[00:10] cjwatson, this is the logs after changing the preseed.cfg as indicated: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5064763&postcount=39 [00:12] argh why do people insist on using sendspace [00:12] May 28 20:27:23 ubuntu partman-auto-loop: Error: Partition number 5 not found in /var/lib/partman/devices/=dev=sda [00:13] which appears to be because libparted doesn't recognise any partitions at all on /dev/sda [00:13] I need the output of 'sudo od -tx1 -Ax -N512 /dev/sda' from a terminal window on the live CD [00:14] (extract hex dump of boot sector, including partition table [00:14] ) [00:14] sounds like it could conceivably be a bug I just fixed in parted, but it might be something else [00:17] I'll post a followup [00:18] I hate bug reports in forums threads, the only way I can get decent mail notifications is to sign up for a horrendous amount of junk mail, and everyone attaches files in crazy ways [00:21] cjwatson: Thats why I try and avoid forums altogether. :p IMO they are not efficient for any form of development/bug workflow. [04:57] TheMuso, the problem is sometimes users aren't willing (or able in some cases) to learn how to use launchpad. I've learned this the hard way with mythbuntu as i suspect xivulon has encountered with wubi. once you start to get a non technical audience involved, you have to walk them through a lot, and suddenly throwing them into oh please file a bug against X package at this brand new website that you have to register for and then keep [04:57] up on bug mail... [04:57] yeah [05:01] This is true. [07:59] can anybody explain how the debian-installer works in ubuntu? [08:24] can anybody explain how the debian-installer works in ubuntu? [08:30] SATA: You fill in the blanks, click next a few times, and you're done. [08:30] soren, I could'nt get you? [08:31] You put in the CD, you answer the questions, and that's it. [08:32] soren, can you clearify? [08:32] soren, I couldnt get you. [08:32] Which part is unclear? [08:32] soren, i placed my kernel in extra section. I created a iso. [08:33] soren,: which cd are you talking about? [08:33] server. [08:33] yea [08:34] soren, what should i do to install the customized kernel by default. [08:35] Depends. [08:35] Changing the preseed to choose your kernel might be a good start. [08:36] how? I just added another kernel in /pool/extra/... section . I tried to change the preseed file, But how. what should i write in place of linux-server? [08:38] this is the line for kernel: d-i base-installer/kernel/override-image string linux-server [08:39] soren, any hint? [08:40] What's your kernel image called? [08:41] linux-image-2.6.24-16-openvz_2.6.24-16.30_i386.deb [08:41] I downloaded it from http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/linux/linux-image-2.6.24-16-openvz_2.6.24-16.30_i386.deb [08:41] Then put d-i base-installer/kernel/override-image string linux-image-2.6.24-16-openvz [08:42] thanx [09:26] soren, can you help me to add package's for automatic installation during the installation from cd. [09:26] for server-cd [09:29] You should look at the example preseed file. It has examples for that sort of thing. [09:34] soren, ok [11:55] net-retriever: cjwatson * r349 ubuntu/ (6 files in 2 dirs): [11:55] net-retriever: Deduplicate Packages files before passing them to anna (LP: #234486). [11:55] net-retriever: Circumstances conspire to make this excessively difficult, including [11:55] net-retriever: requiring net-retriever to become Architecture: any; this should really [11:55] net-retriever: be done in libdebian-installer, but for the meantime that's even harder. [11:56] net-retriever: cjwatson * r350 ubuntu/ (debian/changelog net-retriever): [11:56] net-retriever: Fetch packages from security host if trying to fetch them from the main [11:56] net-retriever: host fails (LP: #94398). [12:00] net-retriever: cjwatson * r347 hardy-proposed/ (6 files in 2 dirs): backport r349 and r350 from trunk [12:42] net-retriever: cjwatson * r351 ubuntu/debian/changelog: releasing version 1.21ubuntu2 [12:58] net-retriever: cjwatson * r348 hardy-proposed/debian/changelog: releasing version 1.18ubuntu5 [13:16] net-retriever: cjwatson * r352 ubuntu/debian/ (changelog control): [13:16] net-retriever: Build-depend on libdebian-installer4-dev; add ${shlibs:Depends} to [13:16] net-retriever: net-retriever's dependencies. [13:17] net-retriever: cjwatson * r353 ubuntu/debian/changelog: releasing version 1.21ubuntu3 [13:18] net-retriever: cjwatson * r348 hardy-proposed/debian/control: backport r352 from trunk [13:21] net-retriever: cjwatson * r349 hardy-proposed/debian/changelog: releasing version 1.18ubuntu5 [17:54] * cjwatson worries that https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/parted/+bug/235998/comments/4 sounds like me trying to socially-engineer the bug reporter into extracting sensitive data from his disk for me, but there's not much I can do about that :( [17:54] "hi, please run this incomprehensible command for me" [17:57] heh [17:58] how is 8.04.1 going for you? I have been sucked into low-level bug-fixing for the last couple of days and have not been able to pay attention to it all [17:58] geez, where' d that number come from? 193478656 seems rather arbitrary [17:59] it's 00 40 88 0b (offset 01e6 in their boot sector) interpreted as little-endian [18:00] the extended partition table isn't at a fixed location on the disk - it's just wherever the logical partitions it contains happen to fall [18:00] If they're from the forums, they're used to running random commands that people throw at them. [18:00] 01e2 in the boot sector is 0x0f, which is the LBA extended partition type [18:01] cjwatson: fairly well. I've mostly been handling Wubi fixes, but as I've now got those all in I can focus on helping in other areas of the milestone list. [18:01] cjwatson, i'm hoping you had to refer to a guide that indicated what the different parts of the boot sector represented. if you knew off the top of your head what that offset referred to, that's just scary :) [18:02] I referred to libparted's code [18:02] ah okay. that's much more sane [18:03] though after you've read a few boot sector dumps it's fairly easy to see; the partition table is the first 64 bytes out of the last 66 (the last 2 are the 55 aa magic number), in 16-byte blocks [18:03] so it lines up nicely in od output [18:16] evand: do you have anything else that goes in d-i initrds that you're planning to upload? [18:16] I'll need to organise a d-i upload at some point [18:22] cjwatson: not that I can think of. [20:58] ubiquity: evand * r2683 ubiquity/debian/po/ (79 files): debconf-updatepo [21:50] superm1: I'm going to step out for a few hours in a bit. If you have any objection to a ubiquity build when I get back (probably around 11 PM EST), please let me know in here and I'll hold off. [23:34] okay will do