Re: Capturing install screenshots
On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 04:49:15PM -0700, Nicolas Lopez wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 06:03:12PM -0500, Robb Kidd wrote: > > Carpenter, Dean wrote: > > [ponder] Download the VMware 3.0 beta and install Debian in a virtual > > machine? In addition to the many X screen grabbers available, VMware > > provides its own screen-capture function. > Or much better: Use plex86 or bochs. That'll at least get you the x86 & > common screens. MOL might help with PPC/PMac specific parts. > Or.. Is there any reason why dbootstrap can't be run on a running system? > Just chroot the install initrd image and run it directly. I might have to > play with that tonight. I'll see if I can catch the ritual goat sacrifice > mentioned in my sig. I've done this before (not the ritual goat sacrifice - running dbootstrap on a live system). You just chroot it as normal. Get the install disks, work out which disk contains the binaries, and hunt around until you actually find the one that launches the install sequence - if you do it from an xterm then you can snapshot as much as you need. HTH, Matthew -- Matthew Sackman Nottingham, ENGLAND - The contents of this email are intended for the indicated recipient(s) only. This may or may not be indicated in the above email as it is enormously easy to fake email addresses (see the relevant RFCs). For security reasons this email is likely to be gnupg signed. On the other hand it may not be if I forgot to do so. In any case, if you are reading this on a Windows based computer then there was no point in me doing so (provided that I remembered) as your computer is most likely being used by yourself and 2.8 other people at the same time (normally without your consent). No responsibility will be accepted by anyone for any of the contents of this email. So tough. If in doubt, go compile Mozilla. PGP signature
Re: boot floppies drivers disk(s)
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 03:35:13PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 11:55:23AM +0100, Matthew Sackman wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 03:42:33AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > > > the split images are in a special format, use the floppy_split utilty > > > built during the b-f build process. > > > > The tar.gz of my modules is small enough to put on a single disk. Should > > I use the floppy_split utility even so to make it into the correct > > format? > > yes i think so, there is certain metadata dbootstrap seems to want. Thank you very much for your help - it seems to have worked perfectly. Cheers, Matthew -- Matthew Sackman Nottingham, ENGLAND Using Debian/GNU Linux Enjoying computing It said 'Required Windows XP or better.' So I installed Linux. PGP signature
Re: boot floppies drivers disk(s)
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 03:42:33AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 11:20:50PM +0100, Matthew Sackman wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > > > I'm customising the bootfloppies 3.0.13 1.44 images for my own installation > > and have replaced the kernel on the rescue disk without problems. > > > > I'm also now trying to change the contents of the drivers disk. The > > installation guide says that the drivers disk is a tar.gz of > > lib/modules/[kernel-version]. This is fine, but does the drivers disk have > > not quite, thats part of it, but theres more to it then that and a > simple tarball of /lib/modules won't work with b-f. > > > an FS of it's own, or should I copy the tar.gz of the modules directly > > to the disk with a dd command? > > the split images are in a special format, use the floppy_split utilty > built during the b-f build process. The tar.gz of my modules is small enough to put on a single disk. Should I use the floppy_split utility even so to make it into the correct format? Thanks, Matthew -- Matthew Sackman Nottingham, ENGLAND Using Debian/GNU Linux Enjoying computing It said 'Required Windows XP or better.' So I installed Linux. PGP signature
boot floppies drivers disk(s)
Hi Guys, I'm customising the bootfloppies 3.0.13 1.44 images for my own installation and have replaced the kernel on the rescue disk without problems. I'm also now trying to change the contents of the drivers disk. The installation guide says that the drivers disk is a tar.gz of lib/modules/[kernel-version]. This is fine, but does the drivers disk have an FS of it's own, or should I copy the tar.gz of the modules directly to the disk with a dd command? Thank you in advance, and my apologies if this is not quite the right mailing list. Matthew -- Matthew Sackman Nottingham, ENGLAND Using Debian/GNU Linux Enjoying computing It said 'Required Windows XP or better.' So I installed Linux. PGP signature
Re: boot disks 2.3.5
Many thanks for this - it rather solves the problem. In which case, what is the 'Preload modules' option for? - the menu description page in the install program didn't seem to make it very clear. With thanks, Matthew On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 04:52:22PM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 10:00:28PM +0100, Matthew Sackman wrote: > > > However, one thing comes to mind: if one is installing to, say, a hardware RAID > > array, which appears to linux as a single SCSI drive, but requires a module > > loading, then how do you do it? The 'Preload module' option seemed promising, > > but didn't seem to do what I was after. > > > > What would be the steps required: use the install floppies to create a new root > > floppy which contains the module required marked to be loaded, and then go into > > the install sequence? If so, then how does one achieve this? > > The full-up method can be found here: > > >http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-boot-floppy-techinfo.en.html#s-rescue-replace-kernel > > -- > Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Matthew Sackman Nottingham, ENGLAND Using Debian/GNU Linux Enjoying computing It said 'Required Windows XP or better.' So I installed Linux. PGP signature
boot disks 2.3.5
Hi there, May I firstly say how happy I am with the new boot disks - although I don't have to floppy disks to be able to do a full install, what I have tested seems to work very well indeed, and adds a number of very useful features over the potato install disks. However, one thing comes to mind: if one is installing to, say, a hardware RAID array, which appears to linux as a single SCSI drive, but requires a module loading, then how do you do it? The 'Preload module' option seemed promising, but didn't seem to do what I was after. What would be the steps required: use the install floppies to create a new root floppy which contains the module required marked to be loaded, and then go into the install sequence? If so, then how does one achieve this? Many thanks for your time - as I said, things are looking very good indeed. Matthew -- Matthew Sackman Nottingham, ENGLAND Using Debian/GNU Linux Enjoying computing It said 'Required Windows XP or better.' So I installed Linux. PGP signature
