Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-04 Thread Junichi Uekawa
I understand that. But just like we have a bunch of architectures, we have a bunch of netboot options. You generally don't have a lot of choices about what your hardware supports. Telling someone whose card doesn't support pxe to use pxe because it's better is no more sensible than

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-03 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 12:45:05PM -0600, Adam DiCarlo wrote: So why does that prevent us from giving an overview of the various options and providing some criteria to help users pick one or the other? It doesn't; that would be very good. I thought I had read that the goal was to eliminate all

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-03 Thread nb
Le ven 03/01/2003 à 02:37, Chris Tillman a écrit : On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 10:33:36PM +0100, nb wrote: Le jeu 02/01/2003 à 06:25, Chris Tillman a écrit : On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 03:50:56PM +0100, nb wrote: 192.168.1.255 would be better OK, got that. In chapter 4.5.5 it is said

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-03 Thread nb
Le ven 03/01/2003 à 03:37, Adam DiCarlo a écrit : Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I also agree that what I read looked good, but it didn't seem to cover all of the issues mentioned in the bug, such as coming up with an overview of the different netboot options and which is best

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-02 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 08:48:48PM +0100, nb wrote: Thanks to Michael R. Schwarzbach and he's post I finally can install debian via tftp. I think the need is going growing to do that and it's really time to update documentation. I've spent 24 hours to do that and sentences like NOT YET

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-02 Thread nb
Le jeu 02/01/2003 à 06:25, Chris Tillman a écrit : On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 03:50:56PM +0100, nb wrote: PXE is the most natural method in the sens that it doesn't need any supplementary media. It's the one everyone can use on a real diskless machine. It finally worked for me and her's what

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-02 Thread nb
Le jeu 02/01/2003 à 20:43, Matt Zimmerman a écrit : On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 08:48:48PM +0100, nb wrote: Thanks to Michael R. Schwarzbach and he's post I finally can install debian via tftp. I think the need is going growing to do that and it's really time to update documentation. I've

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-02 Thread Adam DiCarlo
I also agree that what I read looked good, but it didn't seem to cover all of the issues mentioned in the bug, such as coming up with an overview of the different netboot options and which is best to use... -- ...Adam Di Carlo..[EMAIL PROTECTED]...URL:http://www.onshored.com/ -- To

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-02 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 04:40:50PM -0600, Adam DiCarlo wrote: overview of the different netboot options and which is best to use... The one that works. You're asking for something like review the currently supported architectures and explain which is the best one to use. Mike Stone -- To

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-02 Thread Chris Tillman
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 10:33:36PM +0100, nb wrote: Le jeu 02/01/2003 à 06:25, Chris Tillman a écrit : On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 03:50:56PM +0100, nb wrote: 192.168.1.255 would be better OK, got that. In chapter 4.5.5 it is said that the TFTP client will look for is

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-02 Thread Chris Tillman
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 04:40:50PM -0600, Adam DiCarlo wrote: I also agree that what I read looked good, but it didn't seem to cover all of the issues mentioned in the bug, such as coming up with an overview of the different netboot options and which is best to use... -- ...Adam Di

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-02 Thread Adam DiCarlo
Michael Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 04:40:50PM -0600, Adam DiCarlo wrote: overview of the different netboot options and which is best to use... The one that works. You're asking for something like review the currently supported architectures and explain which is

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-02 Thread Adam DiCarlo
Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I also agree that what I read looked good, but it didn't seem to cover all of the issues mentioned in the bug, such as coming up with an overview of the different netboot options and which is best to use... Yes, and I don't have a clue about that.

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-02 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 08:36:11PM -0600, Adam DiCarlo wrote: Um, no, I'm just talking about netboot options on i386. I understand that. But just like we have a bunch of architectures, we have a bunch of netboot options. You generally don't have a lot of choices about what your hardware

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2003-01-01 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 03:50:56PM +0100, nb wrote: PXE is the most natural method in the sens that it doesn't need any supplementary media. It's the one everyone can use on a real diskless machine. It finally worked for me and her's what I've done for that. See what you think of the

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2002-12-31 Thread nb
PXE is the most natural method in the sens that it doesn't need any supplementary media. It's the one everyone can use on a real diskless machine. It finally worked for me and her's what I've done for that. What is PXE ? PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment) is a protocol designed by Intel that

Processed: Re: Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2002-12-31 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: retitle 140579 i386 tftpboot undocumenteed Bug#140579: boot-floppies: [i386] boot-floppies 3.0.21 fail to load root.bin via tftp Changed Bug title. tags 140579 - patch Bug#140579: i386 tftpboot undocumenteed Tags were: patch Tags removed: patch

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2002-12-31 Thread Adam DiCarlo
retitle 140579 i386 tftpboot undocumenteed tags 140579 - patch reassign 140579 install-doc thanks Thanks for your contributions and documentation. We'll do our best to integrate this, and let you know when the install manual is ready for review. -- ...Adam Di Carlo..[EMAIL

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2002-12-30 Thread nb
Le dim 29/12/2002 à 22:07, Adam DiCarlo a écrit : nb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks to Michael R. Schwarzbach and he's post I finally can install debian via tftp. I think the need is going growing to do that and it's really time to update documentation. Can you identify for us

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2002-12-30 Thread Adam DiCarlo
Please retain the CC to the bugs.debian.org addresss. nb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Le dim 29/12/2002 à 22:07, Adam DiCarlo a écrit : nb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks to Michael R. Schwarzbach and he's post I finally can install debian via tftp. I think the need is going growing

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2002-12-30 Thread nb
Le lun 30/12/2002 à 18:47, Adam DiCarlo a écrit : it's really time to update documentation. Can you identify for us exactly what sections in the latest install manual are wrong, and which information is completely missing? This is missing : 1/ different boot methods are

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2002-12-30 Thread Adam DiCarlo
Is it just me, or isn't it rather a crippling problem that etherboot requires a floppy or other bootable medium to do the etherbooting? I guess however, since there is no OpenBoot on x86, that's just the breaks. Tell me, why is it interesting/useful to floppy-boot into etherboot rather than

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2002-12-30 Thread nb
Le lun 30/12/2002 à 22:16, Adam DiCarlo a écrit : Is it just me, or isn't it rather a crippling problem that etherboot requires a floppy or other bootable medium to do the etherbooting? I guess however, since there is no OpenBoot on x86, that's just the breaks. I'm not sure I've understood

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2002-12-29 Thread nb
Thanks to Michael R. Schwarzbach and he's post I finally can install debian via tftp. I think the need is going growing to do that and it's really time to update documentation. I've spent 24 hours to do that and sentences like NOT YET WRITTEN are not acceptable today. I hope this will go better.

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2002-12-29 Thread Adam DiCarlo
nb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks to Michael R. Schwarzbach and he's post I finally can install debian via tftp. I think the need is going growing to do that and it's really time to update documentation. Can you identify for us exactly what sections in the latest install manual are wrong,

Bug#140579: Report: tftpboot install successfull

2002-11-06 Thread Alexander JOLK
Hi, it seems nobody ever reported a successfull install with tftpboot.img. Here's how I did it: 1. From .../woody/main/disks-i386/3.0.23-2002-05-21, I got the files compact/tftpboot.img images-1.44/root.bin 2. On my DHCP server, I installed the mknbi package and created an