Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share

2008-01-14 Thread Folkert van Heusden
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Hi, It would be nice if one could install on the combination of a memory stick/compactflash card and an nfs share. That way one can also boot non-pxe systems without any local disk. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers

Bug#445507: not working on mipsel - initrd not starting

2008-01-14 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Aurelien Jarno [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-01-12 22:32]: Looking at the size, the mips initrd.gz is 400kB smaller and I see no reason for that. Either mklibs is still broken on mips, or images are generated with the old buggy mklibs. I disabled mklibs library reduction on mips/mipsel for now

Re: [RFC] Possibility for a beta release in Febuary

2008-01-14 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 06:00:14PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 10:33:10AM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello folks, I'm starting

Bug#460659: Installation report on HP Compaq 6720s

2008-01-14 Thread David Paleino
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.31 Severity: normal Boot method: CD Image version: http://mirror.home-dn.net/d-i/2.6.23/etch-custom-1013.iso - it contains the experimental e1000 driver for using the netinstall Date: somewhere in late December 2007 Machine: HP Compaq 6720s Partitions: #

Bug#445507: not working on mipsel - initrd not starting

2008-01-14 Thread Frans Pop
reopen 445507 thanks On Monday 14 January 2008, Martin Michlmayr wrote: When you change d-i to use mklibs, you'll see this bug. Reopening then. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share

2008-01-14 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 14-01-2008 om 10:23 schreef Folkert van Heusden: It would be nice if one could install on the combination of a memory stick/compactflash card and an nfs share. Please elaborate that. Tell which device is the booting device ( is it the USB stick? ) What kind of data should be on the other

Re: [PATCH] libdebian-installer: add support for MIPS Malta

2008-01-14 Thread Otavio Salvador
Aurelien Jarno [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Otavio Salvador a écrit : Aurelien Jarno [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: +static struct cpu system_malta_cpu[] = { system_mips_malta_cpu would be clearer, IMO. Well other names from the same file (which BTW has mips in its name)

Processed: Re: Bug#445507: not working on mipsel - initrd not starting

2008-01-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reopen 445507 Bug#445507: not working on mipsel - initrd not starting Bug reopened, originator not changed. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian

Re: partman support for m68k atari

2008-01-14 Thread Otavio Salvador
Stephen R Marenka [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has libparted really gained support for atari? It would surprise me as parted hasn't been updated since the release of Etch. There's a patch in 239816 which seems to work. I've been updating the rest of d-i with the hope that one day parted will

Re: /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf

2008-01-14 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 13-01-2008 om 22:20 schreef Don Wright: On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:42:54 +0100, Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have no idea what is meant by the /e/n/i hostname option, ... hostname statement in /etc/network/interfaces, perhaps? From the manual page of /etc/network/interfaces: |

Bug#460659: Installation report on HP Compaq 6720s

2008-01-14 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:02:46 +0100 Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: ... As your installation was basically successful and the only issue will be solved automatically when the installer switches to newer kernels, I'm closing your report. Thank you for submitting it and good

Bug#460659: marked as done (Installation report on HP Compaq 6720s)

2008-01-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:02:46 +0100 with message-id [EMAIL PROTECTED] and subject line Bug#460659: Installation report on HP Compaq 6720s 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

Re: [RFC] Moving dhclient script from netcfg to dhcp3

2008-01-14 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... If there are no objections to this plan, I will submit the patch against dhcp3 in a few days. ... Makes sense. Please go ahead and submit it. -- O T A V I OS A L V A D O R - E-mail: [EMAIL

Re: partman support for m68k atari

2008-01-14 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 14 January 2008, Otavio Salvador wrote: Stephen R Marenka [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has libparted really gained support for atari? It would surprise me as parted hasn't been updated since the release of Etch. There's a patch in 239816 which seems to work. I've been updating the

Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share

2008-01-14 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 14-01-2008 om 13:10 schreef Folkert van Heusden: (follow-up upon non BTS posting) Please elaborate that. Tell which device is the booting device ( is it the USB stick? ) What kind of data should be on the other device? usb stick / compact flash card (e.g. ide to compact flash

Re: /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf

2008-01-14 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 14 January 2008, Don Wright wrote: On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:42:54 +0100, Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have no idea what is meant by the /e/n/i hostname option, ... hostname statement in /etc/network/interfaces, perhaps? Yes, sounds right. Still does not make very clear for me

Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share

2008-01-14 Thread Folkert van Heusden
Please elaborate that. Tell which device is the booting device ( is it the USB stick? ) What kind of data should be on the other device? usb stick / compact flash card (e.g. ide to compact flash converter) will contain only the kernel and initrd so that it can be read-only

Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share

2008-01-14 Thread Geert Stappers
Rewording the original wish: * It would be nice if one could install on a NFS share. * It would be nice if the installer writes boot stuff to an USB device and that the installed system (booted from USB disk) uses a NFS share. That way one can also boot non-pxe systems without any local disk.

