Re: boot-floppies for stable

2001-04-15 Thread james
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 06:16:17PM -0300, Peter Cordes wrote: > Can't you cross-compile from something speedy? This would seem to be > especially useful for something like boot-floppies, where you have to reboot > all the time to try stuff. Unfortunately I doubt this would work too well. boot-f

Re: boot-floppies for stable

2001-04-14 Thread Peter Cordes
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 05:19:19PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > > > m68k: Christian recently relocated to the US, and no one else is > > > willing to do boot-floppies. > > > > What work is required for them? I have a very slow LC475 that I can > > attempt to build them on if that's any hel

RE: boot-floppies for stable

2001-04-14 Thread Michael Schmitz
> Michael Schmitz; are you saying that NO PowerPC's will build on Debian? I Nope. All I said was that no one is building boot-floppies (the installer stuff) for m68k (Motorola 680x0). Someone posted 'whats up with boot-floppies for m68k' to debian-ports, I replied. Sorry if reading this on debian

Re: boot-floppies for stable

2001-04-14 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > > > m68k: Christian recently relocated to the US, and no one else is > > willing to do boot-floppies. > > What work is required for them? I have a very slow LC475 that I can > attempt to build them on if that's any help and I'll have a go at doing > some sanity testing on them too. Would that b

Re: boot-floppies for stable

2001-04-13 Thread Peter Cordes
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 01:11:47PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > Michael Schmitz; are you saying that NO PowerPC's will build on Debian? I > > i hope he did not say such a thing, i am writing this on a Blue G3 > running Debian potato. The quote was: On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 01:40:13PM +0200,

Re: boot-floppies for stable

2001-04-13 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 08:26:00AM -0600, Bil Repenning wrote: > Hello; > I am new to the list so let me know if I should not be posting this way. you posted to debian-ports, which is really an alias for 6 or more lists -- debian-alpha, debian-m68k, debian-sparc, debian-arm, debian-mips etc etc.

RE: boot-floppies for stable

2001-04-13 Thread Bil Repenning
hread since I am new as of yesterday(?). Thank you for your time. Bil Repenning -Original Message- From: Jonathan McDowell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 6:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: boot-floppies for stable On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 01:40:13PM

Re: boot-floppies for stable

2001-04-13 Thread Jonathan McDowell
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 01:40:13PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > At the moment, I know that powerpc does not build due to a kernel > > issue. I don't know anything about the other archs. > > > > Arch's in question: alpha, arm, m68k, sparc. > > m68k: Christian recently relocated to the US, and

Re: boot-floppies for stable

2001-04-13 Thread Michael Schmitz
> At the moment, I know that powerpc does not build due to a > kernel issue. I don't know anything about the other archs. > > Arch's in question: alpha, arm, m68k, sparc. m68k: Christian recently relocated to the US, and no one else is willing to do boot-floppies. Michael

Re: boot-floppies for stable

2001-04-12 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 03:35:48PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > If somebody is compiling boot-floppies 2.2.22 (for stable through > proposed-updates) for any non-i386 arch, please let me know. > > At the moment, I know that powerpc does not build due to a > kernel issue. I don't know anything a