Re: [leaf-devel] Development Model

2006-03-17 Thread Mike Noyes
On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 10:28, Eric Spakman wrote: > > I think my evolution idea has died. My last few attempts to bring new > > leaf branches in, or create new ones within our project have failed. The > > bering-uclibc team seems to have gained enough support that other > > derivations fail to succe

Re: [leaf-devel] Re: Your message to leaf-devel awaits moderator approval

2006-03-17 Thread Mike Noyes
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 15:37, Martin Hejl wrote: > > Most of our lists aren't moderated. Only leaf-announce, > > leaf-cvs-commits, and leaf-auto are. I did setup our lists so very > > little spam gets through. I even wrote a FAQ for mailman on the subject. > > I clear our mailman held posts periodic

Re: [leaf-devel] Re: Your message to leaf-devel awaits moderator approval

2006-03-17 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi Mike, > Most of our lists aren't moderated. Only leaf-announce, > leaf-cvs-commits, and leaf-auto are. I did setup our lists so very > little spam gets through. I even wrote a FAQ for mailman on the subject. > I clear our mailman held posts periodically (I used to do this daily, > I'm lucky to

[Fwd: Re: [leaf-devel] USB booting]

2006-03-17 Thread Martin Hejl
Ooops - didn't add the list... Sorry --- Begin Message --- Hi Mike, >>I'm opening a new thread because first of all, this discussion isn't >>about webconf packages anymore, and also, because I don't want to single >>out the person whom I would be responding to. > > Since I'm talking to myself m

[Fwd: 2.4 vs 2.6 [WAS: Re: [leaf-devel] lwp (webconf) packages]]

2006-03-17 Thread Venki Iyer
Missed the cc: earlier ... --- Begin Message --- 2.4 is fine as-is: people using it for production systems are not likely to move off it for a long time (if ever). You have it, it works, there's little impetus in general to move to anything else, with all the additional effort/risk/cost i

[leaf-devel] Re: Your message to leaf-devel awaits moderator approval

2006-03-17 Thread Mike Noyes
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 14:03, Martin Hejl wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Your mail to 'leaf-devel' with the subject > > > > [Fwd: Re: [leaf-devel] USB booting] > > > > Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. > > > > The reason it is being held: > > > > M

[leaf-devel] Re: Your message to leaf-devel awaits moderator approval

2006-03-17 Thread Martin Hejl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Your mail to 'leaf-devel' with the subject > > [Fwd: Re: [leaf-devel] USB booting] > > Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. > > The reason it is being held: > > Message has a suspicious header > > Either the message will get po

Re: [leaf-devel] USB booting

2006-03-17 Thread Mike Noyes
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 12:39, Martin Hejl wrote: > I'm opening a new thread because first of all, this discussion isn't > about webconf packages anymore, and also, because I don't want to single > out the person whom I would be responding to. Martin, Since I'm talking to myself mostly, I guess that

[leaf-devel] USB booting

2006-03-17 Thread Martin Hejl
Hi everybody, I'm opening a new thread because first of all, this discussion isn't about webconf packages anymore, and also, because I don't want to single out the person whom I would be responding to. Ok, lets get this straight - the way I read it, Eric asked twice if somebody (emphasis, that's

Re: [leaf-devel] lwp (webconf) packages

2006-03-17 Thread Mike Noyes
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 10:51, Mike Noyes wrote: > On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 09:14, David Douthitt wrote: > > The makebootfat utility that was mentioned previously should be able to > > do that. According to their docs: > > > > The USB-HDD (Hard Disk Drive) standard is the preferred > > choice

Re: [leaf-devel] lwp (webconf) packages

2006-03-17 Thread Mike Noyes
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 09:14, David Douthitt wrote: > The makebootfat utility that was mentioned previously should be able to > do that. According to their docs: > > The BIOS USB boot support is generally differentiated > in three categories: USB-HDD, USB-FDD and USB-ZIP. > > The USB

Re: [leaf-devel] lwp (webconf) packages

2006-03-17 Thread Mike Noyes
On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 17:24, Mike Noyes wrote: > Looking a bit further on the puppy linux site revealed they have a > script for initializing a bootable usb drive. > > http://puppylinux.org/wikka/USB > "Another alternative is that you can install Puppy > tot

Re: [leaf-devel] lwp (webconf) packages

2006-03-17 Thread David Douthitt
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: It should be possible to make an image that has an HDD partition table with a smallish (ie: maybe 8 Megs or so, still a *LOT* bigger than a floppy) FAT partition containing the boot files as the first partition. The remaining space could be unused, or formatted and us

RE: [leaf-devel] lwp (webconf) packages

2006-03-17 Thread Mike Noyes
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 08:50, Mike Noyes wrote: > On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 00:59, Luis.F.Correia wrote: > > But I'm willing to 'sacrifice' one of my USB sticks Luis, I think backing up your USB drive's MBR using dd should avoid any sacrifice. It should probably be a recommended first step. So

RE: [leaf-devel] lwp (webconf) packages

2006-03-17 Thread Mike Noyes
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 00:59, Luis.F.Correia wrote: > > From: Charles Steinkuehler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This should make it unnecessary to know the size of the USB > > key (as long as the key is bigger than the boot partition > > size). The geometry issue shouldn't generally be a > > p

Re: [leaf-devel] lwp (webconf) packages

2006-03-17 Thread Andrea Fino
I am available too for testing. having different epia, and a couple of assembled pcs. Regards, Andrea -- Andrea Fino 8-) - "Sistemi su misura di qualita' industriale" "Handcrafted systems with industrial quality" [Web: http://www.faino.org ]+[Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] ---

RE: [leaf-devel] lwp (webconf) packages

2006-03-17 Thread Luis.F.Correia
Hi forgot an important issue... The problem is normally related to CHS BIOS translation and I think it all depends on the USB stick size. Luis > -Original Message- > From: Luis.F.Correia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 9:00 AM > To: leaf-devel@lists.sourcefor

RE: [leaf-devel] lwp (webconf) packages

2006-03-17 Thread Jorn Eriksen
Hey Guys, >>But I'm willing to 'sacrifice' one of my USB sticks to make >>tests in the 3 or 4 different machines I have access that >>can do boot from USB, and yes, that includes some hp servers :) I'll 'sacrifice' a few USB drives as well - if needed. Jorn -Original Message- From: [EMA

RE: [leaf-devel] lwp (webconf) packages

2006-03-17 Thread Luis.F.Correia
Hi! > -Original Message- > From: Charles Steinkuehler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > IIRC, a USB keys can be formatted as a "floppy" type device > (ie: one partition), or as a HDD (ie: 4 primary partitions). > > It should be possible to make an image that has an HDD > partition table