Bug#875308: linklocal ipv6 addresses in debian-installer netcfg

2024-07-07 Thread Marc Haber
Control: tags -1 minor thanks Hi Pascal, thanks for looking into this again. I can reproduce your results. I don't know why it didn't work in the tests I did last week. On Sun, Jul 07, 2024 at 10:54:39AM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > So I see no need to append the interface suffix to a link-lo

Bug#875308: linklocal ipv6 addresses in debian-installer netcfg

2024-07-06 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, Jul 06, 2024 at 12:09:09AM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > From: Pascal Hambourg > Subject: Bug#875308: linklocal ipv6 addresses in debian-installer netcfg > To: Marc Haber , 875...@bugs.debian.org > Reply-To: Pascal Hambourg , 875...@bugs.debian.org > Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024

Bug#875308: linklocal ipv6 addresses in debian-installer netcfg

2024-07-05 Thread Marc Haber
Control: severity -1 important thanks On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 05:02:29PM +0200, Michael Gebhard wrote: > When entering link local ipv6 addresses with interface suffixes > as gateway during the network configuration in the debian installer, > the installer detects the address to be malformed. > >

Bug#1051468: cannot install BIOS machine with mini.iso, error creating /target/sys/firmware/efi/efivars

2023-09-12 Thread Marc Haber
-202306XX+salsaci+20230908+294-amd64-gtkmini.iso I can confirm that this .iso installs fine on both BIOS and EFI VMs in libvirt and kvm on amd64. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Compu

Bug#1051468: cannot install BIOS machine with mini.iso, error creating /target/sys/firmware/efi/efivars

2023-09-08 Thread Marc Haber
On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 03:48:25PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > On 08/09/2023 at 13:56, Marc Haber wrote : > > I tried installing sid from mini.iso into a libvirt/qemu/kvm VM with > > BIOS "firmware", choosing mainly default values, and ended up with the > >

Bug#1051468: cannot install BIOS machine with mini.iso, error creating /target/sys/firmware/efi/efivars

2023-09-08 Thread Marc Haber
Source: debian-installer Version: 20230607+deb12u1 Severity: minor Hi, I tried installing sid from mini.iso into a libvirt/qemu/kvm VM with BIOS "firmware", choosing mainly default values, and ended up with the system logging "grub-installer: error: Error creating /target/sys/firmware/efi/efivars

Bug#1032940: 1,5 gig disk not accepted by installer

2023-03-14 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 02:00:32PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > With a 2 GB partition, installation proceeds. ... and fails because on a system with 1 GB RAM, an 1 GB swap partition is created, leaving 1018 MB for /target, which is not enough to install base system plus kernel. Greetings Marc

Bug#1032940: 1,5 gig disk not accepted by installer

2023-03-14 Thread Marc Haber
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Tags: d-i (Please provide enough information to help the Debian maintainers evaluate the report efficiently - e.g., by filling in the sections below.) Boot method: CD image Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/bookworm_di_alpha2/amd64/i

Bug#782699: debian-boot: IPv6 prefix notation in the installer

2022-11-08 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 06:31:54PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 02:44:57PM +0200, Jens Link wrote: > > When using IPv6 addresses in the installer the prefix (netmask) has do be > > entered in > > hex (e.g. :::::). I think this is high

Bug#782699: debian-boot: IPv6 prefix notation in the installer

2022-11-08 Thread Marc Haber
On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 02:44:57PM +0200, Jens Link wrote: > When using IPv6 addresses in the installer the prefix (netmask) has do be > entered in > hex (e.g. :::::). I think this is highly unusual and I have > never seen > this notation before. I agree with that. How high are

Re: adduser Debconf question - can we remove it?

2022-09-01 Thread Marc Haber
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Re: adduser Debconf question - can we remove it?

2022-08-28 Thread Marc Haber
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creating log entries in the installer

2022-08-22 Thread Marc Haber
tings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an Ameri

Re: adduser Debconf question - can we remove it?

2022-08-21 Thread Marc Haber
Hi On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 12:01:03PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > adduser maintainer here. Adduser currently has a single debconf > question, "Do you want system-wide readable home directories?", > resulting in the setting of DIR_MODE in adduser.conf. > > How does the De

Bug#766914: base: audio group should not be default for users

2022-05-31 Thread Marc Haber
jftr, adduser is going to reduce its EXTRA_GROUPS default to "users" with the next release, 3.122 Greetings Marc

d-i user questions, web proxies, automated installation

2022-03-27 Thread Marc Haber
eed to delve in-depth into the build process of the entire Installer to do that? Thanks for helping. No need to Cc me any more, I am subscribed now. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Comput

Re: adduser Debconf question - can we remove it?

2022-03-22 Thread Marc Haber
d by d-i if they want it differently. Greetings Marc ¹ frankly, it isn't, at the moment, but it will be once we have ditched debconf. -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailad

adduser Debconf question - can we remove it?

2022-03-22 Thread Marc Haber
ur replies, I am not subscribed to debian-boot. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49

Bug#990161: installation-reports: insistat on partman-auto/disk if more than one disk present

2021-06-21 Thread Marc Haber
Package: installation-reports Severity: minor Tags: d-i X-Debbugs-Cc: mh+debian-b...@zugschlus.de Boot method: CD Image version: debian-bullseye-DI-rc2-amd64-netinst.iso Date: 2021-06-21 20:00 CEST Machine: KVM VM Partitions: root@debian:~# df -Tl Filesystem Type 1K-blocksUsed Availa

Bug#989593: installation report Raspberry Pi 4 UEFI

2021-06-13 Thread Marc Haber
uld this be an artifact > of the say creative way to start the installer? The way to start the Installer is only creative for a Raspberry Pi. It's remarkably similiar to what an amd64 EFI box experiences: The UEFI firmware is started (on a PC it's the first thing that runs, on the

Bug#989593: installation report Raspberry Pi 4 UEFI

2021-06-09 Thread Marc Haber
tion. All issues that I reported were observed during this installation. Let me know if I can be of additional help. I appreciate the swiftness of your reactions, this is very helpful. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | &

Bug#989593: installation report Raspberry Pi 4 UEFI

2021-06-08 Thread Marc Haber
ing issue IMO is the deletion of /sbin/start-stop-daemon. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder | Fo

Bug#989593: installation report Raspberry Pi 4 UEFI

2021-06-08 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 11:17:51AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Marc Haber (2021-06-08): > > I followed the instructions given on > > https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=282839 > > to install Debian on a Raspberry Pi using the UEFI firmware > &

Bug#989593: installation report Raspberry Pi 4 UEFI

2021-06-08 Thread Marc Haber
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.78 Severity: normal Tags: d-i Hi, I followed the instructions given on https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=282839 to install Debian on a Raspberry Pi using the UEFI firmware available for the raspi. This involves unpacking the official Debi

Bug#988468: installation fails when the iso is in the second non-empty CDROM drive

2021-05-13 Thread Marc Haber
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.78 Severity: minor Tags: d-i X-Debbugs-Cc: mh+debian-b...@zugschlus.de Hi, I am installing in a VM that has two virtual CD-ROM drives and incidentally put the Debian CD into the second CD-ROM drive, while the first CD-ROM drive contained a grml.iso. Debia

Bug#956570: should offer possibilities to override host /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hostname

2020-04-27 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 02:41:50AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Marc Haber (2020-04-13): > > in the current version, debootstrap copies /etc/resolv.conf and > > /etc/hostname from the host to the newly installed system. This is > > possibly wrong if done during a system i

Bug#956570: should offer possibilities to override host /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hostname

2020-04-13 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.123 Severity: wishlist Hi, in the current version, debootstrap copies /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hostname from the host to the newly installed system. This is possibly wrong if done during a system installation or from a rescue system. Please offer an option to no

Bug#936050: please add systemctl daemon-reload hint to /etc/fstab

2019-08-29 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: minor Hi, I haven't found any mention of /etc/fstab in my /var/lib/dpkg/info/* and therefore I believe that /etc/fstab is initially created by the Installer and not managed by any package during the lifetime of a system. Please feel free to reassign if filing t

Bug#928299: installation-reports: network-console doesnt set password hash, ssh not possible

