Re: PCMCIA cardmgr in Debian 1.3

On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Junbiao Zhang wrote: > of a mismatch between the kernel(2.0.29) and the PCMCIA module(2.0.30)( > I selected pcmcia-cs_2.9.5-3.deb and pcmcia-modules-2.0.30_2.9.5-3.deb under > stable/binary/admin). pcmcia-modules-2.0.29_2.9.5-2.deb could not be > installed > because it re

PCMCIA cardmgr in Debian 1.3

Hi there, I installed the recent stable version of debian linux on my laptop with a 3Com EtherLink 3c589D card. There were some problems when I installed the PCMCIA module. The cardmgr daemon couldn't be started because of a mismatch between the kernel(2.0.29) and the PCMCIA modul

Re: Debian 1.3 Release Candidate

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Re: Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD.

"Timothy J. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm attempting a new install on the ThinkPad 365XD w/800x600 > display, 40Mb RAM, CDROM and external floppy; at boot, the system reports > root.bin loaded, then linux, then it simply halts. I had this problem recently. Turned out that the T

Re: Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Miller) writes: > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > VFS: Mounted root (minix filesystem) > [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 0,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap] > [me=0x0,cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,fl=0,ds=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0] > Transaction block size = 512 > [M

Re: Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD

Paul Rightley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I thought that the consensus was that the 365XD cannot boot bzImages. > I went the route of installing Debian 1.1 (with boot disks using > zImages) and then upgrading. The most direct solution is to compile > an appropriate zImage on a working Linux mac

RE: Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD

On 11-Jul-97 Timothy J. Miller wrote: > I'm attempting a new install on the ThinkPad 365XD w/800x600 >display, 40Mb RAM, CDROM and external floppy; at boot, the system reports >root.bin loaded, then linux, then it simply halts. I thought that the consensus was that the 365XD cannot boot bzIm

Re: Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD.

t; "linux floppy=thinkpad" has no observable effect. All were built from > this machine, a ThinkPad 760LD running Debian 1.3 (that I'm *trying* to > replace). NOTE: you don't need to use this switch for the 365XD (at least on mine). I think this problem has been fixed on la

Re: Debian 1.3 problems

Did you try the low-memory installation procedure? It's in the install.html and install.txt documents in the same directory as the boot floppies. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88

Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD.

s, and all have exhibited the same problem. Booting "linux floppy=thinkpad" has no observable effect. All were built from this machine, a ThinkPad 760LD running Debian 1.3 (that I'm *trying* to replace). The ThinkPad 760LD is running an upgrade from Debian 1.2. I didn'

Re: Debian 1.3 problems

> Hi > > I own an 386sx with 4mb of RAM, installed debian 1.3 on 386 at least 4MB > it was a problem, the machine goes stopping, I dont know what happened > something wrong. I try installed debian 1.2 on my machine with at least > 4MB so it works done to appear the menu insta

Debian 1.3 problems

Hi I own an 386sx with 4mb of RAM, installed debian 1.3 on 386 at least 4MB it was a problem, the machine goes stopping, I dont know what happened something wrong. I try installed debian 1.2 on my machine with at least 4MB so it works done to appear the menu installation thats fine. Debian 1.3

Re: german distributors of Debian 1.3 CD-ROM?

On 8 Jul 1997, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > I read in a thread here I dont find now something about a bookstore > called Lehmann which distributes it with a printed manual. Anyone got > the address of that bookstore or an ISBN-number of the thing? There will be a CD a soone as the 1.3.1 Version is

Re: german distributors of Debian 1.3 CD-ROM?

On 8 Jul 1997, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > I read in a thread here I dont find now something about a bookstore > called Lehmann which distributes it with a printed manual. Anyone got > the address of that bookstore or an ISBN-number of the thing? > Check out the following URL's for complete inf

german distributors of Debian 1.3 CD-ROM?

