Re: More feedback

2001-12-12 Thread Colin Walters
Chris Tillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I tried the new-powermac installer again, and found it can't mount > hfs disks. I wonder if busybox code is incompatible with the 2.4 > kernel on this, or maybe it was because I was trying an ext3 > install. Mmm...I built HFS support as a module in tha

Re: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2001-12-12 Thread Mark Seven Smith
[NOTE: Sorry Chris, I meant for this to go to the list] On Wednesday 12 December 2001 09:47 pm, Chris Tillman wrote: > Perhaps, if you're serious about installing without the > installer, you could dig into archives.debian.org. It's > just, well I'm a little familiar with the workings of the >

Re: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2001-12-12 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 08:17:03PM -0800, Mark Seven Smith wrote: > On Wednesday 12 December 2001 07:40 pm, Chris Tillman wrote: > > All very frustrating. Perhaps, if you're serious about installing without the installer, you could dig into archives.debian.org. It's just, well I'm a little fa

More feedback

2001-12-12 Thread Chris Tillman
I tried the new-powermac installer again, and found it can't mount hfs disks. I wonder if busybox code is incompatible with the 2.4 kernel on this, or maybe it was because I was trying an ext3 install. I tried hmount from another partition, but it didn't work because of the library reduction. Th

Re: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2001-12-12 Thread Mark Seven Smith
On Wednesday 12 December 2001 07:40 pm, Chris Tillman wrote: > Just a thought: does it always bomb using the down arrow > key? What about the page-down key? Maybe you can edge > around it. Although of course the reason should be > figured out and corrected, somehow. Ah, yes--I've had a long tim

Re: alpha boot disk report, plus q: where is base tarball?

2001-12-12 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 09:45:29PM -0600, Mike Coleman wrote: > I tried installing on a DS10 just now with the latest testing boot floppies. > It went fine up to trying to access the archive via ftp. The machine is > behind a NAT firewall that blocks port 80 access. There's a web proxy, but it >

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/en by toff

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en who:toff time: Wed Dec 12 20:05:20 PST 2001 Log Message: add BootX instructions Files: changed:rescue-boot.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by toff

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:toff time: Wed Dec 12 20:05:06 PST 2001 Log Message: add BootX instructions Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

alpha boot disk report, plus q: where is base tarball?

2001-12-12 Thread Mike Coleman
I tried installing on a DS10 just now with the latest testing boot floppies. It went fine up to trying to access the archive via ftp. The machine is behind a NAT firewall that blocks port 80 access. There's a web proxy, but it requires authentication, which the boot floppies seem not to support.

Re: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2001-12-12 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 05:53:41PM -0800, Mark Seven Smith wrote: > Awhile back, I purchased a book, "Learning Debian > GNU/Linux", and was unable to install the version of Debian > that came with the book (the CD-ROM that was included in > the back of the book). > > So, I then purchased the C

Bug#123623: boot-floppies: Install from MacOS deserves documentation

2001-12-12 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 09:08:25AM -0500, Jerry Quinn wrote: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: 3.0.17-2001-11-18 > Severity: wishlist > > Just installed Debian woody on a powermac. Since the installer didn't > include the advansys driver (see other bug), I had to use an existing > kernel I alr

Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2001-12-12 Thread Mark Seven Smith
Awhile back, I purchased a book, "Learning Debian GNU/Linux", and was unable to install the version of Debian that came with the book (the CD-ROM that was included in the back of the book). So, I then purchased the CD-ROM's for Debian, version "Potato", from a mail-order vendor. Still had pr

Bug#123661: boot-floppies: 3.0.18(cvs) serial console unusable on i18n enabled flavours (i386)

2001-12-12 Thread John H . Robinson IV
some additional information: it is caused by the spawning of bterm in the /sbin/udbootstrap script. i changed the script to: #!/bin/sh if (/dev/null && ! /usr/bin/tty | grep -q ttyS ; then export LC_CTYPE=C@utf-8 exec /usr/bin/bterm -f /unifont-reduced.bgf /sbin/dbootstrap fi exec /sbin/dboots

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

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:merker time: Wed Dec 12 16:41:06 PST 2001 Log Message: mipsel: extended subarch detection for DECstations add missing case for DECstation 5000/260 with R4400 instead of R4000 Files: changed:main.c -- To

cvs commit messages

2001-12-12 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 03:40:23PM -0800, Debian Boot CVS Master wrote: > Repository: boot-floppies/debian > who:claush > time: Wed Dec 12 15:40:23 PST 2001 > > > Log Message: Could that two blank lines be removed please? They make it impossible to read the commit message in mutt

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

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:merker time: Wed Dec 12 16:18:41 PST 2001 Log Message: mipsel: extended subarch detection for DECstations (R3k and R4k 5000/xx, R3k 5000/1xx, 5000/240, 5000/260) Files: changed:main.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

cvs commit to boot-floppies by merker

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies who:merker time: Wed Dec 12 16:10:17 PST 2001 Log Message: Fix kernel image name for mipsel (vmlinux instead of vmlinuz). Kernel-package 7.75 now puts the kernel under the name "vmlinux" instead of "vmlinuz" into the kernel-image-* packages for mipsel.

