Re: DEBOOTSTRAP or GRML-DEBOOTSTRAP more suitable?

2018-04-15 Thread deloptes
Richard Owlett wrote: > I suspect the first is closer to my mental image. Did you use > debootstrap with --variant=minbase, grml-debootstrap with --nopackages, > OR something else? For the first to work, I just copy the boot directory to the card/usb stick and make it bootable (grub install). The

Re: DEBOOTSTRAP or GRML-DEBOOTSTRAP more suitable?

2018-04-15 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/15/2018 03:58 PM, Brian wrote: On Sun 15 Apr 2018 at 14:19:50 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 04/15/2018 12:43 PM, Brian wrote: On Sun 15 Apr 2018 at 08:55:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: What are the trade-offs of choosing between debootstrap and grml-debootstap? I understand that eit

Re: DEBOOTSTRAP or GRML-DEBOOTSTRAP more suitable?

2018-04-15 Thread Brian
On Sun 15 Apr 2018 at 14:19:50 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 04/15/2018 12:43 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 15 Apr 2018 at 08:55:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > > What are the trade-offs of choosing between debootstrap and > > > grml-debootstap? > > > I understand that either way I h

Re: DEBOOTSTRAP or GRML-DEBOOTSTRAP more suitable?

2018-04-15 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/15/2018 02:32 PM, Forest Dean Feighner wrote: Could you skip all that and use something like busybox or buildroot? I hadn't recalled either at the moment. Busybox might have an edge as it in the Debian repository {and I even have it installed - will have to investigate why I installed i

Re: DEBOOTSTRAP or GRML-DEBOOTSTRAP more suitable?

2018-04-15 Thread Forest Dean Feighner
Could you skip all that and use something like busybox or buildroot? On Sun, Apr 15, 2018, 3:20 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > On 04/15/2018 12:43 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 15 Apr 2018 at 08:55:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >> I wish to do an _*EXTREMELY*_ minimalist install of Debian to

Re: DEBOOTSTRAP or GRML-DEBOOTSTRAP more suitable?

2018-04-15 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/15/2018 12:43 PM, Brian wrote: On Sun 15 Apr 2018 at 08:55:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to do an _*EXTREMELY*_ minimalist install of Debian to a USB flash drive (aka /dev/sdb1) assuming use as a MBR device. I currently use the i386 flavor of Stretch. My hardware allows choosing

Re: DEBOOTSTRAP or GRML-DEBOOTSTRAP more suitable?

2018-04-15 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/15/2018 12:30 PM, deloptes wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to do an _*EXTREMELY*_ minimalist install of Debian to a USB flash drive (aka /dev/sdb1) assuming use as a MBR device. if you just want to boot in your system, then you take only the boot directory - this is the simplest way

Re: DEBOOTSTRAP or GRML-DEBOOTSTRAP more suitable?

2018-04-15 Thread Brian
On Sun 15 Apr 2018 at 08:55:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to do an _*EXTREMELY*_ minimalist install of Debian to a USB flash > drive (aka /dev/sdb1) assuming use as a MBR device. > > I currently use the i386 flavor of Stretch. > My hardware allows choosing to boot from a flash drive. >

Re: DEBOOTSTRAP or GRML-DEBOOTSTRAP more suitable?

2018-04-15 Thread deloptes
Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to do an _*EXTREMELY*_ minimalist install of Debian to a USB > flash drive (aka /dev/sdb1) assuming use as a MBR device. if you just want to boot in your system, then you take only the boot directory - this is the simplest way and less consuming space. I used such a

Re: debootstrap error with dvdrom install

2017-07-30 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017, Curt wrote: On 2017-07-30, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: On Sat, 29 Jul 2017, Curt wrote: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/9.1.0+nonfree/ thanks Curt, I used this one and it worked perfectly, except the last step, i.e. grub ins

Re: debootstrap error with dvdrom install

2017-07-30 Thread Curt
On 2017-07-30, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jul 2017, Curt wrote: > >> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/9.1.0+nonfree/ >> > >thanks Curt, > I used this one and it worked perfectly, except the last step, i.e. grub > install: > It actually inst

Re: debootstrap error with dvdrom install

2017-07-30 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 29 Jul 2017, Steve McIntyre wrote: You don't say exactly which image you're using, but this is clearly a bug. I'm *guessing* you're using a 9.0.x live image? The 9.1.0 images should work better... you are right, it was 9.0, as 9.1 was not available when I did the download. anyway, a

