On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:44:32PM -0700, Ian Turner wrote:
I have a couple of machines I'd like to install Debian on: A Gateway
laptop, and a desktop built with commodity hardware.
My question is this: When would be the best time for me to install, in
order to help test the Woody
[CCing the boot-floppies team]
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 08:49:54AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:24:54AM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote:
FWIW, I've added support for pic libraries to the elf-lib Makefile, on
request of the boot-floopies guys, and was waiting for their
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 09:20:41PM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote:
powerpc-utils should still be fixed, that diversion needs to go away.
File a bug, I guess (oops, master's down). That doesn't prevent other
packages from having conffiles that want replacement does it?
i did right
I have a couple of machines I'd like to install Debian on: A Gateway
laptop, and a desktop built with commodity hardware.
My question is this: When would be the best time for me to install, in
order to help test the Woody installer?
Thanks,
Ian
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On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:49:15PM -0400, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 08:23:24PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
Are you applying this patch or do you need someone to apply it?
If you are sending patches to this need that need applying, please
make it very clear,
Ok, building 2.2.25 for i386 and source upload now.
Great. I've started ARM builds of 2.2.25 and 2.3.5.
p.
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I did try a new floppy, several times. What I found out eventually was
that rawrite2.exe was writing bad blocks onto my floppies, and all the
data wasnt written. It also destroyed the floppy sector, making the disk
unusable for the images. I switched to the older version of rawrite, and
it worked
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Well, on powerpc at least, the configure base step is getting
skipped by default. This leads to lack of /etc/fstab and other evil
conditions.
on booting into my new system, I didn't have the right inittab in
place; it gave me the true inittab instead
I have uploaded i386 and powerpc images to
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:31:01AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
Also, I need some poeple on the debian-boot list to file bugs as
appropriate against debootstrap and such...
* Other really annoying problems (but not blocking 2.3.5 release)
dhcp is failing after the first boot -- is
Em Fri, 8 Jun 2001 06:04:10 +0200
Eric Van Buggenhaut [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu:
let me explain to our friend:
essa lista é a lista onde se coordena o trabalho dos boot-floppies
que é o sistema de instalação do Debian, a língua oficial aqui é o
inglês porque tem pessoas de diversos países
(this relates to an http install of unstable on hppa)
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:50:33PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Richard Hirst wrote:
base-config now runs and I selected an http source for APT. Unfortunately
it chose to go for 'stable' without
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:32:56PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
The language would be chosen like the language of the rest of the
installation system, right?
Right.
Just verifying we don't get anything like the apache content negotiation
here :)
:-)
Marcin
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On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:45:17PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
And on v.console 1, it appears to format fine, (up to cylinder 78 or
79), and then briefly flashes a Creating boot floppy blue screen
and then shows the Creation of boot floppy failed
Maybe it's just a bad floppy --
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 12:47:31AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:31:01AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
debootstrap is still saying: 'Failure trying to run: dpkg
--force-auto-select --force-overwrite --force'
it would be nice if we could get more data as to whats
Debian boot-floppies for m68k hang in init on bootup. This is because
of a change in size of struct sysinfo between 2.2 and 2.4 kernels.
Only a problem on m68k, because it aligns 32 bit words to 16 bit
boundaries. Basically, the struct has some padding which is supposed
to make it 64 bytes
Adam Di Carlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On another topic: currently, the default ext2 partition formatting
provides backward support for 2.0 kernels. Would anyone object if I
change the default to 2.2 (and later) kernels? I noticed that the arm
message (in
Gonzalez Jorge-QJG005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Package: potato
Version: 2.2r3
When installing Debian, the book says to include a serial driver in the
kernel. The driver should be in the misc category. I did not see any
serial drivers in there. I can't use the modem, wvdial gives a
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:31:01AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
Well, on powerpc at least, the configure base step is getting
skipped by default. This leads to lack of /etc/fstab and other evil
conditions.
on booting into my new system, I didn't have the right inittab in
place; it gave
a few notes on my just finished install attempt
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 12:47:31AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
debootstrap is still saying: 'Failure trying to run: dpkg
--force-auto-select --force-overwrite --force'
it would be nice if we could get more data as to whats really causing
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 01:46:41PM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote:
Debian boot-floppies for m68k hang in init on bootup. This is because
of a change in size of struct sysinfo between 2.2 and 2.4 kernels.
Only a problem on m68k, because it aligns 32 bit words to 16 bit
boundaries. Basically, the
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 07:51:46AM -0600, Matt Kraai wrote:
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:31:01AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
Well, on powerpc at least, the configure base step is getting
skipped by default. This leads to lack of /etc/fstab and other evil
conditions.
on booting into
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 05:31:50AM +0100, Edward Betts wrote:
What advantages does it give if a filesystem does not support Linux 2.0?
significantly faster mount times on large filesystems.
were talking one second vs 10 or more on a 7GB filesystem IME.
