Bug#233536: discover2-data: erroneous Prism module in pci-device.lst
Package: discover2-data Version: 2.2003.12.30-1 Greetings, The entry in /usr/share/discover/pci-vendor.xml for model_name='Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset' uses the incorrect orinoco_pci module; the correct module should be prism2_pci, which is provided by the linux-wlan-ng package's modules. (That is, at least on my laptop, orinoco_pci doesn't work, and prism2_pci does.) Zeen, -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#233535: discover-data: erroneous Prism module in pci.list
Package: discover-data Version: 1.2002.08.21-2 Greetings, The entry in /usr/share/discover/pci.lst for 1260 Harris Semiconductor 12603873 ethernet orinoco_pci Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset is wrong: the module should be prism2_pci, which is provided by the linux-wlan-ng package's modules. (That is, at least on my laptop, orinoco_pci doesn't work, and prism2_pci does.) Zeen, -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian-installer anyone?
On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 03:47, Geert Stappers wrote: On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 12:28:19AM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 15:13, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: [Adam C Powell IV] Greetings, Just wondering if anyone's tried ARM yet; if not, I might give it a go on my Netwinder... I'm not aware of anyone working on d-i for ARM yet. I look forward to your progress reports. Thanks. Just after the initial post, I looked at the d-i webpage, and noticed that someone named Vince (forgot the last name and am offline, sorry) has made a kernel-image udeb with which d-i boots, and is being sponsored by Othmar. Is this udeb available somewhere? At http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di/ are kernel images udebs available for i386, alpha and m68k. I don't know where the arm kernel went [1] Any one else with more information? Okay. While we're waiting on that, I can't seem to do an anonymous CVS checkout of d-i, I get connection refused. I haven't yet re-enabled my Debian DD account; I know I'd need to do that in order to commit, but is that deliberately a precondition to checking out d-i? Zeen, -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian-installer anyone?
On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 09:13, Thiemo Seufer wrote: Adam C Powell IV wrote: [snip] Okay. While we're waiting on that, I can't seem to do an anonymous CVS checkout of d-i, I get connection refused. I haven't yet re-enabled my Debian DD account; I know I'd need to do that in order to commit, but is that deliberately a precondition to checking out d-i? The repository moved to alioth. http://alioth.debian.org/scm/?group_id=1382 D'oh! I was looking at the old web page, which of course isn't updated. Got it just fine, just waiting on the kernel udeb, so I can set up build/config/arch/linux-arm and build away... Thanks, -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian-installer anyone?
On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 15:13, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: [Adam C Powell IV] Greetings, Just wondering if anyone's tried ARM yet; if not, I might give it a go on my Netwinder... I'm not aware of anyone working on d-i for ARM yet. I look forward to your progress reports. Thanks. Just after the initial post, I looked at the d-i webpage, and noticed that someone named Vince (forgot the last name and am offline, sorry) has made a kernel-image udeb with which d-i boots, and is being sponsored by Othmar. Is this udeb available somewhere? Zeen, -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
debian-installer anyone?
