Re: Many comments to Beta 3
On 27/08/06, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Eddy Petrişor wrote: > Indeed, this was discussed many times, but I think the main stopper is > their real meaning (which in turn is 0 information for a newbie user). > > I would suggest: > businesscard -> keychain > netinst remains this way or -> minidisc The businesscard CD is targeted at the CD images that are the size and shape of a business card. Due to only having a usable small circular area in the center, these are limited to something less than 100 mb of data. I *think* I have seen only onc such a CD, and I have seen more often minicd-s (about 200MB). Does this hold true for others, too? And netinst is targeted at installation from the net, as opposed to installing from businesscard, for the former? The current naming scheme is inconsistent, IMHO, that's why I think it would be good to improve this. My proposal(with minidisc) would make this possible by allowing to say the name is related to the size of the medium on which the image could be written to. Or, what if we make some "ghost" images which are in fact symlinks to current buiunesscard images and are named keychain (or usbstick, or whatever is better)? -- Regards, EddyP = "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein
Re: Many comments to Beta 3
Eddy Petrişor wrote: > Indeed, this was discussed many times, but I think the main stopper is > their real meaning (which in turn is 0 information for a newbie user). > > I would suggest: > businesscard -> keychain > netinst remains this way or -> minidisc The businesscard CD is targeted at the CD images that are the size and shape of a business card. Due to only having a usable small circular area in the center, these are limited to something less than 100 mb of data. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Many comments to Beta 3 networking stuff
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 08:42:19PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 01:36:00PM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 11:39:22AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:26:58AM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote: > > > > (please CC: me) > > > > My PC is connected via eth0 with my notebook which itself is connected > > > > (via eth2) > > > > to my router. There is no direct connection to the router. I enter my > > > > notebook as > > > > gateway but cannot specify a nameserver (I have not installed bind). > > > > I would like to use my router as nameserver but this requires a > > > > route add -host gw > > > > which I currently start manually from another console or ssh. > > So > [Inet--Router] )) (( [eth2:Laptop:ethX] --- [eth0:PC] > > Legenda: > > [ ] = "physical device" > )) (( = wireless connection >--- = cable connection > > > post-up route add --host gw > > is missing in /etc/network/interfaces, which I add always manually (it's > > Next is how I would configure a netwerk as yours. > > Assume that the router has IP address 192.168.0.1 due default factory > settings and eth2 is 192.168.0.23, which might DHCP assigned. (I try to always avoid DHCP for a small network <5 PCs since this speeds network initialisation up by 3-5 seconds. It's only required for netbooting which most of my hardware does not support.) > Import is that they are in the same IP network. > (In a class C network need the first three octets to match) > > Make ethX 192.168.6.1 and eth0 in the PC 192.168.6.2. > On the PC is 192.168.6.1 configured as his "default gateway. > > You have now two seperate IP networks 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.6.0 > To make it possible that the PC can to the Internet, you have the enable > IP forwarding in the laptop. The command for this is: > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward No, it's no longer so easy. You also have to do on the same host: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o br0 -j MASQUERADE where br0 is the network device. > (Again: Do that on the _laptop_ ) > > Tell the PC that it's nameserver is 192.168.0.1, your router. Hmm, indeed. Using two distinct networks probably will do what I want. That's also my very old configuration, but since some time I use bridging so that all devices are (locically) in the same network. That's why [eth0:PC] thinks it can reach the router directly without using [eth2:Laptop:ethX]. Maybe I will restore this configuration, thanks. > > > Back to your question: > > > > Is there a fixed IP list of nameservers available? Or maybe a Debian > > > > mirror IP list? > > > > > > Please don't waste your time on typing in IP-addresses. > > > > Would it be so bad to have a fixed IP list in d-i? Remember that DNS server > > are sometimes down (happens approximately twice per year for me for > > short time). > > An outdated (fixed) IP list is much worse then a DNS that _might_ fail. I would not suggest to use it in the installed system, but for the proper system installation from a mirror it may be handy. But I agree that it may not be worth the trouble ... > The ultimate test would be another install where the PC is configured > as: > > IP address = 192.168.6.2 > Netmask = 255.255.255.0 > Gateway = 192.168.6.1 > DNS = 192.168.0.1 I have no doubt that this would work. Thanks, Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Many comments to Beta 3 networking stuff
