Bug#870448: hw-detect - stop using modprobe -l

On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 07:58:05PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Wed, 2017-08-02 at 12:26 +1000, Vincent McIntyre wrote: > > Package: hw-detect > > Version: 1.124 > > Severity: normal > > Tags: patch > > > > I keep seeing this in installer logs, back t

Re: Debian Installer Buster Alpha 4 release

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 02:29:27AM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Steve McIntyre (2018-12-17): > > But... The problem you're most likely seeing is caused by a simple > > fact. The *netboot* image ends up downloading significant chunks of > > the installer and the base system at runtime from the

Re: Debian Installer Buster Alpha 4 release

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 01:18:59AM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 11:00:25AM +1100, Vincent McIntyre wrote: > >Hello > > > >I was trying to download the netboot image for amd64, > >because the one I have (2018-12-06) has a segfault in libc6. >

re: Debian Installer Buster Alpha 4 release

Hello I was trying to download the netboot image for amd64, because the one I have (2018-12-06) has a segfault in libc6. The link on the installer team page https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ for the _netinst_ image points at

Bug#907837: suggested patch

Not quite sure about the wording, but a first try: diff --git a/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml b/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml index 868c70155..7236fa836 100644 --- a/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml +++ b/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml @@ -178,7 +178,10 @@ For PXE booting,

Re: LVM partitioning preseed.cfg / kickstart question

Below is a known-good partitioning recipe similar to your use case. It puts all of /, not just /boot, in a real partition. I think the main difference is the start of the second stanza 614401000 1 lvm while you have 100 1000 -1 xfs There may be a bug in handling -1 as the upper

Bug#882766: Proposal: reinstate automated device selection, blacklisting d-i?

It would be good to make this change. Is there some reason to not include a build stamp in the installer initrd at, say, /build-stamp? This would be the same string as in boot-screens/f1.txt (e.g. 20170615+deb9u2). Regards --

Re: Problem: UUIDs not being used everywhere for disks in stretch

A discussion with Steve suggested looking at when udev updates /dev/disk/by-uuid - has something changed that stops that directory being refreshed after partman-base is done (or at least before bootstrap-base starts)? I ran some stretch/jessie comparison installs on the following VM system:

Bug#870574: lowmem: naming of main-menu.d item

Package: lowmem Version: 1.45 Severity: normal Poking around an install environment I looked in /lib/main-menu.d and found these files: 10rescue 5lowmem Then I found the original commit message: commit b9741a97a349f9ed4364b3411c3ab8afc590e385 Author: Joey Hess

Bug#870448: hw-detect - stop using modprobe -l

On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 07:58:05PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > But this still prints error messages for missing modules. I think the > function should be implemented as: > > is_available () { > modprobe -qn "$1" > } > I agreee, much better!

Bug#870448: hw-detect - stop using modprobe -l

Package: hw-detect Version: 1.124 Severity: normal Tags: patch I keep seeing this in installer logs, back to jessie. Aug 2 01:52:11 main-menu[193]: (process:224): modprobe: invalid option -- 'l' I rated this normal rather than minor because the way it is working now the is_available()

Bug#759553: suggested patch

Tags: patch Thanks Can this be fixed please? I wasted an hour tracking this down while trying to resolve another issue. --- lib/auto-lvm.sh.org 2017-08-02 10:24:35.773321165 +1000 +++ lib/auto-lvm.sh 2017-08-02 10:24:49.709392154 +1000 @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ defvgname="$RET"

re: Problem: UUIDs not being used everywhere for disks in stretch

We noticed this issue today and there is a further aspect to it. I won't have time to make a proper bug report for a couple of days. The initrd path that was given to the pxe netboot installer gets included in the boot command line, to wit:

Re: Problem: UUIDs not being used everywhere for disks in stretch

the promised attachment, inline uname -a: Linux testbox 4.9.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u2 (2017-06-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux lspci -knn: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Skylake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:191f] (rev 07) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:06b9]

Re: Problem: UUIDs not being used everywhere for disks in stretch

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 12:28:58PM +1000, Vincent McIntyre wrote: > the promised attachment, inline A perusal of the syslog turned up this A perusal of the syslog turned up this Jul 28 01:27:32 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sdc' Jul 28 01:27:32 grub-installer: info: g

