Re: [PATCH] grub-installer: Handle disks with multi-letter names

2011-05-04 Thread Roland Dreier
Why are you changing [a-z0-9} to [a-z]? I looked at drivers/ide/ide-probe.c in the Linux kernel and it has sprintf(disk-disk_name, hd%c, 'a' + hwif-index * MAX_DRIVES + unit); so under Linux there is no way to get anything other than hda...hdz. I think, from distant memory, that

[PATCH] grub-installer: Handle disks with multi-letter names

2011-05-03 Thread Roland Dreier
On a system with more than 26 disks, after /dev/sda through /dev/sdz are used, disks start to get names like /dev/sdaa, /dev/sdab, etc. Unfortunately grub-installer doesn't cope with these names; the pattern used to figure out how to compute disc_offered_devfs doesn't match properly and so trying

Bug#410878: d-i uses mirror/http/proxy setting when it (probably) shouldn't

2007-02-18 Thread Roland Dreier
I'm confused -- what is the current status? Do you understand why mirror/http/proxy should not apply when fetching preseed/include and preseed/run files, or do you need more clarification? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Bug#410878: d-i uses mirror/http/proxy setting when it (probably) shouldn't

2007-02-13 Thread Roland Dreier
Package: debian-installer Version: 20061102 I'm trying to use d-i to netboot a system and run a preseeded install, with the preseed config being loaded via http. The configuration of my network is such that I have to use an http proxy to reach Debian mirrors, so I have a mirror/http/proxy

Re: IA64 install experience (HP zx6000)

2004-03-12 Thread Roland Dreier
Roland I ran into a couple of problems and ended up giving up Roland without being able to install a bootable Debian system. Roland The first problem was that the kernel used by the Roland installer did not include the mptscsih or mptbase modules, Roland which are required for

IA64 install experience (HP zx6000)

2004-03-11 Thread Roland Dreier
Hi, here's a not-so-successful IA64 install report: I tried the March 10 IA64 business card ISO on an HP zx6000 workstation (I also tried various netinst and business card builds from the previous week earlier). I ran into a couple of problems and ended up giving up without being able to install