Re: partman-auto limitations on sparc

2004-11-12 Thread Anton Zinoviev
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 01:16:29AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: On sparc, partman-auto can only partition existing free space, it's not capable of repartitioning a whole disk. So, what's the story behind this, and can it be fixed? I reported this as #237410. It seams like libparted does not rely

Bug#280841: partman interface problems

2004-11-12 Thread Anton Zinoviev
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 01:18:31AM +0100, Guillermo S. Romero wrote: Second issue, discover how to keep my data. I decided to test with one of the partitions that could be lost, and magic, I found it. Why do I have to choose the FS already in use from a list of items that seems to be format

Bug#280887: installation report

2004-11-12 Thread Jeremie Bouttier
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: rc2 (11/09/2004) from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/pre-rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux jimmy 2.6.8-1-686 #1 Thu Oct 7 03:15:25 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 11/09/04 starting around 10PM Method: boot

install manual

2004-11-12 Thread Alex Owen
This page has the Install Manual in text, pdf and html formats in many languages... take your pick! (you probably want one of the pdf versions!) http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual Alex Owen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: partman-auto limitations on sparc

2004-11-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 11:05:31AM +0200, Anton Zinoviev wrote: On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 01:16:29AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: On sparc, partman-auto can only partition existing free space, it's not capable of repartitioning a whole disk. So, what's the story behind this, and can it be

Processed: reassign 280887 to netcfg, merging 280887 274714

2004-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 280887 netcfg Bug#280887: installation report Bug reassigned from package `installation-reports' to `netcfg'. merge 280887 274714 Bug#274714: d-i: fails to configure networking with 3c59x under Linux 2.4 Bug#280887: installation report Merged

Bug#280911: installation-reports

2004-11-12 Thread Raphal PETIT
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 10 Nov 2004 uname -a: The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt Date: 12 Nov 2004 Method: install from the netinst iso What did you boot off? If network install, from where? Proxied? behind Machine: Description of machine (eg, IBM

Bug#280841: partman interface problems

2004-11-12 Thread Guillermo S. Romero
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2004-11-12 at 1133.36 +0200): K keep instead of black face, F format instead of white face, R reformat instead of alien, B bootable instead of ray. These are English only. On one hand these letters can be made translatable, on the other hand I like these icons. ;-)

Bug#280768: marked as done (install on a vaio)

2004-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:35:49 +0100 with message-id [EMAIL PROTECTED] and subject line Bug#280768: install on a vaio has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your

Re: install manual

2004-11-12 Thread Frans Pop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 12 November 2004 04:31, John Toliver wrote: I just recently purchased a copy of Debian to experiment with as an OS. I would like to know if their were a downloadable copy of the installation manual I could have as opposed to spidering

Bug#280911: installation-reports

2004-11-12 Thread Christian Perrier
reassign 280911 libraw1394 retitle 280911 Please switch to po-debconf for debconf templates submitter 280911 Christian Perrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks Install succeed but translation missing Hmm, you scared me, but: there 's no translation to french on the libraw1394-5 configuration screen

Netinst MD5 Error on P3, but NOT on P4

2004-11-12 Thread John J Waldeck
Struggled to setup OS on ASUS P4S533-X with Intel P4, 1.8GHz CPU. First found out it wouldn't load Windows 98 or earlier. Then I tried my Woody installation disks and got errors. Next I tried to load the next Debian version by CD using netinst: Debian GNU/Linux testing Sarge - Official

Re: install manual

2004-11-12 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2004-11-11 22:31:21, schrieb John Toliver: Hello, I just recently purchased a copy of Debian to experiment with as an OS. I would like to know if their were a downloadable copy of the installation manual I could have as opposed to spidering the manual from the website? It is on the CD

Processed: Re: Bug#280911: installation-reports

2004-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 280911 libraw1394 Bug#280911: installation-reports Bug reassigned from package `installation-reports' to `libraw1394'. retitle 280911 Please switch to po-debconf for debconf templates Bug#280911: installation-reports Changed Bug title.

Bug#280950: Installation Report

2004-11-12 Thread Peter Karbaliotis
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 2004/11/10 daily image from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/2004/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt Date: 2004/11/10 Method: netinst + network, booted off CD-ROM,

Bug#280951: Sarge RC1 Boot disk won't work without noapic

2004-11-12 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
Package: debian-installer-manual Version: 20041027 I'm not quite sure what package to file this against, please reassign it if this is not correct. The Sarge RC1 boot disk doesn't see the IDE in a Presario 711 EA (AMD Duron) unless I mention ``noapic'' on the boot line. The BIOS disables the

Re: Re: Debian installer and Dell Dimension 8400

2004-11-12 Thread Professor Robert C . Berwick
Hi Friends, I too have wrestled for the past 3 months with getting Linux (of any sort!) onto the Dell Dimension 8400.\ I've tried *every* possible brand, too. At last, I've succeeded. The issue seems to be this: the Dell 8400 has an Intel ICH5/ICH6 (software raid) controller. Any linux that does

Bug#280842: Installer Report

2004-11-12 Thread Joey Hess
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (A trivial point - I did notice that /floppy symlink to /media/floppy0 is missing). Such a symlink would be a FHS violation and it's bad enough that we were not able to entirely get rid of the fhs violating /cdrom symlink for this release. There should be no reason for

Bug#280953: Command line arguments ignored

2004-11-12 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
Package: debian-installer-manual Version: 20041027 Please reassign this bug if I've sent it to the wrong place. Using the boot disk in Sarge RC1, the command line are ignored. I.e. running expert noapic nolapic still uses the APIC, and /proc/cmdline shows no mention of the added arguments.

Bug#280951: Sarge RC1 Boot disk won't work without noapic

2004-11-12 Thread Joey Hess
Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: I'm not quite sure what package to file this against, please reassign it if this is not correct. The Sarge RC1 boot disk doesn't see the IDE in a Presario 711 EA (AMD Duron) unless I mention ``noapic'' on the boot line. The BIOS disables the APIC, and cpuid claims

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2004-11-12 Thread Steve Langasek
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Re: Search for patched yaboot testers ...

2004-11-12 Thread Rick Thomas
On Nov 10, 2004, at 6:01 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 03:46:58AM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: The new yaboot seems to work at least on one of my machines. I'll try some others later. Specifically, I tried it on my BlueWhite G3. I booted holding down the C key (ADB keyboard) and

Bug#242290: Updated attempt to install on Sun280R

2004-11-12 Thread Peter Karbaliotis
Latest daily businesscard, netinst and mini iso (2004/11/12) http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/sparc/current/sarge-sparc-netinst.iso http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/sparc/current/sarge-sparc-businesscard.iso

Bug#280953: marked as done (Command line arguments ignored)

2004-11-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:18:48 -0500 with message-id [EMAIL PROTECTED] and subject line Bug#280953: Command line arguments ignored has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is

Booting up to 2nd stage of d-i

2004-11-12 Thread Mats Näsström
When booting to the second stage the bootproccess stops at Real Time Clock Driver v1.2, I get the feeling that it could be waiting for some user input but its only a guess. This is my first debian installation attempt(s) so I don't know what to expect next in the install proccess. Previously

Bug#280951: Sarge RC1 Boot disk won't work without noapic

2004-11-12 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
Thanks for you prompt reply, Joey. It is documented already. I think reassigning to the kernel might be the right thing to do. Are you using 2.4 or 2.6? Could you try a newer version of the installer, such as a daily build to make sure the problem is still there? The problem exists in all

Re: Bug#280147: installation-reports: half success (Dell Optiplex GX280 + kernel-2.6.8 + SATA)

2004-11-12 Thread Mats Näsström
This exact problem is occuring when I install debian to my Dell PowerEdge SC420 which like that Optiplex GX280 is a new product from dell, only released about a month ago. Lucky for me the PowerEdge SC420 has a old fashion PS/2 keyboard so I could bypass the hwclock at boot by means of the