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installation-guide (2006XXXX) UNRELEASED; urgency=low |
installation-guide (2006xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low |
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[ Colin Watson ] |
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* Document new pkgsel/include setting. |
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* Fix incorrect documentation on preseeding additional apt sources. |
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* Fix typo in hppa hardware support documentation |
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(https://launchpad.net/bugs/55164). |
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* Adjust chroot-install guide to take account of debootstrap being |
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Architecture: all now (https://launchpad.net/bugs/64765). |
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[ Frans Pop ] |
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* Various corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall and Holger Wansing. |
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Closes: #378404, #370484, #370425. |
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* Update instructions on how to set module parameters for PLIP installation. |
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* Update chroot install instructions to use aptitude instead of apt-get. |
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* Add /srv in overview of directory tree in partitioning appendix. |
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* Update section on partitioning using LVM to reflect recent changes. |
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* Apply various patches by or based on suggestions from Nathanael Nerode. |
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Some of the bigger changes include: |
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- Update of processor support for the i386 architecture. |
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- Update information on setting up a RARP server. |
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* Add variant for the AMD64 architecture. Closes: #305977. |
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* Suppress warnings about missing IDs for sections and such. |
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* Reorganize supported hardware table; i386 no longer has flavors. |
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* Document SMP-alternatives as one of the variants of SMP support. |
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* Document how to shut down the system. Based on patch from Holger Levsen. |
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Closes: #248067. |
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[ Miroslav Kure ] |
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* Update information about booting with encrypted partitions. |
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Closes: #378651. |
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[ Joey Hess ] |
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* Update preseeding docs to document listing more than one disk for |
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partman-auto/disk and grub-installer/bootdev |
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[ Changwoo Ryu ] |
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* Add support for Korean PDF output. Requires latex-hangul-ucs-hlatex. |
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Closes: #381657. |
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[ David Härdeman ] |
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* Update preseeding documentation for partman-auto. |
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[ Frans Pop ] |
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* Correct error for alpha netboot installations. Thanks to Aurélien Géröme. |
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Closes: #386591. |
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* Correct number of release arches. Thanks to Holger Wansing. Closes: #384321. |
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* Minor corrections suggested by Malcolm Parsons. Closes: #388138. |
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* Document new boot parameters theme and directfb/hw-accel. |
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* Remove now obsolete distinction between classic and common kpkg. |
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* Update all arches to kernel version 2.6.17. |
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* Set default value for manual_release in build wrapper scripts. |
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* Add new section in preseeding appendix on partman-auto-raid. Not included |
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in preseed text file as it is still somewhat experimental. |
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* Document changes in guided partitioning and added encrypted LVM support. |
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* Disable m68k for official builds as it is not a release architecture. |
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* buildweb.sh: use 'mv -f' to avoid errors during builds on the webserver. |
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* Minor corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall. Closes: #394413, #394471. |
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* Update task sizes as per D-I RC1. |
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* New troubleshooting section on how to deal with CD-ROM related problems. |
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* Document how to pass parameters to kernel modules on boot. |
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* Document how to install KDE instead of Gnome in the section on pkgsel. |
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[ Joey Hess ] |
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* Update for recent floppy changes. |
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* Remove hardcoded paths to executables in buildone.sh. |
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* Set HOME to a temporary directory before running w3m, to avoid it |
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trying to write to a home directory that may not exist on the buildds. |
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(See #393641) |
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* Update the installation report template to match current one in |
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installation-report. |
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[ Philip Hands ] |
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* Clarify how -- affects which parameters end up in the target system's |
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bootloader's command line. |
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[ Joey Hess ] |
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* Applied Phil's auto mode documentation patch, edited it, and moved |
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some things around for clarity. Closes: #395910 |
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* Document auto=true boot parameter. |
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[ Frans Pop ] |
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* Add condition "g-i" for arches that support the graphical installer. |
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* Document mouse/left boot parameter. |
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* Explain usage of "owner" prefix when setting values for debconf variables |
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intended for the target system at the boot prompt. |
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* Give some examples of preseeding questions from the boot prompt. |
