Re: Alpha Boot Floppies: new version

2001-08-14 Thread Falk Hueffner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Anthony Towns just posted a method on debian-boot [of making a > > basedebs.tgz file] > > OK, I gave this a try, same result; let me type in the end of console > 4 (anything really odd is probably a typo): > > dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-depencency problem ! > (Re

Re: Problem with Debian installation

2001-08-14 Thread Chris Tillman
> Hi, > I'm a network and system engineer and I have to install debian on a computer > that have an array scsi Adaptec 2100s that is not supported by the debian > installation CDs. > > I asked the driver code to the Adaptec, they sent me the code and I compile > a new kernel. I booted the computer

Re: Alpha Boot Floppies: new version

2001-08-14 Thread doug
> Anthony Towns just posted a method on debian-boot [of making a > basedebs.tgz file] OK, I gave this a try, same result; let me type in the end of console 4 (anything really odd is probably a typo): dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-depencency problem ! (Reading database... 77 files and directories

cvs commit to boot-floppies by falk

2001-08-14 Thread falk
Repository: boot-floppies who:falk time: Tue Aug 14 16:10:29 PDT 2001 Log Message: ARCS BIOS (Ruffian) requires a bootable x86 boot sector, so we fake the magic. Files: changed:milodisk.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

cvs commit to boot-floppies/debian by falk

2001-08-14 Thread falk
Repository: boot-floppies/debian who:falk time: Tue Aug 14 16:18:35 PDT 2001 Log Message: Document recent Alpha changes. Files: changed:changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Request For Information

2001-08-14 Thread josh . winters
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Re: Alpha Boot Floppies: new version

2001-08-14 Thread Falk Hueffner
Doug Larrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Quoting Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > That's really good news. I couldn't get bootp to work, so I > > couldn't test it. There were some suspicious hacks in the > > previous version... > > Bootp is a lot easier to get going using a dhcp serv

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/en by falk

2001-08-14 Thread falk
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en who:falk time: Tue Aug 14 11:45:19 PDT 2001 Log Message: Alpha updates. Files: changed:rescue-boot.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies by falk

2001-08-14 Thread falk
Repository: boot-floppies who:falk time: Tue Aug 14 11:47:44 PDT 2001 Log Message: Copy ldmilo.exe also as linload.exe on Ruffian MILO disks to unify installation instructions. Files: changed:milodisk.sh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/en by falk

2001-08-14 Thread falk
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en who:falk time: Tue Aug 14 10:19:24 PDT 2001 Log Message: Clarify partitioning from Tru64 instructions. Files: changed:preparing.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/en by falk

2001-08-14 Thread falk
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en who:falk time: Tue Aug 14 09:44:55 PDT 2001 Log Message: Add missing . Files: changed:partitioning.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/en by falk

2001-08-14 Thread falk
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en who:falk time: Tue Aug 14 09:45:53 PDT 2001 Log Message: Make example alternate OS list arch specific. Files: changed:preparing.sgml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation/en by falk

2001-08-14 Thread falk
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation/en who:falk time: Tue Aug 14 09:43:22 PDT 2001 Log Message: * Mention Alpha generic and Platform 2000. * Mark laptop section as i386-specific. * Remove SMP "make -j" hint. This is an installation manual! * Remove Tulip fixme that was fixed a

cvs commit to boot-floppies/documentation by falk

2001-08-14 Thread falk
Repository: boot-floppies/documentation who:falk time: Tue Aug 14 09:41:18 PDT 2001 Log Message: Bump x11ver. Files: changed:defaults.ent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap by falk

2001-08-14 Thread falk
Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap who:falk time: Tue Aug 14 09:25:23 PDT 2001 Log Message: Alpha: Clarify aboot install message so it doesn't look as if it is trying to install onto the root partition. Files: changed:bootconfig.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Still no base tarball

2001-08-14 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 09:32:11AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > Anthony, Adam tells me that you are the responsible party for the base > tarball. Where do we find this beast? Hrm. I don't really have the b/width to make these available. They're pretty easy to generate: for a in alpha i386 powerp

Re: Alpha Boot Floppies: new version

2001-08-14 Thread Doug Larrick
Quoting Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > That's really good news. I couldn't get bootp to work, so I couldn't > test it. There were some suspicious hacks in the previous version... Bootp is a lot easier to get going using a dhcp server rather than a bootp server. Much better log messages.

Re: Alpha Boot Floppies: new version

2001-08-14 Thread Falk Hueffner
Doug Larrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The good news? bootp/tftp boot works great! In SRM, you need to > select bootp via console variable ('set ewa0_protocol bootp' or > something like that) rather than via a flag to the boot command > ('boot -proto bootp ewa0' does not work, failing with

Re: Alpha Boot Floppies: new version

2001-08-14 Thread Doug Larrick
I have used the boot floppy images from ftp://134.2.15.134/boot-floppies/disks-alpha/ to attempt an install from scratch on a Bret (AlphaStation 500/500). The good news? bootp/tftp boot works great! In SRM, you need to select bootp via console variable ('set ewa0_protocol bootp' or somethi

Bug#108696: modconf is unable to deal with a big terminal window (48 lines x 128 columns)

2001-08-14 Thread Jean-Philippe Guérard
Package: modconf Version: 0.2.32 Severity: normal With a console screen of 48 lines x 128 columns, modconf display its initial screen, but exits suddently as soon as you select any line, leaving the console in an incoherent state. (Yellow text on blue. Typed text is not displayed. Pressing retur

Re: Still no base tarball

2001-08-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
Anthony, Adam tells me that you are the responsible party for the base tarball. Where do we find this beast? Without this feature most of us in the testing group can do nothing to test boot floppies. More important than that, most of our user base is not going to be able to install woody from scra

Re: libc-2.2.4.so breaks library reduction with its atexit() bug

2001-08-14 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 03:51:43AM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > > Hi, > > > > better not use the new libc-2.2.4.so. > > > > Apart from sveral programs not running anymore the library reduction > > seem to go into an endless loop due to it. > > What