Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 03:11:39PM +1100, hce [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: On 3/3/08, Daniel Burrows [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are a number of different dhcp clients in Debian; dhclient3, dhclient, and pump are three that come to mind immediately. Theoretically, all of them should always work, but I've sometimes seen cases where one or another would fail in a particular network. I believe that the dhclient3 on my machine cuased the problem. I need to change it to dhclient. ifupdown will pick a DHCP client using a built-in order of preference (see interfaces(5)). You can override this by adding a client line to the interface configuration: for instance, it sounds like client dhclient might help your situation. Which file in Debian I should change for the reference? I checked /etc/network/interfaces it has only following lines: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Where should I add client dhclient? Add client dhclient right below iface eth0 inet dhcp. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On 3/3/08, Daniel Burrows [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 08:27:15PM +1100, hce [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: On 3/2/08, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can try to connect via dhcp by running 'dhclient' as root. That might give some clues. If it works just revert your config. Sometimes the 'allow-hotplug' directive doesn't work correctly, you can try 'auto' instead. I changed to audo, it sitll does not work. But, if I start dhclient manually, it works fine. I checked ps, there was a dhclient3 running. Could that cause the problem? How can I config /etc/init.d to make the dhclient running? There are a number of different dhcp clients in Debian; dhclient3, dhclient, and pump are three that come to mind immediately. Theoretically, all of them should always work, but I've sometimes seen cases where one or another would fail in a particular network. I believe that the dhclient3 on my machine cuased the problem. I need to change it to dhclient. ifupdown will pick a DHCP client using a built-in order of preference (see interfaces(5)). You can override this by adding a client line to the interface configuration: for instance, it sounds like client dhclient might help your situation. Which file in Debian I should change for the reference? I checked /etc/network/interfaces it has only following lines: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Where should I add client dhclient? Thank you. Kind Regards, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 04:42:29PM +1100, hce wrote: All right, it's done. The next problem is that eth0 is not assigned IP address, it has following statement in the /etc/network/interfaces. I can see eth0 without IP address. That machine was running on FC5 before and has no problem to network connection. allow-hotplug eth1 --^^^ Typo? iface eth1 inet dhcp You didn't say, so I'm guessing you are not using dhcp. If this is the case then you will have to put the following in /e/n/interfaces (replace the numbers with the real ones): ---[ /etc/network/interfaces ]--- allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.123.123 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.123.1 dns-nameservers 123.123.123.123 123.123.123.124 - The last line works only if you have the package resolvconf installed, otherwise you will have to edit /etc/resolv.conf by hand. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On 3/2/08, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 04:42:29PM +1100, hce wrote: All right, it's done. The next problem is that eth0 is not assigned IP address, it has following statement in the /etc/network/interfaces. I can see eth0 without IP address. That machine was running on FC5 before and has no problem to network connection. allow-hotplug eth1 --^^^ Typo? iface eth1 inet dhcp You didn't say, so I'm guessing you are not using dhcp. If this is the case then you will have to put the following in /e/n/interfaces (replace the numbers with the real ones): ---[ /etc/network/interfaces ]--- allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.123.123 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.123.1 dns-nameservers 123.123.123.123 123.123.123.124 Sorry for not being clear. I did mean to use dhcp. The network server is working fine that the previouse FC5 had no problem to run the IF by dhcp. Not sure why doesn't work in Debian. Anyway, I manually created an IP address for for the time being, it is connected to the network now, but I still want the debian box connect to the network by dhcp. If I want to another linux box connect to the Debian box using ssh, should I install and start sshd in the debian box? I see the ssh has already in the debian box, but I guess it is the ssh client, not sshd. If I need to enable sshd in the debian box, how can I do it? Thank you. Kind Regards, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 07:36:37PM +1100, hce wrote: On 3/2/08, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 04:42:29PM +1100, hce wrote: All right, it's done. The next problem is that eth0 is not assigned IP address, it has following statement in the /etc/network/interfaces. I can see eth0 without IP address. That machine was running on FC5 before and has no problem to network connection. allow-hotplug eth1 --^^^ Typo? iface eth1 inet dhcp You didn't say, so I'm guessing you are not using dhcp. If this is the case then you will have to put the following in /e/n/interfaces (replace the numbers with the real ones): ---[ /etc/network/interfaces ]--- allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.123.123 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.123.1 dns-nameservers 