Re: Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
Quoting Gaudenz Steinlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The "build on 2004-05-28" is not wrong. It's the date the initrd on this > image was built. > Despite that it would be nice to have the iso build date there too. Yes, if I report a problem with d-i, I do not get the question "Which initrd exactly do you have?", but "Which ISO did you use?" Would it be difficult to add the variant (sid/sarge/home-grown/...) and ISO build date at a prominent place of the boot menus? Cheers, WB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 04:12:28PM +0200, W. Borgert wrote: > Quoting "W. Borgert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I used the netinst (105 MB image) of 2004-07-01. Some problems occured: > > Many thanks for the replies. I hope, I can try the same hardware > again, when 2.6.7 is used by the d-i. It's not mine, unfortunately. > I will report about any success or failure. > > One remark: The link was > http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/ > It would be very, very, very useful, if the initial boot screen would > show the REAL version (e.g. "sid 2004-07-01" or "sarge 2004-07-02") > instead of "build on 2004-05-28" or so which is plainly wrong. Most > d-i users/testers could give much better indication of what d-i > version they use, with a useful version string in the boot screen! The "build on 2004-05-28" is not wrong. It's the date the initrd on this image was built. Despite that it would be nice to have the iso build date there too. Gaudenz signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
Quoting "W. Borgert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I used the netinst (105 MB image) of 2004-07-01. Some problems occured: Many thanks for the replies. I hope, I can try the same hardware again, when 2.6.7 is used by the d-i. It's not mine, unfortunately. I will report about any success or failure. One remark: The link was http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/ It would be very, very, very useful, if the initial boot screen would show the REAL version (e.g. "sid 2004-07-01" or "sarge 2004-07-02") instead of "build on 2004-05-28" or so which is plainly wrong. Most d-i users/testers could give much better indication of what d-i version they use, with a useful version string in the boot screen! Cheers, WB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
Quoting W. Borgert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > 1. Method 'linux26': Hangs during PC card phase. Had to switch off. > > 2. Method 'linux26 hw-detect/pcmcia=off (or so)': Did not detect the >ethernet device (Broadcom 570x Gigabit). No idea which driver to use >from the list, so rebooted. > > 3. Method 'linux': No PC card probs :-) No network driver probs :-) Broadcom stuff is broken in 2.6.x with x<7. 2.6.7 just entered unstable and is supposed to have the tg3 driver back again >Installed grub on /dev/hda3 (because XP uses /dev/hda1,2) and I do >not want grub as primary boot manager on that machine. >Killed the MBR! No boot from HD at all possible. This probably needs to be reported as important or even serious to grub-installer if confirmed. > 6. A colleague was unhappy about the 'ar' support, because it goes >left-to-right and the letters are detached from each other, which >seems to be unnormal for 'ar'. Should be better at least for 1st stage with sid_d-i images. Howevr, the Arabic translation is currently incomplete and you'll have a lot of English here and there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
Quoting Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > 6. A colleague was unhappy about the 'ar' support, because it goes > >left-to-right and the letters are detached from each other, which > >seems to be unnormal for 'ar'. > > I thought this was fixed in sid_d-i, for instance. In first stage only at this moment but this is a strong indication that the test was made with sarge_d-i -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 03:13:48PM +0200, W. Borgert wrote: > I used the netinst (105 MB image) of 2004-07-01. Some problems occured: Which netinst? sarge_d-i (== daily) or sid_d-i? The URL would be a good identifier. > 6. A colleague was unhappy about the 'ar' support, because it goes >left-to-right and the letters are detached from each other, which >seems to be unnormal for 'ar'. I thought this was fixed in sid_d-i, for instance. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
Hi, I used the netinst (105 MB image) of 2004-07-01. Some problems occured: 1. Method 'linux26': Hangs during PC card phase. Had to switch off. 2. Method 'linux26 hw-detect/pcmcia=off (or so)': Did not detect the ethernet device (Broadcom 570x Gigabit). No idea which driver to use from the list, so rebooted. 3. Method 'linux': No PC card probs :-) No network driver probs :-) Installed grub on /dev/hda3 (because XP uses /dev/hda1,2) and I do not want grub as primary boot manager on that machine. Killed the MBR! No boot from HD at all possible. 4. Same as 3, but installed grub in the MBR, which works, but was not the original intention. 5. Upgrade to kernel 2.6: Again, the ethernet is dead, so I'm stuck with 2.4. 6. A colleague was unhappy about the 'ar' support, because it goes left-to-right and the letters are detached from each other, which seems to be unnormal for 'ar'. Cheers, WB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
