Re: Regenerating package configuration non-interactively?

2019-09-30 Thread Brian Candler
On 30/09/2019 14:23, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: The missing piece is /var/lib/dpkg/postfix/config Thanks - presumably you mean /var/lib/dpkg/info/postfix.config ? root@foo1:~# find /var/lib/dpkg -name '*postfix*' /var/lib/dpkg/info/postfix.prerm /var/lib/dpkg/info/postfix.list /var/lib/dpkg/info/

Regenerating package configuration non-interactively?

2019-09-30 Thread Brian Candler
Hello, After cloning virtual machines, I want to reconfigure packages in a fully automated fashion.  In short, I've tried using "debian-set-selections" followed by "dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive", but it isn't actually changing the configuration. Here's a concrete example. Suppose I ha

apt-cacher-ng ""500 Bad redirection (path)" - some debugging info

2016-01-21 Thread Brian Candler
turned by httpredir, I have now configured /etc/apt-cacher-ng/backends_debian to point statically to a presumed reliable host (ftp.uk.debian.org), and I'm hoping that the 500 errors will be gone. I'll be hitting this cache hard over the next week or so, so I'll find out then. Anyway, I hope some of the above is helpful. I'm happy to share pcap files off-list. Regards, Brian Candler.

Re: lvm: creating a snapshot

2014-10-06 Thread Brian Candler
The volume group concept is for grouping the *disks*, so you can treat a group of disks with similar properties as a interchangeable. So it makes more sense to have volume groups for e.g. "15krpm" and "SSD". Or you can just have one big volume group, which makes disk upgrades seamless. And rem

Installer with LVM - allocate only a percentage of space

2014-10-06 Thread Brian Candler
it up the same way you would a 100GB disk. Leave the rest free for me to decide what to do with later" ... can be achieved by answering just one extra question. Is there any chance this feature could be ported into Debian? Has this been discussed before, and if so, what was the outcome?

Re: Using the spare space on a bootable USB

2013-12-20 Thread Brian Candler
On 20/12/2013 16:38, Brian Candler wrote: Hello, I have some 8GB USB keys and I wish to put a bootable Debian installer image AND a bunch of other files (documents, Virtualbox, more ISO images etc). I've got it to work, but it could have been easier :-) I started by followin

Re: Using the spare space on a bootable USB

2013-12-20 Thread Brian Candler
On 20/12/2013 18:37, Brian wrote: On Fri 20 Dec 2013 at 16:38:14 +, Brian Candler wrote: I have some 8GB USB keys and I wish to put a bootable Debian installer image AND a bunch of other files (documents, Virtualbox, more ISO images etc). I've dd'd an ISO image to a stick, whi

Using the spare space on a bootable USB

2013-12-20 Thread Brian Candler
Hello, I have some 8GB USB keys and I wish to put a bootable Debian installer image AND a bunch of other files (documents, Virtualbox, more ISO images etc). I've dd'd an ISO image to a stick, which is fine. Now, reading the manual at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en

Re: Kernel freeze during install

1997-05-27 Thread Brian Candler
I removed both the ethernet card and the soundcard, and it still freezes at the same point. Any more suggestions? Brian. > > I am trying to install Debian-1.2.10 and the kernel freezes during bootup at > > the following point: > > > > [my BusLogic KT445C host adaptor is detected successfully as

Kernel freeze during install

1997-05-26 Thread Brian Candler
pherals work fine. I think it must be something to do with the monolithic Debian kernel and its hardware autoprobing. Can anybody suggest which bit of hardware might be causing the problem, and what boot parameters to give to stop the conflict? Thanks... Brian Candler. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM