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| -rw-r--r-- | user/jkoenig.mdwn | 38 |
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diff --git a/user/jkoenig.mdwn b/user/jkoenig.mdwn index fd02c328..10247217 100644 --- a/user/jkoenig.mdwn +++ b/user/jkoenig.mdwn @@ -183,23 +183,33 @@ installer kindof works, with documented manual intervention required** so that the mirror is authenticated in the target system as well. (2010-07-12) -* Fix grub for user-space partitions (expected 2010-07-12) - * Currently, when using user-space partitions, - grub-probe detects the whole device rather than the partition +* (./) Fix grub for user-space partitions (2010-07-16) + * grub-probe detects the whole device rather than the partition as the device behind /boot/grub. Consequently, grub-install fails. * One approach would be to replace /dev/hd* by kernel devices for file systems as well as for swap partitions. - * On the other hand, grub-probe will need to be fixed - sooner or later for user-space partition support, - and parsing the fsysopts would possibly be an option. + > {X} this makes the installer crash, + > possibly due to cache coherency issue between hdX and hdXsY. -* **d-i/installer/build**: (expected 2010-07-12) + * (./) GRUB2 kern/emu/getroot.c + [patched](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-07/msg00059.html) + to support part stores. + +* (./) Fix finish-install to skip `finish-install.d/90console` on Hurd + (2010-07-17) + +* debootstrap: + Don't use find to firmlink devices into /target, + to avoid starting many translators at once + (2010-07-17, to be tested soon) + +* **d-i/installer/build**: (expected soon) * publish the patch I use * sort out the changes suitable for inclusion and ask youpi and/or debian-boot@l.d.o to commit them -**Milestone (expected 2010-07-12): +**Milestone (expected 2010-07-18): installer works but it's still somewhat ugly and broken** * call for testing and fix the bugs @@ -220,6 +230,11 @@ installer works but it's still somewhat ugly and broken** * Silence the "no kernel" warning somehow. +* Try to resolve problems with udebs which are uninstallable on hurd-i386, + such as installation-locale and partman-whatever. + +* Provide `/proc/cmdline -> 2/cmdline`, or something. + * Prepare a NMU for genext2fs (which is orphaned), and ask youpi to sponsor the upload. @@ -236,16 +251,17 @@ installer works but it's still somewhat ugly and broken** * Network configuration on the installed system. This includes porting ifupdown and isc-dhcp-client, which are currently uninstallable on hurd-i386. +* Also, better DHCP support during and after installation * improve the [initrd situation](FIXME: link to bug-hurd post): ajust the ramdisk support in Mach, - use tmpfs if possible, - possibly add `module -nounzip` to grub2. + use tmpfs if possible. + * mklibs{,-copy}: test library reduction, make it copy the ld.so -> ld.so.1 symlink. + * hurd console fonts -* better DHCP support during and after installation **Milestone (expected 2010-07-19): it works great and it's beautiful** |