Re: [SLUG] debian install
On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 13:14, Peter Hardy wrote: Apt stores its packages in /var/cache/apt/archives/ . The immediate solution would be to copy the contents of this directory from the desktop machine to your laptop. Apt will check there before retrieving a package from one of its listed sources. (this is also a very dodgy but very efficient way to bootstrap a new machine) Mounting the directory over NFS is another option, but will be a pain if your not on the network. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] debian install
Hi I want to update the packages on my laptop and wish to do this locally from the desktop machine. what's the best way to do this? where would be a good place to go to find out? apt-get from laptop? Knoppix 3.2 went on in late Oct03 and I've frequently used apt-get to update the system from debian mirrors. shameless praise just to say thanks to all for your support in helping me get my head around Linux and helping getting Linux running smoothly on my home pc. It is such a relief to have a reliable OS that just works for days and days, humming along, everything I throw at it is handled with ease (except scanning, still not quite right). The other OS has been such a headache for many years and this was becoming endless amounts of time wasted in administrating for reboots, bsod, frozen screens, viruses, worms, trojans and bothersome glitches. Which would happen several times a day. Now this box is Linux and hasn't crashed or mucked up for weeks, err, try months! which means I don't have to sit about for hours and hours administrating a busted system. now I can get on my life! yippee! a life! thanks for helping get my life back again. that's got to be the best Christmas present. thanks again and Merry Christmas to you all end regards Russell -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] debian install
On Thu, 2003-12-25 at 00:56, Russell Davie wrote: Hi I want to update the packages on my laptop and wish to do this locally from the desktop machine. what's the best way to do this? Apt stores its packages in /var/cache/apt/archives/ . The immediate solution would be to copy the contents of this directory from the desktop machine to your laptop. Apt will check there before retrieving a package from one of its listed sources. (this is also a very dodgy but very efficient way to bootstrap a new machine) If you want to do it right first go ;-), then look in to setting up apt-proxy on your desktop machine. It'll run as an archive proxy, and cache all downloaded packages locally. Very cool for multiple debian machines on a LAN. Once it's set up you can import the packages from your local apt cache, then just run apt on the laptop normally. where would be a good place to go to find out? SLUG! ;-) -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Debian install fails - cant download libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
Hi all This is an update.Debian is now installed and working on Jills Athlon but there were quite a few problems. The average mum/dad/Windows user would not have been able to install Linux on that machine due to a number of things - not really Linux at fault though. Machine : Athlon with a 9G disk as /dev/sda and a new 72G disk as /dev/sdb 1. The machine could boot off the Official Debian DVD for getting the files off it for the base install and failed with Couldnt download ibstdc++2.10-glibc2.2. but . We will see later if it can apt-get off it now its installed. 2. We later got an ISO image of CD1 I burnt and booted that. But that install failed too. It got past the base installation but the system would not boot. Hung at initrd. Suspect the BIOS cant boot a sdb drive and maybe an old 1023 cyliner limitation problem. 3. We removed the old drive and made the new one /dev/sda. We also made a /boot partition. The first time this didnt work. We tried to make the partition /boot as small as possible - 1 cylinder is about 8GBytes so thats the smallest we were able to make it. 4. Changed boot partition from ext3 to ext2 ! Now the system can boot further. But the drive was ro. Probably as there were references in lilo.conf to the older /dev/sdb layout. Re-Mounted it as writable and edited out older/previous lilo.conf stuff. 5. We still had to reinitialise the partitions again as there was some information still stored somewhere then it booted fine. So X is now configured, enlightenment is runnning and we will re-install the old drive as sdb this weekend. The Athlon is only about 3 or so years old but it does have a very limited bios. I was surprised that we couldnt boot from a drive at sdb . Mike -- Mike Lake Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian install fails - cant downloadlibstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
Michael Lake wrote: This is an update.Debian is now installed and working on Jills Athlon but there were quite a few problems. oh I forgot to thank Ken Caldwell for lending us with the 7 CD Debian set that we used for the install. Thats what got it going as well as the chnages below. Thanks Ken :-) 3. We removed the old drive and made the new one /dev/sda 4. Changed boot partition from ext3 to ext2 ! Now the system can boot ... 5. We still had to reinitialise the partitions again ... So X is now configured, enlightenment is runnning and we will re-install the old drive as sdb this weekend. Mike Lake Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. -- Mike Lake Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian install fails - cant downloadlibstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
Brendan Dacre wrote: Michael Lake wrote: We went to another tty and can see that that file is on the CD in dir /pool/main/g/gcc2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb and its size is so 142324 bytes. We can also use cp to copy it to /tmp so its certainly readable. I wonder if this is the problem The installation guide says... CD's 2 through 5 will each boot a different ``flavor'' depending on which CD-ROM is inserted. See Choosing the Right Installation Set, etc... CD 5 Boots the `bf2.4' flavor. Mike, I don't think that is the problem. I have done several successful bf2.4 installs by specifying it (as I assume you did) when booting from CD1. I think you are right about the CD problem. And in fact, it may be the file called Packages which I think is used to verify the details and location of all the packages. Probably the one in \dists\woody\main\binary-i386. There appears to be a backup version of this file in Packages.gz. You might want to compare them. OK thats a good idea. If you have enough spare disk space, you might want to copy the CD to this spare space, replace the Packages file and do the install from disk rather than CD. You can probably also get the MD5 sum of the libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 package (from the Packages file) and independently verify the file is correct. Yeah, i got the MDF sums from debian and I will check that this weekend just to see if that was the problem. But otherwise Ken has now lent me his Official Debian CD collection and Jill and I last night started to install from that and we dont get the problem that I was getting with my iso image. This time the packages do get validated fine. We had bought the DVD but Jills DVD reader is too old I think.It can read enough of the DVD to boot but not the rest of the DVD. Prob the red laser is just too low a resolution to handle the DVD. Tonight we will try again uisng CDs. -- Mike Lake Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian install fails - cant downloadlibstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
Simon Wong wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 22:24, Mike Lake wrote: We went to another tty and can see that that file is on the CD in dir /pool/main/g/gcc2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb and its size is so 142324 bytes. We can also use cp to copy it to /tmp so its certainly readable. Maybe you could try installing it from the other terminal with dpkg -i /path/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb ? I doubt it. The installation screen indicates that the install is at the 'validation' phase where it seems to be checking that the base packages are there and the right size before it starts to install them. i.e. the text Validating /target/var/lib/apt/lists/ etc but then it ends with the error message: Couldnt download ibstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 Besides it would not install as yet there are no directories set up on the partition for dpkg to install anything into. The validation step is just after having mounted the just initialised partitions. Mike UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian install fails - cant downloadlibstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
Michael Lake wrote: We went to another tty and can see that that file is on the CD in dir /pool/main/g/gcc2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb and its size is so 142324 bytes. We can also use cp to copy it to /tmp so its certainly readable. I wonder if this is the problem The installation guide says... CD's 2 through 5 will each boot a different ``flavor'' depending on which CD-ROM is inserted. See Choosing the Right Installation Set, Section 4.2.2 for a discussion of the different flavors. Here's how the flavors are laid out on the different CD-ROMs: CD 1 Allows a selection of kernel images to boot from (the idepci flavor is the default if no selection is made). etc... CD 5 Boots the `bf2.4' flavor. We booted from CD1 and the installer starts but we selected the bf24 kernel. Naturally I didnt want an old 2.2 kernel. When we get to the install base package stage we still have CD1 in the drive and it looks for base packages on that. So do we really need to boot from CD5 ??? I'll do a checksum of the iso today to check it as suggested by guru. -- Mike Lake Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian install fails - cant downloadlibstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
Michael Lake wrote: Michael Lake wrote: We went to another tty and can see that that file is on the CD in dir /pool/main/g/gcc2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb and its size is so 142324 bytes. We can also use cp to copy it to /tmp so its certainly readable. I wonder if this is the problem The installation guide says... CD's 2 through 5 will each boot a different ``flavor'' depending on which CD-ROM is inserted. See Choosing the Right Installation Set, etc... CD 5 Boots the `bf2.4' flavor. Mike, I don't think that is the problem. I have done several successful bf2.4 installs by specifying it (as I assume you did) when booting from CD1. I think you are right about the CD problem. And in fact, it may be the file called Packages which I think is used to verify the details and location of all the packages. Probably the one in \dists\woody\main\binary-i386. There appears to be a backup version of this file in Packages.gz. You might want to compare them. If you have enough spare disk space, you might want to copy the CD to this spare space, replace the Packages file and do the install from disk rather than CD. You can probably also get the MD5 sum of the libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 package (from the Packages file) and independently verify the file is correct. Brendan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Debian install fails - cant download libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
