Debian bug report logs - #1808 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1808: No boot parameters available on final boot disk Reply-To: Jan M|ller , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Jan M|ller Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 16:48:01 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 06 Nov 1995 16:48:01 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 06 Nov 1995 16:40:56 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0tCTEM-000F8IC; Mon, 6 Nov 95 07:13 PST Received: from dollar.daimi.aau.dk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA29326 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 6 Nov 1995 07:12:31 -0800 Received: (from fwiffo@localhost) by dollar.daimi.aau.dk (8.6.11/8.6.11) id QAA22117 for debian-bugs@pixar.com; Mon, 6 Nov 1995 16:12:56 +0100 From: Jan M|ller Message-Id: <199511061512.QAA22117@dollar.daimi.aau.dk> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 16:12:56 +0100 (MET) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1472 This bug is not a package bug, but a bug in the installprocedure. I am using debian-0.93 R6 When I start installing debian from scratch using the boot disk, i have to write: boot: linux ether=5,0x300,eth0 As a boot-parameter or else the system freezes when coming to the 'IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP' part of the boot sequence It seems that there are problems detecting my NE2000 compatible netcard That is not the problem that I wan't to report, cause when I type the ether parameter it works fine. The problem appears when I have installed the base system, and have made my second boot disk, which will enable me to boot in the new debian system. When I boot on the second boot disk, I can't give my ether-parameter, and thus the system freezes again in the same spot So in order to fix the problem I had to remove the netcard, and boot without it, which actually worked. Or, as I really did, boot Linux from a previous Slackware-installation on an other hard-disk, and mount the debian base system, and copy the kernel on to my a dos-partition, and use 'loadlin' with the ether boot-parameter. A solution might bo to prompt for bootparameters as on the first boot disk. - Jan Moeller PS: I like debian :) Jan Moeller fwiffo@daimi.aau.dk http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~fwiffo Computer Science Department, Aarhus University. Ny Munkegade, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Phone: + 45 89 42 32 21 'Eat recycled food. It's goot for the environment and OK for You!' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Jan M|ller Subject: Bug#1808: Acknowledgement (was: No boot parameters available on final boot disk) In-Reply-To: <199511061512.QAA22117@dollar.daimi.aau.dk> References: <199511061512.QAA22117@dollar.daimi.aau.dk> Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1808" or "Re: Bug#1808" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Your message didn't have a Package: line at the start (in the pseudo-header following the real mail header), or didn't have a psuedo-header at all. This makes it much harder for us to categorise and deal with your problem report; please ensure that you say which package(s) and version(s) the problem is with next time. Some time in the future the problem reports system may start rejecting such messages. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1808: No boot parameters available on final boot disk Reply-To: Bruce Perens , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Bruce Perens Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1995 01:18:01 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Tue, 07 Nov 1995 01:18:01 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Tue, 07 Nov 1995 01:15:14 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0tCcZz-000FIeC; Mon, 6 Nov 95 17:11 PST Received: from mongo.pixar.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA13259 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 6 Nov 1995 17:11:30 -0800 Received: by mongo.pixar.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0tCcXF-000FJTC; Mon, 6 Nov 95 17:09 PST Message-Id: X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 To: Jan M|ller , debian-bugs@Pixar.com Cc: bruce@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Nov 1995 16:12:56 PST." <199511061512.QAA22117@dollar.daimi.aau.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 17:09:09 -0800 From: Bruce Perens I will eventually fix the root disk to use syslinux when it creates the boot floppies. In the meantime, here's a work-around: Look at the files in /usr/lib/syslinux (install the "syslinux" package if you don't have them) and use them to create a boot floppy, or use LILO (package "lilo", documentation in /usr/doc/lilo) to set the hard disk boot parameters. Thanks Bruce -- See Pixar's "Toy Story", at a theater near you starting November 22. "Toy Story" Toys and Soundtrack Album are available now! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Bruce Perens Subject: Bug#1808: Info received (was Bug#1808: No boot parameters available on final boot disk) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1808" or "Re: Bug#1808" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 01:43:03 GMT Tue 07 Nov