installation-manual: section 6.3.3.1: Isn't ext4 the default fs?

2013-04-18 Thread Regid Ichira
From section 6.3.3.1 of the installation manual: The default file system selected in most cases is ext3; for /boot partitions ext2 will be selected by default when guided partitioning is used. Isn't the default ext4? I haven't examine the source. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: netcfg questions not asked with priority=critical. HD partition recipe.

2013-04-15 Thread Regid Ichira
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 09:13:56PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: Hello, Regid Ichira, le Sat 13 Apr 2013 19:37:14 +0300, a ?crit : 1. With all the following conditions: 1.1 auto=true 1.2 no priority defined by me 1.3 dhcp server supplies the host and domain names 1.4 d-i

Re: netcfg questions not asked with priority=critical. HD partition recipe.

2013-04-13 Thread Regid Ichira
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 05:59:54PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: Regid Ichira, le Fri 12 Apr 2013 19:03:37 +0300, a ?crit : On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 01:06:46PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: Regid Ichira, le Mon 08 Apr 2013 05:00:40 +0300, a ?crit : 2. Even though the dhcp server

preseed file to partition the drive for a mixed lvm and non lvm fs

2013-04-13 Thread Regid Ichira
What should I write in a preseed file to get a HD partition with the requirments: 1. A 100G hard disk. 2. 50G are already in use by the first partition. The installer should not do anything with that partition. 3. There is no partition defined for the other 50G. Desired usage is: 3.1.

preseed file to partition the drive for a mixed lvm and non lvm fs

2013-04-13 Thread Regid Ichira
I am posting the same message for the 2nd time because I am trying to open a new thread. The same post is at http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2013/04/msg00258.html, from earlier today. Please ignore the earlier post. What should I write in a preseed file to get a HD partition with

Re: netcfg questions not asked with priority=critical. HD partition recipe.

2013-04-12 Thread Regid Ichira
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 01:06:46PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: Hello, Regid Ichira, le Mon 08 Apr 2013 05:00:40 +0300, a ?crit : 2. Even though the dhcp server is supplying a host name, and the preseeding file has a d-i netcfg/get_hostname string hostname set

Re: Problems and questions with preseeding

2013-04-09 Thread Regid Ichira
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 10:20:51AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: Hi Regid, Regid Ichira regi...@nt1.in writes: 1. The auto alias doesn't work. auto=true does work. In fact, the installation guide has contradictory saying on this issue. http://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apbs02

Problems and questions with preseeding

2013-04-07 Thread Regid Ichira
1. The auto alias doesn't work. auto=true does work. In fact, the installation guide has contradictory saying on this issue. http://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apbs02.html, B.2. Using preseeding, has examples with only auto, without a value. And further down that page, it is

Re: [PATCH] mention git, not svn, in http://d-i.alioth.d.o/doc/internals/ch01.html

2013-04-06 Thread Regid Ichira
On Sat, Apr 06, 2013 at 01:05:00AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Hi, Regid Ichira regi...@nt1.in (20/02/2013): Should the following be applied to http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/doc/internals/ch01.html ? --- ch01.html 2013-02-20 15:55:23.0 +0200 +++ ch01.html.new

Bug#704499: Please include preseed examples, and a list of configurations variables

2013-04-01 Thread Regid Ichira
Source: debian-installer Version: 20130211 Severity: wishlist Am I right that there are no preseed examples in the package? If so, please consider adding one, or more. Perhaps in the doc directory. While at it, perhaps a comprehensive list of all the d-i configuration variables can be

Bug#704499: Please include preseed examples, and a list of configurations variables

2013-04-01 Thread Regid Ichira
On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 02:58:32AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: Regid Ichira, le Tue 02 Apr 2013 03:37:07 +0300, a ?crit : Source: debian-installer Version: 20130211 Severity: wishlist Am I right that there are no preseed examples in the package? If so, please consider adding

preseed/file=/hd-media/a/deeper/directory/preseed.cfg. What about which fs it is?

2013-03-29 Thread Regid Ichira
1. When using a preseed/file kernel parameter, must I have the preconfiguration file in the toplevel directory of the hd-media? 2. Will the installer automatically try to figure out the fs in the media? Does ntfs an option? 3. Does it log problems? In short, if I boot the installer

installation-manual: Should it suggests to switch to run level 1 and back?

2013-03-28 Thread Regid Ichira
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch07s02.html.en is section 7.2, Mounting encrypted volumes. From Chapter 7, Booting Into Your New Debian System. The following assumes that this section has no substantial changes in the squeeze manual. Quoting the bottom of section 7.2: If

Re: Is the bad URL also present in squeeze manual?

2013-03-27 Thread Regid Ichira
. Using Individual Components footnote [17] Should a bug report be opened? On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 08:29:06AM +0800, River Chien-hsun Chiang (?) wrote: Yes, http://luks.endorphin.org/ is a bad URL. On 3/26/13, Regid Ichira regi...@nt1.in wrote: http

Is it a bad URL in the installation manual?

2013-03-25 Thread Regid Ichira
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s03.html.en#ftn.id593125 maps LUKS to http://luks.endorphin.org/ . $ host luks.endorphin.org Host luks.endorphin.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) Is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUKS a better mapping? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#701149: difficult to find a kernel + initrd to boot the installer

2013-03-18 Thread Regid Ichira
ftp.zcu.cz: /mirrors/linux/debian/dists/wheezy/main/ \ installer-i386/current/images/netboot/gtk/ \ debian-installer/i386/ (line broken by me for readability) has, at this time, a linux kernel of size 2503264 bytes. With an initrd.gz of size 28526283 bytes. That

Bug#701149: Which initrd.gz version had a size of 28524879 bytes around 11-Feb-2013?

2013-03-17 Thread Regid Ichira
1. http://d-i.pascal.at/ suggest to use append initrd=initrd.gz ramdisk_size=10240 root=/dev/rd/0 devfs=mount,dall rw DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium (line broken here for readability) Since I have a seperate initrd directive in my syslinux.cfg, I added to the append

netboot-gtk: Failed to execute /init

2013-02-22 Thread Regid Ichira
The following syslinux.cfg entry label d-i linux /syslinux/d-i.20130211/linux initrd /syslinux/d-i.20130211/initrd.gz append vga=791 root=/dev/ram0 rw where linux and initrd.gz are taken from netboot-gtk, result in Failed to execute /init

Bug#701149: Instalation failed: Probably the HD was not recognised

2013-02-21 Thread Regid Ichira
Package: installation-reports Version: 13-Feb-2013 Severity: installation failed. I have syslinux booting xp and memtest86+ on a laptop. syslinux was installed on xp natively. By that I mean that I downloaded syslinux.exe from syslinux site, and used it to install syslinux on xp's ntfs file

[PATCH] mention git, not svn, in http://d-i.alioth.d.o/doc/internals/ch01.html

2013-02-20 Thread Regid Ichira
Should the following be applied to http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/doc/internals/ch01.html ? --- ch01.html 2013-02-20 15:55:23.0 +0200 +++ ch01.html.new 2013-02-20 15:54:40.0 +0200 @@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ the debian-boot list. p For any kind of work on Debian