dpkg --root functionality with apt-get?

2004-11-23 Thread Bruce Edge
Hi, I need to make apt-get operate on a debootstrap built tree. I don't want to chroot into it because I need to mount --bind my local debian mirror then. Is there some -o option::whatever I can use to tell it to use this built tree as the root? Lastly, is there a comprehensive list of all the s

boot time RAID drive detection order

2003-12-05 Thread bruce edge
If one has 2 IDE disks connected, both of which have RAID autodetect partitions, but are incompatible with the other drive, what determines which one wins? The case I've seen is that hdb is winning out over hda, and I was wondering why, and, if there's anything that can be done to force one or the

not in sid yet? - CERT Advisory CA-2003-24 Buffer Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH

2003-11-13 Thread bruce edge
Looks like this is only available in woody: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-24.html http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-382 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-383 Is there no fix for sid yet? -Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: mkinitrd

2003-05-30 Thread bruce edge
On Thu, 29 May 2003 17:50:10 +0200, Axel Gerster wrote: >> > can someone please explain to me how to get an module into an existing >> > initrd.img and get it loaded on bootup? Or does someone know a good >> > howto? >> If you just want to add a module, and not recreate it from scratch, try this: