[RFC] Detecting type of CD image and using that to make apt-setup smarter

joeyh, sledge, others, After working with d-cd a lot over the past week, I think I've come up with a solution that will allow us to detect if the user is installing from netinst CD, full CD or DVD. This would allow us to let apt-setup ask the "use a mirror" question based on the type of CD. In

Bug#394079: marked as done (installation-reports: x86 floppy install failed, cpio missing)

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Bug#398255: marked as done (boot flopies for i386 20061111 fails to boot)

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Processed: Floppy issues due to mklibs mismatch

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Bug#340007: Patch for this bug available

On Tuesday 14 November 2006 11:02, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > ATM i don't see any definitive solution to this , but i have a small > workaround: what about selecting default line and then scrolling > instead of scrolling and then select default line (as it is now)? > User would perceive only scrol

Processed: Re: Processed: reassign 398686 to parted

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Bug#385926: Ultra10 Installation Report -- Success

Frans: Had some hardware issues, finally resolved. Hard drive died. I re-tried the installation from a newer version of the installation CD: -rw-rw-r-- 1 barnett barnett 110407680 Oct 25 20:18 debian-testing-sparc-netinst.iso 38f08ec4fc56cdf08614c6132552917d debian-testing-sparc-netinst.iso

Re: Processed: reassign 398686 to parted

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Bug#120950: In preparation for

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Bug#398813: hangs on checking APT mirror

Joey Hess wrote: > Rafal Maj wrote: >> IMHO it should have a timeout and report error instead restarting wget. >> to give option to enter other, working address. > > wget does eventually time out. I waited several minutes. Also, why did it restarted after kill -9 are you shure it was not stuck in

Processed: reassign 398813 to apt-setup

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Bug#398813: hangs on checking APT mirror

Rafal Maj wrote: > IMHO it should have a timeout and report error instead restarting wget. > to give option to enter other, working address. wget does eventually time out. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#398333: Automatic partition/disk selection

Op 15-11-2006 om 17:18 schreef Olaf van der Spek: > Hi, > > I've got the same problem. > > It'd be nice if there was a way to tell the installer to automatically > choose a disk, especially in single-disk systems. Attached is a disk recipe that I used about a year ago. It allowed me to do a com

Processed: reassign 398686 to parted

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Bug#394100: marked as done (Fan control not working on HP Pavillion dv6000)

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Bug#398813: hangs on checking APT mirror

Package: debian-installer Version: debian testing net install from around 2006.11.01 Severity: normal When I entered a manual APT server, and that server was offline, then installer hanged on scanning mirror. I checked on second console, the hanging process was wget morror-address I tried killing

Bug#398333: Automatic partition/disk selection

Hi, I've got the same problem. It'd be nice if there was a way to tell the installer to automatically choose a disk, especially in single-disk systems. -- Olaf van der Spek http://xccu.sf.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Processed: Re: Bug#398702: tasksel: [INTL:vi] Vietnamese program translation update

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Re: Draft release notes and errata for RC1 - please comment

On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 10:22:22PM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > Op 14-11-2006 om 08:12 schreef Sven Luther: > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 05:55:54AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > > > > > > > > > * IBM pseries on serial port : finish-install does not set the > > > > > /etc/inittab serial console. Yo

Bug#398702: tasksel: [INTL:vi] Vietnamese program translation update

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 # translation commited in SVN tags 398702 pending thanks Clytie Siddall wrote: > Package: tasksel > Version: > Severity: minor > Tags: l10n, patch > > The updated Vietnamese translation for the program file: tasksel_tasks > > translated and submitte

Re: Draft release notes and errata for RC1 - please comment

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Geert Stappers wrote: > Op 14-11-2006 om 08:12 schreef Sven Luther: >> On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 05:55:54AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > * IBM pseries on serial port : finish-install does not set the > /etc/inittab serial console. You need to edit

Bug#130893: Is agent

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Bug#398663: marked as done (Bug:#398656 installation-report Toshiba U200 Failed to boot)

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Bug#398737: installation-reports: D-I RC1 Fails to boot on TOSHIBA U2OO portable

Package: installation-reports Severity: important -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Netinst Image version: D-I RC1 from cdimage Date: 14/11/2006 Machine: Toshiba Laptop U200 Partitions: One ntfs partition on /dev/sda1 Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please

Slight weirdness with retrying CD/DVD reads

As reported on IRC over the weekend, but possibly missed then. 00:20 < Sledge> joeyh: testing the DVD (finally) 00:20 < Sledge> joeyh: slight weirdness from slightly flaky old DVD drive here... 00:21 < Sledge> it failed to read a sector off the newly-written DVD and d-i came up with the option t

Bug#398655: installation-report: optionally create more than one user during installation

On 11/15/06, Martin Wuertele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Frans! * Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-11-15 05:02]: > On Tuesday 14 November 2006 21:26, Martin Wuertele wrote: > > It would be nice to be able to add more than one user during > > installation. > > Could you give a somewhat stro

Bug#398655: installation-report: optionally create more than one user during installation

Hi Frans! * Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-11-15 05:02]: > On Tuesday 14 November 2006 21:26, Martin Wuertele wrote: > > It would be nice to be able to add more than one user during > > installation. > > Could you give a somewhat stronger rationale than just "it would be nice"? > What use c

Bug#398333: debian-installer: [preseed] automatic installation of debian etch does not work

Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Op 13-11-2006 om 09:56 schreef Dennis Hoppe: > > hi there, > > i try to build a cd which installs debian etch without input from > > the user. but during the > > installation process i have to interact at two points. > I hope you are prototyping with

Re: Update on Installation Error on Dell PE 2650

Hi, > > > > Hm, i got around this problem by using Kernel 2.6.8 from the debian sarge > > netinstall.iso. > > Did you need to set any bootparameters? No, runs out of the box > > > But next barrier, grub won't install.checked with netinstall.iso from > > etch, which succeeded. > > Okay, acknowledge.

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