Debian Bug report logs - #10298
A couple of problems with boot-floppies

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: cjf@nothinbut.net

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: A couple of problems with boot-floppies

Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 12:57:08 -0400 (EDT)

Package: boot-floppies
Version: 1.2.18

Yesterday I installed a new system with the 1997-05-20 disk set.

I selected install Linux/lilo on the hard disk and it seemed to work,
but on reboot only "LILO" appeared and the system hung.  Rebooting
with the boot disk and running lilo manually fixed the problem.  This
system is a Pentium with Buslogic controller, two SCSI disks, a CD-R
and a SCSI CDROM, and a WD ethernet card.  The kernel worked fine.

When running dselect both with the mounted from a NFS server and
mounted from a mounted partition methods, there was an error in line 8
of usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/setup (forgot to write it down exactly).
This seemed to be fatal to the NFS method (which I've never been able
to get to work reliably).  However, I was able to install from the NFS
partition once I manually mounted it.

-- 
Christopher J. Fearnley          |  Nothin But Net System Engineering
cjf@nothinbut.net                |  Design Science Revolutionary
http://www.netaxs.com/~cjf       |  Explorer in Universe
ftp://ftp.netaxs.com/people/cjf  |  "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller 

Message #10 received at 10298-maintonly@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Sven Rudolph <sr1@os.inf.tu-dresden.de>

To: cjf@nothinbut.net, 10298-maintonly@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#10298: A couple of problems with boot-floppies

Date: 03 Jun 1997 17:07:26 +0200

cjf@nothinbut.net writes:

> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: 1.2.18
> 
> Yesterday I installed a new system with the 1997-05-20 disk set.
> 
> I selected install Linux/lilo on the hard disk and it seemed to work,
> but on reboot only "LILO" appeared and the system hung.

This should not happen.

> When running dselect both with the mounted from a NFS server and
> mounted from a mounted partition methods, there was an error in line 8
> of usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/setup (forgot to write it down exactly).
> This seemed to be fatal to the NFS method (which I've never been able
> to get to work reliably).  However, I was able to install from the NFS
> partition once I manually mounted it.

That's a dpkg problem.

	Sven
-- 
Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de> ; WWW : http://www.sax.de/~sr1/

Message #17 received at 10298@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>

To: cjf@nothinbut.net

Cc: 10298@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: A couple of problems with boot-floppies

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 13:08:03 +0200

From: cjf@nothinbut.net
> When running dselect both with the mounted from a NFS server and
> mounted from a mounted partition methods, there was an error in line 8
> of usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/setup (forgot to write it down exactly).
> This seemed to be fatal to the NFS method (which I've never been able
> to get to work reliably).  However, I was able to install from the NFS
> partition once I manually mounted it.

	Do you know if that still happens?  Line 8 of
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/setup is a `cd' to a directory that should
always exist.

	Thanks.

-- 
Juan Cespedes

Message #22 received at 10298@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Chris Fearnley <cjf@nothinbut.net>

To: cespedes@debian.org (Juan Cespedes)

Cc: 10298@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: A couple of problems with boot-floppies

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 15:34:37 -0400 (EDT)

'Juan Cespedes wrote:'
> From: cjf@nothinbut.net
> > When running dselect both with the mounted from a NFS server and
> > mounted from a mounted partition methods, there was an error in line 8
> > of usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/setup (forgot to write it down exactly).
> > This seemed to be fatal to the NFS method (which I've never been able
> > to get to work reliably).  However, I was able to install from the NFS
> > partition once I manually mounted it.
> 
> 	Do you know if that still happens?  Line 8 of
> /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/setup is a `cd' to a directory that should
> always exist.

I am using NFS reliably under hamm installs.  I think the instructions
could be improved.  Either it was pilot error or a bug in an old version.

-- 
Christopher J. Fearnley          |  Nothin But Net System Engineering
cjf@nothinbut.net                |  Design Science Revolutionary
http://www.netaxs.com/~cjf       |  Explorer in Universe
ftp://ftp.netaxs.com/people/cjf  |  "Dare to be Naïve" -- Bucky Fuller

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