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On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 06:01:00AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 07:51:46AM -0600, Matt Kraai wrote:
I tested the i386 images the other day and again last night to
make sure I wasn't halucinating. The BusyBox tar issue (bug
#99627) is present on these floppies and
Repository: boot-floppies
who:cts
time: Fri Jun 8 07:21:44 PDT 2001
Log Message:
[m68k] use $ROOTCMD instead of sudo for calling hfsutils
Files:
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On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:31:48PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
Yes. I dont' think dbootstrap utils.c can run a command and capture
the output. I like Stephen's idea here. Please add more logger stuff
(do we have logger on root.bin?) to show the commands being run as
well. As you can
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 05:31:50AM +0100, Edward Betts wrote:
Adam Di Carlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On another topic: currently, the default ext2 partition formatting
provides backward support for 2.0 kernels. Would anyone object if I
change the default to 2.2 (and later) kernels? I
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 11:29:41PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 09:20:41PM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote:
powerpc-utils should still be fixed, that diversion needs to go away.
File a bug, I guess (oops, master's down). That doesn't prevent other
packages from
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 12:47:31AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:31:01AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
debootstrap is still saying: 'Failure trying to run: dpkg
--force-auto-select --force-overwrite --force'
it would be nice if we could get more data as to whats
Repository: boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/prototype/var/log
who:stephen.r.marenka
time: Fri Jun 8 08:14:32 PDT 2001
Log Message:
Adding empty var/log/messages to rootdisk prototype
Files:
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Log Message:
Adding empty var/log/messages to rootdisk prototype
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On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 08:23:24PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
Are you applying this patch or do you need someone to apply it?
If you are sending patches to this need that need applying, please
make it very clear, perhaps with subject
Howdy,
I'm happy to say that I am writing this email on a system on
which I just installed sid using the 2.3.5 boot-floppies. And
there was much rejoicing.
To make this work, I had to make two minor changes to debootstrap.
After booting, I switched over to the shell on tty2 and opened
Repository: boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/prototype/etc
who:kraai
time: Fri Jun 8 09:34:09 PDT 2001
Log Message:
Update editor information to mention nano-tiny instead of ae.
Files:
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Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap
who:kraai
time: Fri Jun 8 09:54:23 PDT 2001
Log Message:
Notice debootstrap errors if it is chosen indirectly (Next, Alternate, ...).
Files:
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Richard Hirst wrote:
It doesn't. I tried an install with 'verbose' on the cmdline, and that writes
VERBOSE='yes'
to /root/dbootstrap_settings, and then I do get asked a stable/unstable
question. So, it seems that no VERBOSE setting results in 'low' questions
not being asked.
Ah, I
Christian T. Steigies [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 11:32:35AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
ROOTCMD := $(shell [ d -u = 0 ] || echo sudo)
Guess it will fail when I build as root, and no sudo is installed.
Just replace the sudo part by whatever you use
First, does anyone really need both libncurses4 and libncurses5?
Second, do we want to include libterm-stool-perl and libterm-slang-perl
so the debconf slang frontend works?
Richard
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Howdy,
I'm happy to say that I am writing this email on a system on
which I just installed sid using the 2.3.5 boot-floppies. And
there was much rejoicing.
That is great!
To make this work, I had to make two minor changes to debootstrap.
On Fri Jun 08, 2001 at 07:56:54AM -0600, Matt Kraai wrote:
Thanks. I've committed it to BusyBox upstream. Erik, can we do
another BusyBox Debian package? With just this patch?
I'll be able to put this together tonight on the plane as I fly home.
-Erik
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Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap
who:kraai
time: Fri Jun 8 10:39:16 PDT 2001
Log Message:
Add a default button parameter to the twoButtonBox so that we can default
to No and still have the buttons in the same order.
Files:
changed:bootconfig.c boxes.c
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:40:23PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
That would be good. Would this binary package be built from boot-floppies
source package, or do you want someone to make a whole new source package
for it? If the latter, it would be no problem for me to do so[1].
Hmm, you're
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 10:23:50AM -0700, David Whedon wrote:
Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 10:26:57AM -0600 wrote:
To make this work, I had to make two minor changes to debootstrap.
After booting, I switched over to the shell on tty2 and opened
/usr/lib/debootstrap/scripts/sid with nano-tiny.
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 06:19:11PM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote:
First, does anyone really need both libncurses4 and libncurses5?
