[vox-tech] Fwd: vox-tech Digest, Vol 39, Issue 1
> I strongly suggest using the 'alternate installer' CD instead of the > regular Ubuntu installer. The alternate CD provides a text-mode > installer similar to the traditional Debian installer. It is much more > reliable than the GUI installer. I tried this next and experienced an almost identical freeze. The alternate install CD actually has a small graphical interface that asks if you want to do a text install. When I choose text install, it switches to a blank screen and freezes. > You might also want to try installing into a chroot environment within > your running Debian installation using debootstrap (not the regular > bootable installer). Feel free to ask for more details on this method if > you choose to use it. > I suspected there was a method like this, but I'm an end user not a system admin. I'm not sure how to do this. -- John Marcotte ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] Installation woes
I am attempting to refurbish an old Intel L440GX+ -based dual P-III server. It is currently running an outdated version of Debian. I wanted to Install Ubuntu Server on it. When I installed Debian, I had to jump through some hoops, because as I recall, the Adaptec SCSI chip on the motherboard was not supported. I think I had to either hack the ISO, or maybe make some sort of boot floppy. Well five years of driver developments did not help this situation. Ubuntu will not install. It just freezes shortly after loading the kernel. I suspect it is the same issue. The passing of time has made good information about this board even harder to find. Not as many people still have one, so I can't find instructions on how to fix the problem. I think it has an Adaptec AIC7896/97 chipset that is causing the trouble. Does anyone have any advice on how to get past this install issue? -- John Marcotte ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] Old PC
Title: Message I have an old Dell Optiplex GS+ in my office. I thought It might make a dandy little Linux box, but it's pretty darn slow by today's standards. At a cool 200MHz at a whopping 32MB of RAM, I think a current distro would run poorly (if at all) on the box. So my question is: What version of Linux should I put on this little guy? I'd like to use it as an internet terminal and word processor. John Marcotte
[vox-tech] Mplayer
Hello, I finally found a machine that I can devote to Linux. My laptop (which was loaded with Windows XP Home edtion, which bites.) I have gotten the laptop to do most reasonable things I ask it to thus far, including wireless networking. Easy as pie. But I can't play most video formats. I tried to install Xine, no luck. A friend (cough, Bill, cough) suggested that I try mplayer. I am running Redhat 9.0. Mplayer has an RPM for RH 7.x. I am enough of a newbie that I was unsure if this would present problems. There also seem to be numerous dependencies as I read the install docs for the generic binaries. Can anyone help me out a little with install advice? It seems pretty complex and I don't want to screw anything up by doing something foolish. John ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
