Re: updated howto
Hi Roberto: Thanks a lot, I was just re-installing amd64 etch raid1, having changed disks (better quality, smaller size, different partition scheme, little to add to the base system). I still found useful as raid howto: http://www200.pair.com/mecham/raid/raid1-page3.htm (and page2) However, what about the statement "In A RAID system it is a good idea to avoid kernel version upgrades (security upgrades should be performed of course)" in that mentioned www (concerned with Sarge)? Is it a valid suggestion today for etch? regards francesco pietra On Monday 11 September 2006 23:05, Roberto Pariset wrote: > Roberto Pariset ha scritto: > > Hello, > > an updated version of the debian amd64 howto is avaiable in my local > > alioth space at [1]; hopefully someone will benefit from this. > > > > Special thanks and gratitude to Ana for her kindness, ideas and support > > :) > > > > All the best, > > Roberto > > > > > > PS: If you want to reply, please don't forget to add me in CC because I > > am not subscribed to this list. > > > > > > [1] http://haydn.debian.org/~intero-guest/ > > I finally granted permission to publish changes. An up-to-date version of > the HOWTO will therefore be in the usual place [2], while the alternative > version [1] will not be used any longer. > Once again thanks to those who helped with comments, suggestions, ideas and > such. Special thanks to Mr Leigh, for reviewing the schroot section, and > Miss Guerrero, for supporting all along. > > All the best, > Roberto > > > [2] > http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: updated howto
Roberto Pariset ha scritto: Hello, an updated version of the debian amd64 howto is avaiable in my local alioth space at [1]; hopefully someone will benefit from this. Special thanks and gratitude to Ana for her kindness, ideas and support :) All the best, Roberto PS: If you want to reply, please don't forget to add me in CC because I am not subscribed to this list. [1] http://haydn.debian.org/~intero-guest/ I finally granted permission to publish changes. An up-to-date version of the HOWTO will therefore be in the usual place [2], while the alternative version [1] will not be used any longer. Once again thanks to those who helped with comments, suggestions, ideas and such. Special thanks to Mr Leigh, for reviewing the schroot section, and Miss Guerrero, for supporting all along. All the best, Roberto [2] http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: updated howto
Francesco Pietra wrote: I forgot to mention that the Tyan bears also a scsi card for an external HD, CD, scanner (a set to be exchanged with the 32bit PC). I imagine that this scsi card has to be configured into the chroot as described below. Correct? I have no idea about this hardware question, I believe you should google a bit for the answer. However, I suppose it's a kernel thing, and so it should not require chroots or similar. Hi Roberto: Thanks again. I regret now asking what has already been answered on this list but I can't trace where. Finally I got all parts, so that I assembled the workstation with two amd64 opterons on TyanK8WE S2895 and a couple of HD (for raid1). Basically it is an OS installation for chemical calculations, and therefore pure amd64 debian to gain in floating point. However, it may also be a resource should my PC (i386 debian testing/unstable) stop running. Therefore, I also plan to have a chroot installation of 32bit programs. I do not remember if KDE is 64bit or has to be out into this chroot. You can have KDE in a pure 64 bit environment. That said, should I point directly to http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ or http://www.debian.org/debian-installer/ and, once installed Sarge, do upgrading to testing? If you patient enough, which files should I download to build an iso and than make a bootable installer CD? I have a fst connection to internet to complete a net installation. These problems arise with people, like me, that come to installations seldom, forgetting steps that more or less they were already passed through. Thanks a lot Francesco Pietra That's the iso you need to install thing via internet. http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso If you select expert mode, you should have the possibility to choose between sid and etch I think. Good luck, Roberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: updated howto
I forgot to mention that the Tyan bears also a scsi card for an external HD, CD, scanner (a set to be exchanged with the 32bit PC). I imagine that this scsi card has to be configured into the chroot as described below. Correct? Hi Roberto: Thanks again. I regret now asking what has already been answered on this list but I can't trace where. Finally I got all parts, so that I assembled the workstation with two amd64 opterons on TyanK8WE S2895 and a couple of HD (for raid1). Basically it is an OS installation for chemical calculations, and therefore pure amd64 debian to gain in floating point. However, it may also be a resource should my PC (i386 debian testing/unstable) stop running. Therefore, I also plan to have a chroot installation of 32bit programs. I do not remember if KDE is 64bit or has to be out into this chroot. That said, should I point directly to http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ or http://www.debian.org/debian-installer/ and, once installed Sarge, do upgrading to testing? If you patient enough, which files should I download to build an iso and than make a bootable installer CD? I have a fst connection to internet to complete a net installation. These problems arise with people, like me, that come to installations seldom, forgetting steps that more or less they were already passed through. Thanks a lot Francesco Pietra On Friday 12 May 2006 10:46, Roberto Pariset wrote: > Francesco Pietra wrote: > > Having to install debian amd64 on opeton/tyan, may i ask whether this is > > the latest complete guideline, or should it anyway be in part updated? > > thank you > > francesco pietra > > Yes, go for it. Some things still need to be updated, but I believe it's > not misleading. Good luck with your new installation and check the IRC > channel if real time support is needed. > Roberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: updated howto