Hi all Jill and I are installing a Debian 3.0r1 onto a machine at home as it now has a new disk and its undergoing a new brain transplant from SUSE to Debian. We are having one problem. We are installing from CD1; The CD is burnt from an iso image and when I mount it the directory looks fine. I dont think there is a prob with the CD. The new hard disk is partitioned fine, and all the partitions are mounted and swap done - so far so good. At the stage where we install the base system it detects that the CD we are installing from has installable packages and asks if we want to use that. Yes. It then starts to validate packages and a progress bar appears with the text Validating /target/var/lib/apt/lists/ etc but then it ends with the error message: Couldnt download libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 We went to another tty and can see that that file is on the CD in dir /pool/main/g/gcc2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb and its size is so 142324 bytes. We can also use cp to copy it to /tmp so its certainly readable. What we think is that maybe the installer is not sure where the file is. We even tried copying the file into the /target/var/cache/apt/archives/ which is where it appears there are many libs that are used during the base install. No luck. Help needed. -- Lord, what fools these mortals be! -- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer-Night's Dream Mike Lake Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian install fails - cant downloadlibstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 22:24, Mike Lake wrote: We went to another tty and can see that that file is on the CD in dir /pool/main/g/gcc2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb and its size is so 142324 bytes. We can also use cp to copy it to /tmp so its certainly readable. Maybe you could try installing it from the other terminal with dpkg -i /path/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-11woody1_i386.deb ? -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Debian install difficulties
Hi People I'm new on the list, I've been to a few slug meetings awhile though. I am a self-confessed beginner in the linux world. I have a reasonable comprehensions in using linux but still coming to terms and learning the basic when it comes to sys admin areas. I am trying to install Debian on my server, the server is using an Adaptec 2005S AIC-7930W scsi controller. The woody 3.0 CD's I have do not recognise this and I am struggling to come to terms with how to create a floppy module or compile the driver it into a kernel. I found the latest drivers I need at http://people.freebsd.org/~gibbs/linux/SRC/ but after about 6 hours now haven't managed to get much further (quiet laughing only please, I feel down enough already). I have tried to get help on the #Debian IRC but only get told to RTFM, which is fare enough if your competent enough to understand the manuals. I'm looking for a hand to get me over the first few hurdles. If anyone feels charitable perhaps we could meet on IRC / ICQ? Regards Brendan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian install difficulties
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:48 am, Brendan Pike wrote: Hi People I'm new on the list, I've been to a few slug meetings awhile though. I am a self-confessed beginner in the linux world. I have a reasonable comprehensions in using linux but still coming to terms and learning the basic when it comes to sys admin areas. I am trying to install Debian on my server, the server is using an Adaptec 2005S AIC-7930W scsi controller. The woody 3.0 CD's I have do not recognise this and I am struggling to come to terms with how to create a floppy module or compile the driver it into a kernel. I found the latest drivers I need at http://people.freebsd.org/~gibbs/linux/SRC/ but after about 6 hours now haven't managed to get much further (quiet laughing only please, I feel down enough already). I have tried to get help on the #Debian IRC but only get told to RTFM, which is fare enough if your competent enough to understand the manuals. I'm looking for a hand to get me over the first few hurdles. If anyone feels charitable perhaps we could meet on IRC / ICQ? Regards Brendan Brendan, You are not alone :-) I had a similar problem with my Advansys SCSI controller; system would boot happily off the CD-RW but couldn't find the install packages after the installer loaded and prompted for a driver disk. Here's the basic run-down: 1. Go to your favourite Debian Mirror (I use ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au) 2. Grab the driver1.img - driver4.img from /pub/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44 appropriate for the kernel you intend to use. The driver[1-4].img files in the path above are for the default kernel, if you want to use the bf2.4 kernel, go to the bf2.4 directory and down-load the drivers there. 3. In Linux (assuming you have another linux box around): dd if=driver1.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 repeat with a fresh disk and the next driverX.img file until done. In Windows: Get hold of rawrite and follow the instructions using the driver[1-4].img files as the input or image to write. 4. Hint - look at the content of each disk after you've written to see which one has the appropriate driver. 5. Boot your machine and when it comes to the appropriate driver disk, select the driver you need and that's it :-) Good luck. James __ A random quote of nothing: Frankly, Scarlett, I don't have a fix. -- Rhett Buggler -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian install difficulties
Hey Brendan. On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:48:03 +1000 Brendan Pike wrote: please, I feel down enough already). I have tried to get help on the #Debian IRC but only get told to RTFM, which is fare enough if your competent enough to understand the manuals. I'm looking for a hand to get me over the first few hurdles. If anyone feels charitable perhaps we could meet on IRC / ICQ? If you're still stuck, you might like to try #slug. I hear they're a much nicer bunch of people. :-) http://slug.org.au/about.html -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian install difficulties
