Re: "cloning" a debian installation

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Henning Follmann wrote: > Sorry I consider this some form of advertising. > This is a Debian group! This program is a windows program. So you need a > windows installation to use this. Sure they claim you can create a bootable > CD/DVD but you still need a windows

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

Hi Fabrice, You have many questions that need answering from advanced users on this list however as a kind suggestion, I can recommend a free program called "EaseUS Disk Copy". I have used this software to clone a complete copy of Windows from one hard disk to another. It worked perfect for my sp

Re: How to install Packages on Debian-Wheezy

Hi Scott, On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 13/12/13 00:59, Wally Lepore wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> Recently completed a successful install of Wheezy in Virtual Box. Runs >> great but slow (for obvious reasons). I'm not looking for >&g

Re: How to install Packages on Debian-Wheezy

Hi Ron On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Ron Leach wrote: > On 12/12/2013 13:59, Wally Lepore wrote: >> >> I would like to locate a link that explains in simple terms (if that's >> possible), "How to Install Packages". I've been hours reading about &

Re: How to install Packages on Debian-Wheezy

01:29 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 13/12/13 00:59, Wally Lepore wrote: >> > http://www.aboutdebian.com/packages.htm >> >> Wow! What a... site :/ > > For newbies it's hard to search for information about Linux, because > they don't know the terms, as

How to install Packages on Debian-Wheezy

Hi Folks, Recently completed a successful install of Wheezy in Virtual Box. Runs great but slow (for obvious reasons). I'm not looking for speed/performance at this point but just looking to learn the interface, access and perform functions in terminal (as well as root terminal) and run basic prog

Re: Fwd: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

:38 PM, Wally Lepore wrote: > Also would like to add that my use for Debian (at this point in time) > is to simply utilize the OS for everyday tasks i.e. gmail, Office > suite etc. > > I am a heavy computer user in that on my "windows system" I have > utilized such pro

Re: Fwd: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

his may keep me busy for awhile. Thank you. On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Wally Lepore wrote: > Hi Members, > > Thank you for all the kind suggestions and help. I have successfully > installed Debian/Wheezy as a Virtual Machine (using VirtualBox) on my > net book. The install wa

Re: Fwd: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

ny of the GNU/Linux terms. Thank you for your time. On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:20:30PM -0500, Wally Lepore wrote: >> In regards to creating the new Virtual Machine in VirtualBox, can >> anyone recommend the advantages of cre

Fwd: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

In regards to creating the new Virtual Machine in VirtualBox, can anyone recommend the advantages of creating a "virtual hard drive" verses a "large image file on your “real” hard disk"? Reading the VirtualBox set-up and user manual find it very informative. The user manual said, -Begin- "There

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 24/11/13 01:52, Wally Lepore wrote: [snip] > choose sound and network card types, select phsyical or virtual optical > drive (virtual uses ISO images), set network protocols. [snip] Yes I see that VirtualBox is apparentl

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

different OS and not win7). Has anyone successfully mounted a Debian .iso file directly to VirtualBox? Thank you On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 24/11/13 01:52, Wally Lepore wrote: >> Hi Members, >> >> I would like to run Debian and test

Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

Hi Members, I would like to run Debian and test new software packages utilizing Debian as a virtual environment. inside my Windows 7 OS. I would like to be able to install Debian in this fashion and have the ability to utilize a Debian GUI desktop as well. Question #1 please: Would kindly like to

Re: Does Debian dictionary/glossary/acronym list exist?

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > What do I do when I find terms such as initrd or udeb ? > Hi Richard, You may have already found your answer but here are a few links I discovered that may provide additional support. In regards to udeb: http://lists.debian.org/debian-d

Re: Can grub2 1.99-23 support /boot inside LVM ?

On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 12:25 AM, J. B wrote: > I have converted my system to full_disk_encrypted box without /boot aprtition > and it is running > well along with tuxonice. debain now have grub2 version 1.99-23 ; mine is > testing branch wheezy. > Can I go for completely encrypted disk now, i.e.

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Tom Rausner wrote: > >Hi Folks. > >I have a tower PC with a serious motherboard problem. > >It is unable to pass data from one place (say the harddisk) > >to another (say a CDROM), without drowning it in errors. > >I think some pathways in

Re: code of conduct (was Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives)

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:53:59PM -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > > I understand. Thank you for correcting my humble mistake. Will comply. > > You're welcome - and whilst I'm at it, welcome to the list! I hope you >

Re: Re: Wally Lepore - last words.

