Re: the future of the netinst image

2007-03-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 11:53:36AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > First, it's misnamed. People expect it to somehow involve booting > from the LAN, which it doesn't. That confuses people. Once they get > that figured out, the existence of a "network install" CD makes them > wonder what

Bug#416208: Installation report HP-715/64 (HIL)

2007-03-25 Thread Helge Deller
Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD-Image (Etch RC-2 Installer) Image version: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-hppa/rc2/images/2.6/mini.iso Date: 23. March 2007 Machine: HP PARISC (HP 715/64) Processor: PA7100LC (PA-RISC) Memory: 128MB Base System Installatio

Bug#416182: d-i: installation on installed systems

2007-03-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 25 March 2007 21:30, Geert Stappers wrote: > When d-i would be shipped as tarball, > that way it can be used on an allready installed system. D-I has never been designed for that kind of use case and I doubt you should even want to "install" d-i on a running system as it will totally m

Bug#416182: d-i: installation on installed systems

2007-03-25 Thread Geert Stappers
> > > > Early version of debian-installer did run on the development machines. > > It would be cool if that feature would be re-established. > > I have no idea what you mean by "development machines" and anyway, this BR > had absolutely nothing to do with D-I itself. Therefore closing. Debian-i

Bug#416182: marked as done (d-i: installation on installed systems)

2007-03-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:25:24 +0200 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line d-i: installation on installed systems has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now

Re: tasksel fails because base-config doesn't add a Debian mirror to /etc/apt/sources.list

2007-03-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 23 March 2007 20:05, s s wrote: > Comments/Problems: > tasksel failed because the /etc/apt/sources.list file written by > base-config contained references only to the binary installation > CDs and security.debian.org. Because /etc/apt/sources.list did > not contain a regular Debian mirror

Processed: reassign 416078 to apt-setup

2007-03-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.26 > reassign 416078 apt-setup Bug#416078: d-i: ask for removal of the deb cdrom line Bug reassigned from package `debian-installer' to `apt-setup'. > End of message, stopping processing

Bug#416078: /etc/apt/sources.list

2007-03-25 Thread Geert Stappers
This is what is in /etc/apt/sources.list after etch RC2 install -- # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Beta i386 CD Binary-1 20070317-21:45]/ etch contrib main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Beta i386 CD Binary-1 20070317-21:45]/ etch contrib

Processed: Re: Processed (with 5 errors): d-i: installation on installed systems

2007-03-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 416182 debian-installer Bug#416182: d-i: installation on installed systems Bug reassigned from package `grub' to `debian-installer'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system admi

Processed (with 5 errors): Re: Bug#415989: Debootstrap Warning : [...]/packages.gz was corrupt

2007-03-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > tags 415989 unreproducible Bug#415989: Debootstrap Warning : [...]/packages.gz was corrupt There were no tags set. Tags added: unreproducible > thanks bug tracking system Unknown command or malformed arguments to command. > Op 25-03-2007 om 14:26 schr

Processed: triage Bug#416078: ask for removal of the deb cdrom line

2007-03-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > severity 416078 wishlist Bug#416078: d-i: ask for removal of the deb cdrom line Severity set to `wishlist' from `normal' > reassign 416078 debian-installer Bug#416078: d-i: ask for removal of the deb cdrom line Bug reassigned from package `installation

Bug#415989: Debootstrap Warning : [...]/packages.gz was corrupt

2007-03-25 Thread Geert Stappers
tags 415989 unreproducible thanks bug tracking system Op 25-03-2007 om 14:26 schreef Yvan Coene: > Le Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:29:58 +0200, Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > a écrit: > > >>PS: Is there a way to fix memory hardware issues ? > > > >Yes, physical repair, replacing computer parts. >

Processed (with 1 errors): Bug#416078: ask for removal of the deb cdrom line

2007-03-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 416078 d-i: ask for removal of the deb cdrom line Bug#416078: installation-report Changed Bug title to d-i: ask for removal of the deb cdrom line from installation-report. > severity: wishlist Unknown command or malformed arguments to command.

Bug#405098: It's been a while

2007-03-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 25 March 2007 07:18, Adam Porter wrote: > Regretfully, it's been too long since I encountered this bug for me to > provide additional information. Feel free to close it if you think > that's appropriate. No, certainly not. This is a real issue that has been confirmed. pgpPVkUttHzWO.pg

Bug#416078: ask for removal of the deb cdrom line

2007-03-25 Thread Geert Stappers
retitle 416078 d-i: ask for removal of the deb cdrom line severity: wishlist thanks Op 24-03-2007 om 18:23 schreef Paul van der Vlis: [ installation report ] > > I don't like it that I need to comment-out the CD by hand in > /etc/apt/sources.list. Where the installer asks for using an archive o

Re: the future of the netinst image

2007-03-25 Thread Rick Thomas
On Mar 25, 2007, at 7:10 AM, Geert Stappers wrote: Back to 'netinst' This image is one that does disappoint people often. What could be done to prevent that? I see two possibilities: (A) Eliminate it entirely (B) Treat it as an expanded "businesscard" image. Discussion: (A) I'm serious

Bug#410596: installation-report: successfull installation on AlphaStation 500/266 (64MB)

2007-03-25 Thread Pablo Ripolles
Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD (netinst) Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/alpha/iso-cd/debian-testing-alpha-netinst.iso Date: 25th March 2007 Machine: AlphaStation 500/266 Processor: DECchip 21164 processor running at 266 MHz Memory

Bug#410596: lowmem

2007-03-25 Thread Pablo Ripolles
evfs=mount,dall" and it works just great! i'll complete the installation this weekend with a new image and i'll let you know. thanks! fantastic job! well done! pablo hello, i've just installed Debian GNU/Linux testing "Etch" - Official Beta alpha NETINST Bina

Bug#416172: installation-reports

2007-03-25 Thread jens.westphal
Package: installation-reports Boot method: Image version: creation date 17.3.2007 Date: <24.03.2007> Machine: Processor: Sempron 3000 Memory: 2GB Partitions: Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn: lsp

Bug#415989: Debootstrap Warning : [...]/packages.gz was corrupt

2007-03-25 Thread Yvan Coene
Le Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:29:58 +0200, Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit: PS: Is there a way to fix memory hardware issues ? Yes, physical repair, replacing computer parts. Hi I checked my RAM with memtest86+, there wasn't any error after 8 passes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Bug#415989: Debootstrap Warning : [...]/packages.gz was corrupt

2007-03-25 Thread peter green
> > PS: Is there a way to fix memory hardware issues ? if you can get the system working well enough to install and compile stuff (say by pulling out some of the memory) you can build a custom kernel with the badram patches. Then put the bad memory back in, run a memory test and use the address

Re: the future of the netinst image

2007-03-25 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 25-03-2007 om 04:04 schreef Eddy Petri??or: > > On Saturday 24 March 2007 17:28, Michael Numberger wrote: > >> On a AMD K7-650 (Slot A), the RC2-Installer installs the > >> linux-image-2.6-486 an not the linux-Image-2.6-k7. > > > > You probably used a netinst CD image. That CD image just does n

Bug#415989: Debootstrap Warning : [...]/packages.gz was corrupt

2007-03-25 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 24-03-2007 om 20:18 schreef [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Le Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:43:02 +0100, Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a > écrit: > > > >I guess it is a problem in memory hardware > > > > > Here a more detailed description of the error screens : > > --- screen 1 --- > > Base system instal