinst build 2 test

2015-01-08 Thread Philip Charles
Push Button reset. plus ext4 and swap partitions. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.co.nz - personal.i...@copyleft.co.nz - business -- To

Re: jessie uefi netinst build 2 test.

2015-01-08 Thread Philip Charles
es. > > Same in my case. Created with dd > > Regards > > Giorgio > > > -- > Giorgio Pioda - Sysadmin SPSE-Tenero > Cell +41 79 629 20 63 > Tel +41 58 468 62 48 > Fax +41 58 468 61 98 > > My bad. Rechecked and ok. Phil. -- Philip Charles

jessie uefi netinst build 2 test.

2015-01-07 Thread Philip Charles
usb stick was used in all cases. Will do a full round of installations when amd64 is fixed. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.co.nz - personal.i

Kernel - modules mismatch

2015-01-05 Thread Philip Charles
Hi, I am getting installation failures because of a kernel/modules mismatch. Is it me or the mirror? I am in the final stages of producing a Jessie usb installation system. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax

Re: debian-cd in Git

2015-01-02 Thread Philip Charles
On Fri, 2015-01-02 at 23:56 +, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Sat, Jan 03, 2015 at 11:54:11AM +1300, Philip Charles wrote: > >Hi, > > Would it be possible to upload to Git a version of debian-cd that can > >handle jessie? > > Hi Phil, > > How do you mean?

debian-cd in Git

2015-01-02 Thread Philip Charles
Hi, Would it be possible to upload to Git a version of debian-cd that can handle jessie? Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.co.nz - personal.i

Re: Problem with dpkg-scanpackages

2014-12-26 Thread Philip Charles
On Thu, 2014-12-25 at 15:36 +1300, Philip Charles wrote: Solved. > dpkg-scanpackages is not working properly. > *** > Note the different position of the checksums. > > Will the Packages file with the second format still work when producing CDs? &g

Problem with dpkg-scanpackages

2014-12-24 Thread Philip Charles
format be switched back to the original format? Thanks. What a way to spend Christmas day. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.co.nz - personal.i

[summary] Re: Bug#758234: transitive dependencies

2014-11-17 Thread Charles Plessy
sage to the relevant package maintainers be enough ? - Should the debian-boot and debian-cd mailing lists be notified as well ? - Is a message to debian-devel needed ? Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-cd-requ...@lists.debian.o

Re: Summary from the d-i / debian-cd BoF at DC14

2014-09-09 Thread Philip Charles
arge as they have to be. > We could also be looking at images that fit usb sticks 4GB (done), 8GB & 16GB. FYI the full i386 takes up ~52GB on a usb stick. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875

Re: 7.5 DVD 2 ISO damaged

2014-06-23 Thread Charles Parkhurst
I first downloaded the torrent for all of them, the AMD64, which would be the only type of checksum completed on my end. I also grabbed the straight download off of your main website. On Jun 23, 2014 5:42 AM, "Steve McIntyre" wrote: > On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 09:26:46PM -0500, Char

Re: Changes for d-i, tasksel and d-cd

2013-10-31 Thread Philip Charles
On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 16:35:57 Philip Charles wrote: > On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:39:31 Steve McIntyre wrote: > ... > > > Thoughts? > > > I need to compare Lubuntu and the first Debian CD installed sizes. Replying to self. There is virtually no difference in the install

Re: Changes for d-i, tasksel and d-cd

2013-10-31 Thread Philip Charles
ell be smaller and more convienent. I need to compare Lubuntu and the first Debian CD installed sizes. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.co.nz - personal

Re: Moving to git

2013-05-30 Thread Philip Charles
On Fri, 31 May 2013, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Hey folks, > > I'm playing with importing the current svn repo into git right now, > hoping to move across soon. If anybody has problems with that, speak > now! Aaaagh, Something else to learn. Phil. -- Philip Charles;

Re: make status and got error

2013-05-18 Thread Philip Charles
On Sat, 18 May 2013, Hideki Yamane wrote: > Hi, > > debian-cd newbie question. > I ran debian-cd as > > $ . CONF.sh > $ make distclean > $ make status > Just checking, have you configured CONF.sh? Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Du

Re: Troubles with debian-cd

2013-05-13 Thread Philip Charles
8502abb1a6cd4f6fe47c68412b270 > > xorriso -version is supposed to report: > xorriso version : 1.2.9 > Version timestamp : 2013.05.13.123951 Thomas, Built wheezy images for i386 and amd64 and they booted of CDs and flash drives. ;) Phil. -- Philip

Re: Troubles with debian-cd

2013-05-13 Thread Philip Charles
a bug in the processing of the > last registered boot image in xorriso's genuine command mode. > Thanks again for reporting. Glad to be of help. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875

Re: Troubles with debian-cd

2013-05-12 Thread Philip Charles
On Sat, 11 May 2013, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Philip Charles wrote: > > With xorriso 1.2.2 the build stops at 650k. > > What happens if you use the same xorriso version as was used > for the Debian release ? > > http://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/xorriso

Re: Troubles with debian-cd

2013-05-10 Thread Philip Charles
Sorry about the delay. The rest of my life caught up with me. On Thu, 09 May 2013, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 07:54:41PM +1200, Philip Charles wrote: > > >1. When using xorriso 1.2.2 and the associated iso build > >configuration the resulting image wou

Re: Secure boot.

2013-05-09 Thread Philip Charles
On Fri, 10 May 2013, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 01:01:57PM +1200, Philip Charles wrote: > >Hi folks, > > > > What is the story behing the release announcement saying that secure > > > >boot has not yet been implemented for Wheezy?

Troubles with debian-cd

2013-05-07 Thread Philip Charles
makefile and CONF.sh and I have noticed that ARCHES and COMPLETE are missing from CONF.sh A final point, the i386 DVD 1 has a peculiar structure. Mind you it works. It was great to see the iso's and jigdos up so quickly. This must have involved a lot of work. Phil. -- Philip Charles

Secure boot.

2013-05-05 Thread Philip Charles
Hi folks, What is the story behing the release announcement saying that secure boot has not yet been implemented for Wheezy? I have been running a dual boot Wheezy/Win 8 machine for 3 weeks. It will boot the official discs. Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson

Re: xorriso 1.2.4?

2013-05-05 Thread Philip Charles
ots off a disc and pen drive. With secure boot! Regards, Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.co.nz - personal.i...@copyleft.co.nz - busine

Re: xorriso 1.2.4?

2013-05-03 Thread Philip Charles
_devel > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas Thomas, Thanks. Compiled. Testing tomorrow. Good night, sleep well. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4

xorriso 1.2.4?

2013-05-03 Thread Philip Charles
well. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.co.nz - personal.i...@copyleft.co.nz - business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-cd-requ...@lists.debian.org

Debian EFI test CDs, build 4 on i386-efi

2013-04-09 Thread Charles Pirnat
Hello, Just to let you know the build of the EFI i386 CDs will not work on a Dell Latitude 10 Tablet. It just hangs after selecting either text or graphical installer from the grub menu. I've found multiple users of similar tablets unable to install linux due to the 32bit EFI hardware on these dev

Installation flash drive problem.

2013-03-24 Thread Philip Charles
come accross this problem? If so do they have a solution? Should a bug report be filed? It is probably too late for a fix for Wheezy. However, with the wholesale price of 64GB sticks now being less than $10 it seems that flash drives will be the installation media of the future. Phil.

debian-cd branch or trunk?

2013-02-05 Thread Philip Charles
Hi, I am interested in Debian's efi/secure boot. What should I be looking at in debian-cd? trunk or the efi branch? I have a copy of the full svn archive and have taken a quick look at what is there. Thanks. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Du

Re: Weekly build for AMD64 Wheezy stalls

2012-08-02 Thread Philip Charles
with Canonical. Regards. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.co.nz - personal.i...@copyleft.co.nz - business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-cd

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

2012-05-14 Thread Philip Charles
d the netinstall image to minimize the number of bytes you need to download from the network to what you strictly need (yes, I did a few modem netinstalls...). Try downloading a DVD with a 56k dialup modem. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64

Re: who is filling /cdrom/firmware directory

2011-05-05 Thread Philip Charles
ok at cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free I got the file-system from the CD. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.co.nz - personal.i...@copyleft.c

Re: blessing non-profit, worldwide CD vendors

2010-07-28 Thread Charles Plessy
support free software, regardless whether or not they make a living of their activity. Cheers, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-cd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.o

spyware installed by Debian recommended downloader FREE DOWNLOAD MANAGER

2009-10-17 Thread charles dial
Per the instructions on the debian web site at http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ I just downloaded FREE DOWNLOAD MANAGER for Windows and installed it, using the aforementioned link on the Debian web site to do it. This package installed the most disgusting piece of spyware I have ever seen. It re

Re: Local Hook Definitions

2009-10-01 Thread Philip Charles
by > other means. Then make_disc_trees.pl and friends will simply not > include those packages when working through the list they > need. Dependencies will be satisfied, etc. > > Does that sound like a sane way to go for you? A grep -v loop on ../sid/packages (or is it packages.hurd-i

Local Hook Definitions

2009-10-01 Thread Philip Charles
I can't get my head round Local Hook Definitions in debian-cd's CONF.sh, in particular RESERVED_BLOCKS_HOOK. If someone would give me a working example I would be grateful. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax

Bug#542191: cdrom: Broken link in README.html

2009-08-18 Thread Charles Plessy
fo. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-cd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

i386 EFI - Identifying Parts of the Install Process

2008-03-24 Thread Charles Abdouch
awlessly on an i386 EFI BIOS based system. Any suggestions who to talk to, or which modules to file bugs against to track this would be appreciated. I am working on each of these issues myself as well. Best regards, Charles Abdouch

Re: What CDs and DVDs should we produce for lenny?