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by claush

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:claush time: Wed Dec 12 15:40:23 PST 2001 Log Message: Document changes Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by claush

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:claush time: Wed Dec 12 15:38:29 PST 2001 Log Message: Typo in release-notes Files: changed:release-notes.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by claush

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:claush time: Wed Dec 12 15:34:11 PST 2001 Log Message: Add initial 50% translated Danish Woody release-notes Files: added: release-notes.da.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by robster

2001-12-12 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 01:17:26PM -0800, Debian Boot CVS Master wrote: > changed:Tag: woody release-notes.sgml Should stuff really be commited on "woody" branch? Marcin -- Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://marcin.owsiany.pl/ GnuPG: 1024D/60F41216 FE67 DA2D 0ACA FC5E 3F

cvs commit to boot-floppies by claush

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies who:claush time: Wed Dec 12 14:26:30 PST 2001 Log Message: Add TODO: Add info on Debian DVD to documentation Files: changed:todo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#123661: boot-floppies: 3.0.18(cvs) serial console unusable on i18n enabled flavours (i386)

2001-12-12 Thread John H . Robinson IV
Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2001-12-12 Severity: important when the kernel is passed the console=ttyS0 option, the kernel boot messages are properly sent to the console. however, the language choose shows up on the first virtual console, and the keyboard is non-responsive. the

Flashing screen

2001-12-12 Thread Attila Nagy
Hello, I built the b-f (checked out this morning from CVS) and still get the flashing screen effect. I've tried with and without USE_LANGUAGE_CHOOSER. Any ideas? make check didn't fail. There was make clean. This is on i386 and on an up-to-date SID system (compiling). Thanks, --

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po by ender

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po who:ender time: Wed Dec 12 09:42:20 PST 2001 Log Message: More updates (and fuzzy translation fixed). Files: changed:es.po -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [E

Re: b-f mess... ah, you know :)

2001-12-12 Thread Jordi Mallach
Looks like Catalan docs build well now, but this is still going on: > debiandoc2html -d /usr/share/sgml/debiandoc/dtd/sgml/1.0/debiandoc.dcl > -l ca -c -t install install.ca.sgml > Warning: locale ca not supported, using default en_US.ISO8859-1 It generates html files with .en-us.html suffix, w

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

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:sgybas time: Wed Dec 12 08:57:55 PST 2001 Log Message: Don't show "Install Foreign Modules" on s390, additional modules are automatically copied on s390 after the kernel has been installed Files: changed:main_menu.c -- T

Re: new ibook, b-f, kernel 2.4

2001-12-12 Thread Colin Walters
Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I tried to install woody on my new ibook (G3/600/384MB) with current > boot-floppies 3.0.17 over network (in OF: boot enet:bootp,,yaboot). > > The kernel is booting fine and the installer gets started. The problem > is, I need the network to install

Re: cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po by dancer

2001-12-12 Thread Phil Blundell
>Japanese translation updates and fixes. It is up-to-date, again. Last time I looked, the Japanese string for the language chooser itself (the one that says "You have chosen Japanese - press Enter to continue") didn't seem to be translated. Care to investigate? It's in dbootstrap/langs/japanes

cvs commit to boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk by sgybas

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk who:sgybas time: Wed Dec 12 07:41:52 PST 2001 Log Message: Use busybox sort | uniq instead of textutils sort -u Files: changed:SMALL_BASE_LIST_s390 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

cvs commit to boot-floppies/s390-specials/netsetup by sgybas

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/s390-specials/netsetup who:sgybas time: Wed Dec 12 07:41:52 PST 2001 Log Message: Use busybox sort | uniq instead of textutils sort -u Files: changed:chandev.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

cvs commit to boot-floppies/s390-specials by sgybas

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/s390-specials who:sgybas time: Wed Dec 12 07:41:52 PST 2001 Log Message: Use busybox sort | uniq instead of textutils sort -u Files: changed:netsetup.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

cvs commit to boot-floppies/s390-specials/netsetup by sgybas

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/s390-specials/netsetup who:sgybas time: Wed Dec 12 07:40:19 PST 2001 Log Message: Fixed loop when an invalid IP address was specified in the parmfile Files: changed:functions.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Bug#123623: boot-floppies: Install from MacOS deserves documentation

2001-12-12 Thread Jerry Quinn
Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.17-2001-11-18 Severity: wishlist Just installed Debian woody on a powermac. Since the installer didn't include the advansys driver (see other bug), I had to use an existing kernel I already had. Between this kernel and the ramdisk.tar.gz and BootX, I was able

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/ca by jordi

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/ca who:jordi time: Wed Dec 12 07:01:55 PST 2001 Log Message: Section name fix. Files: changed:preparing.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po by dancer

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po who:dancer time: Wed Dec 12 06:39:25 PST 2001 Log Message: Japanese translation updates and fixes. It is up-to-date, again. Files: changed:ja.po -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po by mquinson

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po who:mquinson time: Wed Dec 12 05:51:28 PST 2001 Log Message: small updates Files: changed:fr.po -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dbootstrap broken on mips and mipsel

2001-12-12 Thread Ralf Baechle
On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 10:16:09AM +0100, Guido Guenther wrote: > Please don't. Let's talk Ralf into readding these things to > /proc/cpuinfo again. This is 2.4 - so supposed to be *stable*. I'm happy if > these things move to other locations for 2.5(maybe even adding proper > subarch(e.g. ip22),

new ibook, b-f, kernel 2.4

2001-12-12 Thread Florian Friesdorf
Hi, I tried to install woody on my new ibook (G3/600/384MB) with current boot-floppies 3.0.17 over network (in OF: boot enet:bootp,,yaboot). The kernel is booting fine and the installer gets started. The problem is, I need the network to install, but the gmac driver in 2.2.19 is to old to handle

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po by ender

2001-12-12 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po who:ender time: Wed Dec 12 04:04:56 PST 2001 Log Message: Cleared the conflicts during the last merge with claush version, and continued fixing. Files: changed:es.po -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su