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 01:36:00PM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote: > Hi Geert, Hello All, > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 11:39:22AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:26:58AM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote: > > > (please CC: me) > > > > > > Network configuration: > > > My PC is connected via eth0 with my notebook which itself is connected > > > (via eth2) > > > to my router. There is no direct connection to the router. I enter my > > > notebook as > > > gateway but cannot specify a nameserver (I have not installed bind). > > > I would like to use my router as nameserver but this requires a > > > route add -host gw > > > which I currently start manually from another console or ssh. > > > > > > I know that there exists various solutions (nevertheless I like my > > > current configuration): > > > * installation of a nameserver on the notebook > > > * direct connection to the router > > > * DHCP > > > > > > If I do not enter a nameserver and go back to the manual network config, > > > the > > > nameserver is preseeded with the gateway! Also my "No" to DHCP usage is > > > not > > > remembered, the default is always "Yes". > > > > > > Is there a fixed IP list of nameservers available? Or maybe a Debian > > > mirror IP list? > > > > > > I see a picture of four items: computer, laptop, router & Internet. [ wrong picture ] > No, its: > Inet --- Router --- Laptop --- PC > (Inet--Router) --- (eth2:ethX) --- (eth0) > > > I assume that the laptop is being installed, but I could be wrong. > > No, the PC. > Again: The laptop has full access to the router via eth2 (wireless). The > PC uses the Laptop as gateway but cannot resolve the nameserver, because the > router is connected to eth2 not eth0. So [Inet--Router] )) (( [eth2:Laptop:ethX] --- [eth0:PC] Legenda: [ ] = "physical device" )) (( = wireless connection --- = cable connection > post-up route add --host gw > is missing in /etc/network/interfaces, which I add always manually (it's > still easier as to install bind on the laptop). > (Would it harm to add such a line by default, even if the > gateway is not required for connection?) It is as harmfull as beating a horse. Only the horse is hurt (meaning _you_ don't feel the pain) But there is _no reason_ to beat the horse. Next is how I would configure a netwerk as yours. Assume that the router has IP address 192.168.0.1 due default factory settings and eth2 is 192.168.0.23, which might DHCP assigned. Import is that they are in the same IP network. (In a class C network need the first three octets to match) Make ethX 192.168.6.1 and eth0 in the PC 192.168.6.2. On the PC is 192.168.6.1 configured as his "default gateway. You have now two seperate IP networks 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.6.0 To make it possible that the PC can to the Internet, you have the enable IP forwarding in the laptop. The command for this is: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward (Again: Do that on the _laptop_ ) Tell the PC that it's nameserver is 192.168.0.1, your router. Please verify full network functionality on the PC. > > Back to your question: > > > Is there a fixed IP list of nameservers available? Or maybe a Debian > > > mirror IP list? > > > > Please don't waste your time on typing in IP-addresses. > > Would it be so bad to have a fixed IP list in d-i? Remember that DNS server > are sometimes down (happens approximately twice per year for me for > short time). An outdated (fixed) IP list is much worse then a DNS that _might_ fail. > > I'm will to help you find a better way to achive your goal. > > OK. Let me/us known if you have now a nice working network. The ultimate test would be another install where the PC is configured as: IP address = 192.168.6.2 Netmask = 255.255.255.0 Gateway = 192.168.6.1 DNS = 192.168.0.1 Cheers Geert Stappers -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE70SLOSINbgwa/7sRApcvAJ4lwepg2FesPuXQoso0xp2f4vhJLwCfS0YV swvrHeOnlAKr8J5oKknXhYw= =x8zd -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Many comments to Beta 3
On 24/08/06, Jens Seidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, (please CC: me) I tested the current Beta 3 of the installer (my aim was not to install a new system, that's why I send no installation report) and want to inform you about my experiences. There are many little issues which are mostly not very important. I used the netinst image from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta3/i386/iso-cd/. The first confusing fact are the names: debian-testing-i386-businesscard.iso (38MB) debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso (139MB) I know this has been already discussed in the past but now I have a local pocket CD available and noticed that it fits up to 210 MB. So it's sufficient large for a netinst CD. The businesscard ISO name is that's why confusing. Why not swap the names? (A netinst CD is also useful as rescue system, ... without network connection at all, a businesscard CD probably not.) Indeed, this was discussed many times, but I think the main stopper is their real meaning (which in turn is 0 information for a newbie user). I would suggest: businesscard -> keychain netinst remains this way or -> minidisc The following refers to the graphical user frontend and expert mode but I also tested the newt and partially text frontend: There is a "Screenshot" button which I cannot select/use. I tried TAB and cursor keys, no success! An Alt+S shortcut (which is visible via: "_Screenshot") would be nice. I tried also my print key but the button appearance did not change (no pressed+release animation or something fancy like this). I think I have seen at some point the request to make screeshots via the Print key possible, or, even better via Alt+S. Probably, if a bug is not filled (I have looked and haven't found one with an