Greetings, Just wondering if anyone's tried ARM yet; if not, I might give it a go on my Netwinder... -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#139043: ARM] Please mention conflict with noinitrd boot option
Chris Tillman wrote: On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 08:14:36PM -0500, Rod Stewart wrote: On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Adam C Powell IV wrote: You probably do not want the 'netconfig_eth0 flash' set in the firmware with save-all. Really? I haven't had it interfere with my setup with save-all. What kinds of problems can it cause? Is it just that the network gets configured twice, once by the NeTTrom and once by the OS? Well, no it won't/shouldn't interfere with anything. The only thing is it will polute your /proc/cmdline. The network doesn't get configured twice, it is usually silently ignored. I moved that command to last. Is that right? Anything else awry here? A few last nitpicks below... Also, Rod, where is the dhcpd.conf stuff documented? === RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/documentation/en/rescue-boot.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.88 retrieving revision 1.89 diff -u -r1.88 -r1.89 --- boot-floppies/documentation/en/rescue-boot.sgml2002/03/20 05:42:42 1.88 +++ boot-floppies/documentation/en/rescue-boot.sgml2002/03/26 05:05:56 1.89 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ !-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking -- -!-- $Id: rescue-boot.sgml,v 1.88 2002/03/20 05:42:42 toff Exp $ -- +!-- $Id: rescue-boot.sgml,v 1.89 2002/03/26 05:05:56 toff Exp $ -- chapt id=rescue-bootBooting the Installation System p @@ -773,7 +773,8 @@ p Booting from the network requires that you have a network connection -supported by the boot floppies, a ![ %supports-rarp [ RARP or a ]] +supported by the boot floppies, including either a static network +address or a DHCP server, a ![ %supports-rarp [ RARP or a ]] BOOTP server, and a TFTP server. ![ %powerpc [ Currently, PReP and New World PowerMac systems support @@ -785,24 +786,61 @@ The installation method to support TFTP booting is described in ref id=install-tftp. -p -![ %arm [ On NetWinder machines, use the following commands at the -NeTTrom prompt: +![ %arm [ +RARP / BOOTP servers are not needed for NetWinder machines. + p +On NetWinder machines, the 10Mbps NE2000-compatible card is interface +eth0 and the 100Mbps Tulip card is interface eth1. NOTE: You need +NeTTrom 2.2.1 or later to boot the installation system. NeTTrom 2.3.3 is +recommended: get these files from +url id=ftp://ftp.netwinder.org/pub/netwinder/firmware/;: +listitemfile/nettrom-2.3-3.armv4l.rpm/ + itemfile/nettrom-2.3.3.bin/ + itemfile/nettrom-2.3.3.bin.md5sum/ +/list + p +After rebooting and interrupting the boot process during the countdown, you +must first configure the network either with a static address: +example +NeTTrom command- setenv eth0_ip 192.168.0.10/24 +/example +where 24 is the number of set bits in the netmask, or a dynamic address: +example +NeTTrom command- NeTTrom command- boot diskless !--(I don't know how to do this)-- +/example + p +You may also need to configure the ttroute1/tt settings if the TFTP +server is not on the local subnet. The rest of the config is pretty +standard (the save-all step is optional): + +-- To be deleted: + example NeTTrom command- setenv kernconfig tftp NeTTrom command- setenv rootdev /dev/ram0 NeTTrom command- boot /example -p -NOTE: You need NeTTrom 2.2.1 or later to boot the installation -system. NeTTrom 2.3.3 is recommended: get it from -fileftp://ftp.netwinder.org/devteam/andrewm/redhat/RPMS//file. -p -On CATS machines, use ttboot de0:/tt or similar at the Cyclone -prompt. -pThe installer can use Tulip or NE2000-compatible network cards. On -a NetWinder, the installer will configure the 10Mbps interface as eth0 -and the 100Mbps interface as eth1. + +-- + +example +NeTTrom command- setenv kerntftpserver 192.168.0.1 +NeTTrom command- setenv kerntftpfile tftpboot.img +NeTTrom command- save-all +NeTTrom command- setenv netconfig_eth0 flash +NeTTrom command- setenv kernconfig tftp +/example + p +Only the last two of these interfere !--of these interferes-- with normal disk booting, so it is +safe to save-all right before it, which will store the network settings +in case you need to boot from the network again. Use the printenv +command to review your environment settings. Finally, if your +cmdappend NeTTrom variable has the noinitrd option (which is +necessary to boot 2.4 kernels), you must remove it so the downloaded +kernel can boot with its attached ramdisk. + p +On CATS machines, use ttboot de0:/tt or similar at the Cyclone prompt. + ]] Thanks very much, this is great! -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://lyre.mit.edu/%7Epowell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#139043: ARM] Please mention conflict with noinitrd boot option
