Re: [erbenson@alaska.net: Re: Still no base tarball]

2001-08-18 Thread Brian May
> "Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Marcus> * lack of CDs * lack of CDROM * lack of decent network Marcus> connection (read the connection requires junk like ppp or Marcus> pppoe) ... or if for some reason or another, it is not possible to get the Ethernet ad

boot problems

2001-08-18 Thread Bill
I was wondering if anyone here could help me,When I start the gnu hurd I get:"hd02: bad access: block=28, count=2, blockend=30, sector 28 end_request:I/O error, dev 03:02, sector 28"I'm using a 2gb hard drive under VMware and I have 1 gb for Linux, 128 mgfor Linux swap and 500 Meg for the Hu

looking for apache patches

2001-08-18 Thread Jim Franklin
the link for Andi Bolka's apache 1.3.12 patch: http://azurix.htl-tex.ac.at/~earl/ doesn't seem to be functional any more. does anyone have some apache patches on the web that can be linked to?

Re: some more JOBS

2001-08-18 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 02:26:06PM -0700, James Morrison wrote: > > installwatch > > MAXPATHLEN > > I don't have my hurd box on the internet right now, but installwatch > is really easy. It already uses get_current_dir_name() with glibc > and using this function eliminates our need for MAXPATHLEN

Re: some more JOBS

2001-08-18 Thread James Morrison
> installwatch > MAXPATHLEN I don't have my hurd box on the internet right now, but installwatch is really easy. It already uses get_current_dir_name() with glibc and using this function eliminates our need for MAXPATHLEN. So the simplest and probably that best patch for this program is to defin

Re: [erbenson@alaska.net: Re: Still no base tarball]

2001-08-18 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 01:12:17PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote: > dpkg --unpack runs the preinst script prior to unpacking the .tar.gz's and > might run the prerm and postrm if an old package has to be removed. > > Why do these scripts cause a problem for the Hurd, and what is your > prefered behav

Re: [erbenson@alaska.net: Re: Still no base tarball]

2001-08-18 Thread Glenn McGrath
On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 14:41:17 +0200 "Marcus Brinkmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (and maybe, someday dpkg > will get the --do-not-run-any-packages-scripts option which lack of makes > dpkg-hurd necessary). > My understanding is dpkg --unpack runs the preinst script prior to unpacking the .ta

[erbenson@alaska.net: Re: Still no base tarball]

2001-08-18 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi, this is relevant for everyone concerned about development of installers for Debian Hurd systems. It indicates that something akin cross-install will become the default, rather than the tar file method. I think the next thing I'll do in this area is to "port" debootstrap to the Hurd. It's no

Re: ATA-100 driver...

2001-08-18 Thread Neal H Walfield
> I'm quite well oriented in both programming as well as > operating system internals so all I really need is some > pointers to CVS repositories and where to begin in the > sauce. Goto http://subversions.gnu.org and look for hurd, gnumach and mig. There is a branch of gnumach called oskit-branch

ATA-100 driver...

2001-08-18 Thread Joachim Nilsson
Thought I'd start getting involved in the Hurd. I've been using it for quite some time now and find it to be a very interesting approach using a micro kernel such as Mach. To start off I'd like to get my computer at home running the Hurd. Problem is that I have a Promise ATA-100 controller and the

Re: Networking

2001-08-18 Thread Dave McDonald
Philip Charles wrote: > > Stupid me. The drivers produced by boot floppies are Linux specific so I > leave them out. The drivers are not in the tarball, problem. > > Solution, produce a floppy for inclusion on the CD with the needed > packages. > > HELP! What are these packages? > > Phil. A