Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 02:41:01PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > i think as far as an implementation detail goes creating a tarball > containing /var/cache/apt/archives of the base/required packages then > teaching debootstrap to extract it there and use the packages would be > fairly easy. Actual

Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 05:09:33PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On 15 Jun 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > There is no base tarball anymore. The functionality has been > > superceeded by debootstrap (the package). > > Hrm. This is midely annoying to say the least :< > > The base tarball

Re: Creating Custom Menu

Justin F. Knotzke wrote: > During a Debian install the user is prompted if they would like to > use the "simple" or "advanced" methods of installation. > > Assuming the user chose "simple". How does one go about adding a > selection to the list and having the install program install a

Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: > i tend to agree, though there are some contrived cases where > installing via a base tarball without net access is useful. > > for example i have a very slow internet connection and several > machines, i would like to download the base tarball once an

Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 02:41:01PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > but if aj wants base.tgz in all incarnations dead we shall have to > forgo hard disk and floppy installation methods. Why? The floppy and harddrive installation requires you to download images from a new connection. That being that

Re: PowerPC CD issues

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 12:53:03PM -0300, Carlos Barros wrote: > > I couldn't make a powermac 6500/300 boot from CD. It only boot from floppy thats because its oldworld. only NewWorld PowerMacs and maybe PReP machines are CD bootable. we will never have OldWorld bootable CDs. > and I can no

Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 07:07:00PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 02:41:01PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > but if aj wants base.tgz in all incarnations dead we shall have to > > forgo hard disk and floppy installation methods. > > Why? The floppy and harddrive installation

Re: cvs commit to debian-cd/tools/boot/potato by eb

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 05:04:39PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > You may use : > $BASEDIR/tools/apt-selection cache show yaboot > > And you can extract the filename from the Filename: field ... > > Then the package is in $MIRROR/$filename this sounds perfect. i presume it will only output i

Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 02:31:14PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Why is this better? For one, it's going to be able to work with > debian-installer, for sid release, since boot-floppies is going away > in sid. For two, its better because we don't have to create another > boot-floppies release

Creating Custom Menu

Hi, During a Debian install the user is prompted if they would like to use the "simple" or "advanced" methods of installation. Assuming the user chose "simple". How does one go about adding a selection to the list and having the install program install a series of .deb

base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone

Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've been downloading these files for a test session, and I can't find the > base tarball. Where can I find this file? It is normally in the images > directories, but I can't find it. There is no base tarball anymore. The functionality has been superce

Re: Can't log into CVS

Le Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 11:10:43AM -0400, Justin F. Knotzke écrivait: > merckx:~$ cvs login > (Logging in to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > CVS password: > cvs [login aborted]: recv() from server cvs.debian.org: Connection reset > by peer > > Any ideas why this might be? Does it happen always when y

Re: PowerPC CD issues

On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 03:24:28AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > OK. I can certainly help with PowerMac CD, i am the one who came with > the procedure for making bootable PowerMac CDs anyway. > > powerpc is unfortuntly a rather diverse archetecture, atm our cds are > only bootable on PowerMacs

Can't log into CVS

Hi, I can't seem to login to CVS. Maybe someone can help me out. Here is what I am doing: merckx:~$ export CVSROOT=:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/debian-boot merckx:~$ cvs login (Logging in to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) CVS password: cvs [login aborted]: recv() from server cvs.debian.

Re: cvs commit to debian-cd/tools/boot/potato by eb

Le Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 12:17:23AM -0800, Ethan Benson écrivait: > here is the relevant brokeness: > > # Extract yaboot from the archive > if [ -z "$YABOOT_DEBUG" ]; then > (ar p $MIRROR/dists/$CODENAME/main/binary-powerpc/base/yaboot_* data.tar.gz | \ > tar zxf - -C powermac ./usr/lib/y

Re: cvs commit to debian-cd/tools/boot/potato by eb

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 08:46:32AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Le Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 03:47:16PM -0800, Ethan Benson écrivait: > > the woody one is unimplemented right now, the only part of the potato > > version that i might need changing is the yaboot binary extraction. > > currently it loo