2019-05-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 08:00:52AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Marc Haber (2019-05-01): > > at least today's daily installer snapshot has a totally broken > > network-console. It asks for a password and confirmation and then > > prompts to continue isnta

Bug#928299: installation-reports: network-console doesnt set password hash, ssh not possible

2019-05-01 Thread Marc Haber
Package: installation-reports Severity: important Tags: d-i Dear Maintainer, at least today's daily installer snapshot has a totally broken network-console. It asks for a password and confirmation and then prompts to continue isntallation with ssh installer@. However, no password hash is written

Bug#811269: Bug#871255: please consider two patches to allow smaller systems to be installed

2018-08-06 Thread Marc Haber
-k was added to tar in the first place. I would prefer #811269 being addressed _and_ the -k option made optional. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Hea

Bug#891574: please give hints about /boot/boot.scr sources inside the file

2018-02-26 Thread Marc Haber
Package: flash-kernel Version: 3.92 Severity: wishlist Hi, I recently had to learn that /boot/boot.scr is copied over and expanded from some files inside /etc/flash-kernel. This would have been significantly easier if the generated /boot/boot.scr contained a generated comment like "this is a bina

Bug#891572: better debugging to boot banana pi

2018-02-26 Thread Marc Haber
Package: flash-kernel Version: 3.92 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, the attached modified bootscr.sunxi gives more debugging output and makes it easier to manually replace a failed boot on the u-boot command line. Please consider applying it. Greetings Marc -- System Information: Debian Rele

Bug#846256: failure on boot

2017-09-15 Thread Marc Haber
the severity of this bug to "important". Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421

Bug#871255: -k added to tar prevents pre-loading of directory

2017-08-07 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.91 Severity: normal Hi, this is related to #838388. In my filter bubble, it is a rather common idiom to pre-load the debootstrap directory with some contents, for example a /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d file or the eatmydata lib if one wants eatmydata to be effective al

Bug#864981: debootstrap: cannot unpack into "preseeded" directory

2017-06-18 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.90 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, I am observing this when debootstrapping stretch from grml 2017.05, which includes 1.0.89 and is rather similiar to Debian stretch. I am regularly debootstrapping Debian into a directory wehich has already pre-filled with con

Bug#811269: please consider two patches to allow smaller systems to be installed

2016-01-17 Thread Marc Haber
her allow to bring a --variant=minbase sid install down from 199 MB to 147 MB, which is a rather impressive result. Please consider applying them in debootstrap. Thank you very much. Greetings Marc >From 644753cd1a0556291dcbfd21cd881ec075de23c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Haber Date: Sat, 9

Bug#700633: Debootstrap is very slow. Please use eatmydata to fix this.

2013-12-26 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 10:14:16AM -0400, Phillip Susi wrote: > On 3/31/2013 4:17 PM, Marc Haber wrote: > > The following patch introduces an --include-early option which > > allows to introduce eatmydata early enough: > > Is this intended to be applied instead of, or

Bug#700633: Debootstrap is very slow. Please use eatmydata to fix this.

2013-03-31 Thread Marc Haber
t; Comma separated list of packages which will be removed from download and extract lists. With this patch, one can use eatmydata debootstrap --include-early=eatmydata ... to get eatmydata. With strace -esync,fsync, I verified that this actually only issues about 20 fsync calls in the final st

Bug#647403: please add a pointer to the installer source code to the docs

2011-11-02 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Hi, I recently found the installer docs (particularly the part about preseeding) slightly terse and dared to ask two questions about preseeding on IRC. I was rather rudely pointed towards the web interface of the installer git. I would like to sugges

Bug#647406: please consider removing #debian-boot reference from installation guide

2011-11-02 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Hi, Chapter 7.1 of the squeeze installation guide contains the sentence "For direct on-line help you can try the IRC channels #debian or #debian-boot on the OFTC network." As the population of #debian-boot is obviously not prepared for end-user quest

Bug#647405: please allow pre-seeding for deb-src line

2011-11-02 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Hi, it is obviously not possible to de-select the generation of deb-src lines for the mirror selected during the installation process. Please consider allowing this, for example by a pre-seeding option d-i mirror/http/source boolean Greetings Marc

