Re: D-I on i386 live ISO can't mount squashfs

2021-03-30 Thread Lou Poppler
On Tue, 2021-03-30 at 09:38 -0700, Lou Poppler wrote: [...] > Mar 30 14:17:28 base-installer: info: Using squashfs support for > /cdrom/live/filesystem.squashfs > Mar 30 14:17:28 anna-install: Installing squashfs-modules > Mar 30 14:17:28 anna[8759]: ERROR **: can't find packages file

Re: D-I on i386 live ISO can't mount squashfs

2021-03-30 Thread Lou Poppler
On Mon, 2021-03-29 at 18:40 -0700, Lou Poppler wrote: > On Mon, 2021-03-29 at 20:16 +0200, J.A. Bezemer wrote: > > > > The problem seems to be that no loop module is available, so the squashfs > > can't be loop-mounted from the file on the installer medium. Did the >

Re: D-I on i386 live ISO can't mount squashfs

2021-03-29 Thread Lou Poppler
On Mon, 2021-03-29 at 20:16 +0200, J.A. Bezemer wrote: > > The problem seems to be that no loop module is available, so the squashfs > can't be loop-mounted from the file on the installer medium. Did the > loop-modules-4.19.0-16-686-di package get lost somewhere? Update: Steve McIntyre spent

Re: D-I on i386 live ISO can't mount squashfs

2021-03-29 Thread Lou Poppler
On Mon, 2021-03-29 at 20:16 +0200, J.A. Bezemer wrote: > On Sat, 27 Mar 2021, Lou Poppler wrote: > > > This is a more detailed do-over of a failed install I encountered earlier > > today > > while testing debian-live-10.9.0-i386-cinnamon+nonfree.iso during the 10.9 &

Re: D-I on i386 live ISO can't mount squashfs

2021-03-28 Thread Lou Poppler
On Sat, 2021-03-27 at 22:42 -0700, Lou Poppler wrote: > [...] the target machine, which is a Gateway Pentium III, > with 384 MB of RAM. On this do-over, I frequently checked the output of > 'free' > on VC2, and never saw the free memory drop below 200,000 bytes. Perhaps obvious

D-I on i386 live ISO can't mount squashfs

2021-03-27 Thread Lou Poppler
This is a more detailed do-over of a failed install I encountered earlier today while testing debian-live-10.9.0-i386-cinnamon+nonfree.iso during the 10.9 release testing party on #debian-cd. At the time, we thought this problem comes from not enough memory on the target machine, which is a

Re: Debian 10.8 live install ENCRYPTION NOT WORKING

2021-03-12 Thread Lou Poppler
It looks like this is the same person who posted the following two youtube URLs into #debian today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CuJJzn0Mgg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MfKm9zTl-0 If you have documented a problem in debian, please report a "bug" using debian's Bug Tracking System --

Re: [Fwd: Re: isorecorder]

2021-01-10 Thread Lou Poppler
On Mon, 2021-01-11 at 02:21 +, Pete Batard wrote: > On 2021.01.11 01:38, Lou Poppler wrote: > > This is radically different from what I suggested above. > > You mentioned cp, which I interpreted as copying extracted ISO files > onto FAT, since this is the mode I explicit

[Fwd: Re: isorecorder]

2021-01-10 Thread Lou Poppler
Forwarded Message From: Lou Poppler To: Pete Batard Subject: Re: isorecorder Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:20:55 -0700 On Sun, 2021-01-10 at 23:57 +, Pete Batard wrote: > On 2021.01.10 22:23, Lou Poppler wrote: > > Let me emphasize that the unmodified debian install

Re: isorecorder

2021-01-10 Thread Lou Poppler
On Sun, 2021-01-10 at 20:19 +, Pete Batard wrote: > > The goal of Rufus is to create a bootable USB with content that is as > close as possible to the ISO content *AND* is bootable as USB media, period. > > As such, when booting in UEFI mode, the *only* element that Rufus may > modify are

Re: isorecorder

2021-01-10 Thread Lou Poppler
On Sun, 2021-01-10 at 18:13 +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Lou Poppler wrote: > > If you want to recommend rufus, please do so ONLY with a prominent,  > > un-ignoreable warning explaining that the user MUST select rufus' > > "DD mode" at the prompt

Re: isorecorder

2021-01-10 Thread Lou Poppler
On Sun, 2021-01-10 at 14:37 +0100, The7up wrote: > Hi! > > It looks like isorecorder not available since a while ago. May I remove it > from the list in w.d.o/faq/CD index page? > > At the same time, rufus (https://rufus.ie/) should be mentioned as a great > app on Windows to make bootable usb

Re: Release status of i386 for Bullseye and long term support for 3 years?

2021-01-05 Thread Lou Poppler
On Wed, 2020-12-30 at 14:27 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 07:55:11PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > Dear release team > > > > There seems to be only one maintainer. > > > > Still true as far as I can see - others have stepped up to test i386 > executables but

Re: Install Problem

2020-11-06 Thread Lou Poppler
Michael, Not really enough information in your report for a useful reply. I would suggest visiting the #debian IRC channel at irc.debian.org and the friendly folks there could help you get it working. On Thu, 2020-11-05 at 17:10 -0500, slow_sp...@att.net wrote: > Dear Steve, et al. > Thanks for

Bug#969224: cdimage.debian.org: Error installing Debian 10.5 from flash stick with Extlinux

2020-08-30 Thread Lou Poppler
On Sun, 2020-08-30 at 08:16 -0700, Lou Poppler wrote: > Сергей: > > As we tried to tell you yesterday, you should be writing ONLY the .iso image > onto your install USB drive. DO NOT ADD OTHER FILES like these init.rd and > vmlinuz files from other places. just copy the .iso

Bug#969224: cdimage.debian.org: Error installing Debian 10.5 from flash stick with Extlinux

2020-08-30 Thread Lou Poppler
Сергей: As we tried to tell you yesterday, you should be writing ONLY the .iso image onto your install USB drive. DO NOT ADD OTHER FILES like these init.rd and vmlinuz files from other places. just copy the .iso image. nothing else. On Sun, 2020-08-30 at 13:40 +0300, Сергей Фёдоров wrote: >

Bug#969224: cdimage.debian.org: Error installing Debian 10.5 from flash stick with Extlinux

2020-08-29 Thread Lou Poppler
Please see the installation instructions: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual It is not correct to pre-format your install media, and pre-copy other files onto it, before copying the installation .iso The correct instructions for writing a USB (or other) installation medium are

Re: 9.13 torrents "not found" by tracker

2020-07-23 Thread Lou Poppler
On Wed, 2020-07-22 at 14:51 -0700, Lou Poppler wrote: > So far, it gets a "torrent not found" reply every time it asks about this Working now, thanks! > Thanks for all that you do!

9.13 torrents "not found" by tracker

2020-07-22 Thread Lou Poppler
I downloaded  https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/archive/9.13.0-live+nonfree/amd64/bt-hybrid/debian-live-9.13.0-amd64-mate+nonfree.iso.torrent and fed it to the "transmission" bittorent client on Sunday, July 19.   So far, it gets a "torrent not found"

Re: Debian Live CD as platform for debian-cd Jigdo download

2018-01-17 Thread Lou Poppler
- Thomas Schmitt wrote: [...] > It would shorten JigdoOnLive if i could point to a guide about getting > Debian Live, putting it on medium, and booting it. I would note that debian-live stable versions are also available via bittorrent, which probably has more peers