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* Document how to install the KDE desktop environment instead of GNOME. |
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* Don't list unsupported frontends in boot parameters section. |
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* Minor corrections suggested by Tapio Lehtonen. Closes: #397790. |
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* Minor corrections suggested by Holger Wansing. Closes: #397974. |
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[ Martin Michlmayr ] |
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* Mention that RiscPC support is incomplete. |
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* Mention Intel IOP32x support. |
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* Talk about ixp4xx rather than the more specific nslu2. |
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[ Frans Pop ] |
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* Update all arches to kernel version 2.6.18. |
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* Minor corrections and some rewrites based on suggestions from |
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Clytie Siddall. Closes: #367861, #380588. |
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* Update Sparc specific information and document common installation issues |
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for Sparc. Many thanks to Jurij Smakov for reviewing the Sparc manual and |
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for his overview of issues. |
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* Etch ships with X.Org 7.1. |
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* Update number of developers, packages and mailing lists. |
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* General revision of minimum hardware requirements throughout the manual. |
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* Update of installed/download size of tasks. |
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* Document the graphical installer, including the main known issues. |
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* bookinfo: |
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- Add note for m68k that it is not a release architecture for Etch. |
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* hardware: |
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- Remove ancient section on parity RAM. Closes: #403035. |
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- Update documenation for Sparc, based on patch by Jurij Smakov. |
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Closes: #389516. |
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- PowerPC/APUS is currently not supported; removed from hardware table. |
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- Remove sun4cd (sparc32) from and add sun4v (sparc64) in hardware table. |
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- Rewrite of NIC support, document wireless support (for selected arches) |
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and explain issues surrounding drivers that require firmware. |
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* preparing: |
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- Clean out ancient hardware issues. |
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* boot-installer/parameters: |
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- Document anna/choose_modules and mirror/protocol boot parameters. |
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- Use a clearer way to list the short form of parameters. |
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- Document new option to blacklist kernel modules. |
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* boot-installer/trouble: |
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- Fix reference to Save debug logs menu option. |
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Thanks, Philippe Batailler. Closes: #402439. |
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- Add a note that installation reports will be published. |
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* install-methods: |
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- All architectures that support TFTP booting also support DCHP, so remove |
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the "supports-dhcp" condition. |
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- According to the text, Alpha supports BOOTP. |
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- Use dhcp3-server for examples rather than dhcp (version 2). |
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- tftpd-hpa does not use /tftpboot by default; allow for this in examples. |
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Closes: #342076. |
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* using-d-i: |
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- Extend description of lowmem installs based on a patch suggested by |
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Holger Wansing. Closes: #400263. |
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* boot-new: |
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- Remove reference to apt guide (not installed by default) and obsolete |
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debian-guide. Thanks, Philippe Batailler. Closes: #402492. |
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- As lynx is no longer installed, suggest w3m as text based browser. |
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- Explain how to browse /usr/share/doc/ using a graphical web browser. |
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- Mention documentation packages. |
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- Clarify what happens on first boot and how to get help to in case of |
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problems. |
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* post-install: |
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- Remove section on reactivating Windows; the installer should detect it |
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automatically after all. Closes: #402437. |
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- Add extended section on email configuration (moved from using-d-i as |
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exim4 now configures for "local mail only" by default). Closes: #402857. |
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* appendix/preseed: |
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- Clarifications based on comments from Tapio Lehtonen and Holger Wansing. |
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Closes: #397923. |
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* appendix/chroot-install: |
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- Changes suggested in review by Wiktor Wandachowicz. Closes: #394929. |
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-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Sat, 6 Jan 2007 10:20:42 +0100 |
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installation-guide (20060726) unstable; urgency=low |
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[ Joey Hess ] |
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* Update kernel building section to conditionalise some more 2.4 kernel |
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stuff. |
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* Suggest passing --initrd to make-kpkg since the docs say nothing about |
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compiling disk drivers into the kernel. |
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* Document new passwd/root-login setting. |
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* Booting a USB stick via a boot floppy is not supported by current |
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installer images. |
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* Update preseeding docs to use task names, not short descriptions, since |