Re: Installing chapter in the release notes

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 09:45:24PM +0100, Baptiste Jammet wrote: > Hi Vince, > > Dixit Vincent McIntyre, le 20/03/2017 : > > >> +ifname instead of mac address > ... > >Not having really worked with stretch yet (ie target audience member), > >I'm had no re

Re: Installing chapter in the release notes

On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 05:31:53PM +0100, Baptiste Jammet wrote: Thanks for raising these important items. ... > +ifname instead of mac address > + > + > +The installer and the installed systems will now use ifnames by default > +instead of mac for network interface names. > + > + > + Not

Bug#610282: partman-lvm/confirm boolean true does not suppress "Before the Logical Volume ..."

(we were discussing having a branch of manual for each stable release) This appears to have happened - thanks Samuel! https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/d-i/branches/manual/jessie/ I think it would be worth mentioning the existence of this in the trunk README - suggested patch below. Please let

Bug#838948: [patch] preseed appendix of d-i manual: use_autoconfig

Package: installation-guide Severity: minor Tags: d-i patch thanks (resending as a bug, my post to -boot didn't elicit any replies) For some years the disable_autoconfig preseed has been shown in the appendix on preseeding. However setting that just sets use_autoconfig appropriately. Yet

[patch] preseed appendix of d-i manual: use_autoconfig

Hi, For some years the disable_autoconfig preseed has been shown in the appendix on preseeding. However setting that just sets use_autoconfig appropriately. Yet use_autoconfig is not even mentioned in the appendix, ever. There might be something I'm missing here, such as disable_autoconfig is

Re: Bug#837123: ([anna] segfault in wheezy installer)

I just realised this went to the libc maintainers; I was expecting it would go to the debian-installer team. This might be an issue in the way libc6-udeb is being used within debian-installer, rather than libc6-udeb itself. I don't know how to figure out if that is the case; if it is the case,

Bug#789652: v2 patch

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 05:51:02PM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote: Vincent McIntyre wrote: Justin B Rye wrote: It's good, but I've got a couple of English usage nitpicks: And I'm happy to have you pick the nits off my contribution :) Would you care to peruse #789652, which is related

Bug#789652: installation-guide: improve explanations about rebooting, etc

Package: installation-guide Tags: patch thanks see also #760923. Not sure this is quite correct for powerpc. Index: manual/en/post-install/shutdown.xml === --- manual/en/post-install/shutdown.xml (revision 69984) +++

Bug#706112: [PATCH v2] grub-installer: Support menu selection of grub boot disk

On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 01:47:36AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Vincent McIntyre vincent.mcint...@csiro.au (30/04/2013): gah. The patch was not ok. My apologies for such a gross error. I caught this by testing with 1.86 as downloaded from the archive. Thanks, Vincent. Applied locally

Bug#706112: [PATCH 0/4] grub-installer: Support menu selection of grub boot disk

On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 01:47:36AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Vincent McIntyre vincent.mcint...@csiro.au (30/04/2013): gah. The patch was not ok. My apologies for such a gross error. I caught this by testing with 1.86 as downloaded from the archive. Thanks, Vincent. Applied locally

Bug#706112: [PATCH v2] grub-installer: Support menu selection of grub boot disk

the archive. [PATCH] Actually set bootdev. After taking all the trouble to get the right value into the $bootdev shell variable, ensure that we db_set grub-installer/bootdev with that value. Signed-off-by: Vincent McIntyre vincent.mcint...@csiro.au --- grub-installer |8 ++-- 1 file

Bug#706112: [PATCH v2] grub-installer: Support menu selection of grub boot disk

-scan - don't abuse the 'seen' flag Signed-off-by: Vincent McIntyre vincent.mcint...@csiro.au --- debian/grub-installer.templates | 13 + grub-installer | 99 +-- 2 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian

Bug#706112: debian-installer: Wheezy installer always install bootloader in /dev/sda

Hi Joey thank you for your helpful comments. I'm working on fixing the issues. I do have one question because I'm completely new to the translation side of things... On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 08:28:27AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: There are also some hardcoded user-visible strings embedded in the

