Re: nightmare: apt slink->potato using cds

2000-11-19 Thread Brenda J. Butler
Allright, I've gotten rid of ip* from the cron.* directories. So presumably firewall stuff is not why named is failing (unless the current version depends on it? who knows) On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 12:25:18PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > 3) named doesn't seem to resolve even the localhost's

Re: nightmare: apt slink->potato using cds

2000-11-19 Thread Brenda J. Butler
Thanks to the people who helped me get past the "apt-get refusing the cd" problem. I had to change the contents of /var/state/apt/cdroms.list (otherwise known as the cdrom index file). Now I find that: 1) the depmod -a in the /etc/init.d gives a _lot_ of symbol not found warnings, because it k

Re: apt slink->potato using cds

2000-11-14 Thread Rainer Bawidamann
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart Auchterlonie) writes: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 08:16:48PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote: >> >> Still a problem (apt-get won't recognize when right cd is in drive). >> > > I get this effect if I have mirrors listed as http sources

Re: apt slink->potato using cds

2000-11-13 Thread Stuart Auchterlonie
On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 08:16:48PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > > Still a problem (apt-get won't recognize when right cd is in drive). > I get this effect if I have mirrors listed as http sources as well as cdrom source listed in /etc/apt/sources.list The solution I've found is to temporari

Re: apt slink->potato using cds (long post)

2000-11-09 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 0a "Potato" - Official sparc Binary-2 (2818) > while the apt-get program asks for > Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 0a _Potato_ - Official sparc Binary-2 (2818) Err I fixed a bug with that at one point - I didn't think anyo

Re: apt slink->potato using cds (long post)

2000-11-09 Thread Brenda J. Butler
Still a problem (apt-get won't recognize when right cd is in drive). On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:57:46AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 02:14:58AM +, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > > > > > > I have a really slow net connection so upgrading over that > > is out of the questio

Re: apt slink->potato using cds (long post)

2000-11-06 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 02:14:58AM +, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > > > I have a really slow net connection so upgrading over that > is out of the question. Basically all the repitition on those CD's is confusing apt. Try just using the last two (the 2.2 0a Official ones). -- ---=

Re: apt slink->potato using cds (more info)

2000-11-06 Thread Anand Kumria
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 02:43:11AM +, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 02:14:58AM +, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > > > Oops, I forgot to mention: > to do. > > So I did try the apt-get -f install, and it didn't make > things better because when I tried the apt-get dist-

Re: apt slink->potato using cds (more info)

2000-11-05 Thread Brenda J. Butler
--- Begin Message --- On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 02:14:58AM +, Brenda J. Butler wrote: Oops, I forgot to mention: > The error messages are followed by: > > Upgrading with disk swapping is not supported in this version. > Try running multiple times with --fix-missing > E: Unable to fetch some a

apt slink->potato using cds (long post)

2000-11-05 Thread Brenda J. Butler
I have a really slow net connection so upgrading over that is out of the question. I have a cdrom, and I have three sets of cdroms: (extracted from /var/state/apt/cdroms.list:) Debian GNU_Linux slink (2.1_r4) 1_4 main binary-sparc section 1 SAM19991221 Debian GNU_Linux _Potato_ - sparc Binar