Bug#875308: linklocal ipv6 addresses in debian-installer netcfg

2024-07-07 Thread Marc Haber
ce as it's added automatically. It would be however nicer to have the Installer just do the right thing for the common way to write things. I am downgrading this bug again. Sorry for the noise. Greetings Marc

Bug#875308: linklocal ipv6 addresses in debian-installer netcfg

2024-07-06 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, Jul 06, 2024 at 12:09:09AM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > From: Pascal Hambourg > Subject: Bug#875308: linklocal ipv6 addresses in debian-installer netcfg > To: Marc Haber , 875...@bugs.debian.org > Reply-To: Pascal Hambourg , 875...@bugs.debian.org > Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024

Bug#875308: linklocal ipv6 addresses in debian-installer netcfg

2024-07-05 Thread Marc Haber
again." This bug is still present in the current installer. Can we please allow to install Debian in the most common IPv6 network setup in 2024? Greetings Marc

Bug#1072204: setupcon: race condition with systemd-tmpfiles

2024-05-30 Thread Marc Leeman
Package: console-setup Version: 1.226 Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, On occasion I have a situation where console-setup.service fails to start up due to a race condition. After investigating this, it was already reported in Ubuntu back in 2019 and I have verified that the patch the

Bug#1051468: cannot install BIOS machine with mini.iso, error creating /target/sys/firmware/efi/efivars

2023-09-12 Thread Marc Haber
-202306XX+salsaci+20230908+294-amd64-gtkmini.iso I can confirm that this .iso installs fine on both BIOS and EFI VMs in libvirt and kvm on amd64. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Compu

Bug#1051468: cannot install BIOS machine with mini.iso, error creating /target/sys/firmware/efi/efivars

2023-09-08 Thread Marc Haber
On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 03:48:25PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > On 08/09/2023 at 13:56, Marc Haber wrote : > > I tried installing sid from mini.iso into a libvirt/qemu/kvm VM with > > BIOS "firmware", choosing mainly default values, and ended up with the > >

Bug#1051468: cannot install BIOS machine with mini.iso, error creating /target/sys/firmware/efi/efivars

2023-09-08 Thread Marc Haber
ys/firmware/efi/efivars" and an error message "Failed to mount /target/proc, Mounting the proc file system on /target/proc failed". See attached screenshots. Sadly, the system doesn't get far enough to pull the entire log. Greetings Marc -- System Information: Debian Release: trix

[vmdb2] option --exclude from debootstrap

2023-07-08 Thread Jean-Marc LACROIX
debootstrap ? Thanks in advance Cordialement -- -- Jean-Marc LACROIX (06 82 29 98 66) -- -- mailto : jeanmarc.lacr...@free.fr --

Bug#1032940: 1,5 gig disk not accepted by installer

2023-03-14 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 02:00:32PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > With a 2 GB partition, installation proceeds. ... and fails because on a system with 1 GB RAM, an 1 GB swap partition is created, leaving 1018 MB for /target, which is not enough to install base system plus kernel. Greetings Marc

Bug#1032940: 1,5 gig disk not accepted by installer

2023-03-14 Thread Marc Haber
enough. Either the release notes are wrong or the installer is wrongly detecting the disk too small or there is some by-condition that I missed (maybe the swap partition?). With a 2 GB partition, installation proceeds. Greetings Marc

Bug#782699: debian-boot: IPv6 prefix notation in the installer

2022-11-08 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 06:31:54PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 02:44:57PM +0200, Jens Link wrote: > > When using IPv6 addresses in the installer the prefix (netmask) has do be > > entered in > > hex (e.g. :::::). I think this is high

Bug#782699: debian-boot: IPv6 prefix notation in the installer

2022-11-08 Thread Marc Haber
that. How high are the chances that this prominent installer issue will be looked at or even addressed seven years after it was originally filed? Greetings Marc

Re: adduser Debconf question - can we remove it?