Re: debootstrap error with dvdrom install

2017-07-30 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 29 Jul 2017, Curt wrote: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/9.1.0+nonfree/ thanks Curt, I used this one and it worked perfectly, except the last step, i.e. grub install: It actually installed grub, but at reboot I don't get the grub menu,

Re: debootstrap error with dvdrom install

2017-07-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
pierre.frenk...@gmail.com wrote: >hi, >I'm trying to install Stretch on a Lenovo laptop with the KDE dvdrom and each >time I get >the error: > debootstrap error. Unable to find the codename for release > >I saw a lot of posts about this error, but they were all related to a usb >install, but o

Re: debootstrap error with dvdrom install

2017-07-29 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 29-07-17, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jul 2017, Dejan Jocic wrote: > > > On 29-07-17, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > > hi, > > > I'm trying to install Stretch on a Lenovo laptop with the KDE dvdrom and > > > each time I get the error: > > > debootstrap error. Unable to find the codename f

Re: debootstrap error with dvdrom install

2017-07-29 Thread Curt
On 2017-07-29, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: >> >> Do not use live images for install. Those are bit flaky, especially KDE >> one. Use net install, or regular install image. >> > > thanks for this information. I can't use net install, as it would need 4 or > 5 firmware files. > The only iso file wit

Re: debootstrap error with dvdrom install

2017-07-29 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 29 Jul 2017, Dejan Jocic wrote: On 29-07-17, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: hi, I'm trying to install Stretch on a Lenovo laptop with the KDE dvdrom and each time I get the error: debootstrap error. Unable to find the codename for release I saw a lot of posts about this error, but they were

Re: debootstrap error with dvdrom install

2017-07-29 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 29-07-17, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > I'm trying to install Stretch on a Lenovo laptop with the KDE dvdrom and > each time I get the error: > debootstrap error. Unable to find the codename for release > > I saw a lot of posts about this error, but they were all related to a usb > install,

Re: debootstrap mips jessie failure

2016-05-05 Thread Diddier Hilarion
Hi Sergey, I had the same problem recently in my case the problem was caused by a fs error because i did the debootstrap in a ntfs fs,(it caused a permission error). When i repeated the process in an ext4 partition the problem got solved. Hope it will be the same problem. On 02/05/16 07:05, S

Re: debootstrap as an valuable instructioanal experience

2015-02-22 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 02:26:24PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > Bob Holtzman wrote: > >On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 02:10:23PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>Several months ago, when I was having problems with a very > >>customized install, I was pointed to debootstrap as an appropriate > >>tool. I

Re: debootstrap as an valuable instructioanal experience

2015-02-21 Thread Richard Owlett
Bob Holtzman wrote: On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 02:10:23PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: Several months ago, when I was having problems with a very customized install, I was pointed to debootstrap as an appropriate tool. I finding that it will evidently give me not only the fine control and minimal f

Re: debootstrap as an valuable instructioanal experience

2015-02-21 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 02:10:23PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > Several months ago, when I was having problems with a very > customized install, I was pointed to debootstrap as an appropriate > tool. I finding that it will evidently give me not only the fine > control and minimal footprint desire

Re: debootstrap as an valuable instructioanal experience

2015-02-21 Thread Richard Owlett
Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: On 2/20/15, Richard Owlett wrote: Several months ago, when I was having problems with a very customized install, I was pointed to debootstrap as an appropriate tool. [snip] My question -- Does anyone know of a detailed (newbie oriented) writeup on using debootstrap to i

Re: debootstrap as an valuable instructioanal experience

2015-02-21 Thread Curt
On 2015-02-20, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: >> >> I think Cindy (?) from down South was planning on writing a tutorial on >> just this hot topic (or I gather she'd be capable of it). > > If you're talking about me, I'd very much be happy to help. I've got I'm talking about you, Cindy-(Sue), because yo

Re: debootstrap as an valuable instructioanal experience

2015-02-21 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 2/20/15, Richard Owlett wrote: > Several months ago, when I was having problems with a very > customized install, I was pointed to debootstrap as an > appropriate tool. I finding that it will evidently give me not > only the fine control and minimal footprint desired, but it leads > me to explo

Re: debootstrap as an valuable instructioanal experience

2015-02-20 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 2/20/15, Richard Owlett wrote: > Several months ago, when I was having problems with a very > customized install, I was pointed to debootstrap as an > appropriate tool. I finding that it will evidently give me not > only the fine control and minimal footprint desired, but it leads > me to explo