obvious name), it should be filled. I have also an ugly mouse cursor in the middle of the screen. Since the mouse does not work I suggest to hide it (e.g. by moving it to the bottom right corner). Maybe, placing it there, but over the screenshot button :) . Seriousely, it should be visible, but in a no-button area, so users with a mouse don't get confused. Or maybe is possible to detect non-working mouses and hide the cursor? The string "Choose language" at the beginning of the installation process (e.g. during the locale selction) is not translated even after I selected German. After a "Go Back" and reconfiguration it changed into the mixed term "Sprache wählen/Choose language". The language setting is enabled after is selected and localchooser runs. It is not selected on the spot. Also untranslated: "Configure and start a PPPoE connection" (main menu) For that a translation for the po-debconf template of the ppp package is needed, which is not a part of D-I nor its levels (yet). After ppp-udeb gets more testing it might become. But that is no reason to not send a new or an updated translation into BTS. I get the message "This computer may have a PCMCIA interface." but I definitively have no PCMCIA interface, only two ordinary ethernet cards (one is a ISA card). It says "may have", it lets you decide that ;-) . AFAIK there is no reliable way to say "yes" or "no" ATM. My PC is connected via eth0 with my notebook which itself is connected (via eth2) to my router. There is no direct connection to the router. I enter my notebook as gateway but cannot specify a nameserver (I have not installed bind). I would like to use my router as nameserver but this requires a route add -host gw which I currently start manually from another console or ssh. I know that there exists various solutions (nevertheless I like my current configuration): * installation of a nameserver on the notebook * direct connection to the router * DHCP Why not configure your DHCP server to provide the correct nameserver and router options? May I suggest dnsmasq, which is really good at this thing. I was also once able to enter the "Continue with SSH" menu without a current network configuration (the IP adress is the dialog was empty, also the ifconfig output). IIRC I did the following: I entered a proper static network and selected later PPPoE which failed and destroyed my configuration. "Go Back" in "Detect disks" goes to partitioner, not to main menu. That is because you are "inside" partman. That is the correct behaviour, and is documented in the manual. I cannot revert a proposed LVM partitioning of a whole disk. Nothing happens if I select revert. I can remove all physical volumes manually but the related logical volumes (which use removed PV!) cannot be removed! AFAIK, you have to configure LVM accordingly and delete those first. Another issue: I found a reference to the netinst CD four times in my /etc/apt/sources! Two are commented out. I think this has been reported (and fixed?) recently. Once for each time apt sources menu was visited. -- Regards, EddyP = "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein
Re: Many comments to Beta 3 networking stuff
Hi Geert, On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 11:39:22AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:26:58AM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote: > > (please CC: me) > > > > Network configuration: > > My PC is connected via eth0 with my notebook which itself is connected (via > > eth2) > > to my router. There is no direct connection to the router. I enter my > > notebook as > > gateway but cannot specify a nameserver (I have not installed bind). > > I would like to use my router as nameserver but this requires a > > route add -host gw > > which I currently start manually from another console or ssh. > > > > I know that there exists various solutions (nevertheless I like my current > > configuration): > > * installation of a nameserver on the notebook > > * direct connection to the router > > * DHCP > > > > If I do not enter a nameserver and go back to the manual network config, the > > nameserver is preseeded with the gateway! Also my "No" to DHCP usage is not > > remembered, the default is always "Yes". > > > > Is there a fixed IP list of nameservers available? Or maybe a Debian mirror > > IP list? > > > I see a picture of four items: computer, laptop, router & Internet. > But I have doubts about the connections, especial because the two network > cards in a system. I'm gonna try: > > Inet --- Router --- PC --- Laptop > > > ---(Inet--Router) --- (eth2:PC:eth0) --- (ethX:Laptop) No, its: Inet --- Router --- Laptop --- PC (Inet--Router) --- (eth2:eth0) --- (eth0) > I assume that the laptop is being installed, but I could be wrong. No, the PC. Again: The laptop has full access to the router via eth2 (wireless). The PC uses the Laptop as gateway but cannot resolve the nameserver, because the router is connected to eth2 not eth0. post-up route add --host gw is missing in /etc/network/interfaces, which I add always manually (it's still easier as to install bind on the laptop). (Would it harm to add such a line by default, even if the gateway is not required for connection?) > So halting further thinking about it. > > > Back to your question: > > Is there a fixed IP list of nameservers available? Or maybe a Debian mirror > > IP list? > > Please don't waste your time on typing in IP-addresses. Would it be so bad to have a fixed IP list in d-i? Remember that DNS server are sometimes down (happens approximately twice per year for me for short time). > I'm will to help you find a better way to achive your goal. OK. Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Many comments to Beta 3, Serial console
