Re: is it possible to install a custom initramfs USB bootable system?

Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > Why not use NFS root? Because I want the machine to function without any other machines turned on around it. After initial installation, the machine must boot and function completely alone, no local network or anything like that. >> 1. Debian is installed in RAM (maybe fr

is it possible to install a custom initramfs USB bootable system?

Hello, I have a computer with 10 GB of RAM, but no hard disks. I want to install Debian to make it work this way: 1. Debian is installed in RAM (maybe from PXE netboot) 2. with some command a compressed squashfs image is created of the current system, and saved on an USB flash stick 3. t

running iceweasel on remote host seems wrong

remote machine (using only the local display), so it would work as it would be sitting at the remote machine? -- Miernik http://miernik.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: AnyOne got "Rekall" working on Debian

ommand, so you can type the name of the program to start it. -- Miernik _ xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___/__ tel: +427 __/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.miernik.ctnet.pl/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: AnyOne got "Rekall" working on Debian

ewsgroups at nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.rekall.general nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.rekall.devel -- Miernik _ xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___/__ tel: +427 __/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.miernik.ctnet.pl/ -

truetype fonts in Mozilla - only good when page is UTF-8, bad otherwise

ht fix the problem, but j2re1.4 depends on it! Anyway, what is the proper way to resolve this problem? -- Miernik _ xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___/__ tel: +427 __/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.miernik.ctnet.pl/ -- To U

Re: How to get away with small /var partition

your kernel is on physically nonwritable media, this means that you > have, at least, a chance at having a trusted kernel on the system at > reboot. -- Miernik jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___/__ tel: +48608233394 __/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: How to get away with small /var partition

tacker get's rights to write or change perms of files there, he can equally easy remount the partition rw. So what's the point? -- Miernik jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___/__ tel: +48608233394 __/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Support impeac

aspell removed from stable - licence problems?

;s LGPL but it is in fact a unique license which is non-DFSG-free." But there it is in "Accepted packages" section, while in DWN it's in "Removed packages" section. So is it removed or not after all? What is that unique licence? -- Miernik

Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications (was Re: communication structures crumbled)

ybody immidiately, but we where too tired to do anything useful fast :( -- Miernik jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___/__ tel: +48608233394 __/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Truth about Bush's military operations: http://www.TruthAboutWar.or

fast swithichg between X and virtual console - how to?

other graphics mode of course) will it switch fast? It won't have to change video modes. Or maybe if I install a framebuffer and run both text and X console through a framebuffer it will be fast? -- Miernik jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___/_

Re: help: email server

ar in mind that the two are not exclusive, there is a Debian GNU/FreeBSD project http://www.debian.org/ports/freebsd/ > 3) What firewall and webmail programs are good? iptables squirrelmail > 4) Can the server host the firewall too? yes -- Miernik __

Re: Any simple way to add modules w/o recompiling the kernel?

will be cached automaticly. -- Miernik jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___/__ tel: +48608233394 __/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Learn about protecting the freedom of knowledge: http://www.publicknowledge.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: Separate /home drive?

eed more details: man fstab -- Miernik jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___/__ tel: +48608233394 __/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] No Iraq war http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/iraq/invadeIraq082702.html Please call the White House +1-202-456- or fax

how to make unicode mode default for all virtual consoles?

s Mon Nov 3 19:42:45 2003: (perhaps you want to do `kbd_mode -u'?) And I still need to run 'loadkeys pl-uni' on every console after bootup to make it work. Then my unicode keyboard works OK. How to make it automatic? -- Miernik __

Re: bf2.4 netinstall??

n/boot-floppies/bootbf2.4.iso -- Miernik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dependency problem

ackage/alsaplayer-alsa_0.99.59-5_i386.deb Even better - use aptitude. It resolves dependencies automaticly. -- Miernik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how to use debian-installer?

them. BTW: what's the difference between these directories? http://people.debian.org/~tfheen/d-i/images/2003-07-31/archive/ http://people.debian.org/~tfheen/d-i/images/2003-07-31/cvs/ thanks, -- Miernik jabber:miernik jabber.gda.pl __ ICQ: 4004001 ___/__ tel: +48

wired aptitude behaviour with whiptail and libnewt0.51 (latest unstable)

ally sure if or to what is this a bug, so I post it here instead of reportbug'ing it. -- Miernik jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] __ ICQ: 4004001 ___/__ tel: +48608233394 __/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Truth about Bush's military operations: htt