Re: debootstrap as an valuable instructioanal experience

2015-02-20 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 2/20/15, Curt wrote: > On 2015-02-20, Richard Owlett wrote: >> >> My question -- Does anyone know of a detailed (newbie oriented) >> writeup on using debootstrap to install a bootable Debian to a >> second partition of a drive already containing a complete default >> install? All the writeups

Re: debootstrap as an valuable instructioanal experience

2015-02-20 Thread Curt
On 2015-02-20, Richard Owlett wrote: > > My question -- Does anyone know of a detailed (newbie oriented) > writeup on using debootstrap to install a bootable Debian to a > second partition of a drive already containing a complete default > install? All the writeups I've found assume various lev

howto import gpg key (was ... Re: debootstrap etch unknown key)

2014-02-20 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:38:47AM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote: > Tried "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys B5D0C804ADB11277" and it pulled > down the "Etch Stable Release Key " key. > > $ gpg --fingerprint ADB11277 > pub 1024D/ADB11277 2006-09-17 > Key fingerprint = 7EA3 91D7 2477 203B

Re: debootstrap etch unknown key

2014-02-19 Thread Dan Purgert
On 19/02/2014 09:15, Ron Leach wrote: > On 19/02/2014 09:56, Darac Marjal wrote: >> You should probably try and >> find a source that you trust that tells you what they key for Etch was >> and then fetch that manually (it may still be on keyservers etc). >> > > I still have a box in the corner run

Re: debootstrap etch unknown key

2014-02-19 Thread Ron Leach
On 19/02/2014 09:56, Darac Marjal wrote: You should probably try and find a source that you trust that tells you what they key for Etch was and then fetch that manually (it may still be on keyservers etc). I still have a box in the corner running Etch. I had a quick look for what it thinks i

Re: debootstrap etch unknown key

2014-02-19 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 08:19:13PM +, Mike Fitzgerald wrote: >Hi > >I've got a Cobalt Raq4 and am trying install etch (that's the most recent >version it will take) but when issuing: > >root@debian:/# debootstrap --arch i386 etch /nfsroot-x86 >[1]http://archive.debian.org/

Re: debootstrap fails

2012-08-26 Thread Gaël DONVAL
Le dimanche 26 août 2012 à 13:44 +0200, Gaël DONVAL a écrit : > Le dimanche 26 août 2012 à 00:50 +0200, Gaël DONVAL a écrit : > > > > > > Something is wrong somewhere but not yet enough information to know > > > where. I tend to swap hardware around until I can either isolate the > > > problem to

Re: debootstrap fails

2012-08-26 Thread Gaël DONVAL
Le dimanche 26 août 2012 à 00:50 +0200, Gaël DONVAL a écrit : > > > > Something is wrong somewhere but not yet enough information to know > > where. I tend to swap hardware around until I can either isolate the > > problem to a specific component or work around it in some other way. > I'm gonna s

Re: debootstrap fails

2012-08-25 Thread Gaël DONVAL
Le samedi 25 août 2012 à 16:12 -0600, Bob Proulx a écrit : > > > Aug 25 23:21:13 hostname kernel: [ 8518.707495] Call Trace: > > ... > > Aug 25 23:21:13 hostname kernel: [ 8518.707693] BUG: unable to handle > > kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) > > That one in particular looks scary. Y

Re: debootstrap fails

2012-08-25 Thread Bob Proulx
Gaël DONVAL wrote: > It does not occur when I use debootstrap but some times after that. I'm > very disappointed: the device was not cheap... I have had varied reliability with external usb disks. External SATA have always worked flawlessly for me. But usb works, sometimes for a long time, but I

Re: debootstrap fails

2012-08-25 Thread Gaël DONVAL
Le samedi 25 août 2012 à 14:46 -0600, Bob Proulx a écrit : > Gaël DONVAL wrote: > > I try to install Debian from my Debian onto an external SSD disk. > > The SSD disk is plugged on a USB3 dock. > > When I try to use debootstrap on the external SSD, it fails: > > Any idea? > > Any disk errors in /

Re: debootstrap fails

2012-08-25 Thread Bob Proulx
Gaël DONVAL wrote: > I try to install Debian from my Debian onto an external SSD disk. > The SSD disk is plugged on a USB3 dock. > When I try to use debootstrap on the external SSD, it fails: > Any idea? Any disk errors in /var/log/syslog? I have had terrible luck with the reliability of externa