> The mail user agent Evolution, GNOME's mailer, easily can be configured > to reply only to the mailing list. > Edit > Preferences > Composer Preferences > [x] Group Rely goes only to > mailing list, if possible > Checked or unchecked it's always possible, instead of pushing the Group > Reply bu

Re: Wally Lepore

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Looking at the archives I see that his replies do address a lot of > people who have not even participated in the thread (yet), for example > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/10/msg00603.html Andrei, Appreciate your advice but pl

Re: Wally Lepore

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 16 October 2012 10:06:30 Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> [changed the subject since it has nothing to do with Wally] > > My request does have something to do with Wally, in fact everything to do with > him. It is his emails that are generating th

Re: code of conduct (was Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives)

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Wally Lepore wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: >> >> When communicating on a Debian mailing list, please direct your emails at >> the list address and do not CC the participants explicitly. For this and >>

Re: code of conduct (was Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives)

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > Hi Wally, > > When communicating on a Debian mailing list, please direct your emails at > the list address and do not CC the participants explicitly. For this and other > rules, please see the Code of Conduct at >

Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> Wally, are you familiar with MS DOS or DR DOS commands? > > PS: Or have you ever used a QL, C64 or similar computer? I have no idea what QL, or a C64 is prior to googling. Is this QL ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_QL http://www.r

Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Wally, are you familiar with MS DOS or DR DOS commands? > Hi Ralf, Yes but only the most basic. As I started on this whole linux adventure I dusted off my DOS 6.0 / 6.2 books that have been sitting on my book shelf since the mid 1990's. I ha

Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 17:24 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Ralf Mardorf >> wrote: >> > Assumed that you are not blind, perhaps a YouTube video will help you to >> > learn fas

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Lisi wrote: > > > On Monday 15 October 2012 20:25:54 Wally Lepore wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Ralf Mardorf >> >> wrote: >> > Don't run a X session as root, this is a security risk. >> > &g

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Lisi wrote: > > PS It would really be much easier if you just replied to the list, rather than > to the list and to all of us separately. It makes replying easier. It is > also what the Debian list askes for in its code of practice. Ok got it. I understand. Than

Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Assumed that you are not blind, perhaps a YouTube video will help you to > learn faste, resp. it might better explain how to e.g. become root in a > terminal emulation. > Yes, I will search youtube. Thank you -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to de

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 15:22 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 9:12 AM, lee wrote: >> > Wally Lepore writes: >> > >> >> I just realized something important. When I set my Debian dri

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Lisi wrote: > On Monday 15 October 2012 20:11:06 Wally Lepore wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 5:57 AM, Dom wrote: >> > You might need to install the os-prober package first. Grub2 uses that to >> > identify other OSes on your system

Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I won't confuse you Wally, or spread FUD, using the default GRUB seems > to be the best way for a beginner, because it's the default boot loader > for most distros. > > Personally I prefer GRUB legacy, the outdated, completely different > pred

Re: OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 13:51 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: >> Hi Lisi, Brian, Lee, Joe, Neal, Dom, and Ralf, [snip] > > Since you've got knowledge about computers, it will be easy for you to > switch to Linux. You shoul

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2012-10-14 at 13:39 -0700, Go Linux wrote: >> --- On Sun, 10/14/12, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> >> > From: Ralf Mardorf >> > Subject: Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives >> > To: "debian-user" >> > Date: Sunday, October 1

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2012-10-14 at 21:36 +0100, Lisi wrote: >> su >> is enough. > > No, it should be > > su - > >> alt-F2 >> gksu gedit > > That's good > > gksu app > > my recommendation > > su -c app > > isn't good. Ok, I will apply when I log into 'root

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Go Linux wrote: > --- On Sun, 10/14/12, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> From: Ralf Mardorf >> Subject: Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives >> To: "debian-user" >> Date: Sunday, October 14, 2012, 3:24 PM > >> >> alternatively you can run one command >> >

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Lisi wrote: > On Sunday 14 October 2012 16:20:48 Wally Lepore wrote: >> The link starts off by suggesting I log in as user and then enter the >> following initial command. >> >> 1 | su root >> 2 | gedit >> >> I went to

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Don't run a X session as root, this is a security risk. > > Yes, using a terminal emulation is correct, but > >> 1 | su root >> 2 | gedit > > isn't ok. > > You can, but you don't need to add "root", but if you'll launch GUI > stuff like Gedit,

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 9:12 AM, lee wrote: > Wally Lepore writes: > >> I just realized something important. When I set my Debian drive (sdb) >> for partitioning, I used the 'Manual' setup and chose Logical Volume >> Manager (LVM) non-encryption method. &

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 5:57 AM, Dom wrote: > > You might need to install the os-prober package first. Grub2 uses that to > identify other OSes on your system. I haven't installed any pkgs. yet. But will consider that if all else fails. Thanks Dom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ.

