... let's move this to the mailing list so other people can comment. * David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-06-02 15:45]: > > Okay, so the remaining problems are: > > - zipl-installer, not available(?) > > OK, so this needs to be written/done.
There seems to be some code in d-i/packages/arch/s390 for this, but I'm not sure how well it works. > > - ssh (the support is finished in the glibc cvs and openssh package), > > this needs the possibility to restart cdebconf. > > ??? woody had ssh, and things haven't changed much for that. Maybe I'm > misunderstanding what's needed here. debian-installer is a completely new installer system; it uses "udeb"s (micro debs), small .deb packages which only contain the bare minimum (and e.g no documentation). Up until recently, we didn't have a udeb for SSH at all, but this is in the archive now. > > - language-/countrychooser at the begining is annoying > > > > - cdebconf > > - text frontend don't respect dumb terminal definition, > > should disable > > translations. > > This sounds like a general problem. TTY on serial console would have the > same problem. Maybe this is the bug that the install hangs on serial console installs when you choose a language other than english? Do you have any idea how to fix it. > > - as discussed, default items should be prefixed with an asterisk or > > similar. > > Ditto. I personally use colour on serial installs so I don't see this. > > - fails silent the first time on the test machine, needs some debug > > and the file /proc/chandev from the testmachine. > > Is this for IUCV or for CTC/etc? IUCV doesn't have a chandev entry > because its not really a device (there's no channel associated with it). waldi? -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]