Re: kernel updates - was: adding a kernel from backports

2009-11-14 Thread Daniel Baumann
Rob Owens wrote: > Is it possible to build only the kernel and initrd, without building an > entire system? not really, as one cannot know what the target system has installed or is configured for. if you know it, you would need to replicate that very system - which is basically the same as if you

Re: TIP: Prevent kaboom from running with a KDE 4 LiveCD

2009-11-14 Thread Daniel Baumann
Diederik de Haas wrote: > On 2009-10-28 Daniel Baumann wrote: >> i think that newer live-initramfs (the one from git) already does this >> automatically (with another implementation, though). >> > With what version should it work automatically and/or how to 'trigger' this? as i said, it should wor

Re: kernel updates - was: adding a kernel from backports

2009-11-14 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 06:29:24AM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Rob Owens wrote: > > Would it suffice to copy vmlinuz and initrd from a newly-built image > > into my existing one? (and update the appropriate syslinux files) Or > > is there more to it than that? > > that should do it. but note

Re: TIP: Prevent kaboom from running with a KDE 4 LiveCD

2009-11-14 Thread Diederik de Haas
On 2009-10-28 Daniel Baumann wrote: > i think that newer live-initramfs (the one from git) already does this > automatically (with another implementation, though). > With what version should it work automatically and/or how to 'trigger' this? I've added live.debian.net repo to my chroot environmen

Re: Installing the system from a running live CD?

2009-11-14 Thread Daniel Baumann
Anthony Sales wrote: > is the live-installer-launcher included in the version of Debian Helper for > Lenny? l-i-l has nothing to do with live-helper. it's a seperate package, currently in debian sid and squeeze. > If it works in text mode does that mean I would have to run it from a console > s

RE: Installing the system from a running live CD?

2009-11-14 Thread Anthony Sales
Hi Daniel, thanks for the swift response - is the live-installer-launcher included in the version of Debian Helper for Lenny? If it works in text mode does that mean I would have to run it from a console session or would it run in a terminal? Finally does this only allow a netinstall or could it

Re: Installing the system from a running live CD?

2009-11-14 Thread Daniel Baumann
Anthony Sales wrote: > In the documentation it mentions that there isn't yet a way to install the > live CD from the running LIve system. there's live-installer-launcher which allows to call d-i as an application. it works for the text modus, but has a few glitches left. > remastersys which allo

Installing the system from a running live CD?

2009-11-14 Thread Anthony Sales
Hi, having read the documentation I can see that the live-helper only provides the standard Debian installer, or a Live CD version which both have to be chosen as boot options. In the documentation it mentions that there isn't yet a way to install the live CD from the running LIve system. Just t