cvs commit to modconf/modules by gt
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cvs commit to boot-floppies by gt
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Move fstab configuration?
I used the installer system, after installation was complete, to move some partitions around and re-set the boot configuration. The /etc/fstab was incorrect after I did that (duh). Would it make sense to move the automatic configuration of that file into the Make Hard Disk Bootable step? In my case, since I was changing the partition numbering, I expected that step to do whatever was necessary to make the system bootable. -- ** | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: http://www.debian.org | | : :' : | debian-imac: http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net | | `. `'` | Chris Tillman[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `-|May the Source be with you| ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by dwhedon
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cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/da by dwhedon
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/da who:dwhedon time: Sun Nov 4 10:38:18 PST 2001 Log Message: patches from Claus Hindsgaul [EMAIL PROTECTED] continued Danish install manual translation Files: changed:administrivia.sgml added: preparing.sgml hardware.sgml post-install.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by falk
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:falk time: Sun Nov 4 10:57:14 PST 2001 Log Message: - support /boot on own partition for aboot; closes: #116413 - add note about killing 'c' partition to SRM fdisk note - we don't need the aboot loader 'boot/bootlx' on the root floppy, since we can install it from /target. Saves 80k. Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap by falk
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:falk time: Sun Nov 4 10:57:15 PST 2001 Log Message: - support /boot on own partition for aboot; closes: #116413 - add note about killing 'c' partition to SRM fdisk note - we don't need the aboot loader 'boot/bootlx' on the root floppy, since we can install it from /target. Saves 80k. Files: changed:bootconfig.c partition_config.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk by falk
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modconf_0.2.37_i386.changes REJECTED from proposed-updates
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cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/fi by pb
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cvs commit to boot-floppies by pb
Repository: boot-floppies who:pb time: Sun Nov 4 11:13:16 PST 2001 Log Message: revert to using vmlinuz for netwinder kernels Files: changed:Tag: potato kernel.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to boot-floppies by pb
Repository: boot-floppies who:pb time: Sun Nov 4 11:13:50 PST 2001 Log Message: avoid shipping useless rescue images Files: changed:Tag: potato release.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:pb time: Sun Nov 4 11:14:16 PST 2001 Log Message: recognise disk series names used by arm Files: changed:Tag: potato extract_kernel.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap by pb
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Re: display turns in standby...
On 2 Nov 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote: Axel Gerster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Marcin Owsiany wrote: On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 03:08:15PM +0100, Axel Gerster wrote: hello there, if got a problem with installing debian linux. i turn on the computer and boot the rescue disk and the menu appears. ok - so far. little before the root disk promt appears the monitor switches to standby mode. can you help me? whats wrong and how do i fix it? Did you disable power-saving features in BIOS (as described in installation manual)? yes, i did. I belive this is a known kernel issue. I am not sure how to work around it but you might try some of the different flavors of install disks. Also, you didn't mention which version of the boot-floppies you were using. well, i used the woody boot diskettes. the standard flavor and the safe one. but it keeps the same. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by pb
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:pb time: Sun Nov 4 11:20:51 PST 2001 Log Message: log changes Files: changed:Tag: potato changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
debootstrap-udeb - should I make it ?
Since it would help clean up my build process for my initrd based
on debian-installer, shall I post patches here to add a -udeb section
to the debootstrap*/debian/{rules,control} files ?
Would they be welcomed ?
Seems all that needs to be done is to not run dh_installdocs and
dh_installman.
Peter
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Re: LVM enabled boot disks ?
