Bug#1034267: installation-guide: Location of the install logs is "unfindable"

2023-04-11 Thread Karl O. Pinc
Source: installation-guide Severity: minor Hi, Information on where the debian installer puts the installation logs after a successfull install is buried in the section 6.3.9. Troubleshooting. It's pretty hard to find out where the install logs are. At least if you're googling about or reading

Bug#944322: debian-installer: Rescue mode needs LVM workaround or grub-installer fails

2019-11-07 Thread Karl O. Pinc
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal Tags: d-i Hello, I have not reproduced this problem myself but it seems likely that it exists. I am writing here to be sure that nothing is overlooked and to give people who might have this problem a reference. This is a companion problem to bug

Bug#931318: debian-installer: A feature to manually reserve space and so "over-provision" SSDs would be nice

2019-07-01 Thread Karl O. Pinc
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i Hello, Because many consumer grade SSDs are not over-provisioned by the manufacturer it might be nice to have an option, in the automatic partitioning, that reserves a percentage (or a choice of percentages) of a SSD and leaves the space

Bug#931317: debian-installer: A feature to "secure erase" SSDs would be nice

2019-07-01 Thread Karl O. Pinc
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i Hello, It would be nice if the debian installer included the option to "secure erase" SSDs before creating a partition table during installation. A used SSD may have been "over-filled", especially a consumer grade device that is not

Bug#784661: debian-installer: Installation manual should note Green Drive failure under Linux

2015-05-07 Thread Karl O. Pinc
Package: debian-installer Version: Head Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i patch Hi, Western Digital Green drives fail early under Linux due to excessive load/park cycling of the heads. This should be noted in the Installation Manual's hardware compatibility section. For more information on the

Bug#608828: installation-guide: Users need direction to the functionality they expect

2011-01-04 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 01/03/2011 02:31:51 PM, Christian PERRIER wrote: Squeeze is about to be released, in a few weeks at best (or worse). So, I don't really see by which magic this would happen (considering that any change now to the installation guide triggers a need for translation updates). I do not wish

Bug#608828: installation-guide: Users need direction to the functionality they expect

2011-01-03 Thread Karl O. Pinc
software resources would enhance the Debian experience and further this goal. (Ideally this change would be made before the squeeze release so as not to lose years of new users.) Regards, Karl O. Pinc -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.7 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable

Bug#608828: installation-guide: Users need direction to the functionality they expect

2011-01-03 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 01/03/2011 02:31:51 PM, Christian PERRIER wrote: Quoting Karl O. Pinc (k...@meme.com): Many users expect that their system have software that's not in the stock Debian stable repos. Chapter 8, next steps, should either include the content of or point users toward a resource like

Bug#608828: installation-guide: Users need direction to the functionality they expect

2011-01-03 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 01/03/2011 04:27:46 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: On 01/03/2011 02:31:51 PM, Christian PERRIER wrote: Quoting Karl O. Pinc (k...@meme.com): Many users expect that their system have software that's not in the stock Debian stable repos. So, indeed, thanks in advance for the upcoming

Bug#608828: installation-guide: Users need direction to the functionality they expect

2011-01-03 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 01/03/2011 04:43:43 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: On 01/03/2011 04:27:46 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: On 01/03/2011 02:31:51 PM, Christian PERRIER wrote: Quoting Karl O. Pinc (k...@meme.com): Many users expect that their system have software that's not in the stock Debian stable repos

Bug#497806: Installer's clock related behvior is lame

2008-09-04 Thread Karl O. Pinc
Now that I've sent in the report... Perhaps I should have sent two reports. One for the bug Clock question worded incorrectly. and another for the enhancement request. Is there something I should do to fix this? Also. My implementation note that suggests waiting to set the time is stupid. The

Bug#497806: UTC clock prompt wording alternatives

2008-09-04 Thread Karl O. Pinc
An alternative to the clock question proposed: Should this system's hardware keep UTC time from now on? is: Should this system's hardware keep UTC time starting now? I'm not sure if from now on is an idiom and not understood everywhere. (I like the word henceforward, but am afraid that it's

Bug#288902: Slight install glitch, some suggestions

2005-01-06 Thread Karl O. Pinc
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux mofo 2.4.27-1-386 #1 Wed Dec 1 19:43:08 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: Jan 1 2004 Method: How did you install? What did you boot off?