2008-03-18 Thread Philip Charles
eal with a new tool if > the tool explains itself intuitively. > It's command line typing which is building up the barrier :) Note the previous comments by some mirror masters, Jigdo loads their systems more than a normal download. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Ab

Re: What CDs and DVDs should we produce for lenny?

2008-03-17 Thread Philip Charles
popular packages in popcon. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - personal.[EMAIL PROTECTED] - business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: What CDs and DVDs should we produce for lenny?

2008-03-16 Thread Philip Charles
gt; > 3. For some arches, should we just provide the first couple of CDs > and a full set of DVDs? This is a bit of a compromise option - if > a given machine will not boot from DVD, but can boot from CD and > get the rest of its packages from a network share then all&#x

RE: BusyBox workaround

2007-12-18 Thread Charles Abdouch
ome command I could issue from the 2nd tty session during the install to pull down busybox-static or something which would allow the build to progress normally. Thanks again, Charles -Original Message- From: Daniel Dickinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December

RE: BusyBox workaround

2007-12-18 Thread Charles Abdouch
linux-image-2.6.22-3-486 linux-image-2.6.22-3-686 none Thanks again in advanced, Charles _ From: Charles Abdouch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:12 PM To: debian-cd@lists.debian.org Subjec

RE: BusyBox workaround

2007-12-18 Thread Charles Abdouch
it allowed me to continue. I am trying it again to figure out exactly how I got around it and if the install will complete and work. Charles _ From: Charles Abdouch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:12 PM To: debian-cd@lists.debian.org Subject: BusyBox w

BusyBox workaround

2007-12-18 Thread Charles Abdouch
all and testing? Thanks guys, Charles

Bug#455914: Debian Install CD, process needs to support i386 EFI version

2007-12-12 Thread Charles Abdouch
systems. I am trying to create a NETINST CD which meets the suggestion above to verify it would work with both and I would be happy to work with the individuals working on this to help refine the process and test it out. Thank you, Charles Abdouch

4.0r1 disc images

2007-08-20 Thread Philip Charles
I have just completed building 4.0r1 i386 cd images using debian-cd from svn and discovered a kernel/module mismatch. This meant that I could not see if "apt-cdrom add" was working properly. Is there an eta for the iso images and is "apt-cdrom add" working? This is an equiry, not a complaint.

Re: too many CD ISOs

2007-04-17 Thread Philip Charles
dware with CD drives and no DVD drive, and poor/expensive internet connections. So I would say keep the complete sets, but give some guidance about the number of discs needed. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64

Disc Testing

2007-04-07 Thread Philip Charles
Easter Day. Going to bed. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - personal.[EMAIL PROTECTED] - business I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs & DVDs.

Re: Volunteers wanted to help with final testing of Etch CD/DVD images

2007-04-05 Thread Philip Charles
ave started the Easter Triduum here. However, if the jigdos are available early enough I will be able to test i386, amd64. Anything in particular you want us to look at? Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875

Re: Volunteers wanted to help with final testing of Etch CD/DVD images

2007-04-04 Thread Philip Charles
27;s as far as it goes. There are four items missing from ../tasks/task.list* in the latest svn version of debian-cd british british-desktop gujarati-desktop tamil These omissions lead in turn to gaps in the task-full-etch* lists. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dune

Re: DVDs - priorities and pruning

2004-09-21 Thread Philip Charles
Do we want to prune them too? As above. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs &

Re: revising the first cd contents... (fwd)

2004-06-24 Thread Philip Charles
the official set. Four CDs is not unreasonable for a good standard installation considering that Mandrake uses three and Fedora four. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL

Re: revising the first cd contents...

2004-06-18 Thread Philip Charles
for a reasonable installation. BOTOH, there are distros on a single CD. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I

Re: non-US

2004-06-18 Thread Philip Charles
th all our > binary packages :-) Double sided, double layered for sarge +1 ;) Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 700 MB media

2004-06-18 Thread Philip Charles
; People like ourselves use Jigdo extensively, but my observation is that most people who want to download CDs wait until the images are available. I suspect that those who would use Jigdo and who do not have a local Debian mirror would opt for a network installation. Given this I would suggest tha

Re: non-US

2004-06-18 Thread Philip Charles
you can't tell." -- Linus > Torvalds Linus is quite right, West Islanders are rather like that. Phil, waiting for an Aussie bite. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 025 267 9

Testing CD/DVD images "Official"?

2004-06-09 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
cdimage-testing directory seem to be labeled "official" (at least the first one I checked, which was titled: 'Debian GNU/Linux Testing "Sarge" Official Snapshot alpha Binary-1' in the README.txt file ). I just want to be sure, before I mistakenly label something officia

Re: Testing CD/DVD jigdo files

2004-05-27 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
nst images for sarge, and have managed to install sarge with root on LVM on RAID (using *SEVERAL* work-arounds). I'm working on writing up the procedure for use by others. /me wanders off to find appropriate list for debian installer issues -- Charles Steinkuehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNS

Testing CD/DVD jigdo files

2004-05-24 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
lease don't say wget, I like rsync! :-), or is there a better place to grab these files? -- Charles Steinkuehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: US - Non US difference.

2004-03-20 Thread Philip Charles
he non-US CD is the same as the US except that it includes the non-US software as well. > > 3. I have both the cds with me now. Is it legal to distribute both in India? India is not part of the US and the US legal restrictions would not apply to India. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paters

Re: US - Non US difference.

2004-03-20 Thread Philip Charles
he non-US CD is the same as the US except that it includes the non-US software as well. > > 3. I have both the cds with me now. Is it legal to distribute both in India? India is not part of the US and the US legal restrictions would not apply to India. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paters

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2004-03-04 Thread Philip Charles
t the the disc set. I could pick this up if you like. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sell GNU/Linux &

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2004-03-04 Thread Philip Charles
t the the disc set. I could pick this up if you like. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sell GNU/Linux &

Re: Progeny picax: Replacement for debian-cd

2004-01-15 Thread Philip Charles
-cd to review picax and give feedback (on the > list and to you). Let's see what comes out ! My main worry is that it might too polished to easily hack. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875

Re: Progeny picax: Replacement for debian-cd

2004-01-15 Thread Philip Charles
-cd to review picax and give feedback (on the > list and to you). Let's see what comes out ! My main worry is that it might too polished to easily hack. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875

Re: looking for hurd k-4

2003-09-09 Thread Philip Charles
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, jason andrade wrote: > i've got J2 ones.. so a bit more recent than that but not the latest. i used > to have up two date ones once.. any chance of mailing me iso images philip ? > :) > Great. Address please. Phil -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson S

Re: looking for hurd k-4

2003-09-09 Thread Philip Charles
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, jason andrade wrote: > i've got J2 ones.. so a bit more recent than that but not the latest. i used > to have up two date ones once.. any chance of mailing me iso images philip ? :) > Great. Address please. Phil -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Stre

Re: looking for hurd k-4

2003-09-09 Thread Philip Charles
ing of ftp.gnu.org. I posted a set to Attilla Nagy about ten days ago, but they have not arived. If someone has a set of images, or knows where a set is, would they contact Attila Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> so they can be uploaded. ftp.fsn.hu is the site that the GNU images were origina

Re: looking for hurd k-4

2003-09-09 Thread Philip Charles
ing of ftp.gnu.org. I posted a set to Attilla Nagy about ten days ago, but they have not arived. If someone has a set of images, or knows where a set is, would they contact Attila Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> so they can be uploaded. ftp.fsn.hu is the site that the GNU images were origina

Re[2]: Up-to-date images of Sarge and Sid are where?

2003-05-13 Thread Philip Charles
eb but found no idea what's happening. COMPLETE=1 in build.sh Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sell GNU/

Re: SID on CD?

2003-05-13 Thread Philip Charles
On Tue, 13 May 2003, Jan Kesten wrote: > If not: is there any spec describing the structure of Debian-CDs? I > mean, so that they can be used via apt and the installer. Take a look at debian-cd in cvs.debian.org/debian-cd Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedi

Re: where are the hurd k2 jigdos ??

2003-03-21 Thread Philip Charles
that the Debian GNU/Hurd archive changes considerable every day, after all it is sid. We are working on this. In the meantime you will have to use the CD images. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile

Re: where are the hurd k2 jigdos ??

2003-03-21 Thread Philip Charles
that the Debian GNU/Hurd archive changes considerable every day, after all it is sid. We are working on this. In the meantime you will have to use the CD images. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile

Re: Creating jigdo files without loal file access

2003-03-06 Thread Philip Charles
hurd-i386 is unique to K2, so you have done very well. I will switch off the TRANS-TABLE option next build. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred.

Re: Creating jigdo files without loal file access

2003-03-06 Thread Philip Charles
hurd-i386 is unique to K2, so you have done very well. I will switch off the TRANS-TABLE option next build. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred.

Re: Creating jigdo files without loal file access

2003-03-04 Thread Philip Charles
On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Patrick Strasser wrote: > Philip Charles, the creator of the Debian/Hurd CDs, is located in New > Zealand, and has only low bandwith capacity. He manages to fetch all > necessary packages, but uploading 5 CDs takes much to long on his > connection. So he gives the

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