Re: Cross-install howto

2002-07-02 Thread Chris Tillman
Here's a draft, let's see what y'all think. Is it true that a Unix user could also run debootstrap? - This section explains how to install Debian GNU/Linux from an existing Unix or Linux system. This has been requested by users switching to the best Linux system from Redhat,

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/man by tausq

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/man who:tausq time: Mon Jul 1 23:52:15 PDT 2002 Log Message: Directory /cvs/debian-boot/debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/man added to the repository Files: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf by tausq

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-installer/tools/cdebconf who:tausq time: Mon Jul 1 23:53:46 PDT 2002 Log Message: Some more commits for cdebconf update; fixes textdb module, as well as the text/slang/ncurses/bogl frontends added man pages for some of the executables Files:

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/doc by tausq

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/doc who:tausq time: Mon Jul 1 23:53:46 PDT 2002 Log Message: Some more commits for cdebconf update; fixes textdb module, as well as the text/slang/ncurses/bogl frontends added man pages for some of the executables Files:

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/man by tausq

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/man who:tausq time: Mon Jul 1 23:53:46 PDT 2002 Log Message: Some more commits for cdebconf update; fixes textdb module, as well as the text/slang/ncurses/bogl frontends added man pages for some of the executables Files:

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/modules/db/textdb by tausq

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/modules/db/textdb who:tausq time: Mon Jul 1 23:53:47 PDT 2002 Log Message: Some more commits for cdebconf update; fixes textdb module, as well as the text/slang/ncurses/bogl frontends added man pages for some of the

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/modules/frontend/bogl by tausq

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/modules/frontend/bogl who:tausq time: Mon Jul 1 23:53:47 PDT 2002 Log Message: Some more commits for cdebconf update; fixes textdb module, as well as the text/slang/ncurses/bogl frontends added man pages for some of the

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src by tausq

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src who:tausq time: Mon Jul 1 23:53:46 PDT 2002 Log Message: Some more commits for cdebconf update; fixes textdb module, as well as the text/slang/ncurses/bogl frontends added man pages for some of the executables Files:

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/modules by tausq

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/modules who:tausq time: Mon Jul 1 23:53:46 PDT 2002 Log Message: Some more commits for cdebconf update; fixes textdb module, as well as the text/slang/ncurses/bogl frontends added man pages for some of the executables

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/modules/frontend/slang by tausq

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/modules/frontend/slang who:tausq time: Mon Jul 1 23:53:47 PDT 2002 Log Message: Some more commits for cdebconf update; fixes textdb module, as well as the text/slang/ncurses/bogl frontends added man pages for some of the

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/modules/frontend/text by tausq

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/modules/frontend/text who:tausq time: Mon Jul 1 23:53:47 PDT 2002 Log Message: Some more commits for cdebconf update; fixes textdb module, as well as the text/slang/ncurses/bogl frontends added man pages for some of the

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/modules/frontend/ncurses by tausq

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/modules/frontend/ncurses who:tausq time: Mon Jul 1 23:53:47 PDT 2002 Log Message: Some more commits for cdebconf update; fixes textdb module, as well as the text/slang/ncurses/bogl frontends added man pages for some of the

cvs commit to debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/debian by tausq

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/debian who:tausq time: Mon Jul 1 23:56:28 PDT 2002 Log Message: remove this obsolete file Files: removed:TODO -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

PDC20268 support in boot disks

2002-07-02 Thread Ben Marsh
I have been downloading iso images with the hope of doing a net install of debian unstable (hopefully) bypassing stable and testing to save on downloaded megabytes. However all the isos seem to use the same boot kernels and none of them seem to have the driver for the Promise 100Tx PCI IDE

Re: PDC20268 support in boot disks

2002-07-02 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 09:24:08PM +1000, Ben Marsh wrote: I have been downloading iso images with the hope of doing a net install of debian unstable (hopefully) bypassing stable and testing to save on downloaded megabytes. However all the isos seem to use the same boot kernels and none

