notes/bugs on recent alpha install

Here are a couple of things I noticed while installing with boot floppies from a few days ago: - I tried accessing the base distribution via NFS and got a "Malformed release file ..." error. I was able to determine that the problem was that the file wasn't readable. It would be really nice

Bug#124107: boot-floppies: needs rebuild upon busybox bug #124068 (blocks ftp.us.debian.org) fix

Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2001-12-15 Severity: important As soon as a fix for http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=124068 is in, boot-floppies needs a rebuild, as the access method ftp://ftp.us.debian.org is blocked by this bug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Bug#123782: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#123782: boot-floppies: dbootstrap's wget should use passive ftp)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Debian Bug Tracking System) writes: > Anyhow, it's irrelevant. Since busybox wget doens't support this > argument, the user's request to use this argument is hereby denied. > :) > > Bug submitter, if busybox wget is not using ftp in the right way, > please file a bug on busybo

Bug#123782: boot-floppies: dbootstrap's wget should use passive ftp

Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.17; reported 2001-12-12 Severity: important If I'm reading net-fetch.c correctly, its call to 'wget' doesn't use passive ftp. This will fail for people behind many firewalls. Shouldn't it use --passive-ftp by default? AFAIK, turning it on should (virtually)

alpha boot disk report, plus q: where is base tarball?

I tried installing on a DS10 just now with the latest testing boot floppies. It went fine up to trying to access the archive via ftp. The machine is behind a NAT firewall that blocks port 80 access. There's a web proxy, but it requires authentication, which the boot floppies seem not to support.

Bug#67722: me, too -- PCMCIA/network conflict (cf #66284)

Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Could you do 'depmod -a' on a newly installed system? I did this just now and there was no output. (The system has been rebooted and some packages added since I installed it.) > Could you please determine exactly which version you are using? I > exp

Bug#67722: me, too -- PCMCIA/network conflict (cf #66284)

I'm not the original submitter, but I also seem to have just tripped over this bug. I was using the vanilla floppies downloaded through the links in the instructions. I don't know the exact version, but I grabbed them within the last week or so. At least part of the problem seems to be that doi

Bug#82024: install doc typo

Package: boot-floppies There's a minor typo in the install doc (web page, etc.) At the end of the section "Installing from a Linux Partition", the direction is to skip down to "Booting the Installation System, Chapter 6", which is the current chapter. --Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI