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Re: Need another boot-floppy tester?



>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net> writes:

    Eric> I think I've got what it takes to test the boot floppies: a spare
    Eric> machine (actually it's a "virtual machine" from VMware
    Eric> {http://www.vmware.com}, but I trust it), lots of free disk space,
    Eric> free time, reasonable familiarity with Debian in general (I've
    Eric> installed it many times).

 That's the similar setup to what I've been using.  `vmware' is pretty
 neato.

    Eric> I assume I would need cvs access to the sources to build them, and I
    Eric> wouldn't be surprised if I needed to build a kernel too.

    Eric> If you could use my help, how do I get started?

 You need:

 cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.debian.org:/cvs/debian-boot login
 cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.debian.org:/cvs/debian-boot checkout boot-floppies

 <URL:http://cvs.debian.org> for `cvsweb'.

 There's a `make mirror' target to get yourself a mirror...  I think
 that right now it's set up for a developer with ssh access to
 master.debian.org though.  You'll need to RTFM `rsync', and adjust
 the script so that it works with anon rsync.  `debian.midco.net' is
 one site I know of where you can mirror base via anon rsync.  If that
 proves to be out of date, perhaps I'll let you mirror from my
 machine.  I update at least once a week.

--
I am karlheg of deB_ORG.  You will be freed.
Resistance is useful.
Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.org>


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