hey someone has to bite at that . Peter Hardy wrote: If you're still stuck, you might like to try #slug. I hear they're a much nicer bunch of people. :-) ^^ nice bunch of people :-) -- Mike Lake Uni of Technol., Sydney UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian install difficulties
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:10:42 +1000 Michael Lake wrote: hey someone has to bite at that . Peter Hardy wrote: If you're still stuck, you might like to try #slug. I hear they're a much nicer bunch of people. :-) ^^ nice bunch of people :-) They're nice, but nobody said anything about their grasp of grammar, or ability to spell. :-) -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] debian install
Hi, I am trying to do a net install of debian, I have created the set of boot disks (compact). However whenever I start the install and get to the point of 'Installing the kernel and driver modules' or whatever it is, there is NO network option in the list to install from?? I thought it might be a faulty network card not being detected, however I swapped it over with no luck. Does anyone have a suggestion as to what Im doing wrong or seen this happen before?? I have installed debian via a network a hundred times and have never had a problem. Adam. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] debian install
quote who=Adam Hewitt Does anyone have a suggestion as to what Im doing wrong or seen this happen before?? I have installed debian via a network a hundred times and have never had a problem. Did you insert the module for the network card? - Jeff -- The Motif interface, with chunkier controls, felt more like a ghetto blaster. - Liam Quin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] debian install
Oooopps...sorry to burden you with this really stupid email. I realised what I had done wrong about 2 seconds after I clicked send. Cheers, Adam. At 10:48 PM 9/03/2002 +1100, you wrote: Hi, I am trying to do a net install of debian, I have created the set of boot disks (compact). However whenever I start the install and get to the point of 'Installing the kernel and driver modules' or whatever it is, there is NO network option in the list to install from?? I thought it might be a faulty network card not being detected, however I swapped it over with no luck. Does anyone have a suggestion as to what Im doing wrong or seen this happen before?? I have installed debian via a network a hundred times and have never had a problem. Adam. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Debian Install...again
Hi Again, Ok this time I have a real question. I currently have my home network running through a Windows XP Pro PC which I am using as my firewall/gateway, the reason that I am installing Debian onto a new server is so that I can swap these services over to the debian box. However while I am getting the debian box installed and configured I want to leave the XP box as my gateway. My question is, is it possible to do a network installation from the debian machine using the Windows XP machine as the internet sharing box/gateway?? The reason that I am asking is because I am at the stage of the install that I need to get the 'base' packages downloaded and if I open up a new consol window I can ping cisco.com, www.debian.org etc, however I can't get it to download the packageswhen I do I get the following error: nf_http_fetchfile :: http.us.debian.org couldn't be resolved, hostname lookup failure (h_errno=2) Any help?? Adam. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian Install...again
quote who=Adam Hewitt nf_http_fetchfile :: http.us.debian.org couldn't be resolved, hostname lookup failure (h_errno=2) Any help?? You need to make sure that your DNS server is set correctly to the NT machine or your upstream ISP name servers; in resolv.conf add: nameserver ip.address.of.winnt.machine.or.upstream - Jeff -- Linux continues to have almost as much soul as James Brown. - Forrest Cook, LWN -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian Install...again
The name servers are working ok, because I am able to ping cisco.com and it resolves correctly?? At 12:08 AM 10/03/2002 +1100, you wrote: quote who=Adam Hewitt nf_http_fetchfile :: http.us.debian.org couldn't be resolved, hostname lookup failure (h_errno=2) Any help?? You need to make sure that your DNS server is set correctly to the NT machine or your upstream ISP name servers; in resolv.conf add: nameserver ip.address.of.winnt.machine.or.upstream - Jeff -- Linux continues to have almost as much soul as James Brown. - Forrest Cook, LWN -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] debian install
This one time, at band camp, Adam Hewitt wrote: I am trying to do a net install of debian, I have created the set of boot disks (compact). However whenever I start the install and get to the point of 'Installing the kernel and driver modules' or whatever it is, there is NO network option in the list to install from?? YOu need the driver disks to install the module for your network card, then you can continue to install from the network. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://spacepants.org/jaq.gpg slashr why can't I fill an area? docvin Slashr: You're not fat enough. -- #sodfest97 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Debian install