2022-09-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 11:36:58AM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > There's a comment, that adduser is called in noninteractive mode > (user-setup package). > > That explains, I guess. Probably. And it can go away for bookworm

Re: adduser Debconf question - can we remove it?

2022-08-28 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 02:07:08AM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > I cannot remember having seen any such message ("Do you want system-wide > readable home directories?") during test installations BTW. Test installation in expert mode?

creating log entries in the installer

2022-08-22 Thread Marc Haber
tings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an Ameri

Re: adduser Debconf question - can we remove it?

2022-08-21 Thread Marc Haber
Hi On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 12:01:03PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > adduser maintainer here. Adduser currently has a single debconf > question, "Do you want system-wide readable home directories?", > resulting in the setting of DIR_MODE in adduser.conf. > > How does the De

Bug#766914: base: audio group should not be default for users

2022-05-31 Thread Marc Haber
jftr, adduser is going to reduce its EXTRA_GROUPS default to "users" with the next release, 3.122 Greetings Marc

d-i user questions, web proxies, automated installation

2022-03-27 Thread Marc Haber
eed to delve in-depth into the build process of the entire Installer to do that? Thanks for helping. No need to Cc me any more, I am subscribed now. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Comput

Re: adduser Debconf question - can we remove it?

2022-03-22 Thread Marc Haber
d by d-i if they want it differently. Greetings Marc ¹ frankly, it isn't, at the moment, but it will be once we have ditched debconf. -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailad

adduser Debconf question - can we remove it?

2022-03-22 Thread Marc Haber
ur replies, I am not subscribed to debian-boot. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder | Fon: *49

Bug#998087: arm64+virtio: "No device for installation media was detected" error

2021-10-29 Thread Jean-Marc Ranger
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal Tags: d-i X-Debbugs-Cc: jmran...@hotmail.com Dear Maintainer, Environment: - physical hardware is a Mac with an M1 processor, running MacOS - VM provided by QEMU-6.1.0 + patches for that processor, hidden in the hombrew installer for QEMU - using qemu-s

Bug#990161: installation-reports: insistat on partman-auto/disk if more than one disk present

2021-06-21 Thread Marc Haber
he installer from the target disk. I am open for discussions about how to address this. For the time being, I can live with the nuisance of having two different images for VM and bare metal installs. If there is an easier way, please tell me. Greetings Marc -- Package-specific info: ===

Bug#989593: installation report Raspberry Pi 4 UEFI

2021-06-13 Thread Marc Haber
uld this be an artifact > of the say creative way to start the installer? The way to start the Installer is only creative for a Raspberry Pi. It's remarkably similiar to what an amd64 EFI box experiences: The UEFI firmware is started (on a PC it's the first thing that runs, on the

Bug#989593: installation report Raspberry Pi 4 UEFI

2021-06-09 Thread Marc Haber
tion. All issues that I reported were observed during this installation. Let me know if I can be of additional help. I appreciate the swiftness of your reactions, this is very helpful. Greetings Marc -- ----- Marc Haber | &

Bug#989593: installation report Raspberry Pi 4 UEFI

2021-06-08 Thread Marc Haber
ing issue IMO is the deletion of /sbin/start-stop-daemon. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany| lose things."Winona Ryder | Fo

Bug#989593: installation report Raspberry Pi 4 UEFI

2021-06-08 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 11:17:51AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Marc Haber (2021-06-08): > > I followed the instructions given on > > https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=282839 > > to install Debian on a Raspberry Pi using the UEFI firmware > &

Bug#989593: installation report Raspberry Pi 4 UEFI

2021-06-08 Thread Marc Haber
n the still running installer? Greetings Marc -- Package-specific info: installation-report depends on no packages. Versions of packages installation-report recommends: ii pciutils 1:3.7.0-5 ii reportbug 7.10.3 installation-report suggests no packages. -- no debconf information

