severity 361180 important thanks mate On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 08:03:37PM -0400, Jack Carroll wrote: > On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 11:08:51AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: <snip/> > > > > I have no clue what you are trying to tell. > > > > Please rephrase your original challenge. > > And send it to the mailinglist debian-boot@lists.debian.org > > The ML debian-boot@lists.debian.org is where development > > of debian-installer is discussed. It is the place where I > > saw this bugreport. > > OK, I'll restate it. > In this bug report I'm testing the debian-installer boot floppy set, > using the daily builds. The failure I identified is that the installer > deletes the kernel after it installs it. The kernel does not re-appear > anywhere else in the /target tree. > I speculated that the reason for the error might be that the daily > builds did not include a boot.img floppy, and the root.img and > net-drivers.img that were provided might not be compatible with the Etch RC2 > boot.img. Until that question can be answered, or there is a daily build > that includes all the required floppy images, it doesn't seem useful to > continue testing with floppies.
http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/2006-04-06/floppy/ indeed misses boot.img. One directory deeper in http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/2006-04-06/floppy/access/ there is a boot.img, but also the cd-drivers.img and net-drivers.img that are in the directory with root.img. Where I'm a "netbooting persoon", I had to lookup which floppies are needed. Reading http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s03.html | Next, use the command | | $ dd if=filename of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 conv=sync ; sync | | where filename is one of the floppy disk image files | (see Section 4.2, "Downloading Files from Debian Mirrors" | for what filename should be). And Section 4.2 ( http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s02.html ) | 4.2. Downloading Files from Debian Mirrors | | To find the nearest (and thus probably the fastest) mirror, | see the list of Debian mirrors. | | When downloading files from a Debian mirror, | be sure to download the files in binary mode, | not text or automatic mode. | | 4.2.1. Where to Find Installation Images | | The installation images are located on each Debian mirror in the | directory debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/ | the MANIFEST lists each image and its purpose. is not really helpfull in preparation. At http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch05s01.html#floppy-boot there is | After booting from the boot floppy, the root floppy is requested. | Insert the root floppy and press Enter, and the contents are loaded into | memory. The installer program debian-installer is automatically launched. which mentions 'root' and 'boot' (but nothing about "access floppies") I do now understand better what is meant by > I speculated that the reason for the error might be that the daily > builds did not include a boot.img floppy, and the root.img and > net-drivers.img that were provided might not be compatible with the Etch RC2 > boot.img. Until that question can be answered, or there is a daily build > that includes all the required floppy images, it doesn't seem useful to > continue testing with floppies. I have increased the severity of this bugreport. Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
