Re: Booting/Install Problems

2001-08-23 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h Delave Harlow wrote on Thu Aug 23, 2001 um 03:59:16AM: The drive is an ATA100 WDC (30GB) and the mobo is an ASUS A7V133/SWA. The drive is totally bare. No partitions or anything. CPU: AMD Athlon. 512MB of PC133 SDRAM. Oh, oh, I see many such messages coming on

does grab_paths need root?

2001-08-23 Thread Christian T. Steigies
I've been trying to build bf 3.0.12 for m68k about 5 times now, and they all failed due to lack of disk space, then a lost network connection and now finally with a permission denied: I: downloading m68k-vme-tftplilo I: Retrieving

Re: Still no base tarball

2001-08-23 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Peter S Galbraith wrote: [Geez, 3 lists?] Dale Scheetz wrote: On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: nobody has yet provided a convincing argument for putting the tarball on the CDs. Of the machines that I get a chance to install Debian on [cut]

Re: Still no base tarball

2001-08-23 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 02:29:32PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: nobody has yet provided a convincing argument for putting the tarball on the CDs. ^^^ ^^^ see that says **tarball** it does NOT say *floppy images* So I'd say

Re: does grab_paths need root?

2001-08-23 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 07:34:05AM -0500, Christian T. Steigies wrote: I've been trying to build bf 3.0.12 for m68k about 5 times now, and they all failed due to lack of disk space, then a lost network connection and now finally with a permission denied: I: downloading m68k-vme-tftplilo I:

Re: does grab_paths need root?

2001-08-23 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 09:11:42AM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: info downloading m68k-vme-tftplilo package=`grab_paths m68k-vme-tftplilo` How about just adding $ROOTCMD to your package= line? The question is where, and will it work? I guess this will not work: $ROOTCMD

3.0.11 BF report

2001-08-23 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
(please CC me) A few hitches I encountered installing 3.0.11. 3.0.12 was not tested yet, as the Changlog does not show any entries relevant to me. (And yes, pcmcia.tgz is still almos empty.) cfdisk showed: hda1 Linux primary free space hda5 FAT16 logical free space But later, Mount

Ask.

2001-08-23 Thread Javier Bermudez
How can i join to debian dev. group ? Att. Javier Bermudez. From: Argentina University of Buenos aires. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

boot-floppies_3.0.12_powerpc.changes INSTALLED

2001-08-23 Thread Debian Installer
Installing: install-doc_3.0.12_powerpc.deb to pool/main/b/boot-floppies/install-doc_3.0.12_powerpc.deb bf-archive-install_3.0.12_powerpc.sh byhand bf-doc_3.0.12_powerpc.tar.gz byhand bf-arch_3.0.12_powerpc.tar.gz byhand bf-misc_3.0.12_powerpc.tar.gz byhand Changes: boot-floppies (3.0.12)

make vga=extended (80x50) default on i386?

2001-08-23 Thread Eduard Bloch
See subject. Does anybody mind if we swith to extended as the default resolution? Currently, some are scrolled away in the translated boot messages, not really nice. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- 640K ought to be enough for anybody -Bill Gates, 1981 PGP signature

Re: make vga=extended (80x50) default on i386?

2001-08-23 Thread Rob Bos
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 09:50:18PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: See subject. Does anybody mind if we swith to extended as the default resolution? Currently, some are scrolled away in the translated boot messages, not really nice. I rather like this idea; though 50 is a little too small. 43 is

Problem with 3.0.9 on sparc (Netra X1)

2001-08-23 Thread Adam McKenna
I'm having problems with the current sparc installation on my Netra X1. First off, after the kernel and driver modules are fetched from http.us.debian.org, I get the following error: ioctl: LOOP_CLR_FD: Device or resource busy After doing this, I drop to a shell and execute the following

Re: Ask.