Re: [RFC] Possibility for a beta release in Febuary

2008-01-14 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Below are a lot of comments intended to help make this schedule work, not as criticisms. Thanks! Let's work! On Friday 11 January 2008, Otavio Salvador wrote: Bellow goes the proposed timeline. It is a bit hard to really comment on this timeline as it

Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share

2008-01-14 Thread Folkert van Heusden
Rewording the original wish: * It would be nice if one could install on a NFS share. * It would be nice if the installer writes boot stuff to an USB device and that the installed system (booted from USB disk) uses a NFS share. the last one, yes altough usb device is an example. one could

unanswered bug report

2008-01-14 Thread Diego de Soto
Hello, Below you will find the bug report that I filed roughly a month ago. I am dismayed that I have not yet received a response to my query, since my computer has been useless for the past month. I do not own another computer and do not have a desk job, and hence have to pay for

Re: [PATCH] libdebian-installer: add support for MIPS Malta

2008-01-14 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Otavio Salvador wrote: Aurelien Jarno [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Otavio Salvador a écrit : Aurelien Jarno [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: +static struct cpu system_malta_cpu[] = { system_mips_malta_cpu would be clearer, IMO. Well other names from the same file

Bug#460630: debian-installer wish: support root on remote disk

2008-01-14 Thread Geert Stappers
retitle 460630 debian-installer wish: support root on remote disk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Processed: Re: Bug#460630: debian-installer wish: support root on remote disk

2008-01-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: retitle 460630 debian-installer wish: support root on remote disk Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share Changed Bug title to `debian-installer wish: support root on remote disk' from

Re: partman support for m68k atari

2008-01-14 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Monday 14 January 2008, Otavio Salvador wrote: Stephen R Marenka [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has libparted really gained support for atari? It would surprise me as parted hasn't been updated since the release of Etch. There's a patch in 239816 which

Re: [PATCH] libdebian-installer: add support for MIPS Malta

2008-01-14 Thread Otavio Salvador
Thiemo Seufer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Otavio Salvador wrote: Aurelien Jarno [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Otavio Salvador a écrit : Aurelien Jarno [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: +static struct cpu system_malta_cpu[] = { system_mips_malta_cpu would be clearer, IMO.

Bug#445507: not working on mipsel - initrd not starting

2008-01-14 Thread Aurelien Jarno
Martin Michlmayr a écrit : * Aurelien Jarno [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-01-12 22:32]: Looking at the size, the mips initrd.gz is 400kB smaller and I see no reason for that. Either mklibs is still broken on mips, or images are generated with the old buggy mklibs. I disabled mklibs library

Re: d-i support for running in a Xen guest domain

2008-01-14 Thread maximilian attems
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008, Ian Campbell wrote: Unfortunately the Xen domain builder isn't capable of loading a native bzImage directly -- it requires the ELF vmlinux. I hacked around that when I was playing with Xen enabled d-i and then promptly forgot I had done so, which is a shame because it's

partman extended partition bug

2008-01-14 Thread John Philips
Hi all, I'm having trouble automating my Debian installs using preseed and partman. It always creates an extended partition, even though I don't want it to. I only want logical partitions. Described here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413505 Will this bug ever be fixed?

Bug#460228: tasksel: please remove hplip from the desktop task

2008-01-14 Thread Per Olofsson
Steve Langasek wrote: Just look at a default etch installation. Two big HP icons, even when you don’t have a pinch of HP hardware. And of course, they start applications that you have no idea what they can do. Sorry, but I've done a default etch installation and have never seen these. Where

Re: partman extended partition bug

2008-01-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 12:53:46PM -0800, John Philips wrote: I'm having trouble automating my Debian installs using preseed and partman. It always creates an extended partition, even though I don't want it to. I only want logical partitions. It is not possible to create a logical partition

Re: partman extended partition bug

2008-01-14 Thread John Philips
--- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 12:53:46PM -0800, John Philips wrote: I'm having trouble automating my Debian installs using preseed and partman. It always creates an extended partition, even though I don't want it to. I only want logical

