Bug#369793: installation-reports: net-retriever unable to fetch hw-detect-full
On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 09:18 +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 01:13:18PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > Package: installation-reports > > Severity: critical > > Justification: breaks the whole system > > > > Boot method: USB stick > > Image version: stable (Sarge) > > Date: June, 1st 2006 - 12AM GMT > > > > > > > I'm trying to install Debian stable on a i386 box. Medium used is a USB > > stick. > > > > Boot is OK. System hangs when downloading installer components at > > retrieving hw-detect-full with the message: > > > > The installer failed to download a file from the mirror > > > > Network connection is OK. I tried with +10 mirrors, same problem > > everywhere. > > Where all mirrors tried at the same day? > Could you retry today? > > I'm asking because suspect the file was missing on the mirror(s) > and I asume that the mirrors are okay now. Yes, indeed. It works fine now. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#369793: installation-reports: net-retriever unable to fetch hw-detect-full
Package: installation-reports Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system Boot method: USB stick Image version: stable (Sarge) Date: June, 1st 2006 - 12AM GMT Machine: i386 workstation Processor: AMD Sempron Memory: 512MB Root Device: not detected Partitions: no disk detected Initial boot worked:[O] <¿Funcionó el arranque inicial?> Configure network HW: [O] <¿Se configuró el hardware de red?> Config network: [O] <¿Se configuró la red?> Detect CD: [O] <¿Se detectó la unidad de CD?> Load installer modules: [E] <¿Se cargaron los módulos del instalador?> Detect hard drives: [E] <¿Se detectaron los discos duros?> Partition hard drives: [ ] <¿Se particionó el disco duro?> Create file systems:[ ] <¿Se crearon los sistemas de ficheros?> Mount partitions: [ ] <¿Se montaron las particiones?> Install base system:[ ] <¿Se instaló el sistema base?> Install boot loader:[ ] <¿Se instaló el gestor de arranque?> Reboot: [ ] <¿Reinició correctamente?> I'm trying to install Debian stable on a i386 box. Medium used is a USB stick. Boot is OK. System hangs when downloading installer components at retrieving hw-detect-full with the message: The installer failed to download a file from the mirror Network connection is OK. I tried with +10 mirrors, same problem everywhere. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#266595: installation-reports: [i386] [rc1] [netinst] reboot fails on SATA root partition
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: uname -a: Date: Method: Machine: i386 Processor: p4 2,8GHZ Memory: 512MB Root Device: SATA Root Size/partition table: Output of lspci: Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [E] Create file systems:[O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system:[O] Install boot loader:[O] Reboot: [E] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: I installed rc1 using the businesscard iso. Booted expert26. You guys made an impressive work but there are still some problems: - Most important, my root device is a SATA disk. Although the installer correctly loads the module and partition the disk, when rebooting after base installed, the boot sequence crashes, because it is unable to find a root partition. I guess this is because the sata_promise kernel module isn't compiled in the kernel but rather as a loadable module and thus the kernel needs to mount / to load the module and to load the module it needs to mount / first. The same chicken/egg problem that happens with loadable scsi modules. Do you have any fix for this ? Wouldn't it be better to have SATA support compiled in the kernel ? How can I get my system to boot now ? Now the less important stuff: - I was unable to choose Belgian keyboard, the installer says that such a layout isn't available - At the partition stage, I was unable to do the 'Manual Partitioning' clicking on that menu kept dropping me back at the previous menu. I tried partitioning from the console at Alt-F2 but never found out the device files. After digging around for a bit, I realized the devices files are now in /dev/ide. This is confusing and would probably need a help message: when booting the 2.4 installer image, my hard disk is at /dev/hde and when booting a 2.6 it is at /dev/ide/bus0/... -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.7 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ignored: LC_ALL set to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#142421: boot-floppies: bf2.4 flavor fails at uncompressing linux.bin
Package: boot-floppies Version: 20020411 Severity: important I downloaded all bf2.4 files from www.debian.org: rescue.bin root.bin linux.bin install.bat basedebs.tar and placed them in the correct directories (Note that it is nowhere explained where to place install.bat) of a FAT partition of a Windows 98 installed system. I rebooted Windows in DOS mode, cd'd to where install.bat was and launched it. System hangs saying: Uncompressing Linux... invalid compressed format (err=1) -- System halted -- System Information Debian Release: none yet -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Funny console colors
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 09:42:50PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > I did a new install on a PowerBase 150 this afternoon. When the > installer disk booted, the letters were bright red rather than > white. Then the installer system had a light orange/orange background > instead of black/blue. It was all readable, though, just odd. > > Finally when I got everything installed (went very smoothly btw), and > rebooted, the tty1 was still in bright red/black. The really interesting > part is that tty2 is dark red, tty3 is green, tty4 is apparently > black/black, tty5 dark blue, and tty6 seems to be dark green on a > lighter black background. > > Any clue how this is happening and how to fix it? All this sounds really cool ! Why do you want to fix it ? People use to complain Debian install is rather ugly and now we come with flashy colors ! waow ! -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fwd: cvs access problem (Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 07:17:26PM +0200)
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 11:49:21AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Eric Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > cvs login: authorization failed: server cvs.debian.org rejected access to > > /cvs/debian-boot for user ericvb > > This is the problem here. > > > Can anyone fix this ? Or am I doing it wrong somewhere ?? > > You are using a pserver account rather than ext/ssh ? On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 11:50:02AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Oh, I should have continued, pserver is illegal for folks who have > shell accounts on klecker. > I thought I fixed it but no, I didn't. Sorry for changing again, but it definitely doesn't work, even using ext:ssh [eric@femto:~/boot-floppies/documentation/fr]$ export CVS_RSH=ssh [eric@femto:~/boot-floppies/documentation/fr]$ export CVSROOT=:ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/debian-boot [eric@femto:~/boot-floppies/documentation/fr]$ cvs ci -m "Sync'ed with canonical version" post-install.sgml cvs [server aborted]: "commit" requires write access to the repository [eric@femto:~/boot-floppies/documentation/fr]$ What is this all about ? What's the problem ?? On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 11:36:34PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > I agree with Chris. Eric, I doubt there will be another boot-floppies > Potato release (unless the ARM folks insist on it, and I doubt that) > and in any case, we should be working on the upcoming release rather > than the old and crufty one. > > -- > ...Adam Di Carlo..<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...http://www.onshored.com/> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: next potato release ?
OK, never mind about the cvs access, I finally solved it. On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 11:36:34PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > I agree with Chris. Eric, I doubt there will be another boot-floppies > Potato release (unless the ARM folks insist on it, and I doubt that) > and in any case, we should be working on the upcoming release rather > than the old and crufty one. > > -- > ...Adam Di Carlo..<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...http://www.onshored.com/> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: next potato release ?
On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 11:36:34PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > I agree with Chris. Eric, I doubt there will be another boot-floppies > Potato release (unless the ARM folks insist on it, and I doubt that) > and in any case, we should be working on the upcoming release rather > than the old and crufty one. OK, once I have solved my cvs access problem. Although you mention in a previous email pserver access is forbidden to people with access on klecker, I still don't understand why I'm allowed to commit to the potato branch via pserver and not to the woody branch !? -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
next potato release ?
Hi, I'd like to know if efforts should still be spent updating French documentation of potato. Our French team is quite reduced, and it'd be nice to know whether there'll be another release of potato or not. I don't care about the dates, just want to know if it'll happen. If that's not the case, they we can safely concentrate on Woody. Thanks. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Who does the french translation of bf and di ? (me?)
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 12:03:12PM +0200, Martin Quinson wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to contact the french translator(s) of bf and di to see if they > need my help. > I used to maitain the French translation of the documentation of the boot-floppies for the last year. We currently have 2 branches, one for potato and one for woody. Obviously any help is always welcome ;) I guess you have write access to cvs/boot-floppies right ? -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Error loggin in anonimously boot-floppies CVS repository
Althoug I followed the instructions mentioned at http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/README-CVS?rev=1.9&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup I get this error [eric@curitiba:~/tmp]$ export CVSROOT=:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/debian-boot [eric@curitiba:~/tmp]$ cvs login Logging in to :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2401/cvs/debian-boot CVS password: cvs login: failed to open /home/eric/.cvspass for reading: No such file or directory cvs [login aborted]: fatal error: exiting [eric@curitiba:~/tmp]$ I can check-out though -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT "Real Programers don't use Pascal" \_|_/ Andago \/ \/ Av. Santa Engracia, 54 a n d a g o |--E-28010 Madrid - tfno:+34(91)2041100 /\___/\ http://www.andago.com / | \ "Innovando en Internet" [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ask.