Bug#706112: debian-installer: Wheezy installer always install bootloader in /dev/sda

Sadly, this issue will probably be in wheezy as nobody digged enough to tackle this down and we get rid of it before the last version of D-I is released. Please see my working (for me), tested, waiting-for-review patch [1] sent to the -boot list yesterday. Cheers Vince [1]

Bug#706112: debian-installer: Wheezy installer always install bootloader in /dev/sda

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 09:33:01AM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: Hi Vince Please see my working (for me), tested, waiting-for-review patch [1] sent to the -boot list yesterday. Do you know how the problem can be triggerd. As far as I remember only some installation from USB are

Re: [rfc patch] grub-installer - help please

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 02:38:24PM +1000, Vincent McIntyre wrote: Hi, I am attempting to fix the grub-installer issues last referenced in the thread # d-i wheezy rc2 preparation, take 2. The current state of my patch is shown at the end of this message. The basic idea is to add a question

[PATCH] grub-installer: Support menu selection of grub boot disk

. This should help the user avoid grub-installer writing to the MBR of the wrong device (e.g. #696877) and fix the issue of preseeded values of bootdev being ignored (e.g. #666974). Signed-off-by: Vincent McIntyre vincent.mcint...@csiro.au --- debian/grub-installer.templates | 16 + debian/po

[rfc patch] grub-installer - help please

Hi, I am attempting to fix the grub-installer issues last referenced in the thread # d-i wheezy rc2 preparation, take 2. The current state of my patch is shown at the end of this message. The basic idea is to add a question which lets the user select which disk to use for installation of the grub

Re: d-i wheezy rc2 preparation, take 2 [rfc patch]

On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 02:51:07PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Vincent McIntyre vincent.mcint...@csiro.au (08/04/2013): May I remind people about #696877 (when installing from USB stick, grub writes the MBR to the wrong device - the USB stick). I think this problem has been around

Re: d-i wheezy rc2 preparation, take 2 [rfc patch]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:16:54AM +1000, Vincent McIntyre wrote: Hokay. Below is a very rough patch. v2 has a couple of the rough edges knocked off... diff --git a/debian/grub-installer.templates b/debian/grub-installer.templates index 888a656..ad840ce 100644 --- a/debian/grub

re: d-i wheezy rc2 preparation, take 2

(please cc: me, not subscribed) May I remind people about #696877 (when installing from USB stick, grub writes the MBR to the wrong device - the USB stick). I think this problem has been around in some form or other in squeeze (eg #666974) and possibly before and I really think it needs fixing.

Re: Re: Problems and questions with preseeding

(please cc:, not subscribed) Hi, I have taken a swing at this, see below. When writing, one thing that I found particularly confusing is the sentence: The literalauto/literal boot label is not yet defined everywhere. _Where_ is it not defined? I'm not understanding what universe that

Re: d-i wheezy rc2 preparation, take 2

On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 02:51:07PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Vincent McIntyre vincent.mcint...@csiro.au (08/04/2013): May I remind people about #696877 (when installing from USB stick, grub writes the MBR to the wrong device - the USB stick). I think this problem has been around

Re: RFC patch - document preseed options for IPv6

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 01:17:37AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: Hello, Vincent McIntyre, le Tue 19 Feb 2013 14:44:50 +1100, a écrit : I would like to be able to control IPv6 support via preseeding. This is not currently mentioned in the preseeding appendix. Indeed. Is this patch

RFC patch - document preseed options for IPv6

Hi, I would like to be able to control IPv6 support via preseeding. This is not currently mentioned in the preseeding appendix. Is this patch sufficient or are there parts I am missing? Vince Index: appendix/preseed.xml === ---

Re: Early tests of d-i 20130211 / d-i wheezy rc1

Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org wrote: Thank you very much. I guess it might be nice to also mention how to avoid running into this situation, maybe be preseeding the proper value at a given stage of the installation. I'll try and figure that out when testing images later today. Quite some

re: Tweaking preseed.cfg for semi-custom installs

2. Manually partition disk on each install To do this I just don't preseed any partitioning details. If the installer does not know what to do, it should ask you. If that doesn't work, does setting just partman-auto/automatically_partition 80custom__custom do the trick? 3. Manually

re: #698707 installation-report: Installation Report using USB stick

Hi Paul, you said Grub install failed: - proposes to install on first hard drive (as always) - but first hard drive was the USB stick - install failed, USB stick not damaged (whew) - post installation: - regenerated device map and reinstalled grub bootloader Is there a good