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:26:58AM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote: > Hi, > > (please CC: me) > > I tested the current Beta 3 of the installer (my aim was not to install a new > system, that's why I send no installation report) and want to inform you about > my experiences. > Is there any reason why the kernel option for the serial console > (console=ttyS0,115200n8) is not used by default > (or at least mentioned in the help screens)? May it cause trouble > without serial interface? Good question. My opinion is that most people think "a computer HAS video output". The really stupid thing is that blade servers for in a rack also have video output. [1] For your information: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/debian-installer/installer/build/boot/x86 $ svn diff Index: f6.txt === - --- f6.txt (revision 40183) +++ f6.txt (working copy) @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Protect I/O port regions 0freserve=0biobase0f,0bextent07[0f,0b...07] Workaround faulty FPU (old machines) 0fno38707 Laptops with screen display problems 0fvga=77107 +Use first serial port at 9600 baud 0fconsole=ttyS0,9600n807 If you experience lockups or other hardware failures, disable buggy APIC interrupt routing 0fnoapic nolapic07 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/debian-installer/installer/build/boot/x86 $ svn commit -m "mention serial console > (also showing respect to Jens Seidel)" Sendingx86/f6.txt Transmitting file data . Committed revision 40184. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/debian-installer/installer/build/boot/x86 $ Cheers Geert Stappers [1] A possible reason for video hardware in servers might be spending money on expensive KVM switches. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE7X4EOSINbgwa/7sRAsk9AJ0fFAESopaHGHZ4MKI3TQcgQe18jwCggXez +dkbCx5R3ARAqFGpoS6MUAY= =8Ky/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Many comments to Beta 3, partman-crypto yes / no
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 10:57:58AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:26:58AM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote: > > Hi, > > > > (please CC: me) > > > > I tested the current Beta 3 of the installer (my aim was not to install a > > new > > system, that's why I send no installation report) and want to inform you > > about > > my experiences. > > > #. This shows up in a screen summarizing options and will be followed > > #. by "yes" or "no" > > #: ../partman-crypto.templates:113 > > msgid "Erase data:" > > Why are "yes" and "no" not translated? Those strings were just hardcoded in partman-crypto until version 10; version 9 was included in beta3. They can now be translated thanks to a patch by Miroslav Kure. cheers, Max -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Many comments to Beta 3 networking stuff
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:26:58AM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote: > Hi, Hello Jens, > (please CC: me) > > I tested the current Beta 3 of the installer (my aim was not to install a new > system, that's why I send no installation report) and want to inform you about > my experiences. > Network configuration: > My PC is connected via eth0 with my notebook which itself is connected (via > eth2) > to my router. There is no direct connection to the router. I enter my > notebook as > gateway but cannot specify a nameserver (I have not installed bind). > I would like to use my router as nameserver but this requires a > route add -host gw > which I currently start manually from another console or ssh. > > I know that there exists various solutions (nevertheless I like my current > configuration): > * installation of a nameserver on the notebook > * direct connection to the router > * DHCP > > If I do not enter a nameserver and go back to the manual network config, the > nameserver is preseeded with the gateway! Also my "No" to DHCP usage is not > remembered, the default is always "Yes". > > Is there a fixed IP list of nameservers available? Or maybe a Debian mirror > IP list? I see a picture of four items: computer, laptop, router & Internet. But I have doubts about the connections, especial because the two network cards in a system. I'm gonna try: Inet --- Router --- PC --- Laptop ---(Inet--Router) --- (eth2:PC:eth0) --- (ethX:Laptop) I assume that the laptop is being installed, but I could be wrong. So halting further thinking about it. Back to your question: > Is there a fixed IP list of nameservers available? Or maybe a Debian mirror > IP list? Please don't waste your time on typing in IP-addresses. I'm will to help you find a better way to achive your goal. Send an updated picture of your network (or a confirmation about the above) provide also which IP adres each interface should have. Cheers Geert Stappers P.S. Jens: Doing _this_ off-list is fine for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Many comments to Beta 3, partman-crypto yes / no
On Thu, August 24, 2006 10:57, Geert Stappers said: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:26:58AM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote: >> Why are "yes" and "no" not translated? > > AFAIK is there some generic code in d-i to translate in a single place. > > I have no idea why partman-crypto doesn't use it. That was bug #382605, fixed in partman-crypto 10 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Many comments to Beta 3, partman-crypto yes / no
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:26:58AM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote: > Hi, > > (please CC: me) > > I tested the current Beta 3 of the installer (my aim was not to install a new > system, that's why I send no installation report) and want to inform you about > my experiences. > #. This shows up in a screen summarizing options and will be followed > #. by "yes" or "no" > #: ../partman-crypto.templates:113 > msgid "Erase data:" > Why are "yes" and "no" not translated? AFAIK is there some generic code in d-i to translate in a single place. I have no idea why partman-crypto doesn't use it. GSt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Many comments to Beta 3
Hi, (please CC: me) I tested the current Beta 3 of the installer (my aim was not to install a new system, that's why I send no installation report) and want to inform you about my experiences. There are many little issues which are mostly not very important. I used the netinst image from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta3/i386/iso-cd/. The first confusing fact are the names: debian-testing-i386-businesscard.iso (38MB) debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso (139MB) I know this has been already discussed in the past but now I have a local pocket CD available and noticed that it fits up to 210 MB. So it's sufficient large for a netinst CD. The businesscard ISO name is that's why confusing. Why not swap the names? (A netinst CD is also useful as rescue system, ... without network connection at all, a businesscard CD probably not.) I also suggest to create links in iso-dvd/ as well, since these are also valid DVD images. The following refers to the graphical user frontend and expert mode but I also tested the newt and partially text frontend: There is a "Screenshot" button which I cannot select/use. I tried TAB and cursor keys, no success! An Alt+S shortcut (which is visible via: "_Screenshot") would be nice. I tried also my print key but the button appearance did not change (no pressed+release animation or something fancy like this). I have also an ugly mouse cursor in the middle of the screen. Since the mouse does not work I suggest to hide it (e.g. by moving it to the bottom right corner). Or is there a proper mouse support for some types of mice? I use an ordinary three button serial mouse (/dev/ttyS1) with the Microsoft mouse protocol. There is no way to configure the mouse but gpm (maybe using a repeater mode so that the graphical frontend (and later X?) needs to understand only one protocol) is easy to configure and could also be used to copy and paste text during the installation. Update: I bought a USB mouse today which works. Also important and probably very easy to fix: Three dots (...) are displayed as "..". The text frontend handles this right. Maybe I should use U+2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS (…). Is this supported? What about en-dashs (are these also supported in the newt,text,... frontends)? Is there any reason why the kernel option for the serial console (console=ttyS0,115200n8) is not used by default (or at least mentioned in the help screens)? May it cause trouble without serial interface? I get in minicom no fancy ascii graphic (UTF-8 terminal): +��+ [?] Debian installer main menu +���+ Also only C and English locale can be used. What encoding works via serial console, only 7 bit ascii (that's not yet contained in the manual!)? Also the newt frontend is still not able to handle 8 bit character input, e.g. for the file system label. Entering such a string destroys the dialog. Even if I specify "console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0" I cannot access the menu on the PC, only via serial console (but the kernel messages occur on both terminals). Is this a debian-installer limitation because it uses only the first console= argument? The string "Choose language" at the beginning of the installation process (e.g. during the locale selction) is not translated even after I selected German. After a "Go Back" and reconfiguration it changed into the mixed term "Sprache wählen/Choose language". Also untranslated: "Configure and start a PPPoE connection" (main menu) #. This shows up in a screen summarizing options and will be followed #. by "yes" or "no" #: ../partman-crypto.templates:113 msgid "Erase data:" Why are "yes" and "no" not translated? The following translation (a dialog title) will be truncated: #: ../partman-base.templates:304 msgid "Partition disks" The text which occurs in the dialog is short: #: ../partman-partitioning.templates:110 msgid "Type for the new partition:" Maybe I could add spaces after the string to increase it, but this is not optimal! I get the message "This computer may have a PCMCIA interface." but I definitively have no PCMCIA interface, only two ordinary ethernet cards (one is a ISA card). During the network detection the installer wants to load the floppy module!??? Network configuration: My PC is connected via eth0 with my notebook which itself is connected (via eth2) to my router. There is no direct connection to the router. I enter my notebook as gateway but cannot specify a nameserver (I have not installed bind). I would like to use my router as nameserver but this requires a route add -host gw which I currently start manually from another console or ssh. I know that there exists various solutions (nevertheless I like my current configuration): * installation of a nameserver on the notebook * direct connection to the router * DHCP If I do not enter a nameserver and go back to the manual network config, the nameserver is preseeded with the gateway! Also my "No" to DHCP usage is not remembered, the default is a