Re: debootstrap doesn't support fakeroot variant

2012-03-19 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On 19/03/2012 15:13, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:01:12 +0100, Nicolas Bercher wrote: On a Squeeze, I'm trying debootstrap with variant fakeroot: $ sudo debootstrap --arch=amd64 --variant=fakeroot squeeze debootstrap-squeeze-amd64 E: unsupported variant (...) By reading t

Re: debootstrap doesn't support fakeroot variant

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:01:12 +0100, Nicolas Bercher wrote: > On a Squeeze, I'm trying debootstrap with variant fakeroot: > >$ sudo debootstrap --arch=amd64 --variant=fakeroot squeeze > debootstrap-squeeze-amd64 >E: unsupported variant (...) By reading the man page, shouldn't be "--vari

Re: debootstrap doesn't support fakeroot variant

2012-03-19 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Nicolas Bercher wrote: > > On a Squeeze, I'm trying debootstrap with variant fakeroot: > >  $ sudo debootstrap --arch=amd64 --variant=fakeroot squeeze > debootstrap-squeeze-amd64 >  E: unsupported variant > > This is exactly bug 319100[1] (2005), which is tagged a

Re: [debootstrap] Debian distribution SID not working

2011-10-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Jeremy MAURO wrote: > I wonder if someone have successfully create a chroot environment in > SID? Because I have encountered the following issue: > # debootstrap --verbose --variant=minbase --arch=amd64 --include > aptitude sid /var/tmp/TESTING http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ > ... > I: Install

Re: Debootstrap Error

2011-04-08 Thread kuLa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/04/11 17:02, MAROUNI Abbass wrote: > Hello, > > I am installing debain lenny over the network, I got the following > message : > > Debootstrap Error > Release file signed by unknown key (key id ) > > I can't drop to a limited shell. > > Do yo

Re: Debootstrap

2011-02-17 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 17 February 2011 10:20:31 Peter Smith wrote: > Is all Debian > packages stored in ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/ and then the > package management system on ex. Squeeze only sees the packages > intended for this system? Yes-ish.

Re: Debootstrap

2011-02-17 Thread Peter Smith
On the adress ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fakechroot/ i found a newer package that i tried to install on the Squeeze system and now everything is working as expected. Now i am wondering if the package was built on a Squeeze system or if the packages in these directories get security up

Re: Debootstrap

2011-02-17 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 16 February 2011 17:57:32 Peter Smith wrote: > Is there any chance that this defective package will be updated in Squeeze? Unlikely. The severity is "normal". According to release.d.o point releases for stable "include security and other important fixes only." -- Boyd Stephen Smit

Re: Debootstrap

2011-02-16 Thread Peter Smith
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > > Seems to be #561991š which is fixed in wheezy/sid, but not in squeeze. > > Sven > > > š http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=561991 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "un

Re: Debootstrap

2011-02-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-16 23:07 +0100, Joey Hess wrote: > Peter Smith wrote: >> Last four lines of debootstrap.log: >> >> - >> Preparing to replace coreutils 8.5-1 (using .../coreutils_8.5-1_i386.deb) ... >> Unpacking replacement coreutils ... >> dpkg: ../../src/archives.c:823: tarobject: Assertion `r ==

Re: Debootstrap

2011-02-16 Thread Joey Hess
Peter Smith wrote: > Last four lines of debootstrap.log: > > - > Preparing to replace coreutils 8.5-1 (using .../coreutils_8.5-1_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement coreutils ... > dpkg: ../../src/archives.c:823: tarobject: Assertion `r == stab.st_size' > failed. > Aborted dpkg does a sani

Re: debootstrap failed

2010-06-06 Thread Javier Barroso
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 4:39 AM, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > I was able to use debootstrap before, but recent tests always fail -- > trial logs at: > > http://paste.debian.net/76281/ > http://paste.debian.net/76285/ > > In brief, a vanilla debootstrap session > > rm -rf /mnt/os12/* > debootstrap --

Re: debootstrap error on install

2009-05-29 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 29 May 2009, Ingo Naumann wrote: > How did you copy the files on the USB stick? > > OK, I think I know what happened; the img I downloaded was probably faulty because the md5sum didn't match. Should have checked that first. But anyway, I can't go on now because the aborted install has screw

Re: debootstrap error on install

2009-05-29 Thread Ingo Naumann
How did you copy the files on the USB stick? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: debootstrap - qemu - I've this error : "TSC appears to be running slowly. Marking it as unstable"