Bug#645757: misdetects Dell RAC as hard disk

2011-10-31 Thread Marc Haber
tual Media" to "Detach" in the RAC web interface (System/Media/Configuration), even squeeze's installer has the internal disk as sda. Lenny's installer doesn't seem to care about that setting and works anyway. Greetings Marc -- ----

Bug#645757: misdetects Dell RAC as hard disk

2011-10-31 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 01:46:33PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > we are deploying Debian on a large number of servers of different > types. One of our widely used server types is the Dell PowerEdge 1950 > which is equipped with a RAC. > > The Debian Installer detects the RAC as

Bug#645757: misdetects Dell RAC as hard disk

2011-10-31 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 09:08:41PM +0200, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 01:46:33PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > we are deploying Debian on a large number of servers of different > > types. One of our widely used server types is the Dell PowerEdge 1950 > > whi

Bug#645765: please consider allowing to load installer components from a different mirror

2011-10-19 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:28:54PM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote: > On 2011-10-18, Marc Haber wrote: > > when entities deploy Debian via network install, point releases can > > pose challenges. For example, a site I consult for has a mirror which > > is rsynced daily, but the i

Bug#645765: please consider allowing to load installer components from a different mirror

2011-10-18 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i Hi, when entities deploy Debian via network install, point releases can pose challenges. For example, a site I consult for has a mirror which is rsynced daily, but the installation server is not updated automatically with the latest initrd an

Bug#645757: misdetects Dell RAC as hard disk

2011-10-18 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: minor Tags: d-i squeeze Hi, we are deploying Debian on a large number of servers of different types. One of our widely used server types is the Dell PowerEdge 1950 which is equipped with a RAC. The Debian Installer detects the RAC as a hard disk and assigns it

Bug#645740: ntp suggestions for installation

2011-10-18 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i Hi, while playing around with d-i, I had the following ideas about ntp handling: - d-i should show which ntp server it is trying to talk to while it is trying to talk to them. I guess these are some pool.ntp.org servers. - If d-i can

Bug#645308: tg3 broken for NetXtreme 5714S in squeeze 6.0.3 installer

2011-10-14 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: important Tags: d-i squeeze Hi, this is a regression from 6.0.2.1 to 6.0.3. The IBM HS12 blade server has a Broadcom network chip: 04:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme 5714S Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:1669] (rev a3) 04:04.1 Ethernet

Bug#640992: please improve proxy support

2011-09-09 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.36 Severity: wishlist Hi, using debootstrap with http_proxy set works fine. However, the resulting chroot is not configured to use the proxy, and subsequent attempts to use apt fail. Please think about possibilities to fix this, for example by generating a /etc/

Bug#636483: installation-reports: daily image from 2011-08-01 encrypted LV in KVM VM

2011-08-03 Thread Marc Haber
Package: installation-reports Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso dated 03-Aug-2011 11:26 Date: Machine: KVM VM Partitions: Bas

Bug#615600: BOOTIF= kernel commandline option does not work

2011-03-02 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 04:44:07PM +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > Marc Haber writes: > > On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 01:41:58AM +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > > > >> Marc Haber writes: > >> > >>> On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:28:16PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:

Bug#615600: BOOTIF= kernel commandline option does not work

2011-03-02 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 01:41:58AM +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > Marc Haber writes: > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:28:16PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > >> I guess the following changes do kind of a job: > >> etc/udev/rules.d/69-bootif.rules (inside the installer&

Bug#615600: BOOTIF= kernel commandline option does not work

2011-03-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:28:16PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > I guess the following changes do kind of a job: > etc/udev/rules.d/69-bootif.rules (inside the installer's initrd) > ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", IMPORT{program}="bootif $attr{address}" &

Bug#615600: BOOTIF= kernel commandline option does not work

2011-03-01 Thread Marc Haber
eth2 Ceth3 Beth0 Aeth4 Deth5 I guess there may be a race going on. Is there any possibility to have bootif honored without generating a broken 70-persistent-net.rules and with still having the interfaces numbered cons