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 03:00:57PM -0400, Javier Bermudez wrote: > > > How can i join to debian dev. group ? Please have a look at http://www.debian.org/devel/join -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: request: add keymap (sg-latin1)
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 11:03:26PM +0200, sen wrote: > hi > > is it possible to have "sg-latin1" keymap (that's for Swiss German Keyboards) > in the installation? > You could easily hack one by yourself and send the code to Debian so everyone'd helped. Regards, -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Harddrive Install Problem
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 12:36:45PM +, DOUGLAS CRAIG wrote: > Hi, I want to install GNU/Debian on my laptop which has no CDROM available > and I have encountered a problem with the install. > > The method I want to use is to install from my current Windows Partition. I > have the proper drivers.tgz, base2_2.tgz, loadlin.exe and root.bin on the > root directory of the Windows Partition and have my Debian Partition already > > set aside. > > When I get to the point of installing drivers.tgz the installer tries to > look for the file 'images-1.44/drivers.tgz' and it cannot find it. Yes, I have encoutered this problem a few times while trying to install using this method. Can't remember right now how I solved the problem, but if you have a look at the script that you launch for installing the system (install.sh ?) note where it expects the files to be and correct the script to point to where your files actually *are* (or move your files ;). A bug should be filed. Lots of people have had this problem. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: question
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 01:50:54AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i'm looking for a game that might have been included in one of your linux > os's the name of the game is mirror magic..if you can help me let me know > > nick Indeed this game is available in Debian. The package is called mirrormagic. http://packages.debian.org/stable/games/mirrormagic.html -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Weird error in debhelper parsing changelog
On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 11:06:21PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > Hi! > > I'm getting a weird error from debhelper; it says that it cannot parse > the changelog: > > ===[ cut ]=== > dh_gencontrol > parsechangelog/debian: error: badly formatted trailer line, at changelog line 6 > dpkg-gencontrol: error: syntax error in parsed version of changelog at line 0: empty >file > dh_gencontrol: command returned error code > make: *** [binary-arch] Error 1 > ===[ cut ]=== > > The weird thing with it is that dpkg-parsechangelog does not give any > errors: > > ===[ cut ]=== > $ dpkg-parsechangelog ; echo $? > Source: turqstat > Version: 2.1 > Distribution: unstable > Urgency: low > Maintainer: peter karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 22:45:00 +0200 > Changes: > turqstat (2.1) unstable; urgency=low > . ^^^ You sure about that period ? >* Cleaned up Debianization slightly. >* Made it possible to select date ranges for input. >* Added character re-encoding for most single-byte character sets used in > Fidonet and Usenet today. > 0 > ===[ cut ]=== > > And the latest portion of the changelog looks right to me: > > ===[ cut ]=== > turqstat (2.1) unstable; urgency=low > > * Cleaned up Debianization slightly. > * Made it possible to select date ranges for input. > * Added character re-encoding for most single-byte character sets used in > Fidonet and Usenet today. > > -- peter karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 17 Jul 2001 22:45:00 +0200 > ===[ cut ]=== > > It complains about line 6, which is part of the comment. This is really > weird, does anyone have any ideas? > > -- > \\// > peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ > > Statement concerning unsolicited e-mail according to Swedish law: > http://www.softwolves.pp.se/peter/reklampost.html > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: installation impasse
On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 01:02:51PM -0700, Andrew Young wrote: > Thanks for responding. I'm providing some feedback below: > > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 04:24:46PM -0700, Andrew T. Young wrote: > >> I'm trying to migrate from a Slackware system with kernel version 1.2.9 to the > >> current Debian stable release. I downloaded the boot, root, and 11 base floppies > >> for the "compact" version, and all went OK until I got to the part (after > >> re-booting from the boot floppy) about installing and configuring the rest of the > >> system, which requires access to the Net. > >> > >> My connection is a PPP link, and it runs through a funny modem that uses port 2f0 > >> and IRQ 2. On the 1.2.9 system, this is simply configured by setserial in > >> rc.serial. But this does not work on the Debian system, which reports "No such > >> device" although I made the /dev/ttyS14 entry with mknod. > >> > >> It appears that the serial-port code now lives in a module; but where do I find > >> it? > > > > Most modules are available and installable during the boot-floppies > > installation process (it's an option in the main menu, look for it). > > > If you are talking about the "load the driver-1.bin diskette" stage, I > did that. If you are talking about the "configure the drivers" step > that comes up when re-booting from the boot floppy, I don't see any > serial driver offered in those menus (which I believe are presented by > /sbin/update-modules). I'm talking about the "Install Operating System Kernel and Modules" and "Configure Device Driver Modules" steps. > > >> > >> It also appears that many other people have had similar problems (mostly while > >> trying to install Winmodems) -- a search for "debian" and "ttyS14" turns up > >> hundreds of pages of similar complaints, but no solution. This is not explained > >> in either the Serial-HOWTO or the Modem-HOWTO. > > > > What modem are you using ? is it a Lucent or similar ? If you had it running > > with Slackware/1.2.9 there's no reason it shouldn't work with Debian/2.2.19+ > > > The modem is a no-name thing that came with my clone -- I can't even find > a manual for it. But it has worked OK for about 5 years with the 1.2.9 > kernel. This is a 486 system, so it is a real hardware modem, not one of > those imitation things for Windows. > > >> It would be helpful if the installation program provided the means of setting up > >> this special port for those of us who need it. > >> > >> It would also be helpful if the instructions on how to do this were included in > >> one of the HOWTO documents. > >> > >> Furthermore, it would be nice if the necessary module (which I suspect is > >> "generic_serial.o") were readily available from the Debian ftp site. Apparently > > > > serial.o > > OK -- I'll check on that. Thanks for the pointer. I tried extracting > a copy of "generic_serial.o" from one of the 2.2.19 kernel packages and > inserting it, but got a message saying there was already a serial > driver in the kernel -- although lsmod shows nothing -- so I suppose it > is compiled in. I tried to create /dev/ttyS14 again with the > generic_serial module inserted, and got the same "No such device" > messages as before. > > Nevertheless, I'll try getting a copy of serial.o (which is not listed in > the menu provided by "update-modules" so far as I can see) and see if that > works any better. > > Do you know for a fact that /dev/ttyS14 works with the current kernel? I have used /dev/ttyS14 with my built-in modem succesfully for the last months. I don't use Debian official kernel package though. > Has anybody actually checked that this special *configurable* device > really functions in the current release? I am beginning to suspect there > is some incompatibility between setserial or mknod and the current kernel > for this device which has to be configured entirely after the fact. Please keep Cc'ing to debian-boot since other people might help you and/or be interested in your problem. There are people who know better than I too. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: installation impasse
On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 04:24:46PM -0700, Andrew T. Young wrote: > I'm trying to migrate from a Slackware system with kernel version 1.2.9 to the > current Debian stable release. I downloaded the boot, root, and 11 base floppies > for the "compact" version, and all went OK until I got to the part (after > re-booting from the boot floppy) about installing and configuring the rest of the > system, which requires access to the Net. > > My connection is a PPP link, and it runs through a funny modem that uses port 2f0 > and IRQ 2. On the 1.2.9 system, this is simply configured by setserial in > rc.serial. But this does not work on the Debian system, which reports "No such > device" although I made the /dev/ttyS14 entry with mknod. > > It appears that the serial-port code now lives in a module; but where do I find > it? Most modules are available and installable during the boot-floppies installation process (it's an option in the main menu, look for it). > > It also appears that many other people have had similar problems (mostly while > trying to install Winmodems) -- a search for "debian" and "ttyS14" turns up > hundreds of pages of similar complaints, but no solution. This is not explained > in either the Serial-HOWTO or the Modem-HOWTO. What modem are you using ? is it a Lucent or similar ? If you had it running with Slackware/1.2.9 there's no reason it shouldn't work with Debian/2.2.19+ > > It would be helpful if the installation program provided the means of setting up > this special port for those of us who need it. > > It would also be helpful if the instructions on how to do this were included in > one of the HOWTO documents. > > Furthermore, it would be nice if the necessary module (which I suspect is > "generic_serial.o") were readily available from the Debian ftp site. Apparently serial.o -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (sans sujet)
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 09:25:49AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > comment installer le system linux sur mon pc depuis le net Si tu parles anglais, jette un oeil à http://cdimage.debian.org -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Some feedback on installation attempts...
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 03:49:14PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 12:41:27AM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > He's coming from RedHat... was very disappointed to hear of this driver > > disk issue... (he claims you can do anything with RH installer, with > > just 2 disks... yea, right...) So I pointed him to the idepci "flavour", > > hahahahaha > > sorry > > > After the install asked him whether he wants woody or sid, it "died" > > trying to mount proc. (brings him back to the sid/woody screen) So he > > it wasn't /proc but /target/proc and this is fixed in 3.0.7 > > > Next, he says it tried to run ldconfig, which didn't exist. So he simply > > commented that out too. > > yeah im sure that will help > > > From what I understood, he got debootstrap running and downloading > > packages. At some point it ran (I quote) "ar -p | zcat | tar -xv some > > file", then it was "segfaulting and dying"... > > because he destroyed debootstrap. > > > After heated conversation and pointless ramblings, the "compact" flavour > > (potato) worked for him. (Followed by him again saying Debian should > > just copy RH's installer... hrmph.) > > send him back to redhat, we don't need trolls like that wasting our time. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA :) > > -- > Ethan Benson > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: installing potato on a dinosaurus ;-)
Well, why don't you try slink ? On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 08:03:17PM +0200, Mickaël wrote: > Dear Gurus, > > I write you as I'm desesparate ! > Debian Linux is my favorite distrib since it's the only free and > transparent one. Making a server using it is simply stable and > evolutive. > > Today, i've got a new ARCHAIC i486SX notebook with only 8 MB of RAM I > would turn into a network diag station using Potato. > Great, that's ok ... but the installation help mention clearly the need > of 12 MB of RAM ! I've tried to install it, ignoring this, but I've some > problem when the kernel tries to free some memory pages (it complains > ever and ever, installing is then impossible). > > I wouldn't install anything else but Potato, so what can I do. what are > the tips and tricks ? Is there no solutions to install my favorite OS on > such hardware limited machines (it was so pleasant to recycle my old > machines by the past with a full multi-user OS) ? or would I change to > FreeBSD instead (even if FreeBSD is a great one, I would be sad if my > dear Potato wouldn't install) ? > > Great thanks by advance for any help. > > Mickaël Suzenne > France > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unidentified subject!
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:03:05AM +0200, khuider mecheri wrote: > bonjour > je suis un jeune amateur qui s'interese a LINUX et je > voudrais savoir si ce OS est gratuit si oui où le > telecharge. Oui, Debian est gratuit et libre. Tu peux trouver plein d'informations à partir de la page www.debian.org > je vous re merci beaucoup De rien :) -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2.2r3 install: "Make boot floppy failed"
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 01:28:03PM -0700, bri r wrote: > Hi all, > > This is my first exposure to Debian, although I have used Red Hat for about a year. > > > > I got Debian 2.2r3 "Espy" through CheapBytes.com and the install goes fine until I >try "Make Boot Floppy" screen. Then it formats the disk and gives the error message >"Make Boot Floppy Failed..." I tried many floppies with the write-protect off. I >tried redoing the whole process again after verifying my floppy drive still works. >Any suggestions? I haven't found anything on the web or mailing list archives about >this. You can skip this test and go on with the installation anyway. You could then make a boot floppy when your system is installed. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: latest potato boot-floppy fails
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 01:29:40PM -0700, bri r wrote: > I used the idepci version of the latest boot-floppy for potato. The install.bat >script under DOS is pretty easy--thank-you. However, it failed at the same spot I >had a problem before, (search for "Make boot floppy failed"). It gives the same >error messages and behavior. Is there another way? I can't boot directly from hard >drive and Tom's rtbt is the difficult to use except for fdisk, (at least for a >novice, like me). A possibility is : Boot with Tom's rtbt, then #mount /mnt /dev/hda2 #chroot /mnt #lilo This should rewrite the MBR. Not sure whether I correctly understood your problem, though. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installer online help
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 10:42:51AM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: > On Sun Jun 10, 2001 at 08:38:50PM -0700, David Whedon wrote: > > That is a good point. The suggestion of dynmically using the busybox help > > probably doesn't treat transloations very well, unless busybox wants translated > > help. > > I'm willing to accept patches to properly internationalize busybox. But I > expect that is going to be a lot of effort with very little visible benefit. Very little visible benefit ? Are you stating that all new Debian users speak fluent English ? -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot)
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 03:40:22PM +0200, Juerg Oehler wrote: > hi, > > i was having a look at debian distribution after working with suse and > hat. first i loaded the installation guide down and studyed the hole thing. ^^ I guess you meant 'holy', didn't you ? > i did so by putting > driver-1.bin in and got the message, the floppy is not mountable. > > please tell me, which floppy was ment? > Please be sure your floppy was correctly written, maybe try with another diskette. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installer online help