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Brian wrote: >> On Sat 13 Oct 2012 at 18:49:14 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: >> >> Debian Squeeze installed successfully ! >> >> The dual-boot did not work but I can boot into either Win2k or Debian >> simply by changing the boot

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

>On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Lisi wrote: >> On Sunday 14 October 2012 00:41:46 Wally Lepore wrote: >> >> Now I can finally join the ranks of Debian users and ask operational >> questions, help others and start the real uphill climb in learning all >> aspects

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:49:14 -0400 > Wally Lepore wrote: > >> >> I can still boot either OS (win2k or Debian) simply by changing the >> boot order in BIOS. Not a big deal. Sure beats swapping drives in and >> out of

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Brian wrote: > On Sat 13 Oct 2012 at 12:15:25 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > >> I only have one shot to get this right or else I have to scrub the >> install and start over. > > Please, no! No more installing from you. We are exhau

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:40:40 -0400 > Wally Lepore wrote: > >> >> If I choose NO to the installer's question as to placing GRUB in the >> MBR of the 1st drive. What are my choices as to where to install it? I >

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Neal Murphy wrote: > On Saturday, October 13, 2012 12:40:40 AM Wally Lepore wrote: >> Hi Debain Users, >> >> I'm at the final stages of Installing NOT Ubuntu but Debian 'Squeeze' >> on my dual-boot system. Windows is in

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

Hi Lisi, Brian, Lee, Joe, Neal, Dom, and Ralf, Your support is very much appreciated. I've read all postings and had trouble keeping up with replying to all my questions that have been so very supportive. I would like to take pause for a moment and kindly update you all on my situation. I did in

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

> Brian wrote: on Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 5:36 AM >> Wally wrote: on Sat 13 Oct 2012 at 18:49:14 -0400 >> I can still boot either OS (win2k or Debian) simply by changing the >> boot order in BIOS. Not a big deal. Sure beats swapping drives in and >> out of the computer. :) > Login as root and run the

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Brian wrote: > > We await your announcement of 'success'. > > P.S. It is (hd1,1). You really do not want to do put GRUB there. It is > not the same as /dev/sdb. Honest. ***SUCCESS ***SUCCESS Debian Squeeze installed successfully ! The du

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Brian wrote: > > We await your announcement of 'success'. > > P.S. It is (hd1,1). You really do not want to do put GRUB there. It is > not the same as /dev/sdb. Honest. ***SUCCESS ***SUCCESS Debian Squeeze installed successfully ! The du

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

Wally wrote: (on Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:15 PM) > I only have one shot at getting this correct. My 2nd hard drive (that > contains Debian) is installed on /dev/sdb and the first partition on > that drive is /boot . I just realized something important. When I set my Debian drive (sdb) for partition

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

Wally wrote: (On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:15 PM) > Should I simply type hd1,1 OR /dev/sdb in the above box and > that should install GRUB to the first /boot partition on the 2nd > drive? To clarify, should I include the parenthesis ( ) as in (hd1,1) and NOT hd1,1 ? Thank you -- To

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Brian wrote: > On Sat 13 Oct 2012 at 00:40:40 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > >> If I choose NO to the installer's question as to placing GRUB in the >> MBR of the 1st drive. What are my choices as to where to install it? I >> don

GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

Hi Debain Users, I'm at the final stages of Installing NOT Ubuntu but Debian 'Squeeze' on my dual-boot system. Windows is installed on the 1st hard drive (/dev/sda) and Debian will be installed on the 2nd hard drive (/dev/sdb). The installer is asking me where I want Grub installed. It says: -b

Re: Debian Squeeze Installer: HTTP proxy server to access outside world?