123.123.123.123 123.123.123.124 Sorry for not being clear. I did mean to use dhcp. The network server is working fine that the previouse FC5 had no problem to run the IF by dhcp. Not sure why doesn't work in Debian. Anyway, I manually created an IP address for for the time being, it is connected to the network now, but I still want the debian box connect to the network by dhcp. You can try to connect via dhcp by running 'dhclient' as root. That might give some clues. If it works just revert your config. Sometimes the 'allow-hotplug' directive doesn't work correctly, you can try 'auto' instead. If I want to another linux box connect to the Debian box using ssh, should I install and start sshd in the debian box? I see the ssh has already in the debian box, but I guess it is the ssh client, not sshd. If I need to enable sshd in the debian box, how can I do it? AFAIK ssh depends on openssh-client and openssh-server so you should be fine. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On 3/2/08, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 07:36:37PM +1100, hce wrote: On 3/2/08, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 04:42:29PM +1100, hce wrote: All right, it's done. The next problem is that eth0 is not assigned IP address, it has following statement in the /etc/network/interfaces. I can see eth0 without IP address. That machine was running on FC5 before and has no problem to network connection. allow-hotplug eth1 --^^^ Typo? iface eth1 inet dhcp You didn't say, so I'm guessing you are not using dhcp. If this is the case then you will have to put the following in /e/n/interfaces (replace the numbers with the real ones): ---[ /etc/network/interfaces ]--- allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.123.123 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.123.1 dns-nameservers 123.123.123.123 123.123.123.124 Sorry for not being clear. I did mean to use dhcp. The network server is working fine that the previouse FC5 had no problem to run the IF by dhcp. Not sure why doesn't work in Debian. Anyway, I manually created an IP address for for the time being, it is connected to the network now, but I still want the debian box connect to the network by dhcp. You can try to connect via dhcp by running 'dhclient' as root. That might give some clues. If it works just revert your config. Sometimes the 'allow-hotplug' directive doesn't work correctly, you can try 'auto' instead. I changed to audo, it sitll does not work. But, if I start dhclient manually, it works fine. I checked ps, there was a dhclient3 running. Could that cause the problem? How can I config /etc/init.d to make the dhclient running? If I want to another linux box connect to the Debian box using ssh, should I install and start sshd in the debian box? I see the ssh has already in the debian box, but I guess it is the ssh client, not sshd. If I need to enable sshd in the debian box, how can I do it? AFAIK ssh depends on openssh-client and openssh-server so you should be fine. The ssh client running fine. It can ssh to other linux box where the sshd is running, but other linux box cannot ssh to it as there is no sshd running on the Debian. I searched Intenert find a ssh script and copied it to the /etc/init.d. The instruction says to call update-rc.d -f ssh defaults 20, then run /etc/init.d/ssh start. But, I could not find update-rc.d in my Debian box, is there alternative to make a runlevel links manually for ssh defaults 20? Thanks Andrei. Kind Regards, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On 02/03/2008, hce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I changed to audo, it sitll does not work. But, if I start dhclient manually, it works fine. I checked ps, there was a dhclient3 running. Could that cause the problem? How can I config /etc/init.d to make the dhclient running? dh-client is requiret to fetch a dhcp address for you, it should be running. below is my /e/n/interfaces file === # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp === If you want to use dhcp make sure that it looks exactly like this. AFAIK ssh depends on openssh-client and openssh-server so you should be fine. The ssh client running fine. It can ssh to other linux box where the sshd is running, but other linux box cannot ssh to it as there is no sshd running on the Debian. I searched Intenert find a ssh script and copied it to the /etc/init.d. The instruction says to call update-rc.d -f ssh defaults 20, then run /etc/init.d/ssh start. But, I could not find update-rc.d in my Debian box, is there alternative to make a runlevel links manually for ssh defaults 20? Woo, slow down. Stop and think a minute. Debian is one of the easiest and trouble free distributions to run, if a package is installed all the required scripts are installed as well. Have you tried running: #/etc/init.d/ssh start What did it return, was that script there to begin with? Did you check to see if openssh-server is installed as Andrei suggested? The client and server are in different packages. You may have the client installed but not the server. If you type in starbuck:~# apt-get install openssh-server You should get a response like below if the server is installed: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done openssh-server is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Attack one problem at a time and create a new thread in debian-user for each new problem. Give us time to help you before trying things that will make the end result harder to achieve or introduce new faults. Adrian -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? erno hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On 3/2/08, Adrian Levi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 02/03/2008, hce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I changed to audo, it sitll does not work. But, if I start dhclient manually, it works fine. I checked ps, there was a dhclient3 running. Could that cause the problem? How can I config /etc/init.d to make the dhclient running? dh-client is requiret to fetch a dhcp address for you, it should be running. below is my /e/n/interfaces file === # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp === If you want to use dhcp make sure that it looks exactly like this. Yes, my interfaces looks exactly like this. And, it works if I run the dhclient manually. AFAIK ssh depends on openssh-client and openssh-server so you should be fine. The ssh client running fine. It can ssh to other linux box where the sshd is running, but other linux box cannot ssh to it as there is no sshd running on the Debian. I searched Intenert find a ssh script and copied it to the /etc/init.d. The instruction says to call update-rc.d -f ssh defaults 20, then run /etc/init.d/ssh start. But, I could not find update-rc.d in my Debian box, is there alternative to make a runlevel links manually for ssh defaults 20? Woo, slow down. Stop and think a minute. Debian is one of the easiest and trouble free distributions to run, if a package is installed all the required scripts are installed as well. Have you tried running: #/etc/init.d/ssh start What did it return, was that script there to begin with? Did you check to see if openssh-server is installed as Andrei suggested? The client and server are in different packages. You may have the client installed but not the server. If you type in starbuck:~# apt-get install openssh-server You should get a response like below if the server is installed: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done openssh-server is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Attack one problem at a time and create a new thread in debian-user for each new problem. Give us time to help you before trying things that will make the end result harder to achieve or introduce new faults. Thanks Adrian, it works now after installing the openssh-server. Thank you. Kind Regards, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 08:27:15PM +1100, hce wrote: You can try to connect via dhcp by running 'dhclient' as root. That might give some clues. If it works just revert your config. Sometimes the 'allow-hotplug' directive doesn't work correctly, you can try 'auto' instead. I changed to audo, it sitll does not work. But, if I start dhclient manually, it works fine. I checked ps, there was a dhclient3 running. Could that cause the problem? How can I config /etc/init.d to make the dhclient running? Please show the *exact* contents of /etc/network/interfaces (use copy-paste). If I want to another linux box connect to the Debian box using ssh, should I install and start sshd in the debian box? I see the ssh has already in the debian box, but I guess it is the ssh client, not sshd. If I need to enable sshd in the debian box, how can I do it? AFAIK ssh depends on openssh-client and openssh-server so you should be fine. The ssh client running fine. It can ssh to other linux box where the sshd is running, but other linux box cannot ssh to it as there is no sshd running on the Debian. How can you tell? Try 'ssh localhost' before trying to connect from another machine. I searched Intenert find a ssh script and copied it to the /etc/init.d. The instruction says to call update-rc.d -f ssh defaults 20, then run /etc/init.d/ssh start. But, I could not find update-rc.d in my Debian box, is there alternative to make a runlevel links manually for ssh defaults 20? This was a very bad idea! You should never copy some script from the internet without a thorough understanding of what it does, especially a script meant to start external services! Do you want to share your computer with the whole internet? And besides that, the script provide by the maintainer may (and probably will) have Debian specific stuff. Let's take it step by step and please show the output of the commands below by copy-pasting them in the mail: 1. Remove the script you copied from the internet and revert any changes you made in that direction 2. Find out if openssh-server is installed: dpkg -l openssh-server This will show something like this: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++--- ii openssh-server 1:4.3p2-9secure shell server, an rshd replacement 3. If it was installed (the line starts with 'ii' you will have to reinstall or better purge and install to recreate all missing config files 4. If it is not installed you can install it with aptitude install openssh-server 4. Check if sshd is working ssh localhost Regards, Andrei P.S. I have to go to work now, but others are probably watching this thread too, so they can help if you get stuck. Please wait for answers before trying random stuff. -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On 02/03/2008, hce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, my interfaces looks exactly like this. And, it works if I run the dhclient manually. Ok what happens if you try /etc/init.d/networking restart Please post the exact output. Thanks Adrian, it works now after installing the openssh-server. Good, one down one to go. Adrian -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? erno hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On 3/2/08, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 08:27:15PM +1100, hce wrote: You can try to connect via dhcp by running 'dhclient' as root. That might give some clues. If it works just revert your config. Sometimes the 'allow-hotplug' directive doesn't work correctly, you can try 'auto' instead. I changed to audo, it sitll does not work. But, if I start dhclient manually, it works fine. I checked ps, there was a dhclient3 running. Could that cause the problem? How can I config /etc/init.d to make the dhclient running? Please show the *exact* contents of /etc/network/interfaces (use copy-paste). Please see following copy from the interfaces: # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface #allow-hotplug eth0 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp If I want to another linux box connect to the Debian box using ssh, should I install and start sshd in the debian box? I see the ssh has already in the debian box, but I guess it is the ssh client, not sshd. If I need to enable sshd in the debian box, how can I do it? AFAIK ssh depends on openssh-client and openssh-server so you should be fine. The ssh client running fine. It can ssh to other linux box where the sshd is running, but other linux box cannot ssh to it as there is no sshd running on the Debian. How can you tell? Try 'ssh localhost' before trying to connect from another machine. I searched Intenert find a ssh script and copied it to the /etc/init.d. The instruction says to call update-rc.d -f ssh defaults 20, then run /etc/init.d/ssh start. But, I could not find update-rc.d in my Debian box, is there alternative to make a runlevel links manually for ssh defaults 20? This was a very bad idea! You should never copy some script from the internet without a thorough understanding of what it does, especially a script meant to start external services! Do you want to share your computer with the whole internet? And besides that, the script provide by the maintainer may (and probably will) have Debian specific stuff. Yes, you are right, I was searching from Internet, it was an instruction for how installing the sshd on Debian. It is dodgy, I should never copy things from the Internet. Let's take it step by step and please show the output of the commands below by copy-pasting them in the mail: 1. Remove the script you copied from the internet and revert any changes you made in that direction 2. Find out if openssh-server is installed: dpkg -l openssh-server This will show something like this: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++--- ii openssh-server 1:4.3p2-9secure shell server, an rshd replacement 3. If it was installed (the line starts with 'ii' you will have to reinstall or better purge and install to recreate all missing config files 4. If it is not installed you can install it with aptitude install openssh-server 4. Check if sshd is working ssh localhost Regards, Andrei P.S. I have to go to work now, but others are probably watching this thread too, so they can help if you get stuck. Please wait for answers before trying random stuff. Thanks Andrei, the sshd is working now. Thank you. Kind Regards, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 08:27:15PM +1100, hce [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: On 3/2/08, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can try to connect via dhcp by running 'dhclient' as root. That might give some clues. If it works just revert your config. Sometimes the 'allow-hotplug' directive doesn't work correctly, you can try 'auto' instead. I changed to audo, it sitll does not work. But, if I start dhclient manually, it works fine. I checked ps, there was a dhclient3 running. Could that cause the problem? How can I config /etc/init.d to make the dhclient running? There are a number of different dhcp clients in Debian; dhclient3, dhclient, and pump are three that come to mind immediately. Theoretically, all of them should always work, but I've sometimes seen cases where one or another would fail in a particular network. ifupdown will pick a DHCP client using a built-in order of preference (see interfaces(5)). You can override this by adding a client line to the interface configuration: for instance, it sounds like client dhclient might help your situation. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
Hi, I am installing Debian 4.0 to a PC which was previously installed FC5 and has difficult to play mplayer. The first issue during my installation is the pattitiion. The Patition page displays: [!!] Partition disks : : IDE 1 Master (hda) - 20.5 GB #1 primary 3.1 GB ext3 (I want to keep it) #2 primary 12.6 GB ext3 (I want to keep it) #3 primary 554.0 MB F Swap Swap (I want to keep it) #5 logical 4.2 GB K ext3 Undo changes to partitiion Finish Partitioning and write changes to disk The hda1 and hda2 have been used for other data and I want to eep it. The hda3 is swap sector. The hda5 is the one I want to install the Debian to it. Now I selected Finish Partitioning and write changes to disk, it came following an error: [!!] Partition disks No root file system. No Root system is defined. Please correct this from the patiioning menu What is wrong with it? Thank you. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 12:19:52PM +1100, hce wrote: The hda5 is the one I want to install the Debian to it. Now I selected Finish Partitioning and write changes to disk, it came following an error: [!!] Partition disks No root file system. No Root system is defined. Please correct this from the patiioning menu What is wrong with it? You have to tell the installer that you want to use that partition. I can't tell you exactly how it is done, but you have to select something like use as root partition. Regards, Andrei P.S. I hope you chose manual partitioning, AFAIK guided is not meant for such stuff. -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On 3/2/08, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 12:19:52PM +1100, hce wrote: The hda5 is the one I want to install the Debian to it. Now I selected Finish Partitioning and write changes to disk, it came following an error: [!!] Partition disks No root file system. No Root system is defined. Please correct this from the patiioning menu What is