Hi Erik, I'm still preparing some documentation, but here's the rough procedure. I'm sending a copy to debian-boot in case this is useful to anyone else. Check the boot-floppies software out of the Debian CVS archive. See http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/README-CVS?rev=1.9content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markupcvsroot=debian-boot for details on how to do this. The version I checked out was the same as, or close to, what ended up being release 3.0.16 of the boot-floppies package. http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2001/debian-boot-200110/msg00987.html details some modifications to the boot-floppies source so that dbootstrap will wait until installing the kernel before copying the network settings onto the target root filesystem and creating the dbootstrap_settings file. This is important if the root filesystem is to be mounted outside dbootstrap. Make an LVM-patched 2.4.10-ac11 (a later kernel might be better by now) kernel-image Debian package with the 'kernel-package' package. In boot-floppies/config, set the variable 'kver' to 2.4.10-ac11, or whatever you named your kernel. Copy the kernel-image package (that you just built) and the lvm10 package (from the Debian unstable archive) into sub-directory 'local' of the directory used for 'ftp_archive' in the file boot-floppies/config. Add lvm10 to boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/EXTRACT_LIST_i386. Add lib/lvm-10/vgscan, lib/lvm-10/vgchange and lib/lvm-10/lvscan to boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/SMALL_BASE_LIST_i386. The boot-floppies were otherwise built as normal - see the README files in the source for details on how to do this. I think I skipped the 1.2MB floppy images, since the root floppy got too big with the LVM tools. Boot and go through the installer until you have created your partitions, then choose Execute a Shell. The LVM tools will be in /lib/lvm-10; run vgscan then pvcreate, lvcreate, etc. Make filesystems on your LVs as required, then mount them in your desired structure below /target. For example: mount /dev/vg0/lv0 /target mkdir /target/tmp /target/usr /target/var /target/home chmod 1777 /target/tmp mount /dev/vg0/lv1 /target/tmp mount /dev/vg0/lv2 /target/usr mount /dev/vg0/lv3 /target/var mkdir /target/var/log /target/var/lib mount /dev/vg0/lv5 /target/var/log mount /dev/vg0/lv6 /target/var/lib mount /dev/vg0/lv7 /target/home Exit the shell to return to the installer and continue from Install Kernel and Driver Modules. The rest of the install should proceed normally, but if /boot is on a LVM logical volume, you won't be able to use Make System Bootable without a patched LILO, an initrd and some adjustment to /target/etc/lilo.conf. (In you do this, I recommend making a boot floppy, as initrd's are easy to get wrong and it's much easier to fix an initrd on a floppy and transfer it to the hard disk once it's working.) Hope this is what you wanted. There may be errors, as I haven't yet done a clean run though to test the procedure. If you find any errors or omissions, please let me know. Regards, Mark. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LVM-Bootdisk
Hi I am currently a little bit experimentating with installing debian directly into lvm. Theory is not so difficult, and it works with a lot of handwork during the installation-process. One of the main problems is that the lvm-binarys are so big. So they cannot be on the bootdisk. But getting them from a mounted cdrom or floppy works. But for beeing able to install a system into lvm, I need a kernel with LVM-support. So I need some documentation how I can build a bootdisk with a customized kernel. I now got the kernel in /usr/src/linux and making a kernel-image with make-kpkg works. Where can I now find the steps which are needed to create a set of boot-floppies for this kernel? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LVM-Bootdisk
On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 12:39:19AM +0100, Erik Tews wrote: I am currently a little bit experimentating with installing debian directly into lvm. Theory is not so difficult, and it works with a lot of handwork during the installation-process. One of the main problems is I made some private modifications to dbootstrap, adding a 'manual' option to the 'select partition' menus for Initialize a Linux Partition and Mount a Previously-Initialized Partition. These allow the user to type in the path to the block device to be initialised/mounted when the device is not known by dbootstrap, as in the case of LVM logical volumes and MD devices. I was going to abandon them (because I didn't think they would be accepted into the Woody boot-floppies), but will share them if anyone is interested. But for beeing able to install a system into lvm, I need a kernel with LVM-support. So I need some documentation how I can build a bootdisk with a customized kernel. I now got the kernel in /usr/src/linux and making a kernel-image with make-kpkg works. Where can I now find the steps which are needed to create a set of boot-floppies for this kernel? Did you get my earlier email? Regards, Mark. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debootstrap-udeb - should I make it ?
Since it would help clean up my build process for my initrd based
on debian-installer, shall I post patches here to add a -udeb section
to the debootstrap*/debian/{rules,control} files ?
Would they be welcomed ?
Seems all that needs to be done is to not run dh_installdocs and
dh_installman.
Why not file a bug against debootstrap and include the patches there?
Matt
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Re: Move fstab configuration?
