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CIA-18ubiquity: evand * r2312 ubiquity/ (configure configure.ac): Bump to 1.6.212:49
CIA-18ubiquity: evand * r2313 ubiquity/debian/ (changelog init):12:50
CIA-18ubiquity: * Add 'only-ubiquity' option to kernel cmdline to run ubiquity in a12:50
CIA-18ubiquity:  minimal session. Thanks Tormod Volden (LP: #148341).12:50
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CIA-18ubiquity: evand * r2314 ubiquity/ (debian/changelog ubiquity/components/migrationassistant.py): * Filter out partition selections that do not have any users.05:52
evandI probably should've stuck 'migration-assistant' in there somewhere.05:52
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xivuloncjwatson, evand, I uploaded the wubi-cdonly version10:29
xivulonhttp://wubi-installer.org/devel/minefields/10:29
xivulonone thing: if the CD is inserted when you reboot all is dandy10:29
xivulonbut if the CD is not inserted the user is thrown into the shell10:30
xivulonit would be nice to have some sort of message like: please insert the CD and press enter10:30
xivulonby the way, the flag changed from "--liveboot" to "--cdboot"10:32
xivulonIn Ubuntu-cdboot the flag is always set10:32
cjwatsonxivulon: please mail Henrik to tell him about that10:33
xivulonwill do10:33
cjwatsonsince he will need to adjust winfoss10:33
cjwatsonI'll make it be wubi-cdboot.exe on the disk10:34
xivulonplease test it10:51
xivulonalso have a look at this issue about the CD not being inserted. I seemed to remember that the initrd would ask for it, but maybe I am confusing with the alternate one10:52
cjwatsonyou are confusing it with alternate10:52
cjwatsonI'm not going to add that feature to casper at this point10:53
xivulonhmm, not sure then if it's wise to include wubi at all10:53
xivulonif users have no CD they will see the initrd sh10:54
xivulonanyway try it by changing your boot priority, with and without CD, then you decide10:55
cjwatsonif they have no CD then they will hardly be running wubi-cdboot from the CD10:57
cjwatsonthis is about what we put on the CD, so by definition they have a CD10:57
xivuloncjwatson, what I mean is if the bios is 1HD, 2CD, but if at the time they reboot the tray is open10:57
cjwatson*shrug* don't do that then :)10:57
cjwatsonit's still better than not having the facility10:58
cjwatsonIMO10:58
xivulonsure10:58
xivulonI'll have to change the reboot text10:59
xivulonnow it asks to remove the cd10:59
xivulonwill do tonight10:59
cjwatsonoh, yeah, that would be excessively confusing in this case11:00
cjwatsonand clearly not necessary11:01
xivulonI forgot to do that yesterday, it's a quick fix11:01
xivulonbut cannot do it now11:01
xivulonby the way, yesterday build still had old autopartition/lupin11:03
xivulonand am still stack with this mkfs issue (when running strace mkfs, it works)11:04
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cjwatsongar STOP LEAVING11:21
cjwatsonreally inconvenient11:21
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smpHi,i am tring to install my debian distro from local network,I booted from the network and got the installation prompt.but after installed hardware detection phase it failed because it didnot find any installation media in my cdrom as i am using the same initrd/kernel/preseed file for network installation which is same for normal installation (from CD).SO HOW TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEM..?Plz help01:50
cjwatsonsmp: I'm afraid we don't offer help with Debian here01:51
cjwatsonsmp: (though I would suggest *not* using the same initrd as for CD installation; there's a specialised netboot initrd which is likely to work much better!)01:52
cjwatsonsmp: if the above doesn't help, #debian-boot on irc.oftc.net would be more appropriate01:52
smpCjwatson:thanks,but can u tell me is there any way to do the normal installation so that it should not go to check installation media in local cdrom drive.01:54
cjwatsonsee above, please01:56
cjwatsonthis channel is for the Ubuntu installer, not Debian01:57
smpcjwatson:rather it should download files from my local server where i mounted my iso image.can i do it by suppling any boot parameters01:57
cjwatsonno, use netboot01:58
smpfor ubuntu also if i want to do the same thing i think this problem will come01:58
cjwatsonfor Ubuntu, use netboot01:58
cjwatsonthe cdrom initrd will not work in this circumstance01:58
smpbut how to modify the exsisting initrd for netboot?02:00
cjwatsonyou don't.02:00
cjwatsondownload the netboot initrd from the archive02:00
cjwatsonyou cannot do this based on the cdrom initrd.02:01
smpi have the installer source code .and i compiled it and then i got mini.iso inside /installer/temp02:01
cjwatsonthere is no need to build it yourself02:01
cjwatsonboth Debian and Ubuntu ship this in their archives02:01
cjwatsonhttp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ for Ubuntu; see the Debian installer web site for the Debian links02:02
smpok,but i need my custom initrd.how to do that ?02:03
cjwatsonfolks customising the initrd are expected to be experts and/or to read the documentation. Failing that, please ask in the correct place.02:04
cjwatsonI'm happy to help if you're customising Ubuntu, but it doesn't sound like you are at present. In the meantime, I don't think it's fair to ask me to support Debian in an Ubuntu channel.02:04
smpok.can u tell me some sources to modify ubuntu's exsisting netboot initrd02:07
cjwatson'apt-get source debian-installer' on an Ubuntu system02:08
smpcjwatson:thanks for ur help.but this will download only the source code in my system.what i have.i need some docs to change/compile the source code02:13