Would it be an English-only file ?? Or is there a way of integrating it in boot-floppies/documentation tree so all translators can localize it ? On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 02:15:16PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > The online help for the installation system is of course quite limited due > to space limitations. However, the help that is available isn't really > enough for new users who are just being exposed to *nix for the first time. > We can't take on the job of *nix education within the installer, but I think > a few k would really be a good investment for new users. I'm willing to > scrounge a few k from other places if need be... > > Let's add a new 'help' command (hard linked to man and info) that just does > > nano-tiny -T15 -v /help.txt > > My proposed help.txt is attached (it looks best when viewed with the above > command). It's around 6500 bytes uncompressed. We might be able to leave out > some of the help lines and trim a few bytes, probably there are some > commands that new users shouldn't be using anyway. I already left out > commands that would seem to be useful or safe only within scripts. OTOH > maybe having a syntax prompt is helpful even for experienced people, for > infrequently-used system setup commands. This file was compiled from the > commands available in the powerpc installer system, probably there are a few > others needed for i386 etc. > > The busybox commands do have a one-line response for --help already, but > often times that one line is less than helpful - try cp, mount, and umount > for example. It would make more sense to dispense with those, or collect any > really valuable information together into one place people can quickly > browse thru or search. > > -- > > Chris Tillman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: demolinux debian
Could you submit your problem in English ? On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 12:32:20AM -0300, sebatião depaula santos wrote: > Tenho a versão demo linux N 4, mais estou com poblemas, o CD da o boot , pelo >CD-ROOM , mais quando chega no grafico trava, a tela fica toda preta, algumas vezes >consegui, que tudo funciona se bem. > Já tentei todas as soluções descritas na revista nada da certo o que voçê recomenda. > > Minha placa de video e uma Pine com SIS Chipset, 16M, > modelo SIS 305 16M agp. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: working on branch and trunk
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 02:25:41PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Eric Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Glad to know that. Until now, I used to update both potato and woody versions > > against canonical english files. Should I thus drop woody for now ? > > If you're working on changes to sync to potato, then work in the > potato branch. > > If you're working on changes to sync the docs to woody, then work on > the HEAD. > Is there a difference between HEAD and MAIN ? I think until now (before you made woody trunk [ahahaha]) I've always worked on MAIN. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: working on branch and trunk
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 02:25:41PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Eric Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Glad to know that. Until now, I used to update both potato and woody versions > > against canonical english files. Should I thus drop woody for now ? > > If you're working on changes to sync to potato, then work in the > potato branch. > > If you're working on changes to sync the docs to woody, then work on > the HEAD. That's what I did until now but then you couldn't merge french potato into woody. AFAIU, changes in woody docs are mainly merges from potato branch, am I right ? Also is there a point of working on the docs for woody if they are replaced later by potato's stuff (when merging) ? I don't feel like doing the job twice :-) [...] > > Generally folks who are not me should not be touching tags at all. We > only tag when we release. OK, I promise I won't tag. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Left-Alt vs Command/Apple
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 12:10:56AM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > Attached are patches to docs within boot-floppies/documentation/ and Attached to the message I received was nothing. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: working on branch and trunk
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 04:28:54AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Eric Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What do you mean 'French merge rolled back' ? > > I could not merge changes in 2.2.23 and 2.2.24 from potato onto the > woody version. They conflicted. > > I dunno. In general, if you are fixing something for Potato, it's > best not to fix it again in woody, since the branch merge would roll > those changes in. Glad to know that. Until now, I used to update both potato and woody versions against canonical english files. Should I thus drop woody for now ? > > > Apparently, I got files correctly marked as belonging to potato > > branch but they aren't tagged. Is it right ? > > Um, no, I didn't say that. Sorry, what i meant was : Is it normal the files I commit don't wear tags ? > > > Also, what mark of fertilizer do you usually use ? > > Eh? I don't have any garden... :) Neither do I, that's why I feel a bit lost. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unidentified subject!
