Bug#415992: Boot floppy fails to load initrd.gz (Etch)

2007-03-23 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 10:03:14PM +0300, Ilya A. Naydov wrote: Package: installation-reports Version: i386 20070317 is it the RC2 floppy image ? I've tried to boot from floppy, but boot stopped on Loading initrd.gz can you try with another floppy disk Boot floppy from Sarge works

Bug#395172: lowmem level2 do not check dependencies when loading net-drivers

2006-11-02 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 11:15:19PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Wednesday 25 October 2006 14:23, Sylvain Ferriol wrote: net-drivers are on two floppies and some packages in net-drivers-2 floppy depends on packages in net-drivers-1. in lowmem level2, the list of drivers is displayed

Bug#395172: lowmem level2 do not check dependencies when loading net-drivers

2006-10-25 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
Package: lowmem Severity: normal net-drivers are on two floppies and some packages in net-drivers-2 floppy depends on packages in net-drivers-1. in lowmem level2, the list of drivers is displayed and in the template, the following note is wrong when dependencies are dispatched on different

Re: Floppy support - proposed changes

2006-10-12 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 04:04:55PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: - I'd like to see two separate templates for the first driver floppy and for any further driver floppies. The second template should be something like Load drivers from another floppy?. The default from that template could

Re: install on new computer; no cd available

2006-10-03 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 03:28:10PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Download and make floppies. Is there any forcast when Etch will have floppy-install working? With woody, I tested that I could boot from floppy then install base off the zip. you can test

Re: lowmem level2 and udeb choices

2006-07-13 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 09:53:17PM +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote: I just had to increase the limit of level2 on ARM so it will still work. The problem now is that the installation on a specific device runs in level2 and you have to manually choose ext3 and scsi/usb-storage (the device has

Bug#274307: partman-ext3 not available in lowmem level 2

2006-04-04 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
an new polished anna.c patch Index: anna.c === --- anna.c (révision 36041) +++ anna.c (copie de travail) @@ -65,20 +65,24 @@ } static int choose_modules(di_packages *status, di_packages **packages) { - char

Bug#274307: partman-ext3 not available in lowmem level 2

2006-04-03 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
this is a new anna.c which do no display dependencies of menu-item packages sylvain #include sys/utsname.h #include anna.h #include util.h #include retriever.h struct debconfclient *debconf = NULL; static char *running_kernel = NULL; static const char *subarchitecture; static int quiet = 0;

Bug#274307: partman-ext3 not available in lowmem level 2

2006-04-03 Thread Sylvain . Ferriol
this a new anna.c which do not diplay in lowmem mode dependencies of menu-item packages - envoyé via Webmail/IMAG ! anna.c.patch Description: Binary data

Bug#274307: partman-ext3 not available in lowmem level 2

2006-03-30 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 12:11:47AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: Hi Sylvain, hi frans I've tested this new version (using a mini.iso installation, comparing a daily build with new anna and Etch beta2). Comments below. I see no differences installing at default priority, but I've not tested

Bug#274307: partman-ext3 not available in lowmem level 2

2006-03-21 Thread Sylvain . Ferriol
i recode anna to reduce lowmem complexity. - now, lowmem add to the asklist only packages with a want_install status (except for menu-item packages ) at the end of choose modules function. - lowmem also takes into account the packages listed in the INCLUDE_FILE - and all asklist computing is

Bug#354199: busybox: mknod do not test minor and major for 2.6 kernel

2006-02-24 Thread Sylvain . Ferriol
Package: busybox Version: 1:1.01-4 Severity: minor in 2.6, the max value for major is 0xfff so instead of testing minor and major with fixed value (255) and as there are no variables MAX_NINOR and MAX_MAJOR the solution used in coreutils/mknod i_major != (major_t) i_major i_minor != (minor_t)

Bug#274307: partman-ext3 not available in lowmem level 2

2004-10-31 Thread sylvain ferriol
Joey Hess wrote: Package: anna Severity: important Tags: d-i In lowmem level 2, anna presents a list of udebs, which does not include partman-ext3. And partman-ext3 is not loaded at all, though the kernel udeb with the ext3 module is. This leaves partman only able to do ext2 by default. Reiserfs

Bug#271065: network modules parameters

2004-09-10 Thread sylvain ferriol
Package: ddetect Severity: normal Tags: d-i plip (and parport_pc) is a network module which needs parameters before loading. I think it is not the only one. But during last install for testing d-i, i made a mistake in parameters = impossible to go back and succeed to display another time the

Bug#270647: in lowmem-level2 anna display a list with too much packages

2004-09-10 Thread sylvain ferriol
Joey Hess wrote: sferriol wrote: i have a problem with anna when you are in lowmem because it displays to user a list of packages to install but if you use net-install, just before partman, anna will display all packages it founds in the mirror even packages used for a cd-install Packages

patchs for lowmem =32Mb in i386

2004-07-07 Thread sylvain ferriol
hello i will not be here next week, and i don't know if i have to commit this patch before RC1 so i attach the patches for S10lowmem and anna.c file test it for other arches, joey will decide to put it or not for RC1 bye sylvain Index: S10lowmem

Re: How much mem is low, exactly?

