Re: Replace discover by isenkram in d-i, better integration with virtualizations/clouds

2017-12-03 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
Le 04/12/2017 à 02:22, Thomas Goirand a écrit : > On 12/03/2017 05:30 PM, Raphael Hertzog wrote: >> In the last years, Petter Rheinholdtsen worked on isenkram[2] with a >> similar but a bit broader goal. I noticed it has better support >> of clouds and that it will install some virtualization/cloud

Bug#872948: debootstrap: Debootstrap does not explain what is calls a Debian base system

2017-08-23 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
Le 23/08/2017 à 10:12, Cyril Brulebois a écrit : > Ansgar Burchardt (2017-08-23): >> Emmanuel Kasper writes: >>> The default base system installed by debootstrap includes all packages >>> with Pritority essential and >>> important, but this was n

Bug#872948: debootstrap: Debootstrap does not explain what is calls a Debian base system

2017-08-22 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
ion commit 5e18585594bf93a1bec5e9f4f2496e016084805c Author: Emmanuel Kasper Date: Tue Aug 22 22:12:21 2017 +0200 Document which packages are installed by a default variant The default base system installed by debootstrap includes all packages with Pritority essential and important, bu

Bug#853855: (no subject)

2017-02-03 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
Le 03/02/2017 à 23:55, Cyril Brulebois a écrit : > Ian Campbell (2017-02-03): >> On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 15:51 +0100, Emmanuel Kasper wrote: >>> Actually on further research, net.ifnames and most dot-containing >>> parameters are not here for the kernel, but to configure

Bug#853855: (no subject)

2017-02-03 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
Actually on further research, net.ifnames and most dot-containing parameters are not here for the kernel, but to configure on boot various systemd components, the list of which can be found in systemd-232/man/kernel-command-line.xml or online in https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/ke

Bug#853855: di-utils: Kernel boot options containing a dot are not propagated to the installed system

2017-02-03 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
Le 03/02/2017 à 12:38, Ian Campbell a écrit : > On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 12:22 +0100, Emmanuel Kasper wrote: >>>> A kernel boot param like net.ifnames=0 will be skipped when the >>>> installer parses the boot option for setting the bootloader.

Bug#853855: di-utils: Kernel boot options containing a dot are not propagated to the installed system

2017-02-03 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
>> A kernel boot param like net.ifnames=0 will be skipped when the >> installer parses the boot option for setting the bootloader. >> >> Found in di-utils: >> >> # Skip module-specific variables >> varnodot="${var##*.*}" >> if [ "$varnodot" = "" ]; t

Bug#853855: di-utils: Kernel boot options containing a dot are not propagated to the installed system

2017-02-01 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
Package: di-utils Version: 1.117 Severity: minor Tags: d-i A kernel boot param like net.ifnames=0 will be skipped when the installer parses the boot option for setting the bootloader. Found in di-utils: # Skip module-specific variables varnodot="${var##*.*}"

Passing parameter to grub via installer boot parameter

2017-01-27 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
Hi I am reading in the debian installer guide A “---” in the boot options has special meaning. Kernel parameters that appear after the last “---” may be copied into the bootloader configuration for the installed system (if supported by the installer for the bootloader). The installer will automat

Bug#806273: use grub-mount as the sole source of partition probes (disable kernel readonly mounts)

2016-11-16 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
changes since v1: * do not fallback on dangerous read only kernel mounts if grub-mount is missing, just exit with error >From 34a2c247fa08d4e01aa08b5b75977c66d71df4f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emmanuel Kasper Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 14:52:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH v2] use grub-mount as

Bug#648208: os-prober: blockdev --setro affects running kvm instances

2016-11-14 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
>> Since version 1.45, os-prober instead uses grub-mount when it's available >> -- and if grub is installed to use os-prober, it will pull it in. > >> So unless another bootloader is also using os-prober, or someone >> installs and uses it by hand, this won't happen in unstable/testing. > It's not

Solving os-prober related problems by adding it to the desktop task during installation

2015-05-27 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
Hello I have noticed during fresh debian installs the package os-prober is automatically installed when you select grub as a bootloader, as a 'Recommends' of grub-common. Unfortunately the way os-prober detects other OSes on local media, might prove cumbersome or even dangerous if you use do virtua

Bug#368119: installation-report: parted fails to read partition table on targetted hard drive

2006-05-19 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
Package: installation-report Severity: normal Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD Image version: debian-testing-alpha-netinst downloaded the 19/05/2006 Date: 20/05/2006 Machine: Compaq Alphaserver DS10 with SRM console Processor:EV6 Memory:512M Partitions: As seen by GNU parted pa