Hi! Are there any? I read in a thread here I dont find now something about a bookstore called Lehmann which distributes it with a printed manual. Anyone got the address of that bookstore or an ISBN-number of the thing? -- |_| _ |o _ _ Martin Steigerwald | |(/_||(_)_> http://home.pages.de/~he

Re: ftp after installing debian 1.3

>>>>> "grewer" == grewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: grewer> *hmm* seems to me like the ftp in debian 1.3 is buggy or grewer> have I forgotten something? `ncftp' is much superiour. Try it instead. (That's if you can download it... I c

Re: Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 - partitioning matters

On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > The same in my case too. Ideally, I would like to have seperate > partitions for /, /usr, /usr/local, /home and /root. One wants to > maintain a clean machine. ;-) The md-layout-mini-howto (or something with a similar name) has some fine

Re: Debian 1.3: Boot on ThinkPad 760EL

The problem is that after the A20 gate is enabled, the cache is not invalidated and contains incorrect data for some addresses. The "tecra" boot disk (in the directory "tecra" under the normal boot disks) fixes this. The next issue of the regular boot disks will have the same patch we are currently

Re: debian 1.3

In your email to me, Niklas Hoglund, you wrote: > > I've spend a couple of hours upgrading my debian 1.2 to 1.3 (my dselect > wanted to;)) > Anyway now I did a dselect->Update, then dselect->Install, and now it > wants to reinstall everything AGAIN!! *sigh* > Is there anyway to tell dselect that

debian 1.3

I've spend a couple of hours upgrading my debian 1.2 to 1.3 (my dselect wanted to;)) Anyway now I did a dselect->Update, then dselect->Install, and now it wants to reinstall everything AGAIN!! *sigh* Is there anyway to tell dselect that I've already installed the stuff??? //Regards, Nikla

Two Debian 1.3 instability problems

Greetings! Our Debian 1.3 system is quite stable except for two things: 1) X sessions run along fine for a while, until I must hit some key sequence which alters the X keymap. The '9' and '(' keys become unaccessible, and Alt-F4 is no longer recognized as the window minimi

Re: "Official" Debian 1.3 CD-ROM/Release Methodology

On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > So, what changes am I suggesting for the Release Methodology? Well, > it would be presumptuous of me to suggest changes when I don't know > what is currently in place. I would suggest that a few basic procedures > be followed though. When a change t

Re: "Official" Debian 1.3 CD-ROM/Release Methodology

> > Friends, > > Is there yet an Official 1.3 CD-ROM available from anywhere? Talk Paul Wade of Greenbush on this list. He very generously donated a pair of 1.3 cds to our project here. the Timestamp is Thu Jun 19 15:57:01 UTC 1997 > Is it > bootable? "The binary/install CD is bootable

"Official" Debian 1.3 CD-ROM/Release Methodology

Friends, Is there yet an Official 1.3 CD-ROM available from anywhere? Is it bootable? I concur with many of you that it is *very* important to have an "official" cd-rom, not primarily becase SPI could bring in a little dough, but rather because you just don't know what you're getting when you get

Re: "Official" Debian 1.3 CD-ROM/Release Methodology

On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: > > Friends, > > > > Is there yet an Official 1.3 CD-ROM available from anywhere? > > Talk Paul Wade of Greenbush on this list. He very generously donated a > pair of 1.3 cds to our project here. The website is lagging. I dropped prices and am busy doi

Re: Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 - partitioning matters

On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Eddie Katz wrote: > I am surprised to see that with Debian installation you require /usr/local > direc > tory. I am new to Debian (not to LInux), have a 1.3 installed and my > /usr/local > is completly empty. I believe that dpkg installs everything in /usr/lib. Is > ther

Re: "Official" Debian 1.3 CD-ROM/Release Methodology

On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: > > > > Friends, > > > > Is there yet an Official 1.3 CD-ROM available from anywhere? > > Talk Paul Wade of Greenbush on this list. He very generously donated a > pair of 1.3 cds to our project here. I also saw a release of the official Debian 2CD m