2004-06-13 Thread sylvain ferriol
W. Borgert wrote: On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 01:24:40PM +, W. Borgert wrote: - There is room for improvement: Some tools were installed without my consent/need: os-prober, lilo-installer, nobootloader - I can't remember all, sorry. Also I'm Now I tried again: reiserfs and xfs are

Bug#253361: netfcg display error using plip

2004-06-08 Thread sylvain ferriol
Package: netcfg Severity: normal Tags: d-i when i try to config static network using plip, i get the netcfg/error template message. in console 4: INFO: executing: ip addr add 192.68.0.2/32 broadcast 0.0.0 dev plip0 ip: RTNETLINK answers : Network is unreachable ifconfig return: plip0 inet

Re: How much mem is low, exactly?

2004-06-02 Thread sylvain ferriol
W. Borgert wrote: i have changed anna to enable the user to select what he wants. and anna only download the selected packages (and dependencies too) Could you provide floppy images (boot.img/root.img/net-drivers.img) on some http-accessable place, please? I would like to test it. - there

Bug#251277: plip0 is not a wireless network interface

2004-05-27 Thread sylvain ferriol
Joshua Kwan wrote: On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 08:55:54PM +0200, sylvain ferriol wrote: with the last version of netcfg, i can not use plip because it say that it is a wireless interface, so i have to enter an ESSID, but i use only parallel port :( . Can you tell me whether it shows up

anna and lowmem

2004-05-13 Thread sylvain ferriol
hello i have modified anna in local to show me all packages before installing. i suceed to install debian in less than 24Mb, it depends on configuration. But now i want to filter packages for showing to user only main optional packages (instead of 211 packages): - lowmem filters only packages

floppy-retriever bug?

2004-05-13 Thread sylvain ferriol
why floppy-retriever forces all packages to 'standard' priority? is it a bug? sylvain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#241943: impossible to correct an error in net modules config

2004-04-03 Thread sylvain ferriol
Package: ethdetect Version: 0.81 when configuring net modules parameters, if we 've made a mistake and the modprobe is ok. it is impossible to go back and correct module parameters (unless you are in expert mode). you are always directed to the dhcp network config. sylvain -- To

Re: Single Language Ram Disk?

2004-03-04 Thread sylvain ferriol
Denis Barbier wrote: On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 03:02:38PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: sylvain ferriol wrote: i have change NO_I18N to DI_LANG for selecting a single language ( C and others..) example for building: fakeroot make DI_LANG=fr build_floppy_root the next step is to put DI_LANG

Re: plip ok

2004-02-22 Thread sylvain ferriol
Joey Hess wrote: sylvain ferriol wrote: hello i have change some files to add plip in d-i. - in agreement with denis barbier, i have change all questions owners from 'debian' to 'd-i' - in ethdetect.sh, i add a 'switch case' for modules which must have a specific configuration like plip, ne

plip ok

2004-02-21 Thread sylvain ferriol
hello i have change some files to add plip in d-i. - in agreement with denis barbier, i have change all questions owners from 'debian' to 'd-i' - in ethdetect.sh, i add a 'switch case' for modules which must have a specific configuration like plip, ne, and i think other isa cards i have just

Bug#232623: unknown owner

2004-02-17 Thread sylvain ferriol
Denis Barbier wrote: On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 06:58:56PM +0100, sylvain ferriol wrote: [...] if i run: cdebconf -o debian ethdetect , it works but ethdetect is executable so in ethdetect, i need an interpreter something like this: #!/usr/bin/debconf -o debian /bin/sh instead of #!/bin/sh

Bug#232623: unknown owner

2004-02-16 Thread sylvain ferriol
Denis Barbier wrote: On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 08:40:35AM +0100, sylvain ferriol wrote: Package: cdebconf Version: 0.55 i try to use db_register in d-i it is working but when i look at /var/lib/cdebconf/questions.dat all questions created by db_register have an Owner: Unknown Because you

Bug#232623: unknown owner

2004-02-14 Thread sylvain ferriol
Denis Barbier wrote: On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 08:40:35AM +0100, sylvain ferriol wrote: Package: cdebconf Version: 0.55 i try to use db_register in d-i it is working but when i look at /var/lib/cdebconf/questions.dat all questions created by db_register have an Owner: Unknown Because you

Bug#232623: unknown owner

2004-02-14 Thread sylvain ferriol
sylvain ferriol wrote: Denis Barbier wrote: On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 08:40:35AM +0100, sylvain ferriol wrote: Package: cdebconf Version: 0.55 i try to use db_register in d-i it is working but when i look at /var/lib/cdebconf/questions.dat all questions created by db_register have an Owner