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:08 PM, staticsafe wrote: > On 10/12/2012 23:05, Wally Lepore wrote: >> Hi Debain Users, >> >> I am nearing the final parts of my Debian 'Squeeze' install and I'm at >> the part (after installing the base system) that says: >

Debian Squeeze Installer: HTTP proxy server to access outside world?

Hi Debain Users, I am nearing the final parts of my Debian 'Squeeze' install and I'm at the part (after installing the base system) that says: -begin- If you need to use a HTTP to access the outside world, enter the proxy information here. Otherwise, leave this blank. -end- I have already have

Boot-loader flag during /boot partition setup 'on' or 'off'?

Hi Debian users, I noticed in the very beginning of the Debian Squeeze installer (under ‘help’) that it said: -begin- In order to start your new system, a so called boot-loader is used. It can be installed either in the master boot record of the first hard disk, or in a partition. When the boot-

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 8:43 AM, lee wrote: > Wally Lepore writes: > >> In order to be sure that Debian installs successfully, I also have a >> USB stick that has the required debian firmware files loaded in the >> event the debian installer asks for it during set-up. &g

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 8:42 AM, lee wrote: > Wally Lepore writes: > >> I forgot to add this additional information. I am installing Debian >> netinst file titled: debian-6.0.6-i386-netinst.iso (32 bit) > > Isn't it better to go 64bit and to use the life installer CD

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 8:38 AM, lee wrote: > Wally Lepore writes: > > Thank you for putting up your questions in such a well made way! I appreciate that. Takes me forever to reply to all posts because I need to make sure my questions are 'somewhat' clear. :-) >>

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 5:01 AM, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 10 October 2012 09:41:28 Brian wrote: >> For the use you will put the OS to I'd stick to your plan. > > Sorry, Wally. I had obviously forgotten something you had said. My bad! no problem :-) Thank you wally -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:57 AM, Lisi wrote: > Directories usually have subdirectories. Let's take /usr/local. There are > three directories specified here. / , usr and mail. That is: root (not to > be confused with root's home directory), the "root" of the directory "tree"; > usr which is a s

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:41 AM, Brian wrote: > You will want to be sure you are partitioning the correct drive. Usually > it is easy to distinguish between them because the drive containing > Windows will probably have an NTFS filesystem on it. You should also > double-check what the drive design

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 3:00 AM, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 09 October 2012 23:41:40 Wally Lepore wrote: >> An interesting side note: Both identical drives are 'Enhanced IDE' >> drives (EIDE). However for some reason during the debian set-up, the >> installer ide

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

On 10/10/2012 03:22 AM, Wally Lepore wrote: >> Based on the above, can a directory/partition be named /usr/local ? >> and /var/mail ? I thought a directory can have only one name (i.e. >> /usr -or- /local -or- /var -or- /mail). On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Linux-Fan

Re: Adding user to dual boot laptop

On Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:53:14 -0700 Gary writes: > I have a Toshiba Qosmio with 2 60 GB hard drives, one with Windows XP and the > other with Debian Squeeze. > I just decided to add my wife as a user to the linux side. For some reason > the login screen won't work. > I set up her account in passwd

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Wolf Halton wrote: > The sizes look sane. > 2*ram=swap If your machine hibernates, all the contents of ram goes to swap. > 15GB / plenty of space. > .5GB Boot partition. Safe enough, but every 3 months or so, check capacity > with df -h as the drive can fill up wit

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Wolf Halton wrote: > Wally, > looks like an ok partitioning scheme. Having /home on its own partition > means you can keep its contents even if you change the linux installed. > Personally, I don't use a /boot partition; I just use / and /home. Hi Wolf, Ok thanks.

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Wally Lepore wrote: > > I have downloaded the netinst iso file and verified the file using > MD5SUM and it passed. I forgot to add this additional information. I am installing Debian netinst file titled: debian-6.0.6-i386-netinst.iso (32 bit) > System

Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

Hi Debian users. I have downloaded the netinst iso file and verified the file using MD5SUM and it passed. I burned the netinst iso image to a CD successfully, booted to the CD and I am currently installing Debian Squeeze. I will be installing debian to its own hard disk in a dual boot set-up. I h

Re: Debian Small CD install "netinst.iso"

>On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Brian wrote: >>On Sun 07 Oct 2012 at 14:05:24 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: >> >> and run that from the USB stick? > > You do not run it, you unzip it. The contents of the zip file then get > unpacked. Yes I understand

