recovery CD?

2007-09-30 Thread Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby
Hi, I made a fresh install on a laptop I am going to give to a dummy (on computer) person. I would like to know if there is some way to create a recovery CD of the installation. I installed some restricted drivers and that person would be unable to do so. Especially after a disaster. I would

Re: Xen on gusty regression since tribe5

2007-09-29 Thread Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby
Todd Deshane wrote: Thanks for any feedback/comments/questions/etc. [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.1/+bug/144631 There is also an important (it's relative) bug here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22/+bug/141510 The Xen (HVM and -xen

Re: Why is amd64 late?

2007-09-21 Thread Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby
Todd Deshane wrote: Now the amd64 version of the following package is missing: http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/misc/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22-11-xen Is this one on its way too? Yes, it is now; just a knock-on effect from the same oversight.

ubuntu kernel team - focus on Xen

2007-09-21 Thread Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby
Hi, I would like to focus on xen kernels flavour. Nothing more, nothing less. Would you think the ubuntu kernel team would accept me to be part of them just for that? I just know packaging a bit, I dont really knwo all the features of the packagin utilities. I want that Xen flavour kernels are

preparing 7.10 upcome

2007-09-20 Thread Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby
Hi, I dont know if you have already been confronted to the lagging of the mirrors at the date of any release. FTP servers are always overloaded. So. I have a dedicated server, at OVH (a French ISP) and another one at CTN1 (also French): How could I bring my participation in order to use my

Why is amd64 late?

2007-09-17 Thread Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby
Hi, Why is the amd64 release/tribe always late? My favorite example is about the Xen support: http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/base/linux-image-2.6.22-11-xen It is i386 only at the moment... As far as I know, Ubuntu tries to be up to date and tries to support the maximum of hardware as possible.

Re: status of Xen in future Gutsy

2007-09-16 Thread Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby
Todd Deshane wrote: 1) http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/base/linux-image-2.6.22-10-xen 2) http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/misc/xen-hypervisor-3.1 and so on. (1) is still i386 only. I would also be happy to try to compile what is still missing for amd64 but I am not

status of Xen in future Gutsy

2007-09-02 Thread Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby
Hi, Does someone know the status of Xen in the future Gutsy? I see these: 1) http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/base/linux-image-2.6.22-10-xen 2) http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/misc/xen-hypervisor-3.1 and so on. (1) is still i386 only. I have a quite heavy CPU (Core 2 Duo T7500) and would be

Re: how to rebuild a kernel package on amd64?

2007-09-02 Thread Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby
Todd Deshane wrote: As mentioned previously though, package support is good with the meta packages ubuntu-xen-desktop-amd64 and ubuntu-xen-server-amd64. Which requires linux-xen: http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/base/linux-xen (exists only for i386) That's why I am trying to package-build an