Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-14 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Jim Westveer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Good idea! > > Disk #4 will now have the udma66 kernel loaded onto it. > (debian-cd CVS has been updated) > > So for i386/potato/woody the boot kernels are: > > CD#1: default kernel from boot-disks(i386) > CD#2: compact > CD#3: idepc > CD#4: udma66 >

cd booting for woody (was Re: regarding potato images)

2001-01-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I looked at El Torito a few years ago in this regard. It allows you to > have a choice of which floppy image gets booted so there is no space > problem. The first problem I saw at that time was a lack of support for > this feature in mkisofs. That might be solved now

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-12 Thread Richard Atterer
[Please trim X-Postings as appropriate when replying] On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 11:53:25PM +0100, J.A. Bezemer wrote: > According to debian-cd/tools/boot/potato/boot-*: [snip] > Arm: not bootable at all since supported computers don't have CD drives. Erm, actually that's not quite correct, maybe t

RE: regarding potato images

2001-01-12 Thread Carpenter, Dean
, the diskemu.bin booter can default to the mainline boot kernel. -- Dean Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 94TT :) -Original Message- Subject: RE: regarding potato images Gary's system works by booting diskemu.bin as a floppy image. That then scans th

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-11 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On 7 Jan 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > It would help if someone could inform me of what kernels are on what > CDs for other arches, if there are any, on other arches. According to debian-cd/tools/boot/potato/boot-*: Alpha: only CD 1 is bootable, with something that seems like a multi-boot thing

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-11 Thread paulwade
ED], > Robert Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: regarding potato images > Resent-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 01:20:19 -0500 > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On 11-Jan-2001 Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Robert Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> write

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-10 Thread Jim Westveer
On 11-Jan-2001 Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Robert Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Forgive my ignorance, but I just had to de-lurk to ask this probably silly >> question: >> Can't you have multiple kernel images on the same cd, chosen via lilo (or >> whatever boot loader is being used) just

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-10 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Robert Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Forgive my ignorance, but I just had to de-lurk to ask this probably silly > question: > Can't you have multiple kernel images on the same cd, chosen via lilo (or > whatever boot loader is being used) just like when you have mulitple kernel > versio

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-10 Thread Robert Guthrie
On Sunday 07 January 2001 14:29, Jim Westveer wrote: > Disk #4 will now have the udma66 kernel loaded onto it. > (debian-cd CVS has been updated) > > So for i386/potato/woody the boot kernels are: > > CD#1: default kernel from boot-disks(i386) > CD#2: compact > CD#3: idepc > CD#4: udma66 > CD#n: d

RE: regarding potato images

2001-01-09 Thread Carpenter, Dean
L PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 94TT :) -Original Message- From: Adam Di Carlo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:05 PM To: Carpenter, Dean Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: regarding potato images "Carpenter, Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-09 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Carpenter, Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You may want to consider doing a multiple boot image scenario for the CDs. > That is, boot a menu that allows a choice of boot kernels to use. Well, if we wanted this, we should use grub, rather than writing a debian-only version. I hate debian-

RE: regarding potato images

2001-01-09 Thread Carpenter, Dean
A. Bezemer Cc: Jim Westveer; bbennet; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: regarding potato images "J.A. Bezemer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Jim Westveer wrote: > > The debian-cd now in CVS will put boot blocks on > > ALL i386 disk

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-07 Thread Jim Westveer
On 07-Jan-2001 Adam Di Carlo wrote: > "J.A. Bezemer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Jim Westveer wrote: >> Okay. Boot team: be sure to post a note to -cd as soon as you think of other >> interesting flavours ;-) > > Well, there's the udma66 flavor, which is just a vanill

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-07 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"J.A. Bezemer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Jim Westveer wrote: > > The debian-cd now in CVS will put boot blocks on > > ALL i386 disks in the following fashion. > > > > CD#1: default kernel from boot-disks(i386) > > CD#2: compact > > CD#3: idepc > > CD#n: default ke

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-06 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Jim Westveer wrote: > On 02-Jan-2001 Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Jim Westveer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> On 01-Jan-2001 Adam Di Carlo wrote: > >> > Um, I thought it went like this for i386: > >> > > >> > CD#1: vanilla kernel > >> > CD#2: compact > >> > CD#3: idepci

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-03 Thread Jim Westveer
On 02-Jan-2001 Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Jim Westveer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On 01-Jan-2001 Adam Di Carlo wrote: >> > Um, I thought it went like this for i386: >> > >> > CD#1: vanilla kernel >> > CD#2: compact >> > CD#3: idepci > > Yes, I agree. The debian-cd now in CVS will put bo

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-02 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Jim Westveer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 01-Jan-2001 Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Um, I thought it went like this for i386: > > > > CD#1: vanilla kernel > > CD#2: compact > > CD#3: idepci > > #1 & #2 correct, for potato, i386, CD#3 has no boot blocks. > It (CD#3) probably should be modified

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-01 Thread Jim Westveer
On 01-Jan-2001 Adam Di Carlo wrote: > bbennet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Bootable? Is the B3 supposed to be bootable? >> >> It passed the md5sum test and it is the official image. >> >> If it is supposed to be bootable, let me know. >> This is the first I have heard of this. > > Um, I

Re: regarding potato images

2001-01-01 Thread Adam Di Carlo
bbennet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello to adam. Good to hear from you. > I hope you have a happy New Year. > > Bootable? Is the B3 supposed to be bootable? > > It passed the md5sum test and it is the official image. > > I guess the cdimage folks will know. > > If it is supposed to be bo