wrong with it? You have to tell the installer that you want to use that partition. I can't tell you exactly how it is done, but you have to select something like use as root partition. Well, I expected the use as can be selected as a root partition, but that page only display following menu: use as: EXT 3 EXT2 Reiser FS JFS XFS FAT16 FAT32 Swap area Physical volume for encryption Physical volume for LVM Physical volume for RAID do not use the partition There is no root partition, I actuall selected it as ext3, then it came above error. Now, if I select mount point to /, it also came another error. I actually don't want to do any partition change, the #5 has already partitioned and formated as ext3. But I could not go over that partition page. How can I skip partition page and just install the Debian directly to hda5? Thank you. Kind Regards, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On 02/03/2008, hce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I expected the use as can be selected as a root partition, but that page only display following menu: use as: EXT 3 EXT2 Reiser FS JFS XFS FAT16 FAT32 Swap area Physical volume for encryption Physical volume for LVM Physical volume for RAID do not use the partition There is no root partition, I actuall selected it as ext3, then it came above error. Now, if I select mount point to /, it also came another error. I actually don't want to do any partition change, the #5 has already partitioned and formated as ext3. But I could not go over that partition page. How can I skip partition page and just install the Debian directly to hda5? Read this part of the install guide on using the installer and partitioning. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s03.html.en#di-partition Even if you don't want to change the other partitions you will need to format and set up your hda5 again and tell it to mount hda5 as / this will set up hda5 in /etc/fstab as your / and leave all the other partitions alone (you will have to manually add them to /etc/fstab in you want access to them) otherwise specify a mount point for them and select them as do not format. The Debian installer is very flexible, you will get it do what you want, it's just a matter of you finding the options in the installer. Adrian -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? erno hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
hce wrote: On 3/2/08, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 12:19:52PM +1100, hce wrote: The hda5 is the one I want to install the Debian to it. Now I selected Finish Partitioning and write changes to disk, it came following an error: [!!] Partition disks No root file system. No Root system is defined. Please correct this from the patiioning menu What is wrong with it? You have to tell the installer that you want to use that partition. I can't tell you exactly how it is done, but you have to select something like use as root partition. Well, I expected the use as can be selected as a root partition, but that page only display following menu: use as: EXT 3 EXT2 Reiser FS JFS XFS FAT16 FAT32 Swap area Physical volume for encryption Physical volume for LVM Physical volume for RAID do not use the partition There is no root partition, I actuall selected it as ext3, then it came above error. Now, if I select mount point to /, it also came another error. I actually don't want to do any partition change, the #5 has already partitioned and formated as ext3. But I could not go over that partition page. How can I skip partition page and just install the Debian directly to hda5? Is there any specific reason for not wanting to reformat /? In that case, why not boot up some live cd based on debian and just use debootsrap to install, instead of using debian-installer? Only, you have to make sure that you set up a few things, like fstab and the grub entries. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install Debian 4.0 to watch DVD video
On 3/2/08, Adrian Levi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 02/03/2008, hce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I expected the use as can be selected as a root partition, but that page only display following menu: use as: EXT 3 EXT2 Reiser FS JFS XFS FAT16 FAT32 Swap area Physical volume for encryption Physical volume for LVM Physical volume for RAID do not use the partition There is no root partition, I actuall selected it as ext3, then it came above error. Now, if I select mount point to /, it also came another error. I actually don't want to do any partition change, the #5 has already partitioned and formated as ext3. But I could not go over that partition page. How can I skip partition page and just install the Debian directly to hda5? Read this part of the install guide on using the installer and partitioning. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s03.html.en#di-partition Even if you don't want to change the other partitions you will need to format and set up your hda5 again and tell it to mount hda5 as / this will set up hda5 in /etc/fstab as your / and leave all the other partitions alone (you will have to manually add them to /etc/fstab in you want access to them) otherwise specify a mount point for them and select them as do not format. The Debian installer is very flexible, you will get it do what you want, it's just a matter of you finding the options in the installer. All right, it's done. The next problem is that eth0 is not assigned IP address, it has following statement in the /etc/network/interfaces. I can see eth0 without IP address. That machine was running on FC5 before and has no problem to network connection. allow-hotplug eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp Thanks. Kind Regards, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