Bug#375568: busybox-static should include Provides: busybox

2008-01-14 Thread Jameson Rollins
Hello. I would like to get an update on the status of this bug. Right now, busybox-static is basically uninstallable on any system that needs initramfs-tools, which I imagine is most. The proposed solution would work, ie. set Provides: busybox. I would really like to use this tool but can't at

Bug#460749: busybox-static: Please upgrade to newer version (at least 1.8.2)

2008-01-14 Thread Jameson Rollins
Package: busybox-static Severity: wishlist -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello. Thanks for maintaining buxybox, but the versions currently available in Debian are very out of date. Many bugs have been fixed upstream that I would like to see in the Debian release. Thank you.

Re: Hints for packages that produces udeb

2008-01-14 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Otavio Salvador [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Please add the following set of hints: [...] Done. Please also: - remove the hint to dash since it doesn't build udebs anymore; Removed. - add a hint pcre3 since it builds udebs now (could be handled by britney); Added block hint Marc -- BOFH

Hints for packages that produces udeb

2008-01-14 Thread Otavio Salvador
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello RM team, Please add the following set of hints: unblock aboot-installer/0.0.25 unblock arcboot-installer/1.8 unblock auto-install/1.2 unblock autopartkit/1.28 unblock base-installer/1.86 unblock cdebconf-entropy/0.6 unblock cdrom-checker/1.12

Bug#397743: busybox: new upstream version is available

2008-01-14 Thread Jameson Rollins
Hello. I would also very much like to see busybox upgraded. It is currently very out of date. Upstream is at 1.8.2 stable, while Debian unstable only includes 1.1.3. There are many bugs that need to get fixed that were fixed upstream quite a while back. jamie. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Hints for packages that produces udeb

2008-01-14 Thread Otavio Salvador
Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Otavio Salvador [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Please add the following set of hints: [...] Done. Please also: - remove the hint to dash since it doesn't build udebs anymore; Removed. - add a hint pcre3 since it builds udebs now (could be

Re: unanswered bug report

2008-01-14 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 14-01-2008 om 06:14 schreef Diego de Soto: Hello, Below you will find the bug report that I filed roughly a month ago. I am dismayed that I have not yet received a response to my query, since my computer has been useless for the past month. According

Bug#457901: Installation report - HP pavillion 2585ep

2008-01-14 Thread Frans Pop
clone 457901 -1 reassign -1 busybox 1:1.1.3-5 retitle -1 Busybox mount: error when relatime option is used severity -1 important tags -1 d-i thanks On Monday 31 December 2007, Frans Pop wrote: instead of proceeding with the installation returns to same screen (a closed loop). The console on

Processed: Re: Bug#457901: Installation report - HP pavillion 2585ep

2008-01-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: clone 457901 -1 Bug#457901: Installation report - HP pavillion 2585ep Bug 457901 cloned as bug 460824. reassign -1 busybox 1:1.1.3-5 Bug#460824: Installation report - HP pavillion 2585ep Bug reassigned from package `installation-reports' to `busybox'.

Bug#457901: Installation report - HP pavillion 2585ep

2008-01-14 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 31 December 2007, Frans Pop wrote: - After clicking on Finish partitioning and write changes to disk the partitioning program appears in English (i was installing in PT) and Could that just be due to not updated translation? I cannot reproduce this with either the graphical or the

Bug#460824: Bug#457901: Installation report - HP pavillion 2585ep

2008-01-14 Thread Jim Paris
Frans Pop wrote: I can easily reproduce this from a debug shell: # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/ -t ext3 -o relatime mount: Mounting /dev/hda1 on /mnt/ failed: Invalid argument # dmesg EXT3-fs: Unrecognized mount option realtime or missing value It's not limited to just ext3. If I try without the

Bug#460824: Bug#457901: Installation report - HP pavillion 2585ep

2008-01-14 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 15 January 2008, Jim Paris wrote: Your command has relatime and the dmesg says realtime. Was there a typo somewhere or did some program really change the name? Just a typo and copy/paste errors from me. Sorry for confusion. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Bug#457901: Installation report - HP pavillion 2585ep

2008-01-14 Thread Miguel Figueiredo
On Jan 15, 2008 5:12 AM, Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 31 December 2007, Frans Pop wrote: - After clicking on Finish partitioning and write changes to disk the partitioning program appears in English (i was installing in PT) and Could that just be due to not updated