Bug#232623: unknown owner

2004-02-13 Thread sylvain ferriol
Package: cdebconf Version: 0.55 i try to use db_register in d-i it is working but when i look at /var/lib/cdebconf/questions.dat all questions created by db_register have an Owner: Unknown my code is : module_probe() { local module=$1 local priority=$2 local

Re: New Debian Boot logo proposal

2004-02-11 Thread sylvain ferriol
Frederik Dannemare wrote: Michaeljohn Clement wrote: On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 06:08, Alessandro Polverini wrote: Hello, we have prepared a couple of proposals of the new boot logo for the Sarge installer. You can find screenshots, and RLE encoded pictures at: http://nibbles.it/debian/ Feedback

Bug#231836: regression with plip

2004-02-08 Thread sylvain ferriol
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 20040209 Method:floppies boot,root,net-drivers hello after selecting, language and keyboard, the net modules list does not contain 'plip'. i have to select 'non of the above' and reselect 'Load drivers from floppy' , i have a new screen

bug in ethdetect.sh ?

2004-01-30 Thread sylvain ferriol
hello could you add this to ethdetect.sh? Index: ethdetect.sh === RCS file: /cvsroot/d-i/debian-installer/tools/ddetect/ethdetect.sh,v retrieving revision 1.15 diff -r1.15 ethdetect.sh 69a70,71 continue this avoid to have all

Re: about PLIP

2004-01-29 Thread sylvain ferriol
sylvain ferriol wrote: hello i 'm testing plip module and it works manually before selecting plip from network modules list, i have to insmod partport_pc the problem is that in modules.dep, plip depends on parport and patport_pc depends on parport too but without parport_pc i have never

about PLIP

2004-01-25 Thread sylvain ferriol
hello i 'm testing plip module and it works manually before selecting plip from network modules list, i have to insmod partport_pc the problem is that in modules.dep, plip depends on parport and patport_pc depends on parport too but without parport_pc i have never succeded to make plip work so

add plip in net_drivers

2004-01-23 Thread sylvain ferriol
i will test plip so i change pkg_lists/net_drivers/i386 and add plip-modules but is it possible to cvs it, there is enough space in net_drivers-image.img sylvain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

alphabetic order

2004-01-18 Thread sylvain ferriol
could you change in ddetect/ethdetect line 52: CHOICES=$mod, $CHOICES to CHOICES=$CHOICES, $mod to have net modules in alphabetic order sylvain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#227355: install report

2004-01-13 Thread sylvain ferriol
Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: 20040112 http://people.debian.org/~sjogren/d-i/images/daily/ uname -a: 2-4-22-1-386 Date: 20040112 Method: netinst with floppies Machine: IBM PC 300GL Processor: pentium Memory: 64Mo Root Device: /dev/hda Root

network install from floppies

2003-11-12 Thread sylvain ferriol
INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: beta1 uname -a: 2.4.22-1-386 Date: 20031109 Method: floppy images, network install Machine: ibm 300GL Processor: pentium mmx Memory: 64Mo Root Device: ide Root Size/partition table: Feel free to paste the full partition table, with notes on which

unable to use --with-db in cdebconf configure

2003-10-20 Thread Sylvain . Ferriol
hello in configure.in, there is problem in using option --with-db and --with-frontend if no arguments are passed = try to use the 'yes.so' module dnl What db modules to build? AC_ARG_WITH(db,[ --with-db db modules to build]) DB_MODULES=$with_db dnl What frontend modules to build?

cdebconf: preconfigured package

2002-11-27 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
hello i see that all udebs packages have template files which describe questions asked to user but is it possible to have a file in that way, which contains answers; not in the debconf database but in the udeb or deb package. So, i can create udeb or deb packages with a preconfigured options.

debian-installer/language

2002-11-26 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
hello i can not find the template where debian-installer/language is defined it is used in the show_main_menu function in main-menu.c sylvain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

preconfigure main-menu

2002-11-25 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
hello, i would like to work on debian-installer to allow preconfiguration of udebs.. i'm not understanding all the system for the moment but for example, in the main-menu package, i would like to preconfigure the language and don't want main-menu (in the show_main_menu fonction) to ask this

can't not find libdebconf1

2002-11-20 Thread Sylvain Ferriol
hello do you know where i can find libdebconf1 ??? thanks Sylvain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

problem with apt-get

2002-11-06 Thread sylvain ferriol
hello i download debian-installer via cvs and i 'make build' inthe build directory and it displays: tiramisu:/home/sferriol/debian/debian-installer/build# make build if [ -e ./tmp/net/tree/proc/self ]; then \ sudo chroot ./tmp/net/tree bin/sh -c if mount | grep ^proc ; then bin/umount