Hi all, Just a quick query. Is there a simple way to load a driver during/before the installation of Debian. I assume there is I'm just missing the plot. I'm trying to use a HP NetRAID 1M card, which doesn't load off the bat, making it difficult to install on the mirrored set. thanks, -- -Paul de Kievit NetOptions Ph: (07) 3844 1888 Fax: (07) 3844 4155 This email contains confidential information intended for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this email or the contained information is strictly prohibited by law. If you have received this email in error, please delete and destroy all copies and telephone NetOptions Pty Ltd on (07) 3844 1888. Except as required by law, NetOptions Pty Ltd does not represent, warrant and/or guarantee that the integrity of this email has been maintained nor that the communication is free of errors, virus, interception or interference. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Debian Install
Good afternoon all I am afraid I am becoming one of those Debian converts. In the last few days I have finished setting up a Debian based firewall (welll actually a firewall is never finished). The simplicity of apt-cache search, apt-get update, and apt-get upgrade is great. /flamesuit on What I am finding with Debian is they seem to have sorted out dependencies better than Redhat. With Redhat an installation of less than "install everything" seemed to be full of problems. So far, with Debian this has not been the case. I must say, however, I have not yet played with X setup under Debian. I might still change my mind about it. /flamesuit off Anyway, to the problem. I am now attempting to make my Acer portable dual boot W2k and Linux. Once I get Debian base installed it wants to re-boot. I have created a boot floppy so I can test it without breaking W2k. The bootup hangs seemingly indefinitely on pcmcia modules install. I tried re-installing and editing modules.conf to see if I could stop the pcmcia probe. This file tells me to look at another configuation file (modeprobe or something that I have now forgotten) but that file/directory does not exist. Any suggestions about how to stop pcmcia loading? I have not selected it as a module to load in the initial configuration. regards Steven -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Debian Install Question
Hi all, I'm planning on installing debina on a box i have at home. However i have a few quick question as to how to go about it. Firstly i was planning to do a netowrk install of all of the distro, so i don't need a set of disks. However the base install needs 11 floppy disks plus the boot disks (right?). So what i would really like to knowis, is there a way to get a debian bootable cd image , that will do a base install, but without needed to download a whole disk image. I don't think i'd have 11 working floppy disks in the whole house, and the only other working floppy drive apart from the one on the machine i was instending to use is upstairs, so cycling disks would be an real pain (esp. as i have a knee and climbing stairs is what aggravates it). Any suggestions on a way around this ? I think i can get a couple of working floppies, just not 13. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian Install Question
I am more inclined to using a cdrom, even if i rip it out somewhere, and use for install then put it back. You could always use the credit card debian based rescue disk, which has a base install of debian, but I believe it is based on Debian 2.1 and not 2.2, but don't hold me to that. I have not installed with floppies since going 2.2, as I think it requires to many compared to the old ways of 2.1 I guess it will be your choice in the end, just hope my view point helps in some way. By the way, the credit card cd I refer to can be found on mirror.aarnet.edu.au in; http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian-cd/credit-card/ -Original Message- From: Jason Rennie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, 27 November 2000 9:30 Subject: [SLUG] Debian Install Question Hi all, I'm planning on installing debina on a box i have at home. However i have a few quick question as to how to go about it. Firstly i was planning to do a netowrk install of all of the distro, so i don't need a set of disks. However the base install needs 11 floppy disks plus the boot disks (right?). So what i would really like to knowis, is there a way to get a debian bootable cd image , that will do a base install, but without needed to download a whole disk image. I don't think i'd have 11 working floppy disks in the whole house, and the only other working floppy drive apart from the one on the machine i was instending to use is upstairs, so cycling disks would be an real pain (esp. as i have a knee and climbing stairs is what aggravates it). Any suggestions on a way around this ? I think i can get a couple of working floppies, just not 13. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian Install Question
Jason Rennie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Firstly i was planning to do a netowrk install of all of the distro, so i
don't need a set of disks. However the base install needs 11 floppy disks
plus the boot disks (right?).
Use the compact flavour of the boot floppies and you may get away with as
little as 2 disks (3 if your network card driver is not compiled into the
kernel).
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Re: [SLUG] Debian Install Question
quote who="Michael" You could always use the credit card debian based rescue disk, which has a base install of debian, but I believe it is based on Debian 2.1 and not 2.2, but don't hold me to that. I'll hold you to that! Yes, it is based on 2.1 (slink), and our wonderful SLUG server was built with it! I did the initial setup with the LBBC, and then took it into UTS. Anand then guided me through setting up /etc/apt/sources.list and the old apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade schtick. In *no* time (Mmm... academic internet connections...) we had a trussed up potato box ready for action. My first Debian install. I'd do a cheesy mastercard joke, but everyone would ask why I called the server The $6,000,000 Box. :) - Jeff -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://linux.conf.au/ -- ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