2001-08-23 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 03:00:57PM -0400, Javier Bermudez wrote: How can i join to debian dev. group ? Please have a look at http://www.debian.org/devel/join -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: Problem with 3.0.9 on sparc (Netra X1)

2001-08-23 Thread Adam McKenna
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 06:49:53PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: Base install/wget problems occurred commonly prior to 3.0.11. What we need to do is get more recent Sparc boot-floppies available. BenC, do you have to be the one to build this? Because I have a sparc here (albeit a slow

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by aph

2001-08-23 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:aph time: Thu Aug 23 17:49:49 PDT 2001 Log Message: changelog entries from CVS logs -- people, it would be better if you add your own entries in debian/changelog please Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap by aph

2001-08-23 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:aph time: Thu Aug 23 17:50:50 PDT 2001 Log Message: ignorable Files: changed:.cvsignore -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies by aph

2001-08-23 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies who:aph time: Thu Aug 23 17:51:40 PDT 2001 Log Message: start failing if files in the remove list don't exist in the first place Files: changed:rootdisk.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

cvs commit to boot-floppies by aph

2001-08-23 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies who:aph time: Thu Aug 23 18:02:47 PDT 2001 Log Message: There was a missing backslash when making the included pcmcia.tgz; this had been broken by: 1.18 (kraai20-Jun-01) While we're at it, fix it so building these tarballs will fail if any

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by aph

2001-08-23 Thread aph
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:aph time: Thu Aug 23 18:27:21 PDT 2001 Log Message: bugs fixed by the PCMCIA fix Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Processed: Does not boot from CD-Rom

2001-08-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: tags 81769 + wontfix Bug#81769: Does not boot from CD-Rom Tags added: wontfix thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Darren Benham (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: 3.0.9-ide modconf debootstrap probs

2001-08-23 Thread Glenn McGrath
On 23 Aug 2001 21:25:52 -0400 Adam Di Carlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Glenn [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I installed the kernel and modules from floppy, things looked to be going ok, then i tried to configure the modules, it looked like it was trying to insert modules from the wrong

Re: cvs commit to boot-floppies by aph

2001-08-23 Thread Matt Kraai
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 06:02:47PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was a missing backslash when making the included pcmcia.tgz; this had been broken by: 1.18 (kraai20-Jun-01) Argh. Sorry all. Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Still no base tarball

2001-08-23 Thread John Galt
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 02:29:32PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: nobody has yet provided a convincing argument for putting the tarball on the CDs. ^^^ ^^^ see that says **tarball** it does NOT

Re: Still no base tarball

2001-08-23 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 02:35:34PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: looks like a useless bloat argument to me. Then stop trying to read idiocy into the request. My whole point has been that we can't cut out folks with only floppies for media. Whatever solves that problem tickles me pink ;-)

Bug#109455: dhcp non-functional 3.0.11

2001-08-23 Thread Stephen Waters
On 23 Aug 2001 21:17:54 -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: I'd be more interested in seeing what it is about the environment of the b-f root filesystem which is causing this problem. I doubt its the kernel -- you can test that by installing and using one of the stock kernels (even w/o ATAPI) and

Bug#109455: dhcp non-functional 3.0.11

2001-08-23 Thread Daniel Bungert
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 10:31:31PM -0500, Stephen Waters wrote: Anyhow, you can close the bug. Sorry to have hassled y'all. No, not yet. Either dhclient or b-f reported success when I didn't have an IP yet - that's bad. I will take a look at it this weekend. -Dan -- Daniel Bungert |

Re: boot-floppies 3.0.13

2001-08-23 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 10:26:13PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: Ok, 3.0.12 was kinda a bust because the pcmcia problems were only fixed half-way, and I messed by not tagging for inclusion in the source packages some s390 stuff. Also m68k has 2.2.4, so that is also needed. Due to that,

Re: Still no base tarball

2001-08-23 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 08:35:17AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: I would think that would be obvious. It saves about 5 hours of download lets not exaggerate, 1 to 1.5 hours max. I downloaded the tarball from people several days ago and it took just