cvs commit to debian-cd/tools/boot/woody by jwest

2001-09-29 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-cd/tools/boot/woody who:jwest time: Sat Sep 29 17:32:43 PDT 2001 Log Message: added boot blocks for udma100-ext3 to disk 4 and reiserfs to disk 5 Files: changed:boot-i386 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

cvs commit to debian-cd/debian by jwest

2001-09-29 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-cd/debian who:jwest time: Sat Sep 29 17:37:19 PDT 2001 Log Message: updated changelog Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I created yet another woody coaster

2001-09-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I created new boot-floppies. I created a custom CD. I burned CD. tried an test install. Tihngs were going fine -- installing base system. And then it all stopped -- could not install nano Where is the list of files that is in the base system kept? Shouldn't the debian-cd

Re: I created yet another woody coaster

2001-09-29 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 10:14:45PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >I created new boot-floppies. I created a custom CD. I burned > CD. tried an test install. Tihngs were going fine -- installing base > system. And then it all stopped -- could not install nano > > Where is

Re: I created yet another woody coaster

2001-09-29 Thread Jim Westveer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: MD5 On Saturday 29 September 2001 20:14, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >I created new boot-floppies. I created a custom CD. I burned > CD. tried an test install. Tihngs were going fine -- installing base > system. And then it all stopped -- cou

Re: I created yet another woody coaster

2001-09-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Thanks to ah and doogie, I now have a recipe for people to avoid creating coasters. Simply use debbootstrap to get the list of base packages and ensure they exist in your local mirror. manoj __> apt-get --download-only install $(/usr/sbin/debootstrap --print-debs \

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2001-09-29 Thread Brendan Dowling
I have a machine that I would like to install debian on, the machine does not have a floppy drive and I don't have a working floppy drive that I can loan to the machine. Is there a minimal (10MB or less) bootable CD-ROM image that I can download which does the equivalent of the floppy images? I r

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 09:54:06AM +0200, Martin Schulze écrivait: > > debian-cd does nothing else than using dpkg-scanpackages ... so this one > > needs to be fixed, not debian-cd. > > [...] > > What is the "Task: override" ? I know that packages have a Task: field but > > is there an override f

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread James Troup
Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > debian-cd does nothing else than using dpkg-scanpackages ... And there's the bug. Use apt-ftparchive. -- James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 04:47:25PM +0100, James Troup écrivait: > > debian-cd does nothing else than using dpkg-scanpackages ... > > And there's the bug. Use apt-ftparchive. Would you be so kind and explain me why ? I can use apt-ftparchive but it will change absolutely nothing if it doesn't us

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread James Troup
Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 04:47:25PM +0100, James Troup crivait: > > > debian-cd does nothing else than using dpkg-scanpackages ... > > > > And there's the bug. Use apt-ftparchive. > > Would you be so kind and explain me why ? Because a) it doesn't su

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 05:10:53PM +0100, James Troup écrivait: > > And I use dpkg-scanpackage for the support of this old dpkg-multicd > > dselect method ... > > Do we really want to support that nowadays ? What do other people think about that ? I'd also be happy if we could drop that because

cvs commit to debian-cd/tools/boot/woody by falk

2001-09-29 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-cd/tools/boot/woody who:falk time: Sat Sep 29 16:21:13 PDT 2001 Log Message: Adapt to changes with woody boot floppies. Largely untested, but the previous version didn't work at all, so it can only have improved :) Files: changed:boot-alpha added: p

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread Martin Schulze
Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > Anthony Towns wrote: > > > Actually debian-cd probably makes its own packages files and doesn't include > > > the Task: overrides at all. > > > > That's badly broken then. > > > > Debian-cd people: Until debian-cd is fixed to propigate Task: fields out > > from the arc

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Raphael Hertzog wrote: > What do other people think about that ? Ditch it. Wichert. -- _ / Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.nl/~

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 08:56:52PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: >Previously Raphael Hertzog wrote: >> What do other people think about that ? > >Ditch it. Seconded. We supported it for slink and potato, but for the later potato releases it wasn't perfect anyway... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge