cvs commit to tasksel by tausq

Repository: tasksel who:tausq time: Mon Apr 23 23:35:07 PDT 2001 Log Message: Patch from Anthony Towns for Task: debian/control support Files: changed:Makefile data.c data.h macros.h slangui.c slangui.h tasksel.c util.c util.h -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

cvs commit to tasksel/debian by tausq

Repository: tasksel/debian who:tausq time: Mon Apr 23 23:35:07 PDT 2001 Log Message: Patch from Anthony Towns for Task: debian/control support Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: RAID and the installer

If its easy for the end user to build their own custom boot disk using there own prebuilt kernel then that will help for hardware configurations that dont work "off the shelf". Some time ago i read a post describing how to use a custom kernel, but i got lost amoungst all the scripts and never wor

Re: RAID and the installer

On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 09:00:49PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > Imnsho this should be fixed.. I can think of two solutions: > 1. don't use modules for RAID drivers or other drivers one might need >to configure the root filesystem. This is already the case if you use the compact flavou

RE: RAID and the installer

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but the compact flavor boot floppy supports several RAID controllers including the DAC960 (Mylex). (We are talking i386, right?) >From 5.2 Choosing the Right Installation Set of the installation guide

RE: RAID and the installer

I tend to agree with this. I have worked on a number of servers using RAID controllers including the DAC960, ServerRAID, and Megaraid. Each time I have built custom boot floppies with the correct module in the kernel instead of using modules. This is also sub optimal and a complete pain to maintai

RAID and the installer

I just helped a friend install Debian on a server, and it was a painful experience. The problem is this: the machine uses hardware RAID only. To access it you need to load the DAC960 module, but.. the installer can only install modules if it has a root filesystem configured so it can reassemble a

Processed: cleanup

Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 94876 base-config Bug#94876: boot-floppies: password entry (for root) ignore trailing spaces Bug reassigned from package `boot-floppies' to `base-config'. > reassign 94877 pppconfig Bug#94877: boot-floppies: install uses default ppp config ev

Re: Possible changed to initial README files in boot-floppies

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, David Whedon wrote: > Hi Walter, > > Can you resend this as a diff against the current version, it makes it easier to > evaluate changes. > OK, I'll do it when I can get a little time away from work. I guess I should put these directly in the README.txt.m4 file...sorry.

Re: woody bf-utf8 (Re: slang, boot-floppies, and wide character support)

Hi, Enrique. I've checked your rebuilt packages, and it seems to work. In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:20:37 +0100, on Re: woody bf-utf8 (Re: slang, boot-floppies, and wide character support), Enrique Zanardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:11:29AM

Re: Floppy-less booting

On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 07:44:54PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 04:30:38PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > >> > >> I did download the 2.2.19 bf from archive.debian.org, and tried them, with a > >> very similar result. Only the addresses were different: > > > > archive.deb

Re: Possible changed to initial README files in boot-floppies -walter

Hi Walter, Can you resend this as a diff against the current version, it makes it easier to evaluate changes. Thanks, David Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 01:30:50PM -0400 wrote: > Hi David, I have split up the initial README.txt into > three files (I suppose it could just stay as one file) > README.tx