Re: jigdo downloading the packages multitple times?

2002-06-15 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 12:11:43PM +0200, Marco Herrn wrote: > I am sure these files were deleted, because where should the be gone to? > The iso.tmp did not get bigger. No. The files get copied to their assigned space within the iso image. -- Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: About harware detection and configuration tools in 1st CD

2002-06-15 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 04:51:00PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: > Chris, who runs popcon on all of his systems So do I. But I still don't think it would be good press to install it by default. -- Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: About harware detection and configuration tools in 1st CD

2002-06-14 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 07:38:42AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > Fair enough --- perhaps popularity-contest should be made standard? No. Debian doesn't need spyware by default. -- Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Still no TeX in CD#1

2002-05-27 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 07:36:49PM +0200, Paul Seelig wrote: > Believe it or not, TeX/LaTeX is a major reason people switch to > Linux. That's actually why i switched to Linux seven years ago and > most people i know using Linux do so because of the finely integrated > TeX/LaTeX environment. Wel

Re: Still no TeX in CD#1

2002-05-23 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:30:25AM -0500, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > "These days"? Do you think everybody is using w**d, or is there something > else you can use for writing papers, books, letters, faxes, creating posters? Yes, there are many options. Which is why tex doesn't necessarily dese

Re: Still no TeX in CD#1

2002-05-23 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 04:05:45PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > but nobody answered. What's the problem? Apparantly there isn't a consensus that tex needs to be on cd 1. I certainly don't see that it does. -- Mike Stone msg03798/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: isolinux falures

2002-05-13 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 01:11:44PM -0500, bbennet wrote: > Hello to all you folks who are pushing for us to have all new machines. [snip]o It's not really clear from your rant what, exactly, you're looking for. -- Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: Burning a .raw file...

2002-04-19 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 12:27:39PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > I like the fact that .iso extension is used for the released images, and > only the released images, on the master site. > > Of course, that point is moot when the images cease to exist on the > master site, and are only present as j

Re: Please test this woody cd image

2002-04-12 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 04:11:43PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Btw, I would suggest this order: > > 1: Multiboot > 3: idepci > 2: bf2.4 > 4: compact > 5 and rest: vanilla > > So people with broken BIOSes have luck with the next CD-ROM. vanilla might be better on the second cd; the people with

Re: Please test this woody cd image

2002-04-12 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 01:29:00AM -0300, Douglas Guptill wrote: > I tried it - boot failed Did you try with a regular install cd? -- Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please test this woody cd image

2002-04-10 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 11:06:44AM +0200, you wrote: > Note that this ISO is small enough to burn to a 5cm (3 inch) CD-R/RW, > and contains enough packages to install a functional version of Debian. Heh, my wishes were granted. I found this just after I asked for it. :) Definately cool, and less

Re: Test of el-torito and isolinux multiboot for CD

2002-04-09 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 09:37:07AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Filesize: 625606656 bytes Something that's occurred to me before, and is especially relevant for a test image like this: how 'bout a 180M mini cd image? The important parts are booting and getting base installed, and it shouldn't