Bug#988468: installation fails when the iso is in the second non-empty CDROM drive

2021-05-13 Thread Marc Haber
he first "Congfigure the package manager" as follow-up errors that are irrelevant to this report. This looks suspiciously like #740537 that was never fixed in the first place. Please note that the first CD-ROM drive actually needs a disc inserted for the bug to show, just having the dr

Bug#956570: should offer possibilities to override host /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hostname

2020-04-27 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 02:41:50AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Marc Haber (2020-04-13): > > in the current version, debootstrap copies /etc/resolv.conf and > > /etc/hostname from the host to the newly installed system. This is > > possibly wrong if done during a system i

Bug#956570: should offer possibilities to override host /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hostname

2020-04-13 Thread Marc Haber
not copy /etc/resolv.conf (the installed system might not have network at all) and to set the hostname from debootstrap's command line or an environment variable. I am willing to provide a patch if you indicate willingness to review and apply the patch. Greetings Marc

Bug#936050: please add systemctl daemon-reload hint to /etc/fstab

2019-08-29 Thread Marc Haber
systemd # units generated from this file. I think we should have this as well. Greetings Marc

Re: Customize LUKS setup on d-i

2019-05-27 Thread Marc Fargas
Hi, Quoting Cyril Brulebois (2019-05-27 00:34:00) > Hi Marc, > > Quick and incomplete answers because my time is limited, but hopefully > better than nothing. > > Marc Fargas (2019-05-26): > > Question 1: Can the LUKS passphrase be pre-seeded to partman somehow?

Customize LUKS setup on d-i

2019-05-26 Thread Marc Fargas
ckages to have them work withing the d-i system. So, any pointers on how to achieve 2., specialy the two questions above, is much appreciated! Thanks, Marc PS: I am not subscribed to debian-boot, I was about to but there are lots of mails there! So, please don't forget to include me in the

Bug#928299: installation-reports: network-console doesnt set password hash, ssh not possible

2019-05-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 08:00:52AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Marc Haber (2019-05-01): > > at least today's daily installer snapshot has a totally broken > > network-console. It asks for a password and confirmation and then > > prompts to continue isnta

Bug#928299: installation-reports: network-console doesnt set password hash, ssh not possible

2019-05-01 Thread Marc Haber
sh is written to /etc/shadow, hence login into the installer is not possible. After changing to a different virtual console of the installing system and putting a valid password hash into /etc/shadow allowed installation to continue. Greetings Marc

Bug#811269: Bug#871255: please consider two patches to allow smaller systems to be installed

2018-08-06 Thread Marc Haber
-k was added to tar in the first place. I would prefer #811269 being addressed _and_ the -k option made optional. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Hea

Bug#891574: please give hints about /boot/boot.scr sources inside the file

2018-02-26 Thread Marc Haber
is a binary file. Do not edit. If you want to change the contents, edit /etc/flash-kernel/foo/bar and re-run flash-kernel". Please consider giving such a hint. Greetings Marc: -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable')

Bug#891572: better debugging to boot banana pi

2018-02-26 Thread Marc Haber
Package: flash-kernel Version: 3.92 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, the attached modified bootscr.sunxi gives more debugging output and makes it easier to manually replace a failed boot on the u-boot command line. Please consider applying it. Greetings Marc -- System Information: Debian

Bug#846256: failure on boot

2017-09-15 Thread Marc Haber
nit] After=systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service solved this for me as well. A similiar override.conf is recommended for keyboard-setup.service. Before this fix is put in Debian's package, "DefaultDependencies=no" should be overthought as well. I am raising

Bug#871255: -k added to tar prevents pre-loading of directory

2017-08-07 Thread Marc Haber
from the very beginning will increase the run time of debootstrap noticeably. Please consider implementing the usrmerge process a bit less invasive. Greetings Marc -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd

Bug#867898: debian-installer-netboot-images: debian-installer-9-netboot-amd64 scsi modules missing. Netboot image unusable