Re: PDC20268 support in boot disks

2002-07-02 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h Ben Marsh wrote on Tue Jul 02, 2002 um 09:24:08PM: I have been downloading iso images with the hope of doing a net install of debian unstable (hopefully) bypassing stable and testing to save on downloaded megabytes. However all the isos seem to use the same boot kernels

Re: Cross-install howto

2002-07-02 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h Chris Tillman wrote on Mon Jul 01, 2002 um 11:46:37PM: Mount any additional filesystems. # If this mount point is referenced in your /etc/fstab: $ mount /path # e.g.: mount /usr Or use mount -a to mount all filesystems already specified in /etc/fstab. #

Re: PDC20268 support in boot disks

2002-07-02 Thread Ben Marsh
On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 01:04 AM, Eduard Bloch wrote: #include hallo.h Ben Marsh wrote on Tue Jul 02, 2002 um 09:24:08PM: I have been downloading iso images with the hope of doing a net install of debian unstable (hopefully) bypassing stable and testing to save on downloaded

Re: [patch] utilities/dbootstrap/po/Makefile gawk bug

2002-07-02 Thread Junichi Uekawa
In Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:24:19 +0200 (CEST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] cum veritate scripsit : One line of advise: Please use diff -u. It's much easier to read. With the attached patch below, I would have spent only 2 seconds. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Junichi Uekawa http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by dancer

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:dancer time: Tue Jul 2 09:38:06 PDT 2002 Log Message: add error checking in makefile, not yet complete Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

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

2002-07-02 Thread Debian Boot CVS Master
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po who:dancer time: Tue Jul 2 09:38:07 PDT 2002 Log Message: add error checking in makefile, not yet complete Files: changed:Makefile -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Configuring APT

2002-07-02 Thread santmyer
Hi, I installed a minimal Debian linux and booted it. It seems to boot OK and I can use what has been installed. I think I set up PPP correctly. When I use the pon command, I hear the usual dialup via my modem. Now I want to download some packages from the internet. When I run apt-get I

NEWS RELEASE

2002-07-02 Thread
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Re: Configuring APT

2002-07-02 Thread Andre Luis Lopes
On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 02:41:01PM -0700, santmyer wrote: [snip] Now I want to download some packages from the internet. When I run apt-get I get the error message Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages could not resolve http.us.debian.org.

Re: cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/pt by gleydson

2002-07-02 Thread Andre Luis Lopes
On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 07:22:03PM -0700, Debian Boot CVS Master wrote: Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/pt who:gleydson time: Sun Jun 30 19:22:02 PDT 2002 Log Message: - Added some lacking text after a line-by-line revision (by eye) - added the doc-check feature on

Sucessfull Woody Installation Report

2002-07-02 Thread Andre Luis Lopes
Hi, I´m sending this messages just to let you know that I have just upgraded a running Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r6 system to Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Woody without any problem. The dist-upgrade was perfect. The machine was an ancient Pentium 166 being used as proxy server (using Squid), mail server

Re: cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/pt by gleydson

2002-07-02 Thread Gleydson Mazioli da Silva
Yes, these changes were needed to be made eye-by-eye, that's a tiresome work, but it would be done some day :) Also, these changes need to be done in urgency fashion to the aproximate Woody release retaking my main work as document translator and to fix some critical bugs that broken the

Re: Cross-install howto

2002-07-02 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 05:15:13PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: #include hallo.h Chris Tillman wrote on Mon Jul 01, 2002 um 11:46:37PM: Mount any additional filesystems. # If this mount point is referenced in your /etc/fstab: $ mount /path # e.g.: mount /usr Or use

cdebconf plans

2002-07-02 Thread Randolph Chung
I've been getting some inquiries about what the plans are for cdebconf moving forward. I thought I'd write down a few things I have in mind, with the hope that other people can help contribute :-) The goal here is that we can continue to use cdebconf as a small(er) (size-wise) implementation of