Chris Tillman wrote: On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 07:06:14AM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.10-2002-03-14 Greetings, Users of current netwinder 2.4 kernels must boot with option noinitrd in the cmdappend NeTTRom firmware variable. Unfortunately, this disables the loading of the initrd when netbooting from the rescue image. Please mention the need to remove noinitrd when booting this system. Thank you, -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 I would be happy to put something in, but can you be more specific? You don't have to put together a formal patch, just give me some words I can cut and the section of the manual I should paste it into. Okay. I'll need some help from the debian-arm list though, since I just looked at the the docs, and IMO there should be a lot more info there which could use some feedback (and one thing which I need help on). Let's start with section 5.4, Booting from TFTP, here's my suggestion: Booting from the network requires that you have a network connection supported by the boot floppies, including either a static network address or a DHCP server, and also a TFTP server. RARP or BOOTP servers may also be needed for non-NetWinder machires. The installation method to support TFTP booting is described in (link)Preparing Files for TFTP Net Booting, Section 4.4. On NetWinder machines, the 10Mbps NE2000-compatible card is interface eth0 and the 100Mbps Tulip card is interface eth1. NOTE: You need NeTTrom 2.2.1 or later to boot the installation system. NeTTrom 2.3.3 is recommended: get it from |ttftp://ftp.netwinder.org/devteam/andrewm/redhat/RPMS/| /tt. After rebooting and interrupting the boot process during the countdown, you must first configure the network either with a static address: NeTTrom command- setenv eth0_ip 192.168.0.10/24 where 24 is the number of set bits in the netmask, or a dynamic address: NeTTrom command- (I don't know how to do this) You may also need to configure the ttroute1/tt settings if the tftp server is not on the local subnet. The rest of the config is pretty standard (the save-all step is optional): NeTTrom command- setenv netconfig_eth0 flash NeTTrom command- setenv kerntftpserver 192.168.0.1 NeTTrom command- setenv kerntftpfile tftpboot.img NeTTrom command- save-all NeTTrom command- setenv kernconfig tftp Only the last of these interferes with normal disk booting, so it is safe to save-all right before it, which will store the network settings in case you need to boot from the network again. Use the printenv command to review your environment settings. Finally, if your cmdappend NeTTrom variable has the noinitrd option (which is necessary to boot 2.4 kernels), you must remove it so the downloaded kernel can boot with its attached ramdisk. On CATS machines, use ttboot de0:/tt or similar at the Cyclone prompt. Okay. This is kind of NetWinder-centric, but that's what I have so others can add their subarch's stuff. Section 4.4 should also be modified: You need to setup a RARP server or a BOOTP or a DHCP server, as well as a TFTP server. You need to setup a TFTP server, and for non-NetWinder machines, a RARP server, a BOOTP server, or a DHCP server. (comments?) Thanks, -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://lyre.mit.edu/%7Epowell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#139041: boot-floppies: [ARM] Looking for kernel in all the wrong places
Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.10-2002-03-14 Severity: serious In the Install operating system and modules step, the installer looks for netwinder/images-1.44/rescue.bin which doesn't exist. There is netwinder/images-2.88/rescue.bin, so we perhaps need to look for that instead, or else need to generate images-1.44/rescue.bin. Thanks, -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://lyre.mit.edu/%7Epowell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#139043: [ARM] Please mention conflict with noinitrd boot option
Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.10-2002-03-14 Greetings, Users of current netwinder 2.4 kernels must boot with option noinitrd in the cmdappend NeTTRom firmware variable. Unfortunately, this disables the loading of the initrd when netbooting from the rescue image. Please mention the need to remove noinitrd when booting this system. Thank you, -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://lyre.mit.edu/%7Epowell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Alpha Boot Floppies: new version
Falk Hueffner wrote: We could also need a tester for nautilus, since I have no idea about the current state. I have a nautilus to test on, but not much time; will try to test by end-of-week, after 3.0.10 is built. Zeen, -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://lyre.mit.edu/%7Epowell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