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that will work now and is more convenient for preseeding. |
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* Document the kde-desktop and gnome-desktop subtasks. |
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[ Frans Pop ] |
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* Various corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall. |
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* chroot-install: |
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- add /etc/hosts to be created for network configuration (closes: #364517) |
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- make kernel/linux-image variable (closes: #345482) |
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* Document -- command line option for passing parameters to boot loader |
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configuration (closes: #309889). |
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* Switch Finnish from XML-based to PO-based translation. |
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* Bring numbering and layout of GPL more in line with original. With thanks |
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to Holger Wansing. |
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* Add functionality to include optional paragraphs in translations. |
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Initially two have been defined: |
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- a paragraph in bookinfo for information about the translation; |
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- a note in appendix/gpl.xml required with unofficial GPL translations. |
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[ Joey Hess ] |
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* Document new preseed/run setting. |
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* Prebaseconfig renamed to finish-install, which changes some documentation, |
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and. notably, renames one of the xml files. |
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* hd-media size changed to 256 mb. |
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* Document new aliases added in preseed 1.17 for common debconf boot |
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parameters: fb, url, file, locale, interface. |
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[ Frans Pop ] |
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* Document guided partitioning using LVM and update partitioning section. |
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[ Martin Michlmayr ] |
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* The RiscPC flavour is now known as "rpc" rather than "riscpc". |
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* As of 2.6, r4k-ip22 also rupports r5k machines do the r5k-ip22 flavour |
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has been dropped. |
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[ Holger Levsen ] |
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* Added the remaining suggestions about nubus and non-powerpc macs |
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(closes: #364546). |
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* Restructured the chapter about powerpc supported hardware, moved |
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unsupported machines to the end. |
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* Updated the information about existing kernel flavours. |
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[ Miroslav Kure ] |
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* Document installation to encrypted partitions (partman-crypto). |
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* Update XOrg to 7.0. |
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[ Frans Pop ] |
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* Etch has been assigned version 4.0. |
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* Update kernel versions to 2.6.16. |
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* Base languages to be built for website on list of release languages. |
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* arm, mips and mipsel switched to 2.6 kernels. |
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* Enable Brazillian Portuguese and Vietnamese translation for release. |
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* Disable Greek translation as it is too incomplete. |
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-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:27:52 +0200 |
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installation-guide (20060427) unstable; urgency=low |
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[ Joey Hess ] |
[ Joey Hess ] |
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* Update preseeding docs for base-config removal. |
* Update preseeding docs for base-config removal. |
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* Remove all Sarge specific content and make Etch specific content default. |
* Remove all Sarge specific content and make Etch specific content default. |
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* Delete some obsolete entities. |
* Delete some obsolete entities. |
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* Change references from package d-i-manual to package installation-guide. |
* Change references from package d-i-manual to package installation-guide. |
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* Explicitly specify XML declaration as required by openjade 1.4devel1-15 |
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(closes: #360241). |
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* Update appendix on chroot installs: |
* Update appendix on chroot installs: |
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- mention that debootstrap also requires basic Unix/Linux commands; |
- mention that debootstrap also requires basic Unix/Linux commands; |
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- comment out link to outdated rpm packages of debootstrap. |
- comment out link to outdated rpm packages of debootstrap. |
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[ Martin Michlmayr ] |
[ Martin Michlmayr ] |
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* Bring ARM up to date with reality: remove unsupported flavours, add |
* Bring ARM up to date with reality: remove unsupported flavours, add |
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NSLU2. |
NSLU2. |
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* Fix Netwinder/CATS download location. |
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* Improve the Netwinder TFTP boot instructions. |
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* The Netwinder firmware is no longer available due to license problems. |
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* Mention NSLU2 download location. |
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* Describe how to flash the installer image onto the NSLU2. |
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* Describe how to boot a Cobalt machine. |
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[ Frans Pop ] |
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* Document new option to preseed additional apt sources for target system. |
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* Document how to create a preconfiguration file. |
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* Enable Catalan, Italian and Swedish translations for release. |
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* Disable Brazillian Portuguese translation as it is too incomplete. |
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-- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:46:06 -0500 |
-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:00:32 +0200 |
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installation-guide (20060102) unstable; urgency=low |
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