Bug#523017: debian-cd: Doesn't support local udebs if using a repo that requires section: local/debian-installer for local udebs

2009-07-17 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 05:16:15 +0200 Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl wrote: Can you resend a cleaned up patch please? This should be exactly as needed for the current version of debian-cd (squeeze version anyway). -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I

Bug#523017: debian-cd: Doesn't support local udebs if using a repo that requires section: local/debian-installer for local udebs

2009-04-07 Thread Daniel Dickinson
Package: debian-cd Version: 3.1.1 Severity: minor Tags: patch I'm using reprepro and in order to get packages stored in the local dist I have to use Section: local/section (therefore local/debian-installer for custom debian-installer udebs). debian-cd doesn't create Packages{.gz} files for

Re: ISO's are not bootable

2009-03-25 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:20:19 +0530 Rupin Chheda rupin.chh...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have downloaded three diff versions of the i386 iso for debian 5.0.0.I am not able to mount them in VirtualBox. The checksums are all correct, and the versions that I have downloaded is

Re: Is the failure of the -testing bittorrent trackers intentional?

2008-12-16 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:34:02 +0100 (MET) Mattias Wadenstein mas...@acc.umu.se wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Daniel Dickinson wrote: Hi, I created some iso using jigdo and tried to share them using bittorrent (both -rc1 and 2008-12-01 sets) but in both cases the torrent files downloaded

Is the failure of the -testing bittorrent trackers intentional?

2008-12-15 Thread Daniel Dickinson
Hi, I created some iso using jigdo and tried to share them using bittorrent (both -rc1 and 2008-12-01 sets) but in both cases the torrent files downloaded via the links on the /devel/debian-installer pages resulted in the messages that the download (upload/seed really) failed because 'torrent not

Problem with the 4.0_r5 update CD's

2008-12-14 Thread Daniel Dickinson
Hi, I don't know if this breaks the CD's or not because I haven't used them, but I have noticed that some of the .deb's on the cd are in /pool/(main|contrib)/p/package-x/package-x-version_arch.deb/package-x-version_arch.deb Is this expected, or will this break apt when a user tries to

Re: Script/command to build Install-CD from existing System?

2008-11-21 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:00:51 +0200 Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello *, I have a nice idea and need for it. ;-) Since I am Debian GNU/Linux Consultant and have MANY Debian instalations at customers I have written a script, which catch the names of installed packages

Re: Secondary CD/DVD Image Downloading

2008-08-31 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:46:09 +0100 Steve Cotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not necessary to download the ISO before seeding it. Jigdo can take a template (28MB for DVD1) and combine it with files from /var/cache/apt. BitTorrent can take the result, ignore the parts corresponding to

Re: excess secondary CD/DVD image downloading

2008-08-15 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:23:19 +0200 Josip Rodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, A noticable number of people appear to be hoarding our CD/DVD images. More importantly, my mirror server logs show that many people keep downloading files past the first image. For example last month I've had 257

Re: debconf8 bof: building debian from debian

2008-05-31 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Fri, 30 May 2008 14:36:33 -0700 Vagrant Cascadian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i was asked to find out if folks from various projects would be interested in a proposed bof for debconf8. please let me know if you are interested and would be able to attend. Building Debian from Debian

Re: figuring out do_custom_download.pl

2008-05-29 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:26:44 -0500 Josh Cronemeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am slogging through the instructions here http://wiki.debian.org/DebianCustomCD and I used germinate to create a package list. The instructions advise using the script here

Re: figuring out do_custom_download.pl

2008-05-29 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:26:44 -0500 Josh Cronemeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but it isn't ok and nothing happens. Do I need to specify something for the -l option which is the package control path? I have no idea what path I would give it for that. Does my pool directory already See

Re: figuring out do_custom_download.pl

2008-05-29 Thread Daniel Dickinson
Here's what I'm adding to the wiki, you may find it helpful. '''NOTE''' Using a full mirror, or a mostly full mirror is best practice. You should only use a partial mirror if you absolutely must (e.g. due to disk constraints) and realize that it is unsupported. === Create a mirror of the Debian

Re: Debian installer CD

2008-04-03 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:12:19 +0200 Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In theory it is possible to use a partial mirror. However, doing that requires a lot more effort than just creating a full mirror. This is mainly because you will need to work around the fact that some things are missing.

Re: Custom CD pain

2008-03-28 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:47:33 +0200 Colin Alston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all Firstly, sorry if this is the wrong list - please do flame me in the right direction if it is. I'm trying to make sense of http://wiki.debian.org/DebianCustomCD but I simple can't. Despite the horribly

Re: Custom CD pain

2008-03-27 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:47:33 +0200 Colin Alston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all Firstly, sorry if this is the wrong list - please do flame me in the right direction if it is. I'm trying to make sense of http://wiki.debian.org/DebianCustomCD but I simple can't. Between the

Re: BusyBox workaround

2007-12-18 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Tuesday 18 December 2007 14:02, Charles Abdouch wrote: Is there a way to manually get the missing package during the install and get it to continue? This should be fixed for the 2007-12-18-1 snapshots and later. If not, it will definitely be fixed in 18-2 (I'm not sure if the fix that

Re: Using NetInst CD with local apt-move repository

2005-01-05 Thread Daniel Dickinson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Todd Thompson wrote: | Hi All, | | I've been googling for answers and trying like mad for a few days to | create a custom Debian Netinst CD that will point to my local | repository. My local repository was created with apt-move and has a | very small

Re: confused by recent debian-cd changes

2005-01-02 Thread Daniel Dickinson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joey Hess wrote: | Before I throw anymore pennies down the well that is debian-cd, let me | make sure I understand how it's supposed to work vs. how people seem to | want it to work based on recent modifications. Speaking of which, could this

Re: customized sarge cd

2004-11-28 Thread Daniel Dickinson
Robin Millette wrote: Daniel Dickinson wrote: Hello Daniel, I am working on a howto for this very thing. The current version of that document is at http://wiki.debian.org/index.cgi?DebianCustomCD Any comments would be appreciated, and if you have any questions, I'll answer them if I can

Re: customized sarge cd

2004-11-26 Thread Daniel Dickinson
Geoffrey Lane wrote: I'd like to make a customized one cd/dvd with kde and a few other apps (bittorrent, k3b, firefox) using the mini-cd rc2. I am a relative newbie to debian but I know my way around, that being said I'd like a friendly guide to adding new packages and their dependencies into the

Debian Custom CD HOWTO

2004-11-25 Thread Daniel Dickinson
Is there any interest in my turning the article I'm working on on the Debian Wiki (http://wiki.debian.org/index.cgi?DebianCustomCD) into a full-blow HOWTO, and any case I would welcome any comments/suggestions on what I've got so far. -- Daniel F. Dickinson: Time does not die; the circle is