2017-08-02 Thread Marc N
): scsi_mod Mit freundlichen gruessen, Marc On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 1:42 PM, Paschedag, Robert wrote: > Hi Marc, > > which driver module has been used within your tests? In my version of netboot.tar.gz (initrd), the modules for LSI controllers (mptspi) were missing. > > So even on a simpl

Bug#867898: debian-installer-netboot-images: debian-installer-9-netboot-amd64 scsi modules missing. Netboot image unusable

2017-08-02 Thread Marc N
bundled in the netboot tar.gz (CONF.sh?)? Best regards, Marc

Bug#864981: debootstrap: cannot unpack into "preseeded" directory

2017-06-18 Thread Marc Haber
R_OPTIONS in /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/stretch fixes things for me. Greetings Marc -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.11.5-zgws1 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)

Bug#857205: flash-kernel: Add support for TI OMAP4 PandaBoard-ES

2017-03-08 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
On 03/09/2017 02:35 AM, Sebastian Reichel wrote: > On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 08:53:50PM +0000, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote: >> +Machine: TI OMAP4 PandaBoard-ES >> +Kernel-Flavors: armmp armmp-lpae > > OMAP4 is Cortex A9, so no LPAE support. Thanks, fixed in v2 - see a

Bug#857205: flash-kernel: Add support for TI OMAP4 PandaBoard-ES

2017-03-08 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
Package: flash-kernel Version: 3.75 Severity: normal Tags: d-i patch Dear Maintainer, the attached patch adds support for TI OMAP4 PandaBoard-ES using debian's latest u-boot and kernel release. This change is needed, as the OMAP4 architecture uses Device Tree for some time. regards,

Bug#794410: debian-installer: Installer hangs during 'select and install software'

2016-12-05 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:38:46 +0100 Tuxicoman wrote: > I got the same issue with an Intel NUC 2820 > > dpkg was stuck at 12% during installation. > I updated the bios (v52 to v56) and this seemed to solve the issue. Release notes for Intel NUC 2820 BIOS: https://downloadmirror.intel.com/26318/en

Bug#814490: os-prober: 50lilo fails to parse append= in lilo.conf, elading to corrupted grub.cfg

2016-02-11 Thread Marc Lehmann
ectly in grub.cfg. I have not investigated further. Greetings, Marc -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental') Archi

Bug#811269: please consider two patches to allow smaller systems to be installed

2016-01-17 Thread Marc Haber
her allow to bring a --variant=minbase sid install down from 199 MB to 147 MB, which is a rather impressive result. Please consider applying them in debootstrap. Thank you very much. Greetings Marc >From 644753cd1a0556291dcbfd21cd881ec075de23c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Haber Date: Sat, 9

Bug#794410: (no subject)

2015-11-10 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
I encountered this perfectly reproducible exact 12% total freeze bug using a Jessie installer image dating back a few months on an Intel J1900 host with integrated Realtek network hardware - I'm afraid I don't know which Jessie sub-version. However, on the exact same hardware (including the US

Bug#781371: flash-kernel: Update machine entry for OpenRD boards

2015-03-29 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
On 03/28/2015 11:07 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Sat, 2015-03-28 at 08:33 +0000, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote: >> since linux kernel version 3.16 the OpenRD boards have been converted >> to device tree. Indeed it's v3.17-rc1 not v3.16. > Exclusively? My understanding was that

Bug#781371: flash-kernel: Update machine entry for OpenRD boards

2015-03-28 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
Package: flash-kernel Version: 3.33 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, since linux kernel version 3.16 the OpenRD boards have been converted to device tree. regrads, Marc -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (70, 'expe

Bug#770033: partman-efi: Should force umask in mount options

2014-11-18 Thread Marc Deslauriers
Package: partman-efi Version: 25 Severity: normal Tags: patch User: ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com Usertags: origin-ubuntu vivid ubuntu-patch *** /tmp/tmpryAK4b/bug_body In Ubuntu, the attached patch was applied to achieve the following: * fstab.d/efi: force umask in mount options to ensure

Installation of Debian-Testing-AMD64, DVD and Netinst, Fails on ASUS Eeepc

2014-06-11 Thread Marc Hurst
ct that I need to install the non-free Atheros firmware. Previous installers have prompted me to install firmware. The current installer did not prompt me that firmware is needed. Perhaps it breaks before that determination is made. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, --Marc -- To UNS

Bug#750500: installation-reports: Jessie amd64 netinst encrypted LVM: stuck at /target/boot/efi vfat partition creation

2014-06-03 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Tags: d-i Dear Maintainer, the Debian Installer from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso remains stuck and unresponsive right after committing the partitioning and formatting o

Bug#741027: News about this bug #741027

2014-04-28 Thread Marc Jouan
Morning, I have several servers that block regularly is very random, some were stuck 4 times in one month, another 2 times and only one time. The space between the blocks is truly random. I noticed that information was common in these blocks, and allowed me the grace logs Kelvin González l

Bug#731345: flash-kernel: add support for DT based kernels on Sheeva Plug

2014-01-08 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
Andrew Lunn wrote: >> Not quite, as 3.11 comes with DT for the sheeva plug, but that DT >> lacks ethernet support. > >Hi Marc > >I've not tested it, but ethernet should work. Adding DT support to the >ethernet driver took time, so during the transition, we instan

Bug#731345: Kirkwood Kernel 3.12-1

2014-01-08 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
Martin Michlmayr wrote: >Adding Marc, who proposed the initial patch. > >* Ian Campbell [2014-01-08 08:35]: >> (adding the bug) >> >> On Wed, 2014-01-08 at 08:22 +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: >> > Hi Markus, >> > >> > * Markus Krebs [2

Bug#700633: Debootstrap is very slow. Please use eatmydata to fix this.

2013-12-26 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 10:14:16AM -0400, Phillip Susi wrote: > On 3/31/2013 4:17 PM, Marc Haber wrote: > > The following patch introduces an --include-early option which > > allows to introduce eatmydata early enough: > > Is this intended to be applied instead of, or

Bug#731345: flash-kernel: add support for DT based kernels on Sheeva Plug

2013-12-15 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
. Do you know if v3.10 or earlier shipped a DT in the kernel > package? I just noticed that the Ethernet is missing with v3.11+DT. Ethernet support was added with v3.12-rc1~114^2~10^2~12. So probably don't want to use v3.11-DT on the Sheeva Plug. Marc signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Bug#731345: flash-kernel: add support for DT based kernels on Sheeva Plug

2013-12-06 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
one for the shivaplug. But of course f-k > wouldn't ever do that. > > So the only concern is intermediate kernel versions which have a DT file > but prefer non-DT operation. As I say I think so long as it boots well > enough to allow repair then this is ok. In Debian, v3.11 is the first kernel that ships with a Sheeva Plug DT and that works for me. > Do shivaplugs typically provide u-boot console access as standard or > does that require soldering and/or cracking the case open? No, just plug in a Mini USB Cable and you have a serial console (and a JTAG for debricking via openocd). Marc signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Bug#731345: flash-kernel: add support for DT based kernels on Sheeva Plug

2013-12-05 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
On 12/05/2013 06:01 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Thu, 2013-12-05 at 13:39 +0100, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote: >> On 12/05/2013 01:15 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: >>> On Thu, 2013-12-05 at 13:04 +0100, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote: >>>> On 12/05/2013 12:57 PM, Ian Campbell wrote:

Bug#731345: flash-kernel: add support for DT based kernels on Sheeva Plug

2013-12-05 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
On 12/05/2013 01:15 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Thu, 2013-12-05 at 13:04 +0100, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote: >> On 12/05/2013 12:57 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: >>> On Thu, 2013-12-05 at 12:46 +0100, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote: >>>> On 12/05/2013 12:34 PM, Martin Michlmayr wr

