Re: DVD install question
In article 499a49db.6000...@cox.net you write: On 02/16/2009 11:03 PM, M. Lewis wrote: Prior to the release of Lenny, I downloaded one of the Lenny release candidate DVD's and installed via a network install from DVD #1. Congrats. None of the Lenny DVDs I downloaded ever succeeded in doing a proper install. Only the CDs worked. That's a shame, as the testing we did on release day worked fine. I don't see any bug reports from you, though... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Welcome my son, welcome to the machine. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: DVD install question
2009/2/17 Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net: On 02/16/2009 11:03 PM, M. Lewis wrote: Prior to the release of Lenny, I downloaded one of the Lenny release candidate DVD's and installed via a network install from DVD #1. Congrats. None of the Lenny DVDs I downloaded ever succeeded in doing a proper install. Only the CDs worked. I always considered the DVD images as the same as the CD images, the only difference being the number of packages included on the media. I always assumed that the debian-installer part would be the same. Correct me if I'm wrong. Is this still possible with the released version of Lenny? Or do I need all 5 of the DVD's? The first media will in most cases give you a fully functioning system. If you require packages from non-free (for intel wireless :-( etc.) and don't have access to a network connection during install then you will need to download any extra packages and store them on a media you will be able to access. Adrian -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? erno hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: DVD install question
Steve McIntyre wrote: In article 499a49db.6000...@cox.net you write: On 02/16/2009 11:03 PM, M. Lewis wrote: Prior to the release of Lenny, I downloaded one of the Lenny release candidate DVD's and installed via a network install from DVD #1. Congrats. None of the Lenny DVDs I downloaded ever succeeded in doing a proper install. Only the CDs worked. That's a shame, as the testing we did on release day worked fine. I don't see any bug reports from you, though... Hi Steve, I have been reading the Debian List and following the release and know how hard it was to make Lenny final and would like to take this opportunity to thank you and all the Debian volunteers for all the hard work..Thank you, I wish you guys and gals all the best, you're the greatest. -- Jimmy Johnson Bakersfield, CA. U.S.A. Registered Linux User #380263 K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple stupid) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: DVD install question
On 02/17/2009 02:50 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: In article 499a49db.6000...@cox.net you write: On 02/16/2009 11:03 PM, M. Lewis wrote: Prior to the release of Lenny, I downloaded one of the Lenny release candidate DVD's and installed via a network install from DVD #1. Congrats. None of the Lenny DVDs I downloaded ever succeeded in doing a proper install. Only the CDs worked. That's a shame, as the testing we did on release day worked fine. I don't see any bug reports from you, though... The sha1summ of the downloaded ISO matched that of the upstream ISO, but I could never correctly generate the sha1summ of the burned DVD. So, not being able to demonstrate that it wasn't my fault, I filed no bug. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Supporting World Peace Through Nuclear Pacification -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: DVD install question
Jimmy Johnson wrote: Hi Steve, I have been reading the Debian List and following the release and know how hard it was to make Lenny final and would like to take this opportunity to thank you and all the Debian volunteers for all the hard work..Thank you, I wish you guys and gals all the best, you're the greatest. *grin* Thanks, glad to be appreciated! :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com ...In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret `non-technical user' as meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver. -- Daniel Pead -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: DVD install question
Ron wrote: On 02/17/2009 02:50 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: That's a shame, as the testing we did on release day worked fine. I don't see any bug reports from you, though... The sha1summ of the downloaded ISO matched that of the upstream ISO, but I could never correctly generate the sha1summ of the burned DVD. So, not being able to demonstrate that it wasn't my fault, I filed no bug. Ah, OK. This is a common problem I've heard. Most DVD-writing software will pad the end of the image as it's written, so you'll need to be careful to avoid that when reading back for your checksum comparison. Find the number of blocks in the image by dividing by 2048 (ISO block size) and then use dd: $ dd if=/dev/scd0 bs=2048 count=$numblocks | sha1sum -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com I can't ever sleep on planes ... call it irrational if you like, but I'm afraid I'll miss my stop -- Vivek Dasmohapatra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
DVD install question
Prior to the release of Lenny, I downloaded one of the Lenny release candidate DVD's and installed via a network install from DVD #1. Is this still possible with the released version of Lenny? Or do I need all 5 of the DVD's? Thanks, Mike -- IBM: Irresponsibility Behaved Multinational 23:00:01 up 5 days, 20:35, 1 user, load average: 0.46, 0.44, 1.07 Linux Registered User #241685 http://counter.li.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: DVD install question
On 02/16/2009 11:03 PM, M. Lewis wrote: Prior to the release of Lenny, I downloaded one of the Lenny release candidate DVD's and installed via a network install from DVD #1. Congrats. None of the Lenny DVDs I downloaded ever succeeded in doing a proper install. Only the CDs worked. Is this still possible with the released version of Lenny? Or do I need all 5 of the DVD's? Yes; why wouldn't it be? Only if you want to. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Supporting World Peace Through Nuclear Pacification -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