Re: Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 - partitioning matters

>The md-layout-mini-howto (or something with a similar name) has some fine >background reading. >After reading it, I decided to put /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib on the >same partition, but different from the /usr partition. I am surprised to see that with Debian installation you require /usr/local

ftp after installing debian 1.3

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ftp c ftp: can't resolve symbol 'BC' ftp: can't resolve symbol 'PC' ftp: can't resolve symbol 'UP' [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# *hmm* seems to me like the ftp in debian 1.3 is buggy or have I forgotten something? //Regards,

Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Jun 23, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote > > Sudhakar > > PS: Does my digital signature attachment bother folks reading this list. > > Mutt doesn't know about this content-type, so I don't see it. I shall not use these huge digital signatures that might annoy peopl

Re: Debian 1.3: Boot on ThinkPad 760EL

Martin Fehlaber wrote: > As I have read in Deja News others have (had?) the same problem I do. > The new Rescue Disk does not work on my (new as well) ThinkPad. Other > distrubutions do not seem to have this problem. Am I missing something > obvious? Is there a solution I am not aware of? This sup

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3 (and an idea!)

On Jun 24, Peter S Galbraith wrote > Another question: There are many upgrades to make to use a 2.1.X kernels. > Are there Debian packages to do these upgrades? (I have an IDE/ATAPI > PD-CD; I need 2.1.X if I ever want to see the PD side working.) -- The 2.1.X kernels come with a list (Documenta

Re: Problem upgrating from Debian1.2 to Debian-1.3

On Wed, 25 Jun 1997, Vladimir Kolobov wrote: > > Hi > > > > we tried to upgrate from Debian-1.2 to Debian-1.3 > > following the directions given in Debian home page. > > > > There was a problem: > > > > > dpkg -i ldso_1.9.2-3.deb > &g

Problem upgrating from Debian1.2 to Debian-1.3

> Hi > > we tried to upgrate from Debian-1.2 to Debian-1.3 > following the directions given in Debian home page. > > There was a problem: > > > dpkg -i ldso_1.9.2-3.deb > > (Reading database ... 20479 files and directories currently installed.) > Prepa

Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

On Jun 23, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote > Sudhakar > PS: Does my digital signature attachment bother folks reading this list. Mutt doesn't know about this content-type, so I don't see it. On Jun 24, Emilio Lopes wrote > It's just that sometimes there is more signature than message. Pretty > ann

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3 (and an idea!)

On Tue, Jun 24, 1997 at 03:23:53PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The only Kernel that would *have* to have Java support compiled in would > be the one on the rescue disks. The system could install a different kernel > that would not have JAVA support. Java support in the Linux kernel doesn't

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3 (and an idea!)

> > > > > I think this is a very good idea - imagine when Debian is ported to other > > hardware platforms and (dreaming maybe) other OS's - one JAVA application > > could handle the installation regardless of Hardware and OS. > > Wait: you've apparently missed the thread that I've been carryin

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3 (and an idea!)

Will Lowe wrote: > The point of the whole idea was to provide a way for people to get > information on and install packages. We discussed the idea that "finding > linux software can sometimes be difficult because we didn't know where to > look" and the fact that, while dpkg is a _GREAT

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3 (and an idea!)

> > I was thinking that perhaps this might be a > > decent Java application: you could write essentially the same code to > > run locally in your Java-enabled kernel, and those with web sites that > > mirror debian packages could use the same code (with a few modifications) > > to run in Nets

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3 (and an idea!)

On Tue, 24 Jun 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > decent Java application: you could write essentially the same code to > > run locally in your Java-enabled kernel, and those with web sites that > > > I think this is a very good idea - imagine when Debian is ported to other > hardware platform

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3 (and an idea!)

> I was thinking that perhaps this might be a > decent Java application: you could write essentially the same code to > run locally in your Java-enabled kernel, and those with web sites that > mirror debian packages could use the same code (with a few modifications) > to run in Netscape acros

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3 (and an idea!)