Hi Roberto: Thanks again. I regret now asking what has already been answered on this list but I can't trace where. Finally I got all parts, so that I assembled the workstation with two amd64 opterons on TyanK8WE S2895 and a couple of HD (for raid1). Basically it is an OS installation for chemical calculations, and therefore pure amd64 debian to gain in floating point. However, it may also be a resource should my PC (i386 debian testing/unstable) stop running. Therefore, I also plan to have a chroot installation of 32bit programs. I do not remember if KDE is 64bit or has to be out into this chroot. That said, should I point directly to http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ or http://www.debian.org/debian-installer/ and, once installed Sarge, do upgrading to testing? If you patient enough, which files should I download to build an iso and than make a bootable installer CD? I have a fst connection to internet to complete a net installation. These problems arise with people, like me, that come to installations seldom, forgetting steps that more or less they were already passed through. Thanks a lot Francesco Pietra On Friday 12 May 2006 10:46, Roberto Pariset wrote: > Francesco Pietra wrote: > > Having to install debian amd64 on opeton/tyan, may i ask whether this is > > the latest complete guideline, or should it anyway be in part updated? > > thank you > > francesco pietra > > Yes, go for it. Some things still need to be updated, but I believe it's > not misleading. Good luck with your new installation and check the IRC > channel if real time support is needed. > Roberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: updated howto
Francesco Pietra wrote: Having to install debian amd64 on opeton/tyan, may i ask whether this is the latest complete guideline, or should it anyway be in part updated? thank you francesco pietra Yes, go for it. Some things still need to be updated, but I believe it's not misleading. Good luck with your new installation and check the IRC channel if real time support is needed. Roberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: updated howto
Having to install debian amd64 on opeton/tyan, may i ask whether this is the latest complete guideline, or should it anyway be in part updated? thank you francesco pietra On Monday 20 March 2006 20:57, Roberto Pariset wrote: > Hello, > an updated version of the debian amd64 howto is avaiable in my local alioth > space at [1]; hopefully someone will benefit from this. > > Special thanks and gratitude to Ana for her kindness, ideas and support :) > > All the best, > Roberto > > > PS: If you want to reply, please don't forget to add me in CC because I am > not subscribed to this list. > > > [1] http://haydn.debian.org/~intero-guest/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: updated howto
Hello Stephen, On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 06:42:32PM -0400, Stephen Cormier wrote: > > Try these. > > deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-graphics-drivers > deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-xconfig > deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-settings > deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-kernel-common > > Stephen > Similar result: deb64a:/home/sieck# aptitude update Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing Release.gpg Get:1 http://people.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [189B] Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing Release Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages Get:2 http://people.debian.org unstable Release [17.2kB] Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Packages Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Packages Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Sources Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Sources Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Sources Ign http://people.debian.org unstable Release Get:3 http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-graphics-drivers Packages [3028B] Get:4 http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-xconfig Packages [420B] Get:5 http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-settings Packages [702B] Get:6 http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-kernel-common Packages [1120B] Fetched 22.6kB in 2s (9606B/s) Reading package lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-graphics-drivers Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7erdonald_nvidia_dists_unstable_nvidia-graphics-drivers_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-xconfig Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7erdonald_nvidia_dists_unstable_nvidia-xconfig_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-settings Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7erdonald_nvidia_dists_unstable_nvidia-settings_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-kernel-common Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7erdonald_nvidia_dists_unstable_nvidia-kernel-common_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-graphics-drivers Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7erdonald_nvidia_dists_unstable_nvidia-graphics-drivers_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-xconfig Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7erdonald_nvidia_dists_unstable_nvidia-xconfig_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-settings Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7erdonald_nvidia_dists_unstable_nvidia-settings_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-kernel-common Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7erdonald_nvidia_dists_unstable_nvidia-kernel-common_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to update the package lists to correct these missing files W: GPG error: http://people.debian.org unstable Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 212253A4F641D1A6 W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: updated howto