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 06:30:30PM +0200, Tutor75 wrote: > Bonjour je tente d'installer une debian 2.2 sur une Sparc Ultra 5 > suite à un probleme avec le systeme actuel (Solaris 5.7) je suit donc > votre documentation mais je rencontre un probleme avec le fichier > rescue : > >http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-sparc/current/images-1.44/root.bin > > En effet le fichier fait 1.40 Mo, une diskette, formatté en Fat (je ne > peux pas la formater autrement, seul ma machine windows fonctionne) > peux contenir 1.38 Mo donc probleme. On ne peut malheureusement pas copier le fichier root.bin simplement sur une disquette à l'aide de la commande 'copy' par exemple. root.bin représente une image 'brute' de disquette (l'équivalent des fichiers .iso pour les CD-ROM de données). Le programme 'rawrite' inclus sur les disques d'installation Debian permet de générer les disquettes à partir des fichiers image type 'root.bin' Merci de votre intérêt pour Debian. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/en by aph
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 06:11:02PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en > who:aph > time: Wed May 30 18:11:02 PDT 2001 > > > Log Message: > > branch merge for changes in 2.2.24 and 2.2.25 Potato boot-floppies; > ARM porters in particular may wish to review what I did and possibly > back it out; French merge rolled back What do you mean 'French merge rolled back' ? I just began to work on potato branch. As the use of branches, trunks, scissors, etc. is new to me, I might have messed up things. Just let me know. Apparently, I got files correctly marked as belonging to potato branch but they aren't tagged. Is it right ? Also, what mark of fertilizer do you usually use ? -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sound card detection in base
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 10:57:44PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Hello world, > > Is there a package that helps configure your sound card in Debian yet? Are > any of sndconfig, alsaconf, or libdetect usable? > > If so (and assuming it works), I'd like to add it to the base system. If AFAIU, 'base system' is composed of packages of which priority >= important. I mainly use Debian to install servers, build routers, firewalls, etc ... Most people won't install a sound card in network servers. Just my own point of view. -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: default language setting on a fresh system
On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 11:45:57PM +0200, Marcin Owsiany wrote:
> On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 10:41:03AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> >
> > > Well the form I want it in is the correct form. "ll" is not a valid
> > > language code setting, "ll_LL" is.
> >
> > Ok -- are you saying dbootstrap *must* set it in the xx_YY form?
> >
> > > But I had been thinking that the
> > > boot-floppies were possibly setting this in /etc/environment
> >
> > No we do not. Taking language selection and forcing that to be global
> > would in fact be incorrect behavior, according to i18n experts.
> >
> > If anything, it could be set in /etc/skel/.bashrc or something.
>
> The problem is that for bash by default,
>
> login shells source _only_ .bash_profile, and
> interactive _non-login_ shells source _only_ .bashrc
>
> So there's no easy way to set LANG for both console and {x,g}dm
> logins.
What keeps you from sourcing .bashrc from .bash_profile ? That's what I use
here :
$grep bashrc ~/.bash_profile
# include .bashrc if it exists
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
source ~/.bashrc
$
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Re: trouble with /sbin/termwrap
On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 01:52:25PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > konstantin cherkasoff wrote: > > Why dbootstrap's dialog are without frames? Only colors and black shadows. > > This would be a bug in the new slang with wide character support. It seems > all slang programs have this problem at the console. > > > Another thing is more serious - after reboot on tty1 I saw > > > > /bin/sh: /sbin/termwrap: No such file or directory > > /bin/sh: exec: /sbin/termwrap: cannot execute: No such file or directory > > ... > > INIT: Id "1" respawninig too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > > > > What is "/sbin/termwrap" and where is it? > > Sigh, something needs to be done about this. Does anyone at all: > > a) know what termwrap does > b) know where the code to it went > c) want to package it up, and maintain the package [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted an ITP 1 week ago. We've got 2 threads on the same list about the same stuff going in 2 different directions ... -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: El arranque en powerpc
Hola Dani, Por suerte hablo español pero no hay mucha gente en esa lista que lo entiende. Unfortunadamente, no te puedo contestar. Seria mucho mejor que reenvies el mensaje en ingles, que es el idioma de la list. On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 06:05:24PM -0400, Daniel wrote: > Hice todo lo que me pedia el manual, para la instalacion de debian salte > el paso de hacer los floppies de arranque y en su lugar utilice yaboot > version 0.6 y escribi un shell bootee y abri open firmware, escribi setenv > boot-device hd://bootscript y luego mac-boot le di enter o return e inicio > el sistema con yaboot todo iba bien hasta salio el promt pero se paro con un > mensaje que decia; > > VFS: cannot open root device 00:de > Kernel panic: VFS:unable to mount root fs on 00:de > Rebooting in 180 seconds > > > mi e-mail es [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RFC] managing dependencies with levels
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 01:36:17PM +0200, Thierry Laronde wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 09:20:25PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote: > > Ok, im starting to see its advantages now. (i think) > > > > Are all the the different dependency types (pre-depends, depends, > > conflicts, replaces, provides) represented in the one tree ? > > In this system, if I'm not mistaken, there are no pre-depends. If a package > pre-depends on another, that means that is level is higher so the package it > predepends on will be automatically installed before. > > Conflicts and replaces have not the same function as the dependencies. The > tree is built with the dependencies. The other fields are handled using this > tree, but are not mirrored in it. > > > > I can see how it would work with just dependencies, if > > > > package C depends on package B and pre-depends on package A > > package A and package B have no dependencies > > > > Would package A and B both be at level 1 and package C be at level 2, if > > so how do you represent that B needs to be pre-installed rather than > > just installed ? > > Since level 1 is installed before level 2, B which is level 1 will be > installed automatically before C (which is level 2). There is no more > distinction needed. What happens if thereafter, you want to install a level-2 package D which depends on a level-1 package E ? Should all the level-2 packages be removed before E is installed and then re-installed along with D ? > -- > Thierry LARONDE, Centre de Ressources Informatiques, Archamps - France > http://www.cri74.org > PingOO, serveur de com sur distribution GNU/Linux: http://www.pingoo.org > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: woody idepci bootdisks broken? (dpkg-script after ftp?)