On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > I'm not sure if fvwm95 menu entries calling a simple tk/tcl program to > display info on one package is better than a styandalone tk/tcl package > to provide info on all available packages. The standalone package > could be used with any window man

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3 (and an idea!)

> > I think the a frustrating thing with Linux is finding out what's > > available. I think what would attract people to Linux is *showing* them > > all that's available. > > You mean package-wise? Yeah. > > What's missing is an X tool to display the > > package

Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

Ed Down wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > > > I am planning on installing Debian 1.3 on my laptop. I have had prior > > > success installing 1.2 on this same laptop. I prefer to clean up th

Re: Debian 1.3: Boot on ThinkPad 760EL

Martin Fehlaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As I have read in Deja News others have (had?) the same problem I do. > The new Rescue Disk does not work on my (new as well) ThinkPad. Other > distrubutions do not seem to have this problem. Am I missing something > obvious? Is there a solution I am n

Re: Debian 1.3: Boot on ThinkPad 760EL

Boot from the "tecra" boot disk in disks-i386/current/tecra/resc1440.bin This works on Thinkpads, too. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87

Debian 1.3: Boot on ThinkPad 760EL

As I have read in Deja News others have (had?) the same problem I do. The new Rescue Disk does not work on my (new as well) ThinkPad. Other distrubutions do not seem to have this problem. Am I missing something obvious? Is there a solution I am not aware of? Thanx, -- Martin Fehlhaber [EMAIL PROT

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3 (and an idea!)

On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > An idea about `menu': > > I think the a frustrating thing with Linux is finding out what's > available. I think what would attract people to Linux is *showing* them > all that's available. You mean package-wise? Generally I check out www.debia

Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

> "SC" == Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SC> PS: Does my digital signature attachment bother folks reading this SC> list. It's just that sometimes there is more signature than message. Pretty annoying, IMO. -- Emilio C. Lopes -- TO UNSUBSC

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3 (and an idea!)

First, let me thank all those that responded to my `impressions' post. I'll reply to this one, and leave it at that. > (I thought Debian's installation asked whether you were really sure about > running mke2fs, It does, it does. Just a case of initial culture shock. > > - I assume that the l

Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > > > I am planning on installing Debian 1.3 on my laptop. I have had prior > > success installing 1.2 on this same laptop. I prefer to clean up the > > hard-disk and star

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3

Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >From a guy who has used Linux since 1993 or so, I found the installation > to be non-trivial: ... > - I didn't really like the interface of dselect. It's easy to get lost in >there. Perhaps changing the background colour according to the

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3

> - I didn't really like the interface of dselect. It's easy to get lost in >there. Perhaps changing the background colour according to the context? >(different background colour during conflict resolution; this package >suggests this other (in blue foreground); this package confli

Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3

Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A question... > > - I assume that the list of installed packages is in some file. Is it >possible to transfer this file to another PC to instruct Debian to >install the same pacakges? I often install on several PCs and this >would be

First impressions on installing Debian 1.3

These are my first impressions, feel free to just delete this post. >From a guy who has used Linux since 1993 or so, I found the installation to be non-trivial: - The use of a single boot disk didn't help me with my Adaptec SCSI card. I *think* there are alternative kernels in some directo

Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

Rick Macdonald wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > > I am planning on installing Debian 1.3 on my laptop. I have had prior > > success installing 1.2 on this same laptop. I prefer to clean up the > > hard-disk and start from scratch. > Yo

Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > I am planning on installing Debian 1.3 on my laptop. I have had prior > success installing 1.2 on this same laptop. I prefer to clean up the > hard-disk and start from scratch. You do? I switched to Debian a year and a half a

[Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

What Ho! I am planning on installing Debian 1.3 on my laptop. I have had prior success installing 1.2 on this same laptop. I prefer to clean up the hard-disk and start from scratch. But here is the problem. This laptop does not have a built in CDROM drive. I have had success using a PCMCIA

Re: NIS in Debian 1.3 broken?

