* Axel Schlicht | So now we try CD #2 | Whow, now we get a welcome screen | and - via F3 - are presented with a few options: | linux, ramdisk{0,1}, floppy{0,1}, and rescue. Not much of a choice for | kernels.
You can choose kernels etc by choosing which CD to use. | As I had to disable all drives except /dev/hda I'll have to to without a | swap drive. | | ... | Mounting /dev/sda4 Uhm, you are saying you only had hda here, but then continuing to mount sda4? | Install Kernel and Driver Modules : pressed enter : skipped by install | routine (not good) Parse error. [...] | Hey folks. This is just sick. Now, you have to be a C-programmer to | solve such a problem. I hate programming (testing and documentation is | fun, programming is just sick). How do you expect Johnny user to figure | this out? Why not tell users how to enter parameters? Because it is dependend on the kernel module? | + nls_cp437 : OK | + vfat : OK | (No description available) : That's a joke, isn't it | + nfs : OK | (No description available) : That's a joke, isn't it file bugs against modconf. | Select Installation Medium (didn't we have that before and before ...) I usually install base from the network, though I may install the kernel from cd, so this is a sane question. | Error Messages: | scsi <fdomain> Detection failed (no card) | NCR53c416a : no availanble ports found | sym53c416.c: version 1.0.0 | Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card | IBM MCA SCSI: Version 3.2 | IBM MCA SCSI: No Microchannel-bus present --> Aborting | This machine does not have any IBM MCA-bus | megaraid; v1.11 (Aug 23,2000) | aec671x_detect: | 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.02.00.008. | 3w-xxxx: tw_findcards(): No cards found. | | So, Linux seems to scan for several scsi-adapters. How to disable this? Make a new initrd or compile your own kernel? | scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA(VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.33/3.2.4 | <Adaptec AHA-294X SCSI host adapter> | scsi : 1 host | | Vendor : IBM Model: DCAS-34330 Rev: S65A | Type Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 | Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 | | Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: CD-ROM PX-32TS Rev: 1.01 | Type : CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 | Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 | | Vendor: CyberDrv Model: CD-ROM TW240S Rev: 1.40 | Type : CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 | Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0 | | Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: CD-ROM Rewritable-2x2x6 Rev: 2.00 | Type : CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 | Detected scsi CD-ROM sr2 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 | | scsi : detected 3 SCSI cdroms 1 SCSI disk total | | ... | sr0: NOT LISTED, WHY ????? | sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray | sr2 scsi3-mmc drive: 2x/6x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray | | Partition check | sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 | hda: hda1 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 hda11 > hda2 | hdb: hdb1 < hdb5 hdb6 hdb7 hdb8 hdb9 hdb10 hdb11 > | hdc: [PTBL] [2491/255/63] hdc1 < hdc5 hdc6 hdc7 > | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | What's that? Why? Seems to be Partition table / CHS, but why? Asking those who make the installation system why the kernel prints stuff in a particular way isn't too productive. I suggest you ask those on [EMAIL PROTECTED] | insmod: modprobe: cannot create /var/log/ksymoops/20020908.log Read-only | file system | insmod: /libs/modules/2.2.20/misc/unix.o: cannot create | /var/log/ksymoops/20020908121553.ksyms Read-only file sestem | insmod: /libs/modules/2.2.20/misc/unix.o: cannot create | /var/log/ksymoops/20020908.log Read-only file sestem | | is this serious? no. | Loading modules: | unix af_packet ne2k-pci ne2k-pci.c: v1.02 for Linux 2.2 .... | ??? af_packet: what's that, who installed that? packet socket, iirc. | nek2k-pci.c: PCI NE2000 clone 'Realtek RTL-8029' at I/O 0xb800, IRQ 12 | | eth0: RealTek RTL-8029 found at 0xb800, IRQ12, MAC-Address | sb Soundblaster audio driver Coipyright ... | SB 4.13 detected OK (220) | sb: interrupt test on IRQ7 failed - probable IRQ conflict | nls_cp437 vfat nfs | | | /proc/modules | sb 32456 0 (unused) | uart401 5872 0 [sb] | sound 56384 0 [sb uart401] | soundlow 384 0 [sound] | soundcore 2452 5 [sb sound] | usb-uhci 18220 0 (unused) | usbcore 43920 0 [usb-uhci] | * ide-scsi 7060 0 | * parport_probe 3360 0 (autoclean) | * parport_pc 7276 1 (autoclean) | lp 4580 0 (autoclean) | * parport 6852 1 (autoclean) [parport_probe parport_pc | lp] | * pcmcia_core 45824 0 | nfs 71180 0 (unused) | lockd 42420 0 [nfs] | * sunrpc 57816 0 [nfs lockd] | vfat 9428 0 | nls_cp437 3896 1 | ne2k-pci 4240 1 | 8390 5944 0 [ne2k-pci] | af_packet 6152 0 (unused) | unix 11352 5 (autoclean) | | Why ide-scsi? Never asked for that. The only DVD drive may also be | accessed through directly. | Sunrpc? What's that Needed by nfs. | Pcmcia? Didn't we remove Pcmcia during intallation? uhm, no? | Parport? I only want to print thru my parallel port. No scanners, No | CD-ROMs, nothing else. you still need a kernel driver. | What can I delete? anything which is not used. | Q: How secure are passwords like 'I1,just4.want4 in2 No_of_Chars11'. Can | they easily be cracked too? (Meaningful sentence + special chars on the | same key on all keyboards) quite. The Debian installation is not supposed to be a