Bug#610282: preseed: partman-lvm/confirm boolean true does not suppress Before the Logical Volume ...

tags patch thanks Hi, I believe the entirety of the required patch is at the end of this message. Please consider applying it. I'd like to make a plea for an easily-findable branch or tag series for making updates like this to the installation guide which-applies- to-the-current-'stable'. When

d-i beta1 netboot images (not netinst)

Hi I was planning to test the beta1 installer using the netboot images. I can't see an links on the installer page [1] to relevant beta1 images. For netinst, there is e.g. [2]. But the equivalent netboot location is [3], poking around in there reveals no images marked as beta1, but somewhat older

Bug#668572: installation-guide: [patch] mention DEBCONF_DEBUG

Package: installation-guide Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi please consider this patch explaining the use of DEBCONF_DEBUG when debugging a preseeded installation. I found it a helpful tool. Cheers Vince Index: manual/en/appendix/preseed.xml

[patch] manual - preseeding appendix

Hi please consider this patch explaining the use of DEBCONF_DEBUG when debugging a preseeded installation. I found it a helpful tool. Is this the appropriate location within the manual? Please cc: me in replies, I am not subscribed. Cheers Vince Index: manual/en/appendix/preseed.xml

Bug#666974: installs to /dev/sda when grub-installer/bootdev = /dev/sdb

Package: grub-installer Version: 1.60+squeeze3 Severity: important *** Please type your report below this line *** When I specify in my preseeding file: d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sdb d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/sdb grub-installer ignores me

Bug#666974: Acknowledgement (installs to /dev/sda when grub-installer/bootdev = /dev/sdb)

I realised the code fragments I showed are from master, not the squeeze branch. However I don't think it makes a difference. Firstly the code parsing grub-mkdevicemap has not changed. Secondly even if the condition ([ $default_bootdev != '(hd0)' ] \ ! partmap

amd64 daily images?

Hi, I was trying to test something on squeeze/amd64 today. What I wanted was a daily netboot image [1] so I could PXE boot into rescue mode. But none of those amd64 dailies are building, according to overview.log. I tried to fall back to a daily netinst cd image [2]. That fails with a 404 error.

Bug#594657: [i386][netboot][squeeze daily 20100826-03:57] Dell Optiplex 780: Success installing lenny

Package: installation-reports Boot method: network (PXE/DHCP) Image version: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot/ dated 20100826-03:56 # cat /var/log/installer/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Debian DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Debian GNU/Linux installer DISTRIB_RELEASE=6.0

Bug#512546: Ethernet card not found

Hi, this problem is also occurring on Dell Optiplex 780 machines, the PCI ID of the network card is 8086:10de. I tried installing using this netboot image: http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/ which has the date stamp

Bug#568975:

Hi, #492897 has been closed, Add support for mdadm metadata formats 1.x. Does that change the situation with this bug? Is the reversion to 0.9 format still being considered, or has it been decided? Cheers Vince -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Bug#568975: ([squeeze/lenny][i386][2010-02-04] grub-installer fails, system unbootable)

I think I've identified the issue here. Details at the end. In short: partman-auto-raid v15 creates /dev/md0 with a v1.1 superblock. The version of grub being used (0.97-47lenny2) doesn't handle this version of the superblock metadata AFAICT (see e.g. #554500). This seems to be causing the

Bug#568975: ([squeeze/lenny][i386][2010-02-04] grub-installer fails, system unbootable)

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010, vincent.mcint...@csiro.au wrote: The options for resolving it (so lenny-via-squeeze works) seem to be: - add a debconf configuration item to specify the metadata version I started a patch but I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. The attached is just an attempt to

