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Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost compl
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tang junyi |
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Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete |
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Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:05:35 +0800 |
I came across the same problem as Ye Tian said.
2009/2/21 Ye Tian <address@hidden>:
> Hi,
>
> Seems I cannot install it.
>
> I connected to internet already but it cannot download utilities and
> packages remotely.. are there any suggestions?
>
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Robert Millan <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 06:36:11PM -0500, Daniel Clark wrote:
>> > Robert Millan wrote:
>> > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 05:42:27PM -0500, Daniel Clark wrote:
>> > >> Also if someone needs a DVD burned/mailed to them because they are
>> > >> behind a really slow connection we can arrange that (you would of
>> > >> course
>> > >> need to transfer to a USB stick you own).
>> > >
>> > > I haven't looked into producing iso images out of my apt archive, but
>> > > it
>> > > shouldn't be hard to do by playing a bit with debian-cd scripts.
>> > >
>> > > Note that an USB stick can be converted into an install system by
>> > > simply
>> > > copiing an ISO image that contains a package archive to its root
>> > > directory.
>> > >
>> > > BUT the netboot initrd won't use it. A separate build of D-I will be
>> > > needed.
>> > > I can make one of those without too much effort though. Maybe I can
>> > > have a
>> > > look tomorrow.
>> >
>> > I was thinking more they would have both the files they need to boot
>> > from, and could just serve the other files via their local network from
>> > the DVD. Just as a short-term hackish thing. Of course your way sounds
>> > much better longer term :)
>>
>> I don't think this would be necessary. The debian-cd scripts are easy to
>> use, I
>> just didn't find the time to do it.
>>
>> --
>> Robert Millan
>>
>> The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when
>> (and
>> how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
>> still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Raymond \ Ye.Tian
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- [Gnewsense-dev] Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Robert Millan, 2009/02/18
- [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Daniel Clark, 2009/02/20
- [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Robert Millan, 2009/02/20
- [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Daniel Clark, 2009/02/20
- [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Robert Millan, 2009/02/21
- Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Ye Tian, 2009/02/21
- Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete,
tang junyi <=
- Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Anivar Aravind, 2009/02/21
- Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Robert Millan, 2009/02/21
- Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Robert Millan, 2009/02/21
Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Sam Geeraerts, 2009/02/23
Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Sam Geeraerts, 2009/02/25