As far as I can tell, only six packages in sid depend on
libncurses4, none of which appear to be important (no offense).
Is there anyone with a woody system who can
Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
im not sure what is causing this, i did find that man-db and groff
were in a brokenly installed state because groff depends on
groff-base. bug filed against debootstrap.
Note that I'm trying to get a groff upload out before dinstall tonight,
as 1.17 broke
Repository: boot-floppies/debian
who:stephen.r.marenka
time: Fri Jun 8 11:28:02 PDT 2001
Log Message:
Changed default ext2 formatting to use 2.2.x features, except on ARM.
Files:
changed:changelog
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Log Message:
Changed default ext2 formatting to use 2.2.x features, except on ARM.
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time: Fri Jun 8 11:57:15 PDT 2001
Log Message:
Setup openfirmware for OldWorld PowerMacs using Quik using a shell script
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Setup openfirmware for OldWorld PowerMacs using Quik using a shell script
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Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap
who:stephen.r.marenka
time: Fri Jun 8 12:38:00 PDT 2001
Log Message:
Update 2.2.x ext2 formatting to use Matt's new twobuttonbox
Files:
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Yes, let's drop it except on ARM, which needs it for their
bootloader. No other boot loader requires the ext2 from 2.0 and can't
cope with the ext2 from 2.2 kernels (unless I'm mistaken).
I'm not sure if that's even true any more. The ARM boot-floppies require a
fairly recent version of
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 10:03:17AM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote:
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 11:29:41PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 09:20:41PM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote:
powerpc-utils should still be fixed, that diversion needs to go away.
File a bug, I
Adam Di Carlo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Yes, jack up the size of the rootdisk.
Ok, got past that and a lot further:
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I: downloading required packages from files
/usr/src/boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/EXTRACT_LIST_all
/usr/src/boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/EXTRACT_LIST_alpha
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap
who:bcollins
time: Fri Jun 8 14:54:09 PDT 2001
Log Message:
use sane if/else formatting
Files:
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who:bcollins
time: Fri Jun 8 14:55:08 PDT 2001
Log Message:
minor fixups
Files:
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Christian T. Steigies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
debs should be in /archive/debian/download/cache/archives/ (off my head)
unless you edited your config. I never managed to get them downloaded there,
so I copied them over there by hand (maybe I was not patient enough, but I
did not want to
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 03:08:13PM -0700, Ron Farrer wrote:
Sorry, I should have meantioned I _DID_ try that.. as well as putting
them in /archive/debian/local and /archive/debian/Incoming (this files
in my previous post in updates/ were copied there by the scripts from
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 10:10:42AM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote:
powerpc-utils wants to update a conffile. The prompt fails because stdin
is /dev/null. You then get repeat 20 failures of dpkg because
powerpc-utils never configures. This should be fixed in
debootstrap-0.1.10. I usually
Christian T. Steigies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
turn on debug in common.sh?
Interesting... it seems to be looking for packagename- instead of
packagename_ Neither myself nor grep could find which script does
this.. Short of renaming all the files to packagename- is there
anything I can do?
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 08:21:21AM -0600, Matt Kraai wrote:
I don't understand your question. The base-files package contains
most of the system directories, and the permissions are set
correctly therein. When BusyBox tar is used by debootstrap to
extract this package, it doesn't reset
Repository: base-config/lib
who:joeyh
time: Fri Jun 8 16:54:06 PDT 2001
Log Message:
#100153
Files:
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time: Fri Jun 8 16:54:05 PDT 2001
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#100153
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Richard Hirst wrote:
First, does anyone really need both libncurses4 and libncurses5?
Check and see if anything in base uses the old lib..
Second, do we want to include libterm-stool-perl and libterm-slang-perl
so the debconf slang frontend works?
No, the dialog frontend will be the
What I feared came true. We exceeded the size of a 1.44MB floppy.
-rw-r--r--1 root porridge 1169074 cze 9 01:53 root.bin
-rw-r--r--1 root porridge 1572787 cze 9 02:05 rootcompact.bin
Here is the sorted list of gzip -9 compressed contents of the
root disk. (And it doesn't
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap
who:dwhedon
time: Fri Jun 8 18:59:20 PDT 2001
Log Message:
clean up problemBoxEn hack
Files:
changed:boxes.c
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On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 11:32:35AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
Besides that m68k suffers from a busybox-linux-2.2 incompatiblity, Richard
is working on a fix. I guess I may not tell more right now ;-)
Huh, well, be sure to file bugs against busybox if needed.
I built a busybox with
Package: base
Version: 20010608
Severity: grave
Post-installation after running through the entire setup menu for sslwrap simply fails
and there is no apparent way to get it to work. all other items installed fine.
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