cjwatsonthere is documentation in the doc/ subdirectory of the debian-installer source package, though it hasn't been adapted for Ubuntu02:16
cjwatsonI cannot teach you how to be a developer in general though02:16
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CIA-18ubiquity: jriddell * r2315 trunk/ (debian/changelog ubiquity/frontend/PartitionsBarKde.py): red looks dangerous to our western eyes, change ext 3 in kde partition bar to cyan06:25
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xivulonI changed the reboot text08:16
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CIA-18migration-assistant: evand * r63 migration-assistant/ (debian/changelog ma-ask): * Fix IFS handling (LP: #145712, #135149)09:29
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mebrownquick question: what are the 'mkisofs' command parameters that are used to create the live cd?09:38
mebrownThe last step of my installation is going to create a new live CD image of the reinstallation partition for the customer to burn if they want09:39
mebrownevand, ping.09:52
mebrownevand, just tested todays daily build and looks like everything is there and works.09:52
evandmebrown: great!  I'm trying to find the answer to your question.09:53
mebrownok, thx.09:54
mebrownI have a mkisofs cmdline that I am using in the meantime...09:54
mebrownmkisofs -o /target/home/ubuntu-dell-reinstall.iso \09:54
mebrown    -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.catalog \09:54
mebrown    -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 409:54
mebrown    -boot-info-table \09:54
mebrown    -pad -r -J -joliet-long -N -hide-joliet-trans-tbl \09:54
mebrown    -publisher "Dell Inc." \09:54
mebrown    -V "Dell Ubuntu Reinstallation Media" \09:54
mebrown    /cdrom/09:54
evand/usr/bin/mkisofs -r -V Ubuntu\ 7.10\ amd64 -o /srv/cdimage.ubuntu.com/scratch/ubuntu/daily-live/debian-cd/amd64/gutsy-desktop-amd64.raw -cache-inodes -J -l -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -sort /srv/cdimage.ubuntu.com/scratch/ubuntu/daily-live/tmp/gutsy-amd64/1.weights boot1 CD110:00
evandfrom: ttp://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-archive/cd-build-logs/ubuntu/gutsy/daily-live-20071004.log10:00
evandmebrown: ^10:00
mebrownthanks.10:01
evandanytime10:01
mebrownI'll update my script10:01
mebrownRight now, I am wrestling with language pack stuff.10:01
mebrownWhat I was thinking:10:01
evandah yes, be aware that there's an outstanding bug that I have to fix tonight where the langugage pack step will fail without a network connection10:02
mebrownhmmm.10:02
mebrownso that will work in tomorrows daily?10:02
evandhopefully10:02
evandif not soon thereafter10:02
mebrownI need to run this idea by you... just a sec, brb10:02
evandok10:03
mebrownWhat I was thinking was creating a repo with all the language packs10:04
mebrownjust like the repo that is already on the DVD10:04
mebrownbut smaller.10:04
mebrownI need an easy way to do this, and havent really figured anything out.10:04
mebrownI was thinking I could use apt-get in download-only mode10:04
mebrownand then I would have to add those to the repo and redo the repo metadata10:04
mebrownWe have pared down the languages to 5 or 610:05
evandhrmm10:05
mebrownenglish, french, german, portugues, spanish, simplified chinese10:06
mebrownalso (unrelated): need to find a way to get rid of the "remove media and press enter to reboot" at the end.10:07
evandyou might be able to get around that by shutting down usplash: /etc/init.d/usplash start10:08
evandthat's not a typo10:08
evandI'm not sure if that will work or not, it's untested10:08
mebrownok. I'll test it, then... :)10:08
evandhave you looked into debmirror for grabbing the languages?10:09
evandyou might want to run your current idea by cjwatson10:09
evandhe may know of a better way10:09
mebrownno, I havent10:09
mebrownI didnt even know about debmirror10:09
bdmurrayevand: I was looking at bug 128258 and wondered what happens to people who installed from a tribe CD that didn't create '/etc/papersize'.  Do you have any idea?10:36
evandbdmurray: not sure10:38
evandI'd have to test that myself to find out :)10:38
bdmurrayIt is easy enough to manually fix but I wonder if many people will run into it.10:39
evanddo we usually provide repair fixes for bugs that occur during the development cycle?10:40
bdmurrayAnother good question that I don't have the answer for.10:40
bdmurrayI'm not sure how many things look at '/etc/papersize' too.10:41
evandhrm, cjwatson ^10:42
mebrownevand, '/etc/init.d/usplash start' does not fix10:57
mebrownthere is a text line:10:58
mebrown"Please remove the disc and close the tray (if any) and press ENTER:"10:58
mebrownon the console10:58
mebrownand no shells that I can use to see what is giving that message... :(10:58
mebrownIs there already a launchpad on this issue?10:58
evandmebrown: not yet, but please file a bug and assign me to it.  I'll take care of it when I get back, but I have to step out for a few hours.10:59
mebrownagainst ubiquity?11:01
mebrownor casper?11:01
evandhrm, casper11:01
mebrownhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/dell/+bug/14915911:05
evandthanks11:06
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mebrownevand, cjwatson ping...  is there a way to run automatic-ubiquity in text mode?11:52
mebrownam thinking of future systems where X doesnt run.11:52
mebrownneed to be able to install them initially. we would update x server debs in the post-install.11:54

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