On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Scott Barker wrote: > I upgraded a box from 1.2 to 1.3, and now my NIS doesn't work. A yppasswd > reports the user as unknown, and a ypwhich results in a segfault. A ypcat > reports that there is no server bound to the NIS domain. The yp server is a > debian box still running

NIS in Debian 1.3 broken?

I upgraded a box from 1.2 to 1.3, and now my NIS doesn't work. A yppasswd reports the user as unknown, and a ypwhich results in a segfault. A ypcat reports that there is no server bound to the NIS domain. The yp server is a debian box still running 1.2. I tried upgrading a separate debian box piece

Re: Debian 1.3 install enters a reboot cycle

On 20 Jun 1997, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > Ah hah! > > You have to re-build your kernel, unfortunately, The Deskpro series > have been known to be really sneaky about where they hide their BIOS > information. My 1985 Compaq DeskPro 8086 had problems caused by a weird BIOS. It looks like they have

Re: Debian 1.3 install enters a reboot cycle

Joost Kooij wrote: > Building a kernel with exact > support for your hardware might get you `over the hill'. > Just include support for all you need plus ramdisk and initrd support for > the installation rootdisk. Can't remember if a 'rdev /dev/ramdisk' i

Re: Debian 1.3 install enters a reboot cycle

--- Peter S Galbraith wrote: > However, I don't think your 2940U is the problem. The no_reset > parameter is to prevent the HBA from resetting the SCSI bus, which it > does by default to allow all the SCSI devices on the bus to initialise. Then I don't need the `linux' label anyway. <...> The l

Re: Debian 1.3 install enters a reboot cycle

Ben Gertzfield wrote: > > The PC is a Compaq Deskpro 6000: > > PPro 200, 64 MB > > Adaptec 2940U SCSI (IRQ 11) w/ one 4.3 GB disk attached. > > ATAPI PD-CD (The CD shows up as /dev/hdc on Slackware) > > Matrox Millenium graphics card, IRQ11 > > SMC EtherPower 10/100 (Tulip-based) Ethern

Re: Debian 1.3 install enters a reboot cycle

Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The PC is a Compaq Deskpro 6000: > PPro 200, 64 MB > Adaptec 2940U SCSI (IRQ 11) w/ one 4.3 GB disk attached. > ATAPI PD-CD (The CD shows up as /dev/hdc on Slackware) > Matrox Millenium graphics card, IRQ11 > SMC EtherPower 10/100 (Tulip-ba

Re: Debian 1.3 install enters a reboot cycle

Nathan E Norman wrote: > I'm guessing the kernel name is 'linux'. > No matter, as you can hit the key at the boot prompt to > see a list of valid boot images. I tried that, but it didn't work. Perhaps this hints to a bad image? I'll try booting with the same diskette on another PC...

Re: Debian 1.3 install enters a reboot cycle

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Re: Debian 1.3 install enters a reboot cycle

> None worked. Any idea how to get passed this hurdle? Try 'linux'--you can probably find out for sure by hitting TAB. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Debian 1.3 install enters a reboot cycle

Tried to install debian 1.3 from the TRI-Linux CD. At some point during Linux loading, the system reboots and enters an infinite cycle. I have an Adaptec 2940U and tried to pass "aic7xxx=no_reset" to the kernel, but I don't know what the kernel name is! I tried: boot: default a

Re: Will there be a debian-1.3-fixed directory soon?

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997 14:38:44 -0400 (EDT), Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Until these bo-updates packages have been well tested they are not > candidates for bo-fixed. Is there a Packages file I can be downloading to help test these updates? I'm using dpkg-ftp on stable, non-free and c

Re: Will there be a debian-1.3-fixed directory soon?

