Net boot install CD not working

2005-10-26 Thread Rupert Heesom
I'm trying to reinstall Debian amd64, but I can't find a CD that will actually install properly. I've tried the 24th October (2 days ago) version of the netboot iso. http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian-installer/2005-10-24/netboot/mini.iso I also tried the monolith version from the

Problems with disc config when installing

2005-08-29 Thread Rupert Heesom
I seem to be having problems when configuring my disk setup during the net install for sarge amd64. I'm trying to configure /home to be an MD within an LVM container. Although the install can configure it, when I've rebooted the install, and installed evms, then it seems the LVM container has

unable to install Gnome via netinstall (apt = sarge)

2005-08-05 Thread Rupert Heesom
. I previously tried a sid repository and had less luck - more packages seemed to be broken! Any help? Cheers! Rupert Heesom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Need some help with MD raid1 or h/w prob

2005-06-17 Thread Rupert Heesom
- the process just wouldn't quit,so I ended up shutting power down. -- Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Need some help with MD raid1 or h/w prob

2005-06-17 Thread Rupert Heesom
on Any further suggestions you feel you can make are welcome. I'll post any concrete results or questions I have back to the list thread. I'm assuming I should ensure that all filesystems are clean uncorrupted before trying to add a raid device (add my spares onto the active raid). -- Rupert

Need some help with MD raid1 or h/w prob

2005-06-15 Thread Rupert Heesom
that particular problem. The machine now gets as far as X (Gnome) and into Evolution as well hitting no apparant problems. Can I get some help in trying to sort this mess out? Much appreciated! So much to learn, so little time! -- Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: gcc version issue trying to install vmware5

2005-06-12 Thread Rupert Heesom
has now compiled and running (taking lots of ram!). Thanks for your support! On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 07:01 -0500, Mark Nipper wrote: On 09 Jun 2005, Rupert Heesom wrote: I thought all of the derivative kernel-header packages were suppose to include the vanilla kernel-header-x.y.z-r

lots of probs with SF Azureus

2005-06-12 Thread Rupert Heesom
problem. Maybe I should downgrade my java VM, although there doesn't seem to be another version for amd64 -- Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gcc version issue trying to install vmware5

2005-06-12 Thread Rupert Heesom
On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 21:45 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just a note to let you know that I installed the vanilla kernel headers, and I had to redo the soft link of /usr/bin/gcc to /usr/bin/gcc-3.4. No you don't. You should set CC. I did

gcc version issue trying to install vmware5

2005-06-09 Thread Rupert Heesom
I was running the install script for vmware5, it complained that my kernel was compiled using gcc 3.4 and my current gcc is version 3.3.5. I did not compile my current kernel, I installed it (smp version) through apt-get, so the error msg could well be true. I tried to install an updated gcc,

Re: gcc version issue trying to install vmware5

2005-06-09 Thread Rupert Heesom
vanilla kernel tree which is being symlinked to is what the vmware install script can't read. Should I have both the k8-smp kernel headers and the vanilla headers installed, or are the current kernel-headers faulty?? On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 05:57 -0500, Mark Nipper wrote: On 09 Jun 2005, Rupert

Re: gcc version issue trying to install vmware5

2005-06-09 Thread Rupert Heesom
, Mark Nipper wrote: On 09 Jun 2005, Rupert Heesom wrote: I thought all of the derivative kernel-header packages were suppose to include the vanilla kernel-header-x.y.z-r package also? Just testing a few in dselect seems to select the base version also for me on my current system (x86 though

Re: nVidia drivers

2005-05-26 Thread Rupert Heesom
Just thought I'd let you know. -- Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: nVidia drivers

2005-05-26 Thread Rupert Heesom
/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html#id274891 it explains how to compile and install nvidia drivers on debian-amd64. Kind regards Frederik Schueler -- Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Error when trying to install/compile nvidia video driver module

2005-05-25 Thread Rupert Heesom
vga16fb.ko -- Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

amd64 firefox up-to-date (1.0.4 for Mozilla update site)

2005-05-25 Thread Rupert Heesom
I've installed amd64 firefox through apt-get. Then I tried to update the browser themes through the mozilla site which complained that my browser version was not sufficient. (I need to upgrade to version 1.0.4 before using the Mozilla update site) Indeed, my version seems to be 1.0.3. Since I

problems with apt-get

2005-05-20 Thread Rupert Heesom
://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/dists/sarge/ which is a different path from the one enabled in sources.list, so what's going on here?? -- Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How to install SMP kernel?

2005-05-19 Thread Rupert Heesom
way, I'm new to Debian (more used to Redhat, Mandrake). Is compiling a kernel under Debian much the same thing, or are there docs for Debian kernel compiles? -- Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Using Alioth Opteron net install to config MD raid1

2005-05-16 Thread Rupert Heesom
are: /boot, swap, / [root]. On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 14:01, Lennart Sorensen wrote: -- Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Using Alioth Opteron net install to config MD raid1

2005-05-13 Thread Rupert Heesom
file system to an XFS system? (I think XFS is cool!) -- Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Can I install desktops like Gnome from NET inst?

2005-03-13 Thread Rupert Heesom
the necessary files for nvidia support and (optionally) the Gnome (or KDE) desktop. Does the net install CD only install the kernel/progs/IA32 chroot etc and leave you to install anything further such as workstation desktop etc? -- Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Which version of AMD64 install?

2005-03-13 Thread Rupert Heesom
compared to the others? IE I know that gcc compiler 3.x and 4.0 are used, but that don't mean much to me. What gcc version does sarge SID use? -- Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How to install Debian with AMD Opteron support?

2005-02-18 Thread Rupert Heesom
of the processors? -- Rupert Heesom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]