Re: Best mirror for cd imnage rsync?

2000-08-17 Thread Philip Hands
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anyone care to toss me a clue? I want images but I don't want to > hose c.d.o or use unnecessary bandwidth! It seems to be a problem with c.d.o, perhaps. I've changed the version of rsync on open, so it might be worth another try. Cheers, Phil.

SPARC images rebuilt

2000-08-17 Thread Philip Hands
"J.A. Bezemer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Okay; I think r0.1 will be the only thing fitting nicely in the > disklabel (32 bytes), as powerpc-sparc=2 ;-) Unfortunately, it didn't seem to want to fit (I fail to understand why, and I'm too tired to work it out). So the disk label has been set t

DAT - installation ??

2000-08-17 Thread Stefano
Since debian is becoming a big set of CDs, can we find a way to make a tape installation ??? I have a bunch of DAT drives and I would be happy to write DEBIAN installation tapes for other Stefano -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: WG: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread goswin . brederlow
Peter Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Not for me... > > Life is nice isn't it? > > > (And then stop sending this "Not for me"-answers all the time or > something bad could happend) I would guess thats a mial loop, like an away message. MfG G

Re: Can't boot

2000-08-17 Thread Jay Estabrook
- Comments related to failure to boot on AS1000A 4/xxx --- On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 04:44:47PM -0400, Wakko Warner wrote: > > I know what the alpha boot problem on mine is, from what I understand, this > alpha box wasn't supported in 2.2.x until 2.2.17pre12 (kernel I'm using > now). 2.0 supp

Re: New fast, soon complete mirror.

2000-08-17 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
Mattias Wadenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We now have all the images. The md5sums have been verified. Thanks for the pointer, trumpetti.atm.tut.fi also has a complete set of images now. > Especially those within nordunet should seriously consider syncing from us > now. Getting the last

Re: New fast, soon complete mirror.

2000-08-17 Thread Mattias Wadenstein
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Mattias Wadenstein wrote: > The mirror: rsync-debcd.acc.umu.se > > It will probably have all images within an hour. (Currently lacking a arm, > alpha and powerpc NONUS-images.) We now have all the images. The md5sums have been verified. We only allow rsync access, but that

Re: Best mirror for cd imnage rsync?

2000-08-17 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone care to toss me a clue? I want images but I don't want to > hose c.d.o or use unnecessary bandwidth! Try trumpetti.atm.tut.fi. It is identical to c.d.o except that binary-arm-1_NONUS.iso is still missing. There is something between us and c.

Best mirror for cd imnage rsync?

2000-08-17 Thread Nathan E Norman
Howdy, We've shuffled machine responsibilities on our servers here and suddenly have about 18 G freed up (what a coincidence :) Since we have a complete local mirror I've used the "debian-cd" package to create images; I'd like to rsync these against c.d.o or somewhere to ensure I've got the "Off

New fast, soon complete mirror.

2000-08-17 Thread Mattias Wadenstein
The mirror: rsync-debcd.acc.umu.se It will probably have all images within an hour. (Currently lacking a arm, alpha and powerpc NONUS-images.) It is fast in both cpu and bandwidth. It will only be fast until 26/8, after that it will be the regular slow ftp.se.debian.org. There might be reason

Re: Can't boot

2000-08-17 Thread Wakko Warner
> > ARGH. Crap crap crap crap crap. I was hoping that some people would > > have taken the initiative to actually test this stuff *before* the > > release. I am not endowed with the massive bandwidth that seems to be > > required in order to make official CD images, so I can only test > > boot-f

Re: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On 17 Aug 2000, Philip Hands wrote: > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > WTF is the difference? Nothing but a naming scheme. It's still a change, > > either way you do it, why do you want to nitpick the mechanism? > > Personally, I'd favour doing something that makes it as clear as

Re: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread Philip Hands
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > WTF is the difference? Nothing but a naming scheme. It's still a change, > either way you do it, why do you want to nitpick the mechanism? Personally, I'd favour doing something that makes it as clear as possible that it was a CD production SNAFU, and th

Re: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 07:43:48PM +0200, J.A. Bezemer wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Ben Collins wrote: > > > I've gotten reports that the ISO for CD#1 on sparc is completely broken. > > Although the packages and dist files are there, the CD will not boot, > > since almost none of the boot1 fi

Re: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Ben Collins wrote: > I've gotten reports that the ISO for CD#1 on sparc is completely broken. > Although the packages and dist files are there, the CD will not boot, > since almost none of the boot1 files are on the image. I'd hardly call this "completely broken". I guess y

Re: Can't boot

2000-08-17 Thread Philip Hands
David Huggins-Daines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Wakko Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I downloaded the boot disks from potato and attempted to boot. I also burnt > > a cd of the /debian-cd/2.2/alpha/binary-alpha-1.iso and attempted to > > boot. Both produce the same results. >

Re: WG: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread Peter Makholm
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Not for me... Life is nice isn't it? (And then stop sending this "Not for me"-answers all the time or something bad could happend) -- Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

WG: ITP: Moscow ML - An implementation of standard ML.