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Will there be a debian-1.3-fixed (bo-fixed) directory soon? > bo-updates just contains a bunch of individual packages. > Until these bo-updates packages have been well tested they are not candidates for bo-fixed. As soon as such candidates ex

Need a Debian 1.3 CD *ASAP*!

I have an order in with I-Connect, but for some reason it is taking them a long time to get me a CD out this time. I CAN'T wait any longer. I have 5 servers sitting here and my deadline to deliver them is quicky approaching. If I don't have a Deb 1.3 CD in my hands by Friday I am screwed. I nee

Will there be a debian-1.3-fixed directory soon?

Will there be a debian-1.3-fixed (bo-fixed) directory soon? bo-updates just contains a bunch of individual packages. -- ...RickM... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

> On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Erv Walter wrote: > > > [...] > > Let me clairfy. non-free contains packages that have some sort of > restriction either on use or on distribution or on modification. Not > all of the packages in non-free can be put on the Official CD although > some of them can. debian-

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > > Is there anything excluded from bo or contrib on the Official Debian CD? > > No. > > > I hope so, because I use a lot of it for my (commercial) operations. > > We intend them to be OK for this. Good. That means things haven't changed since I first v

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

( I took out all the extra cc's on this thread. You're welcome. ) On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > Be very careful here. You have made the common blunder when thinking about > non-free. It has absolutely nothing to do with money! The fact that you > are not intending to sell the CD doe

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

From: Paul Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I understand that you can't make guarantees and put SPI in a position of > potential liability. Right. > Is there anything excluded from bo or contrib on the Official Debian CD? No. > Is everything in main and contrib under GPL? There are a variety of lice

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Paul Wade wrote: > Re: stupid non-free restrictions > > Is there anything in non-free that can't be given away? If you buy a CD-R > from me, I can put the non-free software on it. Why? Because I will put it > on a CD-R that you don't buy from me at no charge. The CD-ROM vendo

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > From: Paul Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Re: stupid non-free restrictions > > > > Is there anything in non-free that can't be given away? > > I'd suggest you read the licenses in there really carefully. We don't > make any guarantees about the way we hav

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

From: Paul Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Re: stupid non-free restrictions > > Is there anything in non-free that can't be given away? I'd suggest you read the licenses in there really carefully. We don't make any guarantees about the way we have interpreted the software licenses, _even_for_programs_

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

Re: Book I don't think there is enough demand to warrant publishing a Debian book on paper yet. If such a document existed on other media, I (and quite a few others) wouldn't mind using some supplies to print out, punch, and bind a copy. I prefer documentation that can be updated by easily repla

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Erv Walter wrote: > > > Will they include all the .deb packages? or just a selected few as they > > currently do. I hope they include all the stuff one finds at master in > > stable, non-free, etc. I don't have a fast connection from home

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote: > Will they include all the .deb packages? or just a selected few as they > currently do. I hope they include all the stuff one finds at master in > stable, non-free, etc. I don't have a fast connection from home so

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > All of the cheap CD outlets will soon be selling the "Official CD" at > very good prices (lunch money, and I mean McDonalds). I'd suggest you > get the book separately from the CD. From: "Daniel J. Mashao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Will they include all the .

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote: > > > On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > > > > > All of the cheap CD outlets will soon be selling the "Official CD" at > > > very good prices (lunch money, and I mean McDonalds). I'd suggest you > > >

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote: > On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > > > All of the cheap CD outlets will soon be selling the "Official CD" at > > very good prices (lunch money, and I mean McDonalds). I'd suggest you > > get the book separately from the CD. > Will they includ

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > All of the cheap CD outlets will soon be selling the "Official CD" at > very good prices (lunch money, and I mean McDonalds). I'd suggest you > get the book separately from the CD. Will they include all the .deb packages? or just a selected few as they cu

Re: Problems installing Debian 1.3

On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 1997 at 11:24:53AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > If you are using OS/2 Boot Manager, you should NOT select the 'Make the > > Hard Disk Bootable' option. Instead you should install LILO on the root > > partition of your hard disk (the /d