Bug#731345: flash-kernel: add support for DT based kernels on Sheeva Plug

2013-12-05 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
On 12/05/2013 12:57 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Thu, 2013-12-05 at 12:46 +0100, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote: >> On 12/05/2013 12:34 PM, Martin Michlmayr wrote: >>> * Marc Kleine-Budde [2013-12-05 11:49]: >>>> That's no option, as non DT Sheeva Plug support has b

Bug#731345: flash-kernel: add support for DT based kernels on Sheeva Plug

2013-12-05 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
On 12/05/2013 12:34 PM, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Marc Kleine-Budde [2013-12-05 11:49]: >> That's no option, as non DT Sheeva Plug support has been removed from >> the kernel in ffbc50663b69462adc9d97b93b6b92c4fe74b94c: >> >> ffbc506 ARM: kirkwood: remo

Bug#731345: flash-kernel: add support for DT based kernels on Sheeva Plug

2013-12-05 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
On 12/05/2013 11:43 AM, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Marc Kleine-Budde [2013-12-04 14:23]: >> Hello, I've two patches to support DT based kernel on Sheeva >> Plug. These patches are needed to boot 3.12 (which is currently in >> experimental). > > When I spoke to

Bug#731345: flash-kernel: add support for DT based kernels on Sheeva Plug

2013-12-04 Thread Marc Kleine-Budde
Package: flash-kernel Version: 3.11 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hello, I've two patches to support DT based kernel on Sheeva Plug. These patches are needed to boot 3.12 (which is currently in experimental). regards, Marc -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers te

Bug#700633: Debootstrap is very slow. Please use eatmydata to fix this.

2013-03-31 Thread Marc Haber
t; Comma separated list of packages which will be removed from download and extract lists. With this patch, one can use eatmydata debootstrap --include-early=eatmydata ... to get eatmydata. With strace -esync,fsync, I verified that this actually only issues about 20 fsync calls in the final st

Bug#696774: console-setup: should probably dpkg-trigger update-initramfs

2012-12-26 Thread Marc Dequènes (Duck)
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Bug#690401: installation-reports: [Crypted disk] Display text spinner while filling partition with random data

2012-10-13 Thread Marc-Aurèle DARCHE
Package: installation-reports Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i -- Package-specific info: USB stick + netinst Image version: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz + http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/wheezy_di_beta2/amd64/iso-cd/debian

Bug#688346: installation-reports: Impossible boot with LVM crypted disk on non-QWERTY keyboard

2012-09-21 Thread Marc-Aurèle DARCHE
Package: installation-reports Severity: important Tags: d-i -- Package-specific info: Boot method: VirtualBox + ISO Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/wheezy_di_beta2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-wheezy-DI-b2-amd64-netinst.iso Date: 2012-09-20 Machine: Classical desktop computer with AZE

Bug#688064: installation-reports: Successful classical install but wrong keyboard layout in GRUB

2012-09-18 Thread Marc-Aurèle DARCHE
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Tags: d-i Boot method: USB stick + netinst Image version: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz + http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/wheezy_di_beta2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-wheezy-DI-b2-am

Bug#647403: please add a pointer to the installer source code to the docs

2011-11-02 Thread Marc Haber
suggest a "read the source luke" paragraph to the Installation Guide. This should obviously be a stable link to the installer as it is used in stable to be valid reference. Greetings Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

Bug#647406: please consider removing #debian-boot reference from installation guide

2011-11-02 Thread Marc Haber
r end-user question, #debian-boot should be clearly flagged as an "experts only" channel, and end-users should be discouraged from joining there. Greetings Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Bug#647405: please allow pre-seeding for deb-src line