On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 11:01:13AM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: I used the installer system, after installation was complete, to move some partitions around and re-set the boot configuration. The /etc/fstab was incorrect after I did that (duh). Would it make sense to move the automatic configuration of that file into the Make Hard Disk Bootable step? In my case, since I was changing the partition numbering, I expected that step to do whatever was necessary to make the system bootable. i don't think its appropriate for Make System Bootable to be messing with /etc/fstab, not all users will want to use Make System Bootable (particularly on x86 systems) and many architectures don't support that step at all. on older boot-floppies you might be able to get away with rerunning `configure the base system' which is where this step is currently located, but current boot-floppies don't allow you to rerun that step, its automatically run after base install (since its non-interactive now). if your messing with partition ordering you need to edit /etc/fstab yourself, or better do it before you install. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ PGP signature
Bug#118276: boot-floppies: Changes involving quik in woody b-f should be backported to potato
Package: boot-floppies Version: 2.2.23 Severity: important I had occasion to install using the potato 2.2.23 version of boot-floppies on an oldworld. The quik 'Make Hard Disk Bootable' in that version is unusable. I ended up booting the 3.0.16 installer just to use its make Hard Disk Bootable menu item, and it worked fine. So if it hasn't already been done, I think that item should be backported. It makes the difference between a successful oldworld install and a disappointing failure. -- System Information Debian Release: potato Architecture: powerpc Kernel: Linux Obsession 2.2.19 #1 Sat Apr 14 23:20:24 CDT 2001 ppc Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [debian-user] I'm coming on board
Mark et all, You have it right. Exactly right! If the installer is currently in a similar state, the kernel modules stuff should be taken out of the installer, net cards should be handled well, kernel modules stuff should be well documented, and people should be educated on the 'lsmod' and 'modconf' commands. Screw fair, we want to rule! If the guy in the red had does something that makes sense, then we better, just do it the debian way. More emails to follow, your companion, Lloyd -- Debian, keeping the GNU in Linux. - Original Message - From: Mark Ferlatte [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [debian-user] I'm coming on board On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 06:39:28PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please please tell me that the install has significant improvements in woody? That is package 'boot-floppies', right? One would hope. On the other hand... I'm apparently one of the few people who have had no problems installing Debian. I mean, sure, the installer doesn't do much, but then again, I don't expect it to, 'cause it's just an installer. I figured everybody just did a minimal install and then apt-get'ed everything on demand. I think the trick is (which was mentioned in that article, somewhat): do an install, but don't select any tasks, or any additional packages, and certainly don't bother with the kernel modules stuff, except for your net driver. Let all of that get setup, and then go and install the rest of the stuff that you need. It also seemed like that article was sort of being (a little) unfair, since he was trying to use a network card that wasn't supported by the CD's he had, and he didn't have a floppy to use to copy the driver over. M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stale Documentation: ethernet cards
SUMMARY: * getting Debian setup is very likely to be very dependent on manually getting the ethernet card(s) online * Linux Ethernet-Howto is very stale! ** many other Howto's are also very stale! I am trying to shed the shackles of M$, but documentation has weighed upon me like a mountain. What has lead to the staleness? Is Bill's minions at work... I think not. This weekend I have spent much energy trying to get Debian Potato installed and that computer back on the internet. Long before I get to the very challenging part of getting it securely on the internet, I have been slowed to a crawl. PROBLEM: getting ethernet working on Debian Potato I have been RTFMing to exhaustion. My references include: * http://www.debian.org * http://www.linuxdoc.org * Cable Modem Providers HOWTO * Linux Ethernet-Howto * Learning Debian GNU/Linux * Running Linux 3rd Ed. * Debian Tutorial * http://sourceforge.net/projects/newbiedoc/ + a pile of debian-user posts, including a few very similar threads over the last few +days. + a slew of other installation accounts from websites It is absolutely amazing how well so many resources can dance around a detailed, relevant explaination. I am particularly disappointed in the Debian Install Manual -- as this is by the team that I want to play for! It is mindblowing that the most recent version of the Linux Ethernet - Howto is dated Oct 29, 2000 , and does not identify a huge array of ethernet cards (and possibly chipsets). I am not suggesting that this is Paul's fault. Have people been submitting updates? Over a year later this almost exactly describes my experience: http://dewbie.editthispage.com/stories/storyReader$21 http://dewbie.editthispage.com/stories/storyReader$22 Only I did not have a kewl weblog (very cool indeed), and I tend to RTFM... so my ending was not so (rapidly) happy :-( At debian-user, over this first weekend that I have subscribed, this issue has come up in various forms at least a dozen. Everytime, the community immediately identifies the exact issue for a particulary ethernet card. What exactly is your problem? You likely ask, I am very close to semi-enlightenment now. I will try my own hand before I bring it completely to you all. I feel the information presented above is a far more important issue. More emails to follow (not likely tonight), your companion, Lloyd -- Debian, keeping the GNU in Linux. __ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
