default filesystem - live-manual section needed

2012-07-16 Thread Ben Armstrong
On 07/16/2012 02:31 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote: > however, it was always made the > case that for the default images, we should use fat so that people with > legacy operating systems can still see the content of the sticks. fsvo "content", since they can't see inside the squashfs without special too

Re: kernel and wifi

2012-07-16 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 07/16/2012 05:28 PM, Ben Armstrong wrote: >> I have another question: why are live systems always on fat32 filesystem and >> not ext2, ext3, ext4 filesystem? > > Simpler for the bootloader to deal with. We use syslinux, which likes FAT. SYSLINUX (the project is written in all caps) consists o

Re: kernel and wifi

2012-07-16 Thread Ben Armstrong
On 07/16/2012 12:20 PM, Klaus Becker wrote: > thanks for information. That's what I understood, but I waited for > confirmation. > > I shall perform a regular install to the flash disk. > > I have another question: why are live systems always on fat32 filesystem and > not ext2, ext3, ext4 files

Re: kernel and wifi

2012-07-16 Thread Klaus Becker
Le lundi 16 juillet 2012 15:17:21, Ben Armstrong a écrit : > Klaus, > > On 07/16/2012 04:34 AM, Klaus Becker wrote: > > my wifi card (realtek) on squeeze live only works with BPO-kernel as I > > already experienced with squeeze on a second usb-disk. > > > > When I install BPO-kernel on flash dis

Re: Re: Live built image not loading with installer

2012-07-16 Thread Ramu Sethu
Hi Daniel I understand it breaks in testing and unstable. But is it a bug with installer or live-boot? Just wanted to know this. The reason why i am asking this is, the moment the package (which has this issue) gets updated in wheezy, i will try building ISO again. -- Ramu S

Re: kernel and wifi

2012-07-16 Thread Ben Armstrong
Klaus, On 07/16/2012 04:34 AM, Klaus Becker wrote: > my wifi card (realtek) on squeeze live only works with BPO-kernel as I > already experienced with squeeze on a second usb-disk. > > When I install BPO-kernel on flash disk, initrd.img is not built because the > file system is read only. So I

kernel and wifi

2012-07-16 Thread Klaus Becker
Hi, my wifi card (realtek) on squeeze live only works with BPO-kernel as I already experienced with squeeze on a second usb-disk. When I install BPO-kernel on flash disk, initrd.img is not built because the file system is read only. So I reinstalled the 2.6 kernel I already had uninstalled, al