Re: Update of the installation guide for new x86 boot menu (was: syslinux vesamenu)

2008-05-10 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Frans Pop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I have updated the section in the Installation Guide that explains the boot screen and would appreciate a review before I commit it. As usual, the documentation is clear and I see no obvious correction to do... Maybe this change could be a good

Re: Update of the installation guide for new x86 boot menu (was: syslinux vesamenu)

2008-05-10 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 10 May 2008, Christian Perrier wrote: Maybe this change could be a good occasion to remind users that the keyboard mapping at that moment is a US keymap and not a localized one. Get the point ? I've added a note with the following text: The keyboard is assumed to have a default

Update of the installation guide for new x86 boot menu (was: syslinux vesamenu)

2008-05-09 Thread Frans Pop
Joey Hess wrote: I'd want to update the version of isolinux in debian-cd to current testing, add vesamenu.c32 to debian-cd alongside it, and apply my debian-cd patch first. The d-i patch can be merged in once debian-cd is ready for it. Everything is now in place and seems to be working

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-05-01 Thread Jérémy Bobbio
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 06:05:32PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Monday 14 April 2008, Joey Hess wrote: Last month syslinux got submenu support for vesamenu, so its now doable.. Here's an example image with menu items for text and gtk: http://kitenet.net/~joey/tmp/mini.iso That looks a

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-04-30 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 14 April 2008, Joey Hess wrote: Last month syslinux got submenu support for vesamenu, so its now doable.. Here's an example image with menu items for text and gtk: http://kitenet.net/~joey/tmp/mini.iso That looks a _lot_ more usable. I think I'd still prefer: Install Install

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-04-30 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Monday 14 April 2008, Joey Hess wrote: Last month syslinux got submenu support for vesamenu, so its now doable.. Here's an example image with menu items for text and gtk: http://kitenet.net/~joey/tmp/mini.iso That looks a _lot_ more usable. I think

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-04-30 Thread Joey Hess
Otavio Salvador wrote: I'd like to know when Joey plans to commit it. Joey? I've been holding off for review. Now that we're happy with it except for some minor string changes and reorganisation (which should be doable without a lot of pain, I think, although there are certian types of

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-04-13 Thread Joey Hess
I've finished and tested the debian-cd patch for using vesamenu. Did notice one problem. When the vesamenu is used, default64 does not behave the same as it normally does in syslinux. Rather than setting the default that's used then enter is pressed, it makes syslinux *immediately* start booting

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-04-13 Thread Otavio Salvador
Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've finished and tested the debian-cd patch for using vesamenu. Did notice one problem. When the vesamenu is used, default64 does not behave the same as it normally does in syslinux. Rather than setting the default that's used then enter is pressed, it

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-04-13 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 13 April 2008, Joey Hess wrote: I've finished and tested the debian-cd patch for using vesamenu. Issue: I see Graphical automated insta. Other comments: basically I don't like it. Mainly because we're going to be confusing regular users with something like automated install. And

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-04-13 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 13 April 2008, Frans Pop wrote: What I'd like to see is just the basic choices selectable from the menu, and a prompt for advanced usage. One option to do this could be: Normal install Normal install (graphical) Rescue mode Rescue mode (graphical) Other options and help It would

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-04-13 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 13-04-2008 om 21:41 schreef Frans Pop: Other comments: basically I don't like it. Mainly because we're going to be confusing regular users with something like automated install. And we'll probably see more users using the export mode when they don't need it. ~ If we really do want this,

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-04-13 Thread Joey Hess
Frans Pop wrote: What I'd like to see is just the basic choices selectable from the menu, and a prompt for advanced usage. One option to do this could be: Last month syslinux got submenu support for vesamenu, so its now doable.. Here's an example image with menu items for text and gtk:

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-04-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 10:43:21PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: Op 13-04-2008 om 21:41 schreef Frans Pop: Other comments: basically I don't like it. Mainly because we're going to be confusing regular users with something like automated install. And we'll probably see more users using

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-04-11 Thread Jérémy Bobbio
On Thu, Aug 2, 2007 17:05:51 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Here's a version of d-i that uses the syslinux vesamenu, which provides a nice menu of boot options. svn://svn.debian.org/d-i/people/joeyh/vesamenu/ http://kitenet.net/~joey/tmp/mini.iso I think all the image types are fully working

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-04-11 Thread Otavio Salvador
Jérémy Bobbio [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Aug 2, 2007 17:05:51 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Here's a version of d-i that uses the syslinux vesamenu, which provides a nice menu of boot options. svn://svn.debian.org/d-i/people/joeyh/vesamenu/ http://kitenet.net/~joey/tmp/mini.iso I think

Re: syslinux vesamenu

2008-04-11 Thread Joey Hess
@@ EXTRAUDEBS= # use klibc, not libc ONLY_KLIBC=1 + +# omit the syslinux vesamenu +NO_VESAMENU=1 diff --git a/installer/build/config/x86.cfg b/installer/build/config/x86.cfg index a9c5db4..c846c89 100644 --- a/installer/build/config/x86.cfg +++ b/installer/build/config/x86.cfg @@ -11,10 +11,7

syslinux vesamenu

2007-08-02 Thread Joey Hess
Here's a version of d-i that uses the syslinux vesamenu, which provides a nice menu of boot options. svn://svn.debian.org/d-i/people/joeyh/vesamenu/ http://kitenet.net/~joey/tmp/mini.iso I think all the image types are fully working except for some integration with debian-cd. The main problem