Please add libtext-iconv-perl to the pkgs list for sarge

2003-07-11 Thread Alastair McKinstry
Hi, Could libtext-iconv-perl be added to the essential files list for sarge (on debian-cd, and the sarge-i386-netinst ISO) as it is now required by debootstrap. Secondly, could the file .disk/base_installable (empty; just needs to be present) be added to the sarge-i386-netinst ISO, to allow

Re: Please add libtext-iconv-perl to the pkgs list for sarge

2003-07-11 Thread Martin Sjögren
fre 2003-07-11 klockan 08.30 skrev Alastair McKinstry: Could libtext-iconv-perl be added to the essential files list for sarge (on debian-cd, and the sarge-i386-netinst ISO) as it is now required by debootstrap. Er, silly question, shouldn't debootstrap then depend on it? Won't it be pulled in

Re: Please add libtext-iconv-perl to the pkgs list for sarge

2003-07-11 Thread Alastair McKinstry
On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 08:04, Martin Sjgren wrote: fre 2003-07-11 klockan 08.30 skrev Alastair McKinstry: Could libtext-iconv-perl be added to the essential files list for sarge (on debian-cd, and the sarge-i386-netinst ISO) as it is now required by debootstrap. Er, silly question,

Re: Where could we put web pages about debian-installer on the official debian web server?

2003-07-11 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Martin Quinson] Great, so I guess we can start converting the content of cvs://.../debian-installer/doc/html/ to cvs://.../webwml/english/devel/debian-installer... What about just checking it out from the current CVS repository and directly into the proper location? This way, everyone with

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2003-07-11 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Please add eject to essential files for powermac

2003-07-11 Thread debian
It's needed to eject floppies on the Mac. For that matter, ditto for Sparc - I see my IPX has no button on the floppy drive. -- Cheers John Summerfield Please, no off-list mail at all at all. This address accepts mail only from Debian addresses. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Where could we put web pages about debian-installer on the official debian web server?

2003-07-11 Thread Martin Quinson
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 10:25:23AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: [Martin Quinson] Great, so I guess we can start converting the content of cvs://.../debian-installer/doc/html/ to cvs://.../webwml/english/devel/debian-installer... What about just checking it out from the current CVS

Re: Where could we put web pages about debian-installer on the official debian web server?

2003-07-11 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 10:25:23AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: Great, so I guess we can start converting the content of cvs://.../debian-installer/doc/html/ to cvs://.../webwml/english/devel/debian-installer... What about just checking it out from the current CVS repository and

[PATCH] debian-installer / mips(el) - remove libdetect dependency

2003-07-11 Thread Florian Lohoff
Hi, needed - no libdetect for mips(el) Index: build/debian/control.in === RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/debian-installer/build/debian/control.in,v retrieving revision 1.3 diff -u -r1.3 control.in --- build/debian/control.in 24 May

Bug#200885: [PATCH] fix init's check_free_memory

2003-07-11 Thread Guillaume Morin
Package: busybox-cvs Version: 0.60.99.cvs20030426-9 (not installed) Severity: important Tags: upstream patch Hi, check_free_memory() is init/init.c is broken. While I really think it should be more careful about overflows, I've tried to follow upstream's will in the patch. Important severity

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2003-07-11 Thread HOTBOYMARCUS2003
how do u boot

Re: Debian Installer hangs SOLVED!

2003-07-11 Thread Adrian Zaugg
Booting the installer on a 7305 (DigitalServer 7000) works like described in the document Installing RedHat Linux 6.0 on a Digital (DEC) Alpha 4100 (Blakey, J. 1999; http://www.alphalinux.org/docs/rawhide/4100_install.shtml). in short: Use the Floppy-Disks Bootfloppies set

Sarge install insists on installing over net, and fails to installinto /target/

2003-07-11 Thread Torsten Nielsen
I've been trying to install Debian from my freshly burned CDs. CD images were compiled using jidgo. Machine is std. Intel PIII 1GHz with CD-RW and DVD incl ADSL connection. I'm booting from CD nr.1 and I've tried to boot linux, cdrom and cdrom144, and things work ok even though it seems set on

Re: sarge and sid issues with VFS: Cannot open root device - catch 22

2003-07-11 Thread dann frazier
On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 01:26:38PM +0200, Kurt Bernhard Pruenner wrote: How about building your own 2.4.21 kernel? It ships with Intel's e1000 driver included, so you could even compile the driver right into the kernel. so did 2.4.20, i believe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sarge install insists on installing over net, and fails to install into /target/

2003-07-11 Thread Chris Tillman
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 10:04:26PM +0200, Torsten Nielsen wrote: I've been trying to install Debian from my freshly burned CDs. CD images were compiled using jidgo. Machine is std. Intel PIII 1GHz with CD-RW and DVD incl ADSL connection. I'm booting from CD nr.1 and I've tried to boot