Bug#568495: [patch] partman-auto-raid/README

Package: partman-auto-raid Version: 15 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, I found what I think is a minor error in the partman-auto-raid/README (the elements of the recipes should be separated by periods, not commas). The attached corrects that and tries to clarify two parts of the text I

question re netcfg/dhcp_timeout

I noticed a small discrepancy in the type for this question. packages/netcfg/debian/netcfg-dhcp.template says: Template: netcfg/dhcp_timeout Type: text Description: for internal use; can be preseeded Timeout for trying DHCP Default: 15 but the documentation[1] says: # If you have

Bug#552787: ([i386][squeeze][20091026-21:55] unable to install lenny from daily)

Found the problem, which is documented but it's somewhat difficult to parse. This change in my preseed file fixed the issue: - d-i mirror/udeb/suite string lenny + d-i mirror/udeb/suite string testing Cheers Vince -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#553306: clarify use of mirror/udeb/suite

Package: installation-guide Severity: wishlist Tags: patch In relation to #552787, I've attempted to improve the relevant text in the preseeding appendix of the manual. It's a bit wordier (sorry translators). Cheers Vince Index: trunk/manual/en/appendix/preseed.xml

Bug#533221: possible patch

I've had a quick look at this, I _think_ the attached is all that is required. regards Vince Index: tzsetup/debian/common.templates.in === --- tzsetup/debian/common.templates.in (revision 61048) +++

Bug#552787: [i386][squeeze][20091026-21:55] unable to install lenny from daily

Package: installation-reports Version: [i386][squeeze][20091026-21:55] Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** -- Package-specific info: Boot method: network Image version: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot/debian-installer/i386/

Bug#549703: [i386][lenny] grub guesses wrong location for MBR?

Package: installation-reports Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** -- Package-specific info: Boot method: USB key built with netbootin Image version: Lenny Netinstall 5.0.3 Lenny Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 (20090906-12:06) Date: 2009-10-05T10:00 GMT

Re: [RFC] Packages that looks ready for uploading

talking to myself again... Luk Claes wrote... Feel free to test with the version in proposed-updates to really make sure it's fixed. I'm not completely sure how to do this. From what I can gather from [1] I need to build my own installer image, which I'll have a go at. I initially

Bug#532840: cannot netinstall 'etch' with 'etch' installer

Package: installation-reports Severity: normal I cannot netinstall 'etch' with the 'etch' installer. I am using a well-tested PXE boot setup, see eg #517644. I selected suite=etch on the installer boot line. I select ftp.au.debian.org as the mirror in the choose-mirror screen. After that,

re: [RFC] Packages that looks ready for uploading

Can someone check that choose-mirror is the correct version please? And that it actually works? I reopened #517644 but have had no response after 3+ weeks. See also #532840, which might be related. Hopefully this can be sorted out before 5.0.2 goes out. Thanks Vince -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Bug#517644: reopening

package: choose-mirror tags 517644 + reopen thanks Hi, I just tried to use the lenny installer to install an etch i386 system. The same issue as before occurs, see the /var/log/installer/syslog extract below. I redid the install with suite=oldstable in the PXE boot line and got the same

Bug#517644: Info received (Bug#517644: [amd64][lenny] since lenny release, unable to install 'etch' via 'lenny' installer)

I've confirmed this behaviour also occurs when using ftp.au.debian.org as the mirror, instead of our local apt-proxy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#517644: [amd64][lenny] since lenny release, unable to install 'etch' via 'lenny' installer

Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Boot method: network (PXE/DHCP) Image version: http://ftp.au.debian.org/lenny/dists/lenny/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/ The installer image files are marked This is a Debian 5.0 (lenny) installation netboot image. It was built

Bug#513550: [lenny][daily 20090121][i386] success

Package: installation-reports Boot method: network Image version: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot/debian-installer/i386/ DISTRIB_ID=Debian DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Debian GNU/Linux installer DISTRIB_RELEASE=5.0 (lenny) - installer build 20090121-20:04

Bug#511053: [patch] minor fixes to partman/preseeding notes

Package: debian-installer Severity: minor I was trying to install 'etch' with the 'lenny' dailies and I got caught by the change in the way disks names are handled, ie preseeding d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/discs/disc0/disc no longer works. I was reading the partman docs and noticed a

partman (etch)

Hi, I'm trying to preseed a machine and am getting stuck on the partitioning. This email is to ask people to search their memory to see if they recall a similar problem. The preseed files I am using work perfectly well with another machine, that has a smaller hard disk (20Gb vs 40Gb). I can

Bug#492828: preseeding filesystem labels (patch)

package: debian-installer Version: Debian GNU/Linux installer 4.0 (installer build 20070308etch2) severity: minor I was wondering how to set a label on a partition (not a partition table, but a label that e2label could read). I couldn't see this documented in [1] so I wrote a patch, attached.

re: Bug#492878: lenny installer -dosen't detect Broadcom ethernet adapter

I think this was fixed very recently, if you look back at the traffic in http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/07 The installer should at least prompted you to supply a .fw firmware file. Did it do this? The firmware can be obtained from the firmware-* packages, e.g.

Bug#492937: apt-setup: inconsistent path handling for 'security' and 'volatile' services

package: debian-installer severity: wishlist Hi, I was looking at packages/apt-setup/generators/and noticed a difference between the way that 91security and 92volatile add lines to the new sources.list file (subversion, r54582): 91security does this - echo deb http://$host/

preseeded partitioning recipes

Hi, I was trying to make a recipe that differs only slightly from the multi_scheme pre-cooked recipe, which has a real /boot and everything else including swap in an LVM volume group. The differences were that * I want a separate, real / partition, with all the others in LVM. * I don't want a

Bug#491813: Acknowledgement ([lenny][i386][hd-media][20080721] fails to boot)

Hi Jeremy [ for some reason I did not get an email with your question, only the bug did... Should I have gotten one if you sent mail just to the bug? This may have been a transitory problem in our email system. ] Is this also the last message you see when using Expert Installation? Yes,

Bug#414117: [i386][netinst][daily 20070211] success: Dell PE1950, no raid

addendum: see also bug #439462 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=439462 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#491813: [lenny][i386][hd-media][20080721] fails to boot

Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: lenny i386 hd-media daily 2008.07.21 (see comments for details) uname -a: (does not boot) Date: 2008.07.22 Method: How did you install? Boot from USB key. What did you boot off? USB key If network install, from

Bug#491813: followup - LennyBeta2 boots ok

I tried lenny beta 2, that booted successfully. http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz md5: 6d3bb654070a821de94774f89dd5d11d http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_beta2/i386/iso-cd/debian-LennyBeta2-i386-netinst.iso md5:

Bug#491813: Acknowledgement ([lenny][i386][hd-media][20080721] fails to boot)

I tried 20080721 again, to be sure I hadn't muffed the usb install. I redid the setup of the key, as described in the initial report, double-checking I did not have the think mounted by usbmount or whatever while I was zcatting to it. Same result. I see 'linux' and 'initrd.gz' all

Bug#414117: [i386][netinst][daily 20070211] success: Dell PE1950, no raid

Vincent, have you made another Debian installation on the same system since your original installation report (9 Mar 2007)? Did you experencie a similar issue? If you have not, would you take the time to boot a recent build of d-i (netboot mini.iso will do) and see if the problem is still

Bug#480780: [i386][lenny beta1] partial success

Package: installation-reports Boot method: usb key Image version: [1] lenny beta 1 boot.img.gz, plus [2] netinst .iso image [1] http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_beta1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso (md5: 23e8300f117a3d305b46a889ba71da83) [2]

Bug#459664: host.conf: multi on appears to be default

Package: base-config Version: 2.73 Severity: normal Hi, not sure what the severity is, please adjust to suit. I was examining the /etc/host.conf file on some etch boxes. host.conf(5) explains that multi Valid values are on and off. If set to on, the resolv+ library will return

Bug#428913: debian-installer-manual: improve partman-auto/expert_recipe example

Package: debian-installer-manual Severity: minor Tags: patch *** Please type your report below this line *** Hi, I have been looking into preseeding and partitioning, and noticed what appears to be an omission in the example code. The example shows a nice expert recipe but does not include the

Bug#428915: debian-installer-manual: reference to further info on preseeding

Package: debian-installer-manual Severity: minor Tags: patch *** Please type your report below this line *** Hi, The coverage of partitioning in the preseeding appendix is quite brief and I think it would be helpful to point people to the additional information available in