Nelson Menezes wrote: Here's my version of the "do_dchroot" script (it seems to not work as well as the current one): Doh... now, this is a bit simpler and it actually works: #!/bin/sh exec schroot -p -c ia32 -q "`basename $0`" "$@" -- Nelson Menezes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: updated howto
Hello Roberto, thanks for the reply. The problem is already aptitude update (or apt-get update). (Not aptitude upgrade) I have downloaded the debs directly from rdonald's page and installed them with dpkg. However, either due to some misconfiguration on http://people.debian.org/~rdonald or on my system the sources.list lines mentioned in the HOWTO and on http://people.debian.org/~rdonald do not work. Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: updated howto
On Monday 20 March 2006 17:28, Alexander Sieck wrote: > Hello Roberto, > > thank you for the updated HOWTO. > > For some reason the /etc/apt/sources.list lines for downloading the > debianized nvidia drivers, given in the FAQ section "Is my Nvidia card > supported?", does not work for me. > > deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable/amd64/ > deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable/all/ > > Does anybody else experience similar problems? > > Alexander Try these. deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-graphics-drivers deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-xconfig deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-settings deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-kernel-common Stephen -- GPG Pubic Key: http://users.eastlink.ca/~stephencormier/publickey.asc pgp2yTBbCytUo.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: updated howto
Hello Roberto, thank you for the updated HOWTO. For some reason the /etc/apt/sources.list lines for downloading the debianized nvidia drivers, given in the FAQ section "Is my Nvidia card supported?", does not work for me. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable/amd64/ deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable/all/ deb64a:/home/sieck# aptitude update Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done Ign http://people.debian.org unstable/amd64/ Release.gpg Ign http://people.debian.org unstable/all/ Release.gpg Ign http://people.debian.org unstable/amd64/ Release Ign http://people.debian.org unstable/all/ Release Get:1 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing Release.gpg [189B] Ign http://people.debian.org unstable/amd64/ Packages Ign http://people.debian.org unstable/all/ Packages Get:2 http://people.debian.org unstable/amd64/ Packages [2983B] Get:3 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing Release [5902B] Get:4 http://people.debian.org unstable/all/ Packages [1905B] Get:5 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages [2782kB] Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Packages Get:6 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Packages [36.5kB] Get:7 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Sources [1079kB] Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Sources Get:8 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Sources [18.3kB] Fetched 3927kB in 25s (157kB/s) Reading package lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org unstable/amd64/ Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7erdonald_nvidia_unstable_amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org unstable/all/ Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7erdonald_nvidia_unstable_all_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org unstable/amd64/ Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7erdonald_nvidia_unstable_amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org unstable/all/ Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7erdonald_nvidia_unstable_all_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to update the package lists to correct these missing files W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems Does anybody else experience similar problems? Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: updated howto
Roberto Pariset wrote: Hello, an updated version of the debian amd64 howto is avaiable in my local alioth space at [1]; hopefully someone will benefit from this. Special thanks and gratitude to Ana for her kindness, ideas and support :) All the best, Roberto PS: If you want to reply, please don't forget to add me in CC because I am not subscribed to this list. [1] http://haydn.debian.org/~intero-guest/ I've greatly benefited from this howto; it's good to see it keeps being maintained. Shouldn't the section about the 32-bit chroot mention schroot also, though? (chroot seems to be deprecated on unstable). Here's my version of the "do_dchroot" script (it seems to not work as well as the current one): #!/bin/sh ARGS="" for i in "$@" ; do ARGS="$ARGS '$i'" done exec schroot -p -c ia32 -q "`basename $0`" "$ARGS" The above assumes a [ia32] entry in /etc/schroot/schroot.conf like so: [ia32] description=Debian sid (ia32) location=/chroot/ia32 priority=3 groups=,root root-groups=root aliases=default -- Nelson Menezes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