beginner's course on UNIX. | delete PCMCIA | | No PPP for installing | | Apt-Configuration | /dev/cdrom : yuck : changed to /mnt/cd32 = /dev/sr0 | fstab : /dev/sr0 /mnt/cd32 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 | mount /mnt/cd32 works | | entering /mnt/cd32 in Ap-config causes error-message : /mnt/cd32 no | block device | mounting /mnt/cd32 solves this problem, but apt-config is skipped (very | bad) | No way back. | How do I configure it now? you have to tell apt what block device to use. apt-cdrom should help you with that. | login | man apt | man apt-cache | yucck, pager is more, no less installed (extremely bad) You installed base and said no to dselect and tasksel, that means you have a minimal system. | man apt.conf | man apt-config | apropos apt -> apt : nothing appropriate (that's ridiculous) | Nothing tells me how to create apt.conf. As there was a graphical | interface in the install program, it would be nice if it could be used | outside the installation process. apt.conf? Huh? You might be looking for apt-setup? | How do I find out how to find out how to find out any information on | anything in Debian? Read the docs? I got the official handbook (by Linuxland) by | For some stupid reason it insists on /dev/cdrom (direct access to a dev | file, aaargh) which | points to /dev/scd0, why not to /dev/sr0 ??? | How to get rid of ide-pci (might cause that scd0). And how to set up apt | so it will only access /mnt/sd32 (mount point for /dev/sr0). idepci is your kernel flavor. And if you want apt-cdrom to work properly, it needs to know the block device. | And why do we have a /cdrom file. Shouldn't there be anything | superfluous in /? Same goes for kernel-links (vmlinuz -> | /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.20). Shouldn't they only be in /boot. no, they should be there. | But apt insists on /cdrom. How can I change that to /mnt/cd32 /etc/fstab. | Well now it runs, but defauts to NOT scanning another CD. Should be no | problem, after all Debian only consists of one CD and will never grow to | more than one. Go read http://www.debianplanet.org/node.php?id=682&cid=9161 We are not your servants. We do our best. Throwing shit in our face is useless. | What happens if you accidentally hit no. Will the next scan delete the | old file, wrongly append, will everything be fine. Documented where? man apt-cdrom? | Apt Configuration : final question: | security updates : How to do? Shall I connect as root ????? | How to do this with a second PC set up as a gateway? | So it's 'no' for the moment. | | Well, apt seems to be happy now, so let's run tasksel. | Aaargh | X window system : 3.* ? 4.* ? Task info won't tell. | Desktop environment : how to run anything except kde? Like fvwm, | blackbox etc. | Dialup : Why woffle? What do I need this for? I don't want to cache | anything. | Why is anacron in dialup, I would expect it in base. I suggest you use dselect or aptitude, since you know what you want and don't want. | So let's try X only. (And have fun afterwards lloking for all the apps | one by one) | Eh? X installs bc, biff, binutils, bison, cpp, ispell, cpp, gdb? | Strange. Why is that strange? | xdm? I don't want any graphical login. Then don't install xdm. | Binutils: Kernel link failure info. Nice. Affects which kernels? 2.2.*, | 2.4.* | 2.2.17 in Potato (2.2.r0) did link OK). Info should be saved to disk, so | scribbling down again. It is. | less installs now? less part of X?????? Strange. parse error. | Configuring Xserver-xfree84 with debconf | /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 : well, might really be X 4.x | let's say yes. How can I change this afterwards? dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 | Select the server. | Nice. What do I chose here? | Whats nv, imstt, apm (power management???), sis? | Will mga be OK for a millenium 400? mga, yes. | Framebuffer ??? | Yes no, usually not. | b) a clear indication Linux needs much better, didactically divine | documentation (for users, that is people who want to know how to | dothings, not gurus, who just want to know that they didn't find | anything new in a book / article, already knew all of it, slap | themselves on their shoulder and feel wonderful). The only thing to | help me was a few years' experience in mainframes and DOS. Then I suggest you sit down and write that documentation. Scratch your own itch. | I once offered to do tranlations, but so far have not been able to get | the stuf out of the CVS repository (because it's only accessible under | Linux, so, if you are unable to access the web under Linux (as I was for | several years up to shortly before, external modem never yielding more | than 100 bits per secons, AVM Fritz PCI card v 2.0 not working under | Potato (at least I couldn't find any open source drivers, or any driver | for Debian, Suse / Redhat there they are galore)), I couln't help | despite wanting to do so. uhm, what OS does _not_ have a CVS client those days? | Same goes for documentation, how shall anybody (even me, I like | documentation as stated above) do it, with nothing being provided (no I | don't read source code). | | So any help will be greatly appreciated. Links to _good_ and _complete_ | documentation in | any EU language except Greek / Finnish, as well as Japanese, Korean or | easy Russian will be be thankfully accepted. Have you read http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual ? -- Tollef Fog Heen ,''`. UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are : :' : `. `' `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]