Re: Installing 2 encrypted Debians alongside Windows

2018-03-23 Thread Ben Hildred
s.debian.org > > On 05/03/2018 17:44, coco...@t-online.de wrote: > > If I try to accomplish this with the 9.2.1 install DVD, will Debian > > Installer be aware of the existence of the pre-existing Debian install > > when generating/updating Grub? > > Yep. > > -Jonathan > > > > > > > -- -- Ben Hildred Automation Support Services

Re: bts reassign 878722 partman-auto

2017-11-13 Thread Ben Hildred
On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 1:17 PM, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 10:35:19AM -0700, Ben Hildred wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Cyril Brulebois <[1]k...@debian.org > > > >wrote: > > > > Nicholas D Steeves

Re: bts reassign 878722 partman-auto

2017-11-13 Thread Ben Hildred
another partition as the > > installation target. I'm not sure how important #5 is, but maybe some > > users want to be able to do this? > > > KiBi. > -- -- Ben Hildred Automation Support Services

Re: [PATCH] manual: provide a download command

2017-10-13 Thread Ben Hildred
ed the architecture. And just to round things out this does not work with mirror choice (not as big of an issue). > PS: I was reading > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03. > html.en#usb-copy-isohybrid, > so I hope my patch changes the correct file. > > -- > Be

Bug#872867: is ISO-3166 really the optimal list for our users?

2017-08-25 Thread Ben Hildred
On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Fri, 2017-08-25 at 13:13 -0600, Ben Hildred wrote: > > Lets Throw out this crazy idea for consideration: Drop support for all > > countries. > > > > To start off this will not actually be completely possib

Bug#872867: is ISO-3166 really the optimal list for our users?

2017-08-25 Thread Ben Hildred
statute making the list of countries not an issue of local pride but of laws accommodated so a country only needs placed on the list if there is a regulation to be accommodated and the list gets much smaller. -- -- Ben Hildred Automation Support Services

Bug#872867: another option: GENC

2017-08-22 Thread Ben Hildred
st based on ISO3166) is > similar in some ways to the approach I have suggested for Debian. > > > 1. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733417#c20 > 2. https://nsgreg.nga.mil/doc/view?i=2500 > > Note that GENC 3.0 has been superseded with GENC 3.0.1 https://nsgreg.n

Bug#872577: debootstrap: Handle existing /dev

2017-08-20 Thread Ben Hildred
27;m not sure this is worth here (the name is so long the `test -e` is > almost shorter). > > Ansgar > > function mknod-e () { [ -e "$1" ] || mknod "$@" } -- -- Ben Hildred Automation Support Services

Re: RFC: Switching guided partitioning to LVM by default?

2017-08-05 Thread Ben Hildred
tion with windows is problematic, so nothing that matters. Actually in all seriousness, other than the dual boot issue doing a guided partitioning then changing things like deleting a partition is not well supported by the installer. It is seldom a problem for me these days as I preseed everything. > > > KiBi. > -- -- Ben Hildred Automation Support Services

Re: debian-installer preparation for NanoPi M3 (arm64) please help

2017-07-30 Thread Ben Hildred
On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 2:57 PM, Rafal wrote: > > On 07/29/2017 10:15 PM, Ben Hildred wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Rafal > fatwild...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I'm trying to prepare Debian installer for NanoPi M3 b

Re: debian-installer preparation for NanoPi M3 (arm64) please help

2017-07-29 Thread Ben Hildred
unnecessary kernel memory. The only times you don't want modules at all is on tuned setups for very narrow applications or for boards with no hotplug capability at all which means no usb which means at the very least the mouse will be a challenge. Rafal > > -- -- Ben Hildred Automation Support Services

Re: Debian local network install

2017-07-24 Thread Ben Hildred
preseed. (disclaimer: unboot is my project.) You can also just do drive copies or the like. > > > It’s a major showstopper for our company, would appreciate your help, > > > > Thanks, > > Noam > > > -- -- Ben Hildred Automation Support Services

Re: rescue reiserfs on raid

2017-07-20 Thread Ben Hildred
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 6:40 PM, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > On 07/20/2017 05:51 PM, Ben Hildred wrote: > >> I need to copy some files off of an old system that users reiserfs 3.6 on >> an old hardware raid that most rescue cds wont work with. Fortunately when >> I pul

rescue reiserfs on raid

2017-07-20 Thread Ben Hildred
mount and I did not see the udebs ( https://packages.debian.org/jessie/reiserfsprogs) listed as available. Does anyone have any guidance on how to proceed. -- -- Ben Hildred Automation Support Services

New menu entry numbers

2017-06-28 Thread Ben Hildred
uestion and 'Local data' for the progress bar. Suggestions for improvement are welcomed. Thank you for your time, and if someone wants to sponsor me to get this package set into Debian, it would be appreciated. -- -- Ben Hildred Automation Support Services

Bug#866083: Default GRUB install target should be hard disk

2017-06-28 Thread Ben Hildred
the already detected > path. > > Also note that this change will aid in preseeding when deploying the same image to multiple hardware configurations. -- -- Ben Hildred Automation Support Services 303 815 6721

Bug#859449: installation-reports: no serial console after serial install

2017-04-03 Thread ben hildred
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Tags: d-i Boot method: network Image version: testing Date: Machine: virtualbox Partitions: Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card:

Bug#690889: udhcpc always returns a domain of "bad" when receiving a valid dhcp ack packet

2015-08-14 Thread Ben Hildred
Package: udhcpc Followup-For: Bug #690889 This is reliably triggered by setting `get-lease-hostnames true;` in dhcpd.conf when using bind9 fore reverse lookups as bind9 returns a trailing dot.

Bug#740619: debian-installer: contrary to documentation hostname is not from dhcp

2014-03-03 Thread Ben Hildred
Package: debian-installer Version: 20130613+deb7u1+b2 Severity: normal Tags: d-i The example preseed file clearly states that the default hostname is determined by dhcp. This is not the case. udhcpc correctly gets the host and domain info and passes it to the config script which uses it to write