Woody hasn't been released yet. There's no final installer for it (scroll thru
the debian-boot mailing for details). Best thing you can do is yes, install
potato and 'apt-get upgrade' to woody.
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 12:14:24PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi !
>
> soon after i succesfully installed potato 2.2r2 via ftp
> and the idepci flopyps, (WORKED GREAT!!)
> i tried the same for woody.
>
> problem was that after it downloaded a lot of .deb files, only
> a few of them seemed to become installed.
>
> after installation i had to choose to make the box bootable.
> either way (mbr/bootdisk) failed due tu a missing lilo executable
> in /target.
>
> so the 'lilo' script died with: if not -x /usr/bin/lilo exit("problem").
> (or like that)
>
> so i guess someone updated the (lilo + other) packages (names),
> but not the deflate (dbpk) script to install them by the new name.
> (the lilo-package even had a percent character in its name...)
>
>
> noone other seems to have this problem (many seems to install woody with the
> potato set anyway) (carefully searched news+web using google)
>
> what can i do? i understand that it is testing, but a lot of people
> use woody, so after all they had to install it somehow. please help.
>
> 'dpkg lilo*deb' failed due to a 'apt-database not found' or so.
>
> - i completely dosformated the hdds before mke2fs / + /boot with installer.
> - i checked for badblocks + last of /boot < 1024. swap 20MB as first part.
> - i downloaded the woody idepci 1.4 disks twice on new floppys (11.apr ones)
> - i tried on 2 boxes (with eepro card) 486dx2-66 8/250mb & p133 50/2000MB
> - i underclocked the p133 to 100, and set the ram-speed to lowest.
> - i tried aproximately 5 times for each box. (with/without proxy)
> - i used http://http.us... and http://ftp.de. (seemed to work both so far)
> - i tried ne2000 and wd networking-cards additionaly. (dont ask why :-( )
>
> -once i've seen a crazy error on console 3 : debain-cd not found!
> directly after download of the deb-files. dunno why. (was FTP!)
> (needed restart to escape) ->unplugged the cd-drive then.
>
> so plain: i'm stuck. please help.
>
> next i will try is installing potato on both boxes, and 'bunk' them up.
> (need for iptables)
>
> thanx.
>
> please email me too if possible as i'm a user and dont subscribed to every
> debian-devel-list. thanx.
>
> kleistereimer.
>
> ps: minor oddity: installer requests the rescue floppy twice.
> (should/could be cached(??))
>+ netcard-moduleloader asks 'are you sure' + next dialog has a
> cancel-button.
> if you go a lot of times throught this procedure, you wont like it.
> (dont laught here!)
>
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Re: partitioning problem
On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 08:47:29AM -0800, Tim Veazey wrote: > I'm installing debian on a PC platform (old Pentium 166). During > installation, I partitioned four spaces. > > NameFlags...Part Type...FS Type.Size(MB) > --- > hda1BootPrimary.Linux ext2..100 > hda2Primary.Linux...200 > hda3Primary.Linux swap..64 > hda4Primary.Linux...1645 > > I want to mount / on hda1, /home on hda2, and /usr on hda4. However, > during the installation step "Mount a Previously-Initialized Partition" > I can only mount root '/'. For any other directory, it tells me "Mount > failed: No such file or directory". Do the mount points exist on / ? > > Now, if I just proceed past this, I can get the core OS installed ok, > but the only filesystem I have is root (reported by fs). I also tried > adding some entries to /etc/fstab and rebooting, but that didn't work. > Under /dev I see a LOT of hda devices (hda1, ..., hda13, etc). How > should I proceed from here? Thanks for your help. > > Sincerely, > > Tim Veazey > -Linux Newbie > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Eric Van Buggenhaut - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please don't send proprietary format documents, I can't open them. Use instead open-source formats like .txt or .rtf. Dvi, ps or tex files are welcome. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