2008-12-06 Thread KLEIN Stéphane
Le Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:11:18 +, KLEIN Stéphane a écrit : > Hi, > > I've build debian image with debootstrap like in > http://thread.gmane.org/ gmane.linux.debian.user/328763 messages. > > When I start my image with qemu, I've this error : > > """ > TSC appears to be running slowly. Marking

Re: debootstrap and GRUB bootloader

2008-08-25 Thread Osamu Aoki
I may be wrong but ... On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 04:28:03PM +0200, Urs Thuermann wrote: > I want to build a Debian system using debootstrap and install that on > a Compact Flash card for an x86 embedded system. > > I have created and mounted a fresh file system on a logical volume > which I install

Re: debootstrap fetching nonexistant packages

2006-04-24 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 08:35:18PM +0200, Johann Hartwig Hauschild wrote: > Moin, Christopher. > Du warst folgender Meinung: > > On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 11:43:22PM +0200, Johann Hartwig Hauschild wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > I'm trying to install debian sarge with debootstrap. > > > The problem is

Re: debootstrap fetching nonexistant packages

2006-04-24 Thread Johann Hartwig Hauschild
Moin, Christopher. Du warst folgender Meinung: > On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 11:43:22PM +0200, Johann Hartwig Hauschild wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I'm trying to install debian sarge with debootstrap. > > The problem is: it's trying to fetch libgcrypt7 which is not in > > debian-sarge. I tried to exclude l

Re: debootstrap fetching nonexistant packages

2006-04-23 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 11:43:22PM +0200, Johann Hartwig Hauschild wrote: > Hi. > > I'm trying to install debian sarge with debootstrap. > The problem is: it's trying to fetch libgcrypt7 which is not in > debian-sarge. I tried to exclude libgcrypt7 and include libgcrypt11 but > then I get another

Re: debootstrap fetching nonexistant packages

2006-04-23 Thread Johann Hartwig Hauschild
Joey Hess wrote: > Johann Hartwig Hauschild wrote: > > I'm trying to install debian sarge with debootstrap. > > The problem is: it's trying to fetch libgcrypt7 which is not in > > debian-sarge. I tried to exclude libgcrypt7 and include libgcrypt11 but > > then I get another error because it fails t

Re: debootstrap fetching nonexistant packages

2006-04-23 Thread Joey Hess
Johann Hartwig Hauschild wrote: > I'm trying to install debian sarge with debootstrap. > The problem is: it's trying to fetch libgcrypt7 which is not in > debian-sarge. I tried to exclude libgcrypt7 and include libgcrypt11 but > then I get another error because it fails to fetch libgnutls10. If I >

Re: debootstrap chroot problem

2005-12-15 Thread Jimi Ayodele
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Sinan Nalkaya wrote: Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:35:17 +0200 From: Sinan Nalkaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: Jimi Ayodele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: debootstrap chroot problem if it is mounted fs, you should add exec option wh

Re: debootstrap chroot problem

2005-12-13 Thread Sinan Nalkaya
if it is mounted fs, you should add exec option while mounting. On Tuesday 13 December 2005 02:10 am, Jimi Ayodele wrote: > Good day, > > I am trying to install Debian on a separate partition using chroot from a > Gentoo host system. When I issue the following command > > % debootstrap --exclude=li

Re: debootstrap umount bug - workarounds?

2004-07-04 Thread Joey Hess
Andrew Malcolmson wrote: > Just to be sure we're talking about the same bug, here's the end of the > debootstrap output and the error messages: > > ... > I: Installing core packages... > ln: `/mnt/hda6/./usr/bin/awk': File exists > umount: /mnt/hda6/./dev/pts: not mounted > umount: /mnt/hda6/./dev

Re: debootstrap umount bug - workarounds?

2004-07-03 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Andrew Malcolmson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and so on. Then install them. -- Thomas Adam = "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net " We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at on

Re: debootstrap umount bug - workarounds?

2004-07-03 Thread Andrew Malcolmson
On 2004-07-03, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The umount "errors" are harmless warning messages (bug #253468). > Whatever bug dannf ran into, it's not prevented debootstrap from working > fine in general in the month since he filed it, and it's probably not > whatever problem you're running

Re: debootstrap umount bug - workarounds?

2004-07-03 Thread Joey Hess
Andrew Malcolmson wrote: > Is debootstrap completely unusuable pending a fix for bug #253387 > (multiple umount errors after packages retreived) or does anyone know of > a workaround for this? The umount "errors" are harmless warning messages (bug #253468). Whatever bug dannf ran into, it's not pr

Re: debootstrap problem

2004-01-07 Thread Jukka Salmi
Colin Watson --> debian-user (2004-01-07 14:44:43 +): > Are you using the most current version of debootstrap from unstable? You > always want to do this. Specifically your problem looks like: > > debootstrap (0.2.21) unstable; urgency=high > > * [sarge] Added coreutils' new predependencies

Re: debootstrap problem

2004-01-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 03:05:30PM +0100, Jukka Salmi wrote: > I'm trying to install sarge on a i386 system. debootstrap fails as > follows: [...] > cp: error while loading shared libraries: libacl.so.1: cannot open shared object > file: No such file or directory Are you using the most current ve

Re: debootstrap

2003-12-26 Thread Shaul Karl
On Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 11:50:28AM -0500, Ian Brandt wrote: > > Does anyone know of another location from where I could download this > utility? Also, is there a particular version that I should use? > You might try any Debian mirror, for example http://http.us.debian.org/pool/main/d/deboot

Re: debootstrap

2003-12-24 Thread Grzesiek Sedek
hi you can emerge debootstrap in gentoo ciao On Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 11:50:28AM -0500, Ian Brandt wrote: > > Hello and Happy Holidays, > > I'm new to this list and debian in general. I'm hoping to install debian > over gentoo remotely per... > > http://trilldev.sourceforge.net/files/remotedeb.

Re: debootstrap doesn't

2003-12-19 Thread Lucas Albers
Alan Chandler said: > I am trying to set up a sid chroot on my current system to build some up > kde > debs from the latest cvs > > I try and run debootstrap as root, but it seems to fail > > kanger:~# debootstrap sid ./kde http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian > Alan Chandler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have

Re: debootstrap

2003-12-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 06:03:34PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:03:54PM -0700, Paul E Condon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 10:04:19AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > on Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 12:56:04AM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin ([EMAIL PROTECT

Re: debootstrap

2003-12-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:03:54PM -0700, Paul E Condon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 10:04:19AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 12:56:04AM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm in the process of trying to

Re: debootstrap

2003-12-16 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 10:04:19AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 12:56:04AM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm in the process of trying to convert a leased rack space from RedHat to > > Debian. I'm working my way through: > > http:/

Re: debootstrap

2003-12-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 12:56:04AM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I'm in the process of trying to convert a leased rack space from RedHat to > Debian. I'm working my way through: > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html > http://tr

Re: debootstrap

2003-12-14 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 12:56:04AM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Hi, > > I'm in the process of trying to convert a leased rack space from RedHat to > Debian. I'm working my way through: > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html > http://trilldev.sourceforge.n

Re: debootstrap

2003-12-13 Thread Nathan Poznick
Thus spake Emma Jane Hogbin: > I'd like to use the RPM that is referred to in both of the documents I'm > reading. It says it's supposed to be here, but I get 403 forbidden. Any > ideas? > http://people.debian.org/~blade/install/debootstrap I don't believe people.debian.org is back yet (foll

Re: debootstrap can't download console-tools-libs

2003-10-29 Thread David Hampton
On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 01:30, Colin Watson wrote: > Are you sure you're using the right version of debootstrap? When > bootstrapping unstable, in general you need the version of debootstrap > in unstable; the one in stable won't be good enough. That did it. Thanks. David signature.asc Descripti

Re: debootstrap can't download console-tools-libs

2003-10-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 10:15:23PM -0800, David Hampton wrote: > I'm trying to install debian on my rh9 system. When I run debootstrap I > get an error trying to download the console-tools-libs deb. Here's the > complete output. Are you sure you're using the right version of debootstrap? When boot

Re: debootstrap

2001-11-11 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Sat, 2001-11-10 at 06:22, Tom Allison wrote: > Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > > On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 19:34, Tom Allison wrote: > > debootstrap dist /target/dir http://http.us.debian.org/debian > > > > where dist = woody sid potato (not stable unstable ... that didn't work > > for me) > > >

Re: debootstrap

2001-11-10 Thread Tom Allison
Michael Heldebrant wrote: On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 19:34, Tom Allison wrote: Where can I find LOTS of documentation on this debootstrap program? It seems that this is being used to replace the old base*.tgz files that I'm so familiar with. I'm trying to figure out how to do a remote installati

Re: debootstrap

2001-11-10 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 19:34, Tom Allison wrote: > Where can I find LOTS of documentation on this debootstrap program? > It seems that this is being used to replace the old base*.tgz files that > I'm so familiar with. > > I'm trying to figure out how to do a remote installation with near zero > d