Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-08 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Fred wrote: > It appears the HP DVD drive is defective. It now doesn't work with Wheezy > either. Oh yeah. Age sucks. I assume you already checked with a different cable. So there remains only the duty to submit it to an environmentally conscious recycling system. Have a nice day :) Thom

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-08 Thread Fred
On 08/07/2018 02:24 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Fred wrote: [ 21.343237] ata2.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-H20N, C805, max UDMA/44 Aha. An LG CD burner and DVD reader ("combo" drive). A dozen years old, at least. [ 21.367287] ata2.00: configured for MWDMA2 [ 42.175653] ata2.00: exc

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/07/2018 02:12 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: 02:01.1 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xx/62xx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61) 02:01.2 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 63) Best regards, Fred The above two USB lines need to go up to the lspci list. Thunderbird

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Fred wrote: > [ 21.343237] ata2.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-H20N, C805, max UDMA/44 Aha. An LG CD burner and DVD reader ("combo" drive). A dozen years old, at least. > [ 21.367287] ata2.00: configured for MWDMA2 > [ 42.175653] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Dennis Clarke
02:01.1 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xx/62xx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61) 02:01.2 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 63) Best regards, Fred The above two USB lines need to go up to the lspci list. Thunderbird had trouble with pasting the large block of

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/07/2018 01:20 PM, Fred wrote: On 08/06/2018 07:55 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 08/06/2018 05:01 PM, Fred wrote: I am the original poster for this thread. I tried installing the NETINST.iso and also had a problem. The U10 has an HP DVD drive in it. The install CD seemed to l

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/06/2018 07:55 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 08/06/2018 05:01 PM, Fred wrote: I am the original poster for this thread. I tried installing the NETINST.iso and also had a problem. The U10 has an HP DVD drive in it. The install CD seemed to load ok and the installer started. W

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 08/07/2018 12:17 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Frank Scheiner wrote: as my Ultra 10 has a CDROM drive installed instead of a DVDROM drive I was mislead to write "CDROM drive" "DVD" gives a hint of the age of the drive. Everything from this century should be driven by SCSI commands (volumes

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Gregor Riepl
>> I don't remember exactly, but I think I couldn't install any desktop tasks >> because some crucial packages were missing from the dependencies of >> desktop-base. > > We can't fix bugs that we don't know about. Sure. I can verify later if it still fails to install. > Getting Chromium to buil

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Frank Scheiner wrote: > as my Ultra 10 has a CDROM drive installed > instead of a DVDROM drive I was mislead to write "CDROM drive" "DVD" gives a hint of the age of the drive. Everything from this century should be driven by SCSI commands (volumes SPC, SBC, MMC). There must have been old day

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/07/2018 03:51 AM, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: On 07/08/18 02:30, Fred wrote: On 08/06/2018 05:58 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: I know they are commands. A Wyse 50 dumb terminal does not have copy/paste. Thank goodness I'm not the only person who has to remember things like that,

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/07/2018 05:52 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: On 08/07/2018 11:02 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Fred wrote: [...] DVD drive [...] Frank Scheiner wrote: if a specific CDROM drive and the assumed "compatible" driver don't work together, this results in a situation like yours Oh, sorry for m

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/07/2018 06:06 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: On 08/07/2018 02:56 AM, Fred wrote: [...] Out of frustration I changed the cdrom drive and the installation proceeded with only one problem. The network has to be configured manually but either the installer didn't provide this option or I missed

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 08/07/2018 02:56 AM, Fred wrote: [...] Out of frustration I changed the cdrom drive and the installation proceeded with only one problem.  The network has to be configured manually but either the installer didn't provide this option or I missed it. It's there. When you hit "Continue" in

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 08/07/2018 11:02 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Fred wrote: [...] DVD drive [...] Frank Scheiner wrote: if a specific CDROM drive and the assumed "compatible" driver don't work together, this results in a situation like yours Oh, sorry for my ignorance, as my Ultra 10 has a CDROM drive i

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 07/08/18 02:30, Fred wrote: On 08/06/2018 05:58 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: I know they are commands.  A Wyse 50 dumb terminal does not have copy/paste. Thank goodness I'm not the only person who has to remember things like that, sometimes out of humiliating necessity. Any dis

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Fred wrote: > > [...] DVD drive [...] Frank Scheiner wrote: > if a specific CDROM drive and > the assumed "compatible" driver don't work together, this results in a > situation like yours All DVD capable drives at IDE are supposed to work by the SCSI/MMC protocol via ATAPI. So there is few c

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 08/07/2018 08:09 AM, Gregor Riepl wrote: >> This bug will be fixed once debian-installer has gained full support for >> backports. > > backports or debports? Backports, see: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879145#10 See also: https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2018/08/msg

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 08/07/2018 09:45 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: On 08/06/2018 10:39 PM, Fred wrote: On 08/06/2018 11:20 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: >> [...] The CDROM drive in my Ultra 10 is attached to IDE channel #2 (the IDE port farer away from the CPU) and configured as Master device. And I just now tested

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 08/06/2018 10:39 PM, Fred wrote: On 08/06/2018 11:20 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: >> [...] The CDROM drive in my Ultra 10 is attached to IDE channel #2 (the IDE port farer away from the CPU) and configured as Master device. And I just now tested with the ISO in question (from 20180516-18:22)

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread Gregor Riepl
> In addition to the information Adrian asked for, it could be interesting to > know, to which IDE channel your CDROM drive is attached and how it is > configured (Master, Slave, Cable select). > > The CDROM drive in my Ultra 10 is attached to IDE channel #2 (the IDE port > farer away from the CPU

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread Gregor Riepl
> You probably didn't specify the correct FTP server which is: > > Server: http://ftp.ports.debian.org > Folder: /debian-ports/ Yeah, I tried several regular mirrors first until I discovered that they don't carry debports architectures... > This bug will be fixed once debian-installer has gained

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread Fred
On 08/06/2018 05:58 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 08/07/2018 02:56 AM, Fred wrote: I don't see how using a serial console helps in transferring the files you asked for. I have a dumb terminal that could use the serial port but the other computers on the network are far away and I wou

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 08/07/2018 02:56 AM, Fred wrote: > I don't see how using a serial console helps in transferring the files you > asked for.  I have a dumb terminal that could use the serial port but the > other > computers on the network are far away and I would have to change both ends of > the long cable to

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread Fred
On 08/06/2018 04:52 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 08/06/2018 10:39 PM, Fred wrote: I don't know how to provide the files Adrian asked for. I exited the installer to a shell prompt. I could manually configure the network and use ftp but ftp and ifupdown are not there and I don't know

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 08/06/2018 10:39 PM, Fred wrote: > I don't know how to provide the files Adrian asked for.  I exited the > installer to a shell prompt.  I could manually configure the network and use > ftp but ftp > and ifupdown are not there and I don't know how to use what is there to > configure it.  The

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 08/06/2018 07:34 PM, Gregor Riepl wrote: >> Could you be also more specific about which instructions you followed to make >> it work for you? > > The specific problem I had was due to the sparc64 installation requiring > unstable repositories, which is apparently not very well supported in the

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread Fred
On 08/06/2018 11:20 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: On 08/06/2018 05:01 PM, Fred wrote: On 08/06/2018 02:18 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: Dear Gregor, [...] Cheers, Frank Hi, I am the original poster for this thread. Yes I know, but up to the point, where I asked Gregor to provide more details abou

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 08/06/2018 07:34 PM, Gregor Riepl wrote: Could you be also more specific about which instructions you followed to make it work for you? The specific problem I had was due to the sparc64 installation requiring unstable repositories, which is apparently not very well supported in the Debian in

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 08/06/2018 05:01 PM, Fred wrote: On 08/06/2018 02:18 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: Dear Gregor, [...] Cheers, Frank Hi, I am the original poster for this thread. Yes I know, but up to the point, where I asked Gregor to provide more details about the problems he experienced, you didn't repor

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread Gregor Riepl
> Could you be also more specific about which instructions you followed to make > it work for you? The specific problem I had was due to the sparc64 installation requiring unstable repositories, which is apparently not very well supported in the Debian installer. I was able to get around this by

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread Fred
On 08/06/2018 07:55 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 08/06/2018 05:01 PM, Fred wrote: I am the original poster for this thread. I tried installing the NETINST.iso and also had a problem. The U10 has an HP DVD drive in it. The install CD seemed to load ok and the installer started. W

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 08/06/2018 05:01 PM, Fred wrote: > I am the original poster for this thread.  I tried installing the NETINST.iso > and also had a problem.  The U10 has an HP DVD drive in it.  The install CD > seemed to load ok and the installer started.  When it got to the detecting > hardware function it de

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread Fred
On 08/06/2018 02:18 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: Dear Gregor, On 08/06/2018 10:40 AM, Gregor Riepl wrote: The latest net install image I have found is dated 18 May 2018. Is that the latest version? Will that install on an Ultra 10 without problems? I wasn't able to install with the netinst ISO

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread Frank Scheiner
Dear Gregor, On 08/06/2018 10:40 AM, Gregor Riepl wrote: The latest net install image I have found is dated 18 May 2018. Is that the latest version?  Will that install on an Ultra 10 without problems? I wasn't able to install with the netinst ISO on my Ultra 10 without problems, Are you refe

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-06 Thread Gregor Riepl
> The latest net install image I have found is dated 18 May 2018. Is that the > latest version?  Will that install on an Ultra 10 without problems? I wasn't able to install with the netinst ISO on my Ultra 10 without problems, but if you follow the instructions on the Debian Wiki, it should work f

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-04 Thread sacarde
>>Alle venerdì 3 agosto 2018, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz ha scritto: > Hi Fred! > > > Will that install on an Ultra 10 without problems? I run debian-sid-sparc64 lxde on my ultra10 all work OK (except pulseaudio) saca...@tiscali.it

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-03 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Fred! On 08/03/2018 03:12 AM, Fred wrote: > The latest net install image I have found is dated 18 May 2018. Is that the > latest version? Yes, it is. > Will that install on an Ultra 10 without problems? It should. Should you run into any problems, let me know. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul

Latest netinst iso

2018-08-02 Thread Fred
Hello, The latest net install image I have found is dated 18 May 2018. Is that the latest version? Will that install on an Ultra 10 without problems? Best regards, Fred