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2010-04-11Disabling framebuffer on x86 now also requires passing vga=normalFrans Pop
With thanks to Samuel Thibault.
2010-03-27partman now asks a slightly different (and less scary) confirmationColin Watson
question if it doesn't appear that any data is being overwritten. Document the associated preseeding changes.
2010-03-21Remove spurious quoting in network-console documentation, pointed out byColin Watson
Jonathan Amery.
2010-03-16Document the use of grub-installer/grub2_instead_of_grub_legacy toColin Watson
switch back to GRUB Legacy for those who need it.
2010-03-10Using D-I: add subsection intruducing supported partitioning optionsFrans Pop
It includes a list of supported file systems which is generally useful, but also more important now that reiserfs support is optional.
2010-02-24Drop requirement for TFTP server support of 'tsize' option for PXE bootingFrans Pop
As of Lenny syslinux no longer requires that the TFTP server supports the 'tsize' option (see #570273). With thanks to Ferenc Wagner.
2010-02-22Update information on setting up a TFTP serverFrans Pop
tftpd-hpa can be run using inetd, but also as an independent daemon. Mention that and remove some of the technical detail as it should be set up correctly by default when installing the package.
2010-02-22Use 'ip addr' instead of 'ifconfig' to get MAC address for RARP setupFrans Pop
2010-02-07Update and extend information on preseeding partmanFrans Pop
Based on a patch from Vincent McIntyre.
2009-12-27Update the appendix on chroot installs to not recommend mapping 127.0.0.1Steve Langasek
to the hostname; use 127.0.1.1, the same as the installer itself does.
2009-12-01Reword section on installer's support of wireless.Joey Hess
Be more specific about what is not supported (notably better enctyption than WEP), and link to firmware loading documentation. In particular avoid the "still under development", which has a typical end-user stigma of "can not possibly work".
2009-11-20Update for changes in localechooser 2.18Frans Pop
- Selecting a different country is now always possible at high priority. - Selection of a preferred locale if a combination of language and country was selected for which no locale exists. - Various other minor improvements.
2009-11-20Mention option to select UTC as time zone at medium/low priorityFrans Pop
2009-11-19Fix the preseeding example to say that allow_unauthenticated is aMartin Michlmayr
boolean (and not a string).
2009-11-16Document where to get Kirkwood installer images from.Martin Michlmayr
2009-11-16Mention more Kirkwood-based devices that are supported.Martin Michlmayr
2009-11-16Document support for separate preseeding of language, country and localeFrans Pop
2009-11-10Update for change in locale selection in localechooser 2.17Frans Pop
2009-11-06Document new help functionalityFrans Pop
2009-11-06Add link to www.kernel.org and remove www.kerneltraffic.orgFrans Pop
www.kernel.org is the official website for the kernel. www.kerneltraffic.org no longer has any content related to the kernel. Thanks to Alex Brotman and Philippe Batailler for reporting this.
2009-11-06x86 USB boot: mini.iso is not usable as ISO image for hd-mediaFrans Pop
Make this more explicit. Apparently listing the images that can be used is not sufficient. Also add a link to section explaining how to get CD images.
2009-11-06x86 usb-boot: two improvements suggested by Timo Juhani LindforsFrans Pop
- hd-media and netboot use different names for kernel binary: the first uses 'vmlinuz', the second 'linux' - when repartitioning the stick, don't forget to set bootable flag
2009-11-06Debian now installs Recommends by defaultFrans Pop
Document this and how to disable it using base-installer/install-recommends.
2009-11-02Remove support for alpha in build systemFrans Pop
2009-11-02Remove support for m68k in build systemFrans Pop
2009-10-27Use standard width for PO filesFrans Pop
When updating PO files, set them to a standard width of 79 characters (same as used for l10n-sync for D-I master PO files).
2009-10-27Remove package for alpha from debian/controlFrans Pop
2009-10-11Disable the variant for the alpha architecture for official buildsFrans Pop
alpha is being dropped as a release architecture for Squeeze.
2009-09-16Add a caution against using IA64 for "normal" 64-bit Intel systemsFrans Pop
2009-09-08Update and unfuzzy translations, and improve changelog entryFrans Pop
2009-09-08Add missing hyphen in command "kbd-config"Frans Pop
With thanks to Tapio Lehtonen.
2009-09-01Note that partman-auto/init_automatically_partition is only honoured if ↵Frans Pop
partman-auto/method is not set Commit previously reverted patch now that freeze is over.
2009-09-01Open new changelog entryFrans Pop
2009-09-01releasing version 20090901Frans Pop
2009-08-27Revert previous commit as the manual is in string freezeFrans Pop
2009-08-27Note that partman-auto/init_automatically_partition is only honoured ifColin Watson
partman-auto/method is not set.
2009-08-22Bump standards version to 3.8.3Frans Pop
2009-08-16Mention architecture in short description of packagesFrans Pop
2009-08-16Update debhelper compatibility to level 6Frans Pop
2009-08-16Move most build dependencies to Build-Depends-IndepFrans Pop
2009-08-02On s390 the system clock is not modified by the installerFrans Pop
2009-07-29Remove everything about Broadcom SWARM and BigSur since we no longerMartin Michlmayr
support these devices in the installer.
2009-07-24Use Anthony L. Awtrey <tony@awtrey.com> text instead of mine since it is ↵Otavio Salvador
much cleaner
2009-07-24Document the netcfg/enable preseeding that allows for disabling the network ↵Otavio Salvador
configuration.
2009-07-09Improve bootp documentationFrans Pop
Thanks to Holger Wansing for the patch.
2009-07-06Fix typo in chroot install appendixFrans Pop
Thanks to Jesse W <jessw@netwood.net> for spotting it.
2009-06-23Add links to website documenting braille keybindingsFrans Pop
Thanks to Samuel Thibault for the patch.
2009-06-17partman/confirm_write_new_label was renamed toColin Watson
partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label in r50363, December 2007. Adjust preseeding documentation to match.
2009-06-08Document the debian-installer/add-kernel-opts preconfiguration option.Frans Pop
2009-05-21Document installation of localization tasks.Frans Pop