2011-11-02 Thread Marc Haber
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Hi, it is obviously not possible to de-select the generation of deb-src lines for the mirror selected during the installation process. Please consider allowing this, for example by a pre-seeding option d-i mirror/http/source boolean Greetings Marc

Bug#645757: misdetects Dell RAC as hard disk

2011-10-31 Thread Marc Haber
tual Media" to "Detach" in the RAC web interface (System/Media/Configuration), even squeeze's installer has the internal disk as sda. Lenny's installer doesn't seem to care about that setting and works anyway. Greetings Marc -- ----

Bug#645757: misdetects Dell RAC as hard disk

2011-10-31 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 01:46:33PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > we are deploying Debian on a large number of servers of different > types. One of our widely used server types is the Dell PowerEdge 1950 > which is equipped with a RAC. > > The Debian Installer detects the RAC as

Bug#645757: misdetects Dell RAC as hard disk

2011-10-31 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 09:08:41PM +0200, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 01:46:33PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > we are deploying Debian on a large number of servers of different > > types. One of our widely used server types is the Dell PowerEdge 1950 > > whi

Bug#645765: please consider allowing to load installer components from a different mirror

2011-10-19 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:28:54PM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote: > On 2011-10-18, Marc Haber wrote: > > when entities deploy Debian via network install, point releases can > > pose challenges. For example, a site I consult for has a mirror which > > is rsynced daily, but the i

Bug#645765: please consider allowing to load installer components from a different mirror

2011-10-18 Thread Marc Haber
dicated URL that could be forced into sync. Greetings Marc [1] I don't have the slightest idea why this issue has only surfaced after 6.0.3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debi

Bug#645757: misdetects Dell RAC as hard disk

2011-10-18 Thread Marc Haber
hich should be fixed. If "list-devices disk" showing the RAC is a feature, how do you suggest handling this case while not breaking the install process for servers that don't have a RAC and where the build-in hard disk _is_ in fact /dev/sda? Any hints will be appreciated. Greeting

Bug#645740: ntp suggestions for installation

2011-10-18 Thread Marc Haber
avior would make sure that the clock would be at reasonable configuration values even if the system itself cannot directly reach the Internet. Greetings Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Bug#645308: tg3 broken for NetXtreme 5714S in squeeze 6.0.3 installer

2011-10-14 Thread Marc Haber
4 netinstall CD, things are just fine. dmesg and syslog from the installer are attached. Greetings Marc installer-logs.txt.xz Description: application/xz

Bug#640992: please improve proxy support

2011-09-09 Thread Marc Haber
/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy and/or /etc/bash.bashrc containing the appropriate settings learned from http_proxy in the host system. Greetings Marc -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.2 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.0.4-

Bug#636483: installation-reports: daily image from 2011-08-01 encrypted LV in KVM VM

2011-08-03 Thread Marc Haber
Package: installation-reports Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso dated 03-Aug-2011 11:26 Date: Machine: KVM VM Partitions: Bas

Bug#609887: installation-reports: squeeze preseed recipe (partitioning) does not provide the same layout as lenny

2011-04-06 Thread Marc Leeman
> Your previous report was sufficient. Actually, this was already > reported, see #597005. > This issue may be due to some change in the alignment settings in the > installer. Does it help if you try to preseed "partman/alignment" to > something else than "optimal" (e.g. "cylinder" or "minimal")?

Bug#615600: BOOTIF= kernel commandline option does not work

2011-03-02 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 04:44:07PM +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > Marc Haber writes: > > On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 01:41:58AM +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > > > >> Marc Haber writes: > >> > >>> On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:28:16PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:

Bug#615600: BOOTIF= kernel commandline option does not work

2011-03-02 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 01:41:58AM +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > Marc Haber writes: > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:28:16PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > >> I guess the following changes do kind of a job: > >> etc/udev/rules.d/69-bootif.rules (inside the installer&