Re: Problems installing Debian 1.3

On Sun, Jun 15, 1997 at 11:24:53AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > If you are using OS/2 Boot Manager, you should NOT select the 'Make the > Hard Disk Bootable' option. Instead you should install LILO on the root > partition of your hard disk (the /dev/sdb7 partition should be made > bootable, however

Re: Problems installing Debian 1.3

On Sun, Jun 15, 1997 at 01:12:33PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > 2. Compiling a Custom Kernel > > I ran 'make menuconfig' in /usr/src/linux. I can't change the Soundblaster > > Settings (Base Adress, IRQ, Hi and Low-DMA...). There is allways the > > message 'You entered an invalid value'. > > > >

Re: Problems installing Debian 1.3

Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Joerg Friedrich wrote: > > > Hi everybody! > > > > I'm new to Debian. Yesterday I tried to install Debian 1.3, and I got 2 > > problems: > > > > 1. Installation. > > > > Everythig workes f

Re: Problems installing Debian 1.3

On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Joerg Friedrich wrote: > Hi everybody! > > I'm new to Debian. Yesterday I tried to install Debian 1.3, and I got 2 > problems: > > 1. Installation. > > Everythig workes fine, until I selected 'Make the Hard Disk Bootable'. > Ther

Re: Problems installing Debian 1.3

Sorry fellows, my mail reader set a "CC: "to the list which I didn't see :-( -- -- Peter Weiss, Sonnenstraße 17, D-26123 Oldenburg, Tel: 0441/ 81058 http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de:/~weissp ---

Re: Problems installing Debian 1.3

>>>>> On Sun, 15 Jun 1997 11:43:00 +0200, Joerg Friedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> said: Joerg> Hi everybody! Joerg> I'm new to Debian. Yesterday I tried to install Debian 1.3, and I got 2 Joerg> problems: Joerg> 1. Installation. Joerg>

Re: Problems installing Debian 1.3

On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Joerg Friedrich wrote: > Hi everybody! > > I'm new to Debian. Yesterday I tried to install Debian 1.3, and I got 2 > problems: > > 1. Installation. > > Everythig workes fine, until I selected 'Make the Hard Disk Bootable'. > Ther

Problems installing Debian 1.3

Hi everybody! I'm new to Debian. Yesterday I tried to install Debian 1.3, and I got 2 problems: 1. Installation. Everythig workes fine, until I selected 'Make the Hard Disk Bootable'. There was an error message like 'Can't install lilo on second Hard Disk'

Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

Anyone know if there is a "Linux Unleashed" book/CD available for Debian 1.3? I'm trying to find a place to get a CD at a decent price, but so far the really cheap places(CheapBytes, Tri-Linux) seem to have problems with their cut. I am now considering PHT or InfoMagic, but if I

Re: NIS is broken in Debian 1.3!

> Both the server and the client machines have libc5 version 5.4.23-4 and > libc6 version 2.0.3-4. Let me give you an example of what's happening on > the client machine: > > ~> ypmatch rover passwd > rover:V/8DB9sycYRnM:1017:1017::/home/rover:/bin/bash > ~> su rover > su: user rover does not ex

Re: Is there a Debian 1.3 "Unleashed" available?

least 4 peole as well that want to convert it into other languages. (5 total right now) You can get more on the DBP at http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/Debian/ Chad On 13 Jun 1997, Michael Shaw wrote: > Anyone know if there is a "Linux Unleashed" book/CD available for Debian 1.3? >

Re: NIS is broken in Debian 1.3!

> > ~> ypmatch rover passwd > > rover:V/8DB9sycYRnM:1017:1017::/home/rover:/bin/bash > > ~> su rover > > su: user rover does not exist > 'su' doesn't work, but 'login' does. Ok, I tested it and the 'su' from shellutils-1.16-2 works, but the 'su' from shellutils-1.16-4 doesn't (from unstable).

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