Bug#615600: Bug#504753: Bug#615600: BOOTIF= kernel commandline option does not work

2011-02-28 Thread Marc Haber
t for such things in > netcfg. Are there any docs for netcfg? After a cursory glance at the source package, it looks like the docs are contained in those nice .c and .h files with a little too little documentation about the interfaces. Greetings Marc -- ---

Bug#615600: BOOTIF= kernel commandline option does not work

2011-02-28 Thread Marc Haber
eth0= with the special case of eth0=bootif which would make sure that eth0 is the PXE device? Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germa

Bug#615599: debian-installer prefers usb Blockdevices over "real" harddrives

2011-02-28 Thread Marc Haber
?) precedence over "real" storage devices, which can/should avoid a prompt which may be undesireable during an unaended install. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. T

Bug#572785: debian-installer: bnx firmware image

2010-03-06 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 06:03:18PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 06 March 2010, Marc Haber wrote: > > when trying to install Debian from today's squeeze daily image on a hp > > ProLiant DL385G6, there are multiple images with the network interfaces, > > whi

Bug#572787: debian-installer: 64bit install hangs after "Booting the kernel"

2010-03-06 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Version: daily image 2010-03-06 Severity: normal Hi, a hp ProLiant DL385 G6 does not boot the daily installer image in 64bit mode. The box is a Dual Six-Core Opteron with 80 Gig of RAM. Trying a 64 bit expert install, vga=normal is needed to get output at all. The follo

Bug#572094: debian-installer: Proliant DL385G6 doesn't boot, BUG: Bad page state in process swapper

2010-03-06 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 08:56:01PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 04:58:54PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > On Monday 01 March 2010, Marc Haber wrote: > > > when trying to install using the squeeze Alpha 1 amd64 installer, a hp > > > ProLi

Bug#572785: debian-installer: bnx firmware image

2010-03-06 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Version: daily 2010-03-06 Severity: normal Hi, when trying to install Debian from today's squeeze daily image on a hp ProLiant DL385G6, there are multiple images with the network interfaces, which are bnx2. It needs bnx2-mips-09-5.0.0.j3.fw and bnx2-rv2p-09.5.0.0.j3.fw,

Bug#572094: debian-installer: Proliant DL385G6 doesn't boot, BUG: Bad page state in process swapper

2010-03-01 Thread Marc Haber
Hi Frans, On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 04:58:54PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Monday 01 March 2010, Marc Haber wrote: > > when trying to install using the squeeze Alpha 1 amd64 installer, a hp > > ProLiant DL385G6 crashes on boot: > > Please try a daily built image which should

Bug#547939: installation-reports: is the encryption key size in bits or bytes?

2009-09-22 Thread Marc Haber
Package: installation-reports Severity: minor Hi, when installing cryptography, one can choose whether the encryption key for a partition is 128, 192 or 256 big. Is this bits or bytes? Greetings Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscr

Bug#502618: partman: /dev/mapper/vg0-home is apparently in use by the system

2008-10-19 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:20:34AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 06:01:12PM +0200, Jeroen Dekkers wrote: > > I currently have the same problem. The reason the logical volume is in > > use seems to be that when you finish partitioning and partman goes to &

Bug#502618: partman: /dev/mapper/vg0-home is apparently in use by the system

2008-10-18 Thread Marc Haber
ed the homep1 LV in the partition list in the Installer. In the second attempt, it didn't, but the homep1 LV was there when I looked in /dev/mapper. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust C

Bug#502618: partman: /dev/mapper/vg0-home is apparently in use by the system

2008-10-18 Thread Marc Haber
Package: installation-reports Severity: important Trying to install lenny on a physical machine which has already one Windows partition, using today's daily image. Intended disk layout: │ LVM VG vg0, LV home - 40.0 GB Linux device-mapper (linear) │ │ > #140.0

Re: Considerations for lilo removal

2008-06-17 Thread Marc Haber
upport Linux, our systems boot just fine with all flavours of Windows, go take a hike. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose th

Bug#473971: debian-installer: lenny installer kernel hangs after boot on Asus M2N notebook

