[11:48] <_ruben> as for preseeding disk layout, http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/svn/debian-installer/installer/doc/devel/partman-auto-recipe.txt seems to be one of the very few reference docs .. any other tips/hints? [11:49] you should always use the Ubuntu documentation, not the Debian documentation [11:49] at times they differ [11:50] <_ruben> google wouldnt lead me to an ubuntu version :p [11:51] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/debian-installer/ubuntu/annotate/head%3A/doc/devel/partman-auto-recipe.txt [11:51] I think that's the only recipe documentation there is, really [11:54] <_ruben> ok, thanks, then i'll give it a try using that doc [12:07] <_ruben> is there a way to "test run" such a recipe? initiating a complete os reinstall to test a recipe sounds a bit overkill to me [12:14] not really, sorry [12:18] <_ruben> too bad [12:38] hi, where can I find the relevant netboot files for ubuntu eee or easy peasy? [12:43] we don't yet support the Eee as part of the core Ubuntu project, so I'm afraid this channel is unable to help [12:44] though my wife has been on my case to get Ubuntu working on her Eee, so it may happen at some point :) [12:44] <_ruben> hehe [12:44] I assume that you have read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EeePC/Installation ? [12:44] of course, it may be that the standard netboot files work on Eee; I simply don't know [12:44] those are here: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ [12:50] cjwatson: thanks, I'll take a look. It seems ridiculous that the ubuntu eee project doesn't support netbooting when the device has no optical drive but oh well, some people are fools... [12:50] well, depending on the extent of their modifications, it may be that they can just rely on the standard files [12:51] as I say - I just don't know [12:51] I thought they generally advised USB booting [12:53] Yeah, I don't have a spare USB device available that works with it and I have a netboot server set up on a nice fast connection. [13:48] jeez my mirror has been building for 12hr on a gig-e connection [13:50] cjwatson: d'oh it says that -i error at the beginning of the install but i dont see it until the end when it drops back to the shell [13:50] i just noticed it [13:56] cjwatson: it says it immediately after 'configuring the network with dhcp' [13:56] that must be when it downloads and parses the kickstart file, np? [13:57] err no?? [14:01] that's a lot more plausible than it happening at preseed/late_command time, yes [14:01] can I get the syslog? [14:04] cjwatson: Haegin: easypeasy might be a better option for you it used to be the eeebuntu project if memory serves [14:06] http://www.geteasypeasy.com/ [14:15] <_ruben> woah .. my first attempt at preseeding disk layout actually worked .. not too keen on the chosen names for the vgs/lvs, but i guess i could live with that :) [14:27] sure, i'll give you the syslog what do you want me to do with it? [14:28] put it wherever's convenient, as long as it isn't pasted into IRC [14:28] attach to a bug report, paste.ubuntu.com, whatever [14:30] cjwatson: you mentioned that you ran a ubuntu mirror locally, do you know if you can use any mirror for that or do you have to use the ubuntu archive? [14:31] archive.ubuntu.com is a mirror itself, technically :-) [14:31] any mirror will do [14:31] yeah cause i notice that one is particularly slow [14:31] obviously it's rather loaded [14:31] yes, loaded is what i meant to say [14:34] yikes it started over at the beginning ;-) [14:34] i figured it would resume [14:35] it downloads the indices from scratch each time, but will reuse any .deb files that are there [14:56] cjwatson: can I send this to you somewhere private? i tried to sanitize it best i could but its a long file [14:56] I'd really prefer that you didn't sanitise it, unless there are any passwords in it [14:56] theres IPs etc in it [14:57] mail it to cjwatson@ubuntu.com then [14:57] but please don't try to filter it down to what you think I'll be interested in [14:57] removing genuinely private data is fine [14:57] i didnt cut any lines out [14:57] or anything [14:58] some people grep for interesting stuff and only send me the results, which is very frustrating :) [14:59] should be in your inbox [15:01] thanks [15:52] evand: should m-a pop up now in jaunty on a whole drive install? [16:10] hrm [16:12] well aside from not being able to use sed in the installer im pretty pleased with the new version (fixed) cjwatson, did you ever get a chance to release a new initrd for amd64? [16:25] no, planning to do that by way of intrepid-proposed [16:25] Jan 23 09:34:38 in-target: Unexpected error; command not executed: 'apt-get update' [16:25] I guess this must be the problem - let me see [16:30] ah yes, I can reproduce it [17:30] cjwatson so any clue on that one? [17:54] DogWater: I was on the phone, give me a minute ... [17:56] I'm hitting it with various debugging approaches now [17:57] oh, i dont mean to rush you or anything i was just curious you killed that one yesterday so fast [17:59] yeah, that one I had fixed already though and just had to remember about it :) [17:59] oh. lol nice [17:59] this one almost looks like a new busybox bug [18:00] i do that sometimes when i write php i create a function like 10 times and do it 10 different ways then eventually i realize i already wrote that function [18:00] i think i got banned from the ubuntu archive i was trying to mirror =/ [18:01] I think I can give you a workaround [18:03] preseed preseed/late_command string sed 's/http:\/\/10.1.0.1\/Ubuntu8.10\//http:\/\/ubuntu.osuosl.org\/ubuntu/g' /target/etc/apt/sources.list > /target/etc/apt/sources.list.new && mv /target/etc/apt/sources.list.new /target/etc/apt/sources.list && in-target apt-get update [18:05] alternatively, you can put the whole sed / apt-get update thing in a script that you download from a server and then run [18:05] the problem isn't with running sed, it's with parsing of the -i [18:06] it's being parsed entirely incorrectly as a getopt option, which it isn't [18:10] there is something very weird going on, though, as I can reproduce this with getopt(1) on a normal system too [18:10] $ getopt -o '' -l foo: -- -i [18:10] getopt: invalid option -- 'i' [18:10] -- [18:10] (the -- in the first line is supposed to terminate options regardless of everything else) [18:11] oh, maybe I'm confused [18:12] DogWater: anyway, that should be a functional workaround and I have to go out now, but I'll continue working this out and get it fixed for jaunty [18:13] oem-config: cjwatson * r584 trunk/ (6 files in 3 dirs): [18:13] oem-config: If the user backs up all the way out of oem-config (perhaps [18:13] oem-config: deliberately, or perhaps by accident), ask whether they want to try [18:13] oem-config: again, drop to a recovery shell, or reboot. [18:21] debian-installer: cjwatson * r991 intrepid-proposed/ (3 files in 2 dirs): Move mainline architectures to 2.6.27-11 kernels. [18:28] debian-installer: cjwatson * r992 intrepid-proposed/debian/changelog: releasing version 20080522ubuntu26