Re: Early tests of d-i 20130211 / d-i wheezy rc1
Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org wrote: Thank you very much. I guess it might be nice to also mention how to avoid running into this situation, maybe be preseeding the proper value at a given stage of the installation. I'll try and figure that out when testing images later today. Quite some time ago I found there are problems with preseeding more than one disk device name, which may still be relevant to this discussion. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666974 Kind regards Vince -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130219034840.gl...@mayhem.atnf.csiro.au
Re: Early tests of d-i 20130211 / d-i wheezy rc1
Holger Wansing li...@wansing-online.de (14/02/2013): -- Installation of grub bootloader may fail if more than one disc device is available When there is more than one disc available during installation (for example one harddisc and one usbstick, as it is commonly the case when you boot the installer from a usbstick), grub-install may run into problems: it was reported several times, that the grub bootloader was installed onto the usbstick instead of the harddisc, where the rest of the system was installed. In such cases it is possible to resolve the situation like this: boot into the rescue mode of the installer, chroot into your root filesystem, mount any additional boot partition you may have (if you have such), and run grub-install again. Thank you very much. I guess it might be nice to also mention how to avoid running into this situation, maybe be preseeding the proper value at a given stage of the installation. I'll try and figure that out when testing images later today. Thanks again. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Early tests of d-i 20130211 / d-i wheezy rc1
Hi, Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org wrote: Known (annoying) bug: grub-installer vs. several disks (that includes installing from usb/sda onto sdb), which should be fixed by prompting when unsure, but that's only getting into rc2 (if everything goes well); proposed wording for an errata item is gladly welcome. AFAICT that's been the case since at least squeeze. So I tried a proposal: -- Installation of grub bootloader may fail if more than one disc device is available When there is more than one disc available during installation (for example one harddisc and one usbstick, as it is commonly the case when you boot the installer from a usbstick), grub-install may run into problems: it was reported several times, that the grub bootloader was installed onto the usbstick instead of the harddisc, where the rest of the system was installed. In such cases it is possible to resolve the situation like this: boot into the rescue mode of the installer, chroot into your root filesystem, mount any additional boot partition you may have (if you have such), and run grub-install again. A solution for this is already on the way (crossing fingers). -- Holger -- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Created with Sylpheed 3.0.2 under D e b i a n G N U / L I N U X 6.0 ( S q u e e z e ) Registered LinuxUser #311290 - http://linuxcounter.net/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130214231417.7a07018d.li...@wansing-online.de
Re: Early tests of d-i 20130211 / d-i wheezy rc1 - what happened to powerpc?
On Feb 11, 2013, at 7:38 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Rick Thomas rbtho...@pobox.com (11/02/2013): Most (all?) architectures other than powerpc seem to have the 20130211 stuff. But the most recent stuff for powerpc is from November 2012. Anybody know why? http://packages.qa.debian.org/d/debian-installer.html shows the last upload happened in november 2012. https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=debian-installersuite=sid shows (at the time of writing) the build was successful but is awaiting a buildd maintainer's signature (that used to be the case for all archs, but most of them have autosigning now). I pinged the relevant admins after the builds succeeded, please allow for some hours of delay. Thanks! I checked, and it looks like this is fixed (at least for now). I'm not sure I understand what autosigning is, but can we get it for powerpc, too, so this doesn't happen again the next time? Enjoy! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/dddc1031-e019-4cfe-b195-7f2b2d36c...@pobox.com
Early tests of d-i 20130211 / d-i wheezy rc1
Hi folks, I've uploaded d-i 20130211, and the relevant bits (like mini.iso and other things) should soon be available on the mirrors, under dists/sid/main/installer-$arch; for example: http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-amd64/20130211 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-i386/20130211 Feel free to give them a shot while I'm drafting the release announce, and while the ftpmasters, release, and cd teams are busy. :) Holger, I don't know if you can tweak your jenkins setup into running tests against those text/gtk mini.iso (and maybe others?), but if you can, I'm happy to hear about the results. Known (annoying) bug: grub-installer vs. several disks (that includes installing from usb/sda onto sdb), which should be fixed by prompting when unsure, but that's only getting into rc2 (if everything goes well); proposed wording for an errata item is gladly welcome. AFAICT that's been the case since at least squeeze. Thanks for your tests, and time. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Early tests of d-i 20130211 / d-i wheezy rc1 - what happened to powerpc?
On Feb 11, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Hi folks, I've uploaded d-i 20130211, and the relevant bits (like mini.iso and other things) should soon be available on the mirrors, under dists/sid/main/installer-$arch; for example: http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-amd64/20130211 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer- i386/20130211 Feel free to give them a shot while I'm drafting the release announce, and while the ftpmasters, release, and cd teams are busy. :) Holger, I don't know if you can tweak your jenkins setup into running tests against those text/gtk mini.iso (and maybe others?), but if you can, I'm happy to hear about the results. Known (annoying) bug: grub-installer vs. several disks (that includes installing from usb/sda onto sdb), which should be fixed by prompting when unsure, but that's only getting into rc2 (if everything goes well); proposed wording for an errata item is gladly welcome. AFAICT that's been the case since at least squeeze. Thanks for your tests, and time. Mraw, KiBi. Most (all?) architectures other than powerpc seem to have the 20130211 stuff. But the most recent stuff for powerpc is from November 2012. Anybody know why? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2d581249-2d94-4e23-b943-9ff1488e1...@pobox.com
Re: Early tests of d-i 20130211 / d-i wheezy rc1 - what happened to powerpc?
Rick Thomas rbtho...@pobox.com (11/02/2013): Most (all?) architectures other than powerpc seem to have the 20130211 stuff. But the most recent stuff for powerpc is from November 2012. Anybody know why? http://packages.qa.debian.org/d/debian-installer.html shows the last upload happened in november 2012. https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=debian-installersuite=sid shows (at the time of writing) the build was successful but is awaiting a buildd maintainer's signature (that used to be the case for all archs, but most of them have autosigning now). I pinged the relevant admins after the builds succeeded, please allow for some hours of delay. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