2008-04-02 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal Hi, the Debian installer lenny kernel (pulled today from http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/) freezes after booting, last line seen is "Setting up standard PCI resources" on an Asus M2N notebook. Sett

Bug#473219: debian-installer: please give a possibility to show MAC addresses early

2008-03-29 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Hi, this is not a strictly installer-related issue, but the installer seems to be a natural way to include this simple feature: When a system is destined to be automatically installed, it is frequently needed to obtain the MAC address of the system. S

Bug#471027: debian-installer: please give pasteable ssh command line

2008-03-15 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Hi, please consider giving a pasteable ssh command line (such as "ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]") on the "Continue installation remotely using SSH / Start SSH" screen of the installer so that the command line could just be pasted over to the ssh client machine

Bug#468565: debian-installer: "setting the clock" takes too long from behind firewall

2008-02-29 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal Hi, when the Debian Installer tries to set the system clock from a network time server, and the installation runs from behind a firewall that does not permit arbitrary outgoing connection, the installation process waits for like two minutes to time out.

Bug#414018: debian-installer: USB install does not consider mini.iso a Debian ISO

2007-03-08 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Version: snapshot 2007-03-08 Severity: normal Hi, when trying to installer from an USB stick as boot medium, the system booting from the USB stick does not consider mini.iso downloaded from people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/gtk-miniiso/mini.iso a Debian ISO. The

Bug#412680: debian-installer: does not properly handle archive in case of key failure

2007-02-27 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal I was today trying to install etch from debian-testing-i386-CD-1.iso dated 2007-02-26. Unfortunately, I chose a partially desynced mirror (ftp.de.d.o), and the installer failed on me silently. After choosing "install software" and completing tasksel, the

Bug#412677: debian-installer: infinite loop when misdetecting cd-rom

2007-02-27 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal Hi, when installing into a vmware, I somehow managed to coax the installer into not recognizing the installation CD (full snapshot CD1 from 2007-02-26) any more. This brought the installer into an infinite loop where it kept asking for the disc again and

Bug#401007: The installer should mention ...

2006-12-02 Thread Marc Haber
fo screens that are not read anyway. If such a screen needs to be shown, this should be the installer's job. Please note that this bug is not an installer bug any more, it has been reassigned. Greetings Marc -- - Mar

Bug#400034: partman-auto-crypto: please allow waiving erase operation during guided partitioning

2006-11-23 Thread Marc Haber
Package: partman-auto-crypto Severity: wishlist Hi, when using d-i RC1, and doing guided partitioning (LVM with crypto), there does not seem to be a possibility to prevent the erase data operation from happening. This is bad when installing to a vmware, since the virtual disk file is going to ex

Bug#395524: debian-installer: symlinks /etc/localtime to /usr

2006-10-27 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal libc6 has fixed #346342 a few months ago and now places a copy of the timezone data file to /etc. However, the installer still creates this as a symlink, causing trouble for people who are running their hardware clock in local time, have /usr on a differe

Bug#395192: pkgsel: graphical installer installs X

2006-10-25 Thread Marc Haber
Package: pkgsel Severity: normal Hi, when installing Debian on a Laptop with the graphical installer, in the menu "Software Selection" (which I suppose is generated by pkgsel as there is a dpkg --configure pkgsel process hanging around while the Software Selection screen is shown) is "Desktop env

Bug#373594: installation-report: daily snapshot on compaq armada m700

2006-07-03 Thread Marc Haber
being logged again. > and when you get to the partitioning > screen switch to VT2 and run parted_devices manually? Does it pause then > and do you get the same errors in syslog? Yes, it does. Confirmed. Greetings Marc --

Re: Idea: making it easier to change DEBCONF_PRIORITY

2006-06-29 Thread Marc Haber
st wrote: > > On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 08:59:31AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > > I am open to suggestions. Back when the exim4 packages were developed, > > > we mainly copied what exim 3 did and debconfed the questions. > > > > I'll try to come up with something

Bug#373594: installation-report: daily snapshot on compaq armada m700

2006-06-22 Thread Marc Haber
restarted. I remember trying to use LVM first, which was not possible due to the LVM bug in d-i that was present that time. Could that be the cause for the cancelation of partman? Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | &

Bug#373594: installation-report: daily snapshot on compaq armada m700

2006-06-22 Thread Marc Haber
etings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an Ame

Bug#373594: installation-report: daily snapshot on compaq armada m700

2006-06-22 Thread Marc Haber
[Mika, the last paragraph might be of interest of you] On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 12:09:33AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Tuesday 20 June 2006 23:32, Marc Haber wrote: > > No, the notebook does not have a floppy drive. It has a floppy LED > > though. > > Huh? Then how the

Bug#373594: installation-report: daily snapshot on compaq armada m700

2006-06-22 Thread Marc Haber
arc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621

Bug#373594: installation-report: daily snapshot on compaq armada m700

2006-06-20 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 08:19:10PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:13:26 +0200 Marc Haber wrote: > > Before starting the partitioner, system halts for like two minutes on a > > blank blue screen with the floppy light on > > That must be during driver loa

Re: Idea: making it easier to change DEBCONF_PRIORITY

2006-05-28 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 08:25:31PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 07:13:31PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 11:18:32AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > The main problem I have with the current setup is that out of the >

Re: Idea: making it easier to change DEBCONF_PRIORITY

2006-05-28 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 11:18:32AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 08:59:31AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 07:38:23PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 12:21:17PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > > >

Re: Idea: making it easier to change DEBCONF_PRIORITY

2006-05-28 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 07:38:23PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 12:21:17PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > The problem is that there is no way to automatically determine the > > "best choice". > > I disagree. > > > There ar

Re: [Pkg-exim4-devel] Re: Idea: making it easier to change DEBCONF_PRIORITY

2006-05-27 Thread Marc Haber
icated" debconf questions asked on install. I'm of course open to less radical suggestions. Greetings Marc, not subscribed to debian-boot -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Maila

Re: Idea: making it easier to change DEBCONF_PRIORITY

2006-05-25 Thread Marc Haber
setup of exim4. mail is rocket science, and it should be avoided in a newbie setup - they tend to only use web mail anyway. I'm all in favor of removing the MTA from the default install as this seems to be the only option viable. Please Cc: pkg-exim4-devel on your answers, I'll appro

Re: Bug#288409: please consider waiting before installing the base system

2005-01-20 Thread Marc Haber
iority. Thanks, _very_ good work. I am impressed. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49

Bug#288409: please consider waiting before installing the base system

2005-01-03 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 09:22:38PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 08:59:20PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > Well, when you're responsible for more than a handful machines, it is > > generally a Good Thing[tm] to have them set up all the same. > > And

Bug#288420: "Partition disks" fails without error if /target busy

2005-01-03 Thread Marc Haber
ace of an error message because we want to screw speakers of all languages the same way? Great! Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germ

Bug#288409: please consider waiting before installing the base system

2005-01-03 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 09:01:29PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 08:00:12PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 07:50:15PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > I am curious, why in hell do you want to put these partitions under /mnt > &g

Bug#288409: please consider waiting before installing the base system

2005-01-03 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 07:44:32PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Monday 03 January 2005 17:21, Marc Haber wrote: > > hda1 Windows > > hda2 Swap > > hda3 root (XFS 200 MB) / > > hda4 physical volume > > vg0 volume group > >usr XFS 8G

Bug#288409: please consider waiting before installing the base system

2005-01-03 Thread Marc Haber
ve when it's not mounted where it belongs. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 7

Bug#288420: "Partition disks" fails without error if /target busy

2005-01-03 Thread Marc Haber
Package: install Severity: normal When one selects "Partition disks" while /target is still busy (for example, if the shell on tty2 has /target as its cwd, no error message is displayed, but one is returned without further notice to the menu, with "Partition disks" still selected. Greetings Marc

Bug#288409: please consider waiting before installing the base system

2005-01-03 Thread Marc Haber
Package: install Version: d-i 20050103 Severity: wishlist Hi, I have partitioned my disk as follows: hda1 Windows hda2 Swap hda3 root (XFS 200 MB) / hda4 physical volume vg0 volume group usr XFS 8G /mnt/usr home XFS 8G /mnt/home var XFS 7G /mnt/var As

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