Bug#615600: BOOTIF= kernel commandline option does not work

2011-03-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:28:16PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > I guess the following changes do kind of a job: > etc/udev/rules.d/69-bootif.rules (inside the installer's initrd) > ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", IMPORT{program}="bootif $attr{address}" &

Bug#615600: BOOTIF= kernel commandline option does not work

2011-03-01 Thread Marc Haber
eth2 Ceth3 Beth0 Aeth4 Deth5 I guess there may be a race going on. Is there any possibility to have bootif honored without generating a broken 70-persistent-net.rules and with still having the interfaces numbered cons

Bug#615600: Bug#504753: Bug#615600: BOOTIF= kernel commandline option does not work

2011-02-28 Thread Marc Haber
t for such things in > netcfg. Are there any docs for netcfg? After a cursory glance at the source package, it looks like the docs are contained in those nice .c and .h files with a little too little documentation about the interfaces. Greetings Marc -- ---

Bug#615600: BOOTIF= kernel commandline option does not work

2011-02-28 Thread Marc Haber
eth0= with the special case of eth0=bootif which would make sure that eth0 is the PXE device? Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germa

Bug#615599: debian-installer prefers usb Blockdevices over "real" harddrives

2011-02-28 Thread Marc Haber
?) precedence over "real" storage devices, which can/should avoid a prompt which may be undesireable during an unaended install. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. T

Bug#609887: installation-reports: squeeze preseed recipe (partitioning) does not provide the same layout as lenny

2011-01-13 Thread Marc Leeman
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal I issued the following bug against the debian-installer; but I now noticed that bugs were requested against installation-reports for squeeze. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608906 -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.6 A

Bug#608906: Acknowledgement (debian-installer: preseed recipe (partitioning) does not provide the same layout as lenny)

2011-01-04 Thread Marc Leeman
Reinstalled the same physical machine (not just the same hardware and type) as in the original bugreport. The first partition is one cylinder larger; and the last one is one smaller. Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders U

Bug#608906: debian-installer: preseed recipe (partitioning) does not provide the same layout as lenny

2011-01-04 Thread Marc Leeman
Package: debian-installer Version: debian-squeeze-di-beta2-amd64-netinst.iso Severity: important Tags: d-i I am using the debian installer with a preseed: d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe \ string boot-root :: 4000 1 4 ext3 \ $primary{ } \ $bootable{ } \ method{ format } \

Bug#608327: cdrom-detect fails when using usb storage as install device

2010-12-29 Thread Marc Randolph
Package: cdrom-detect Version: 1.36 Downstream bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cdrom-detect/+bug/582427 Some usb-based installs are blocked due to cdrom-detect failing. I can't test 1.37 right now, but the changelog leads me to believe that this issue is likely not resolv

Bug#603528: installation-reports: Squeeze dist-upgrade report

2010-11-14 Thread Marc Mims
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal I ran "apt-get dist-upgrade -u" to upgrade to Squeeze and encountered the following issues: 1. install-info /etc/default/locale: line 1: en_US: command not found dpkg: error processing install-info (--configure): subproces

Bug#572785: debian-installer: bnx firmware image

2010-03-06 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 06:03:18PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 06 March 2010, Marc Haber wrote: > > when trying to install Debian from today's squeeze daily image on a hp > > ProLiant DL385G6, there are multiple images with the network interfaces, > > whi

Bug#572787: debian-installer: 64bit install hangs after "Booting the kernel"

2010-03-06 Thread Marc Haber
e initrd load being back after the "Done." Then the next line is overwritten with "Booting the kernel.y." with the "y." being the remainder of the "ready." With this display, the system stops dead in its tracks with a blinking red error LED: Installing 32bi

Bug#572094: debian-installer: Proliant DL385G6 doesn't boot, BUG: Bad page state in process swapper

2010-03-06 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 08:56:01PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 04:58:54PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > On Monday 01 March 2010, Marc Haber wrote: > > > when trying to install using the squeeze Alpha 1 amd64 installer, a hp > > > ProLi

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