Re: About harware detection and configuration tools in 1st CD

2002-06-15 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 04:51:00PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: Chris, who runs popcon on all of his systems So do I. But I still don't think it would be good press to install it by default. -- Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: jigdo downloading the packages multitple times?

2002-06-15 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 12:11:43PM +0200, Marco Herrn wrote: I am sure these files were deleted, because where should the be gone to? The iso.tmp did not get bigger. No. The files get copied to their assigned space within the iso image. -- Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: About harware detection and configuration tools in 1st CD

2002-06-14 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 07:38:42AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: Fair enough --- perhaps popularity-contest should be made standard? No. Debian doesn't need spyware by default. -- Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Still no TeX in CD#1

2002-05-27 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 07:36:49PM +0200, Paul Seelig wrote: Believe it or not, TeX/LaTeX is a major reason people switch to Linux. That's actually why i switched to Linux seven years ago and most people i know using Linux do so because of the finely integrated TeX/LaTeX environment. Well,

Re: Still no TeX in CD#1

2002-05-23 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 04:05:45PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: but nobody answered. What's the problem? Apparantly there isn't a consensus that tex needs to be on cd 1. I certainly don't see that it does. -- Mike Stone msg03798/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Still no TeX in CD#1

2002-05-23 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:30:25AM -0500, Christian T. Steigies wrote: These days? Do you think everybody is using w**d, or is there something else you can use for writing papers, books, letters, faxes, creating posters? Yes, there are many options. Which is why tex doesn't necessarily deserve

Re: Burning a .raw file...

2002-04-19 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 12:27:39PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: I like the fact that .iso extension is used for the released images, and only the released images, on the master site. Of course, that point is moot when the images cease to exist on the master site, and are only present as

Re: Please test this woody cd image

2002-04-12 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 01:29:00AM -0300, Douglas Guptill wrote: I tried it - boot failed Did you try with a regular install cd? -- Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please test this woody cd image

2002-04-12 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 04:11:43PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: Btw, I would suggest this order: 1: Multiboot 3: idepci 2: bf2.4 4: compact 5 and rest: vanilla So people with broken BIOSes have luck with the next CD-ROM. vanilla might be better on the second cd; the people with machines

Re: Please test this woody cd image

2002-04-10 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 11:06:44AM +0200, you wrote: Note that this ISO is small enough to burn to a 5cm (3 inch) CD-R/RW, and contains enough packages to install a functional version of Debian. Heh, my wishes were granted. I found this just after I asked for it. :) Definately cool, and less

Re: Test of el-torito and isolinux multiboot for CD

2002-04-09 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 09:37:07AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: Filesize: 625606656 bytes Something that's occurred to me before, and is especially relevant for a test image like this: how 'bout a 180M mini cd image? The important parts are booting and getting base installed, and it shouldn't