2000-08-17 Thread Annette . Schweigardt
Not for me... Mit freundlichen Grüßen Annette Schweigardt AOK BD Heidenheim Gesundheitszentrum Daimlerstraße 6 89518 Heidenheim Tel: (07321) 314 250 Fax: (07321) 314 252 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet a

WG: Netscape Probs

2000-08-17 Thread Annette . Schweigardt
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WG: floppy disk

2000-08-17 Thread Annette . Schweigardt
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WG: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread Annette . Schweigardt
Not for me... Mit freundlichen Grüßen Annette Schweigardt AOK BD Heidenheim Gesundheitszentrum Daimlerstraße 6 89518 Heidenheim Tel: (07321) 314 250 Fax: (07321) 314 252 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet a

WG: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread Annette . Schweigardt
Not for me... Mit freundlichen Grüßen Annette Schweigardt AOK BD Heidenheim Gesundheitszentrum Daimlerstraße 6 89518 Heidenheim Tel: (07321) 314 250 Fax: (07321) 314 252 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet a

WG: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread Annette . Schweigardt
Not for me Mit freundlichen Grüßen Annette Schweigardt AOK BD Heidenheim Gesundheitszentrum Daimlerstraße 6 89518 Heidenheim Tel: (07321) 314 250 Fax: (07321) 314 252 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Philip Hands [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet am:

Re: Can't boot

2000-08-17 Thread David Huggins-Daines
Wakko Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I downloaded the boot disks from potato and attempted to boot. I also burnt > a cd of the /debian-cd/2.2/alpha/binary-alpha-1.iso and attempted to > boot. Both produce the same results. ARGH. Crap crap crap crap crap. I was hoping that some peopl

Re: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread Philip Hands
Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, one thing that'd help would be having a cdimage.debian.org that > doesn't crash all the time. That's the main reason we didn't have any > time at all to check things, or for Phil to double check things with you > as to how things should be done wh

Re: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi, a side note, but I think an important one. Ben Collins wrote: >We have to remember, vendors are burning these CD's almost as soon as >we make them available. WE are costing them money when we fuck up, and >it isn't thre fault because they expect these things to work when we >

Mirror for the debian 2.2 release

2000-08-17 Thread Christian Kurz
Hi, I'm happy to tell you, that now a complete mirror for the images of the is available on ftp.gigabell.net. It's accessable via ftp/http via ftp://ftp.gigabell.net/pub/debian-images/2.2_rev0. Ciao Christian -- Gigabell AG / TechnikTelefon: +49-(0)69-17084-700 Int

Re: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread Philip Hands
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I could blame myself, but the fact is the image was not created right (it > needs to be done as either root, or under fakeroot, which requires the > *entire* process be done in a single session, not multiple fakeroot > incantations, which might be the cau

Re: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 09:12:37PM +1000, jason andrade wrote: > On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Ben Collins wrote: > > > I've gotten reports that the ISO for CD#1 on sparc is completely broken. > > Although the packages and dist files are there, the CD will not boot, > > since almost none of the boot1 file

Re: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 06:31:04AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > Well, you get the point. I don't want to place blame. I just don't want to > see this shit happen again. Here's what I want to see next time (2.2 r1): Well, one thing that'd help would be having a cdimage.debian.org that doesn't crash

Re: Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread jason andrade
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Ben Collins wrote: > I've gotten reports that the ISO for CD#1 on sparc is completely broken. > Although the packages and dist files are there, the CD will not boot, > since almost none of the boot1 files are on the image. am i allowed to put this observation into the sparc

Broken bootable SPARC CD#1, and why this happened

2000-08-17 Thread Ben Collins
I've gotten reports that the ISO for CD#1 on sparc is completely broken. Although the packages and dist files are there, the CD will not boot, since almost none of the boot1 files are on the image. Now I could blame this on Phil, who created the images, but that wouldn't be right, since he can't

Re: 2.2 CD images appearing

2000-08-17 Thread jason andrade
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, jason andrade wrote: Another thing - is this really true ? from: http://cdimage.debian.org/ftp-mirrors.html NOTE: USE OF THESE SITES IS DISCOURAGED!! If possible, use the Pseudo-Image Kit. that's actually not true for us - we aren't discouraging anyone from using our