Bug#428913: Acknowledgement (debian-installer-manual: improve partman-auto/expert_recipe example)

I've just found something in my preseeding file that seems to change the story here. For some reason I had this as the first line of the expert recipe item: partman-auto/expert_recipe string boot-root instead of d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string boot-root Argh. I commented out the

Bug#428769: debian-installer: double hyphens in LVM names (partman-lvm)

Package: debian-installer Version: etch 4.0r0 Severity: minor *** Please type your report below this line *** Hi, This issue did not cause any problems during the installation, but I don't think it is intended behaviour, so I've guessed minor severity. This seems to be the same problem as

Bug#428139: [amd64][etch][4.0r0] success: Sun X2200 server

Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: etch amd64 netinst 4.0r0 (20070308) uname -a: Linux testhost.atnf.CSIRO.AU 2.6.18-4-amd64 #1 SMP Fri May 4 00:37:33 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux Date: 2007.06.05 Method: How did you install? netinst cdrom, with 'install'

Bug#414117: [i386][netinst][daily 20070211] success: Dell PE1950, no raid

Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD, with the command 'install' Image version: Netinst daily image http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso, version 20070211-2.iso md5sum: 045f122cd20090fca10772c72f61ab57 Date:

Bug#402857: please document changes to installer handling of exim4

On Mon, 25 Dec 2006, Frans Pop wrote: apologies for the late response... I've written a new section explaining the default configuration and how to configure exim4 after the installation. The new section is intended to be included in chapter 8 which has some post-installation information. A

Bug#402851: (no subject)

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Bug#402851: [i386][netinst][daily 20061212] (mostly successful)

Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: etch i386 netinst daily 2006.12.12 md5sum 135db969cce6d94c64adb9f42764581a uname -a: Linux testhost 2.6.18-3-686 #1 SMP Mon Dec 4 16:41:14 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 2006.12.13 Method: How did you install? netinst

Bug#402857: please document changes to installer handling of exim4

Package: installation-guide Hi, in the installation guide, at http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch06s03.html there is a discussion of Configuring Your Mail Transport Agent that no longer reflects the debian installer (at least as of rc1 or later). In the d-i tree the text is at

Bug#401007: The installer should mention ...

Please understand that I think the default config you've arrived at is good. I was just a bit surprised that the exim4 step was missing; when it didn't show up I thought something was amiss. I understand the wish not to bother people with the questions about MTA configuration, these can be

Bug#401007: [i386][rc1][etch] (mostly) success: Dell Poweredge 1850

Package: installation-reports Boot method: cdrom, with command install Image version: Etch RC1 netinst http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso Date: 2006 Nov 30 0500 GMT Machine: Dell Poweredge 1850, no raid controller BIOS A05, MPT

Bug#388073: [i386][netinst][beta3] failure: Dell Inspiron i7000

Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta3/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux tinsley 2.6.16-2-686 #1 Fri Aug 18 19:01:49 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 2006-08-23T22_00_00+1000 Method: How

Bug#388075: [i386][netinst][beta3] failure: Dell Inspiron i7000 (2nd attempt)

Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta3/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux tinsley 2.6.16-2-686 #1 Fri Aug 18 19:01:49 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 2006-08-23T22_00_00+1000 Method: How

Bug#388077: [i386][netinst][beta3] (eventual) success: Dell Inspiron i7000

Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta3/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux tinsley 2.6.16-2-686 #1 Fri Aug 18 19:01:49 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 2006-09-09T22_00_00+1000 Method: How

Bug#248855: Useful clues for non-working USB keyboard on SunBlade 150 / sparc64

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Frans Pop wrote: On Wednesday 15 December 2004 14:37, Frans Pop wrote: I've created a new image set that contains all available usb modules on the initrd. This will only work for sparc64; sparc32 has no additional usb modules. http://kitenet.net/~joey/tmp/sunblade/2/

Bug#248855: Useful clues for non-working USB keyboard on SunBlade 150 / sparc64

I was wondering if discover plays a role here. I noticed a couple of unknown items in pci.list that match pci ids in my SB100. The USB controller entry seems correct however 108e1103usb usb-ohciRIO USB Hmmm. There may be a clue there. Can you get the output

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