Re: Debian Small CD install "netinst.iso"

>> On 7 October 2012 19:05, Wally Lepore wrote: >> >> I'm not understanding please. Do I download the .zip file you >> suggested and run that from the USB stick and that alone will tell me >> if any firmware is needed for my system prior to running the netinst

Re: Debian Small CD install "netinst.iso"

On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Brian wrote: > > You will have a good idea what to expect after reading Chapter 6 of the > guide. > Hi Brian Chapter 6 discusses using the Debian Installer. I am not utilizing the installer. I downloaded the netinst.iso file. Is there a difference? Here is the li

Debian Live to USB on Windows

Hi, I would like to install Debian Live to a USB dtive (thumb drive) on Windows. Will this install work? I am using Debian Live to test my hardware and firmware prior to installing "Squeeze" from a netinst install CD (that I already buned). In the Debian FAQ there is only a mention on how to acco

Re: Debian Small CD install "netinst.iso"

> Lisi wrote: (On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 6:14 AM), > > I have in the past set up a system on which I dual-booted by having > Windows on one HDD and Linux on another. > I then switched between them by changing the boot order in the BIOS. > Easier and quicker than moving disks around. > > I solve the p

Re: Debian Small CD install "netinst.iso"

> Brian wrote: (On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 5:46 AM), > > You will have a good idea what to expect after reading Chapter 6 of the > guide. You will also have prepared for the possible need for firmware by > unzipping the file you get from > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmwa

Re: Debian Small CD install "netinst.iso"

> Chris Bannister wrote: (On Oct, 06, 2012) > > Debian will coexist with other OS's whereas Windows is a selfish OS and > wants everything for itself. > That is why I can't afford a single "trip-up" with upsetting windows. My whole life is on that drive! Sure I have my files backed up but the app

Re: Hash for netinst.iso file

>> On Friday 05 October 2012 20:58:01 Wally Lepore wrote: >> >> May I kindly suggest that Debian provide the "hash code" at the >> location same where the user downloads the netinst.iso file? >> > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Lisi wrote: > > It

Debian Small CD install "netinst.iso"

Hi Members, I just downloaded the Debian netinst.iso file called debian-6.0.6-i386-netinst.iso. The file is only 191 MB because it installs the most basic Debian system. I then acquire the rest via the internet. I was reading the install instructions here: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i3

Re: Hash for netinst.iso file

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: >> >> Go to http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.6/multi-arch/iso-cd/ . >> Chose your preferred flavor. >> Hi Richard, I believe that link was for a different file than what I downloaded. My iso file is for i386 32bit not AMD_64. Thank you k

Re: Hash for netinst.iso file

> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Johan Grönqvist wrote: >> >> I do not find them there either, so I can not help you with that CD. >> > Hi Johan.. to kindly clarify, I was searching for the hash for the "downloaded iso file". Not the install CD. Thank you for helping Johan. I found it here: http

Hash for netinst.iso file

Hi I've downloaded debian-6.0.6-i386-netinst.iso and would like to verify the download. Can anyone please point the way to the "hash" code to verify? I read the FAQ located at: Start at Home Page: Getting Debian --> Download a small installation image --> Installing Debian via the Internet --> t

Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Mat Kovach wrote: > Wally Lepore writes: >> > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Mat Kovach wrote: >> > >> > Here is what I did >> > >> > - Download a program to check MD5SUM on Windows: >> > http://www.pc-tools

Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Wally Lepore wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:49 PM Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I don't know how to do that on Windows. > Don't you have a burning software that will show the MD5sum of the ISO? > If so, simply compare the sum with sum from

Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/MD5SUMS > bdf926d604258ce17dfba0b5ef067f17 debian-6.0.5-i386-netinst.iso > > OT: > http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/MD5SUMS > a213b1d6da1996c677706d843b6ee0f2

Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Shane Johnson wrote: > At the bottom of this page is basic instructions on how to get hashs. Sorry > for the outside of debian but it's what I could find the fastest :P > > http://www.openoffice.org/download/checksums/3.4.0_checksums.html Hi Shane, Ok I'll give

Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Shane Johnson wrote: > If you go back to the directory from the URL I sent > (http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/) you can find > the hashs for whichever format you are most comfortable with. Hi Shane, Ok, I think I'm understanding. In r

Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

that relates to my downloaded iso is: bdf926d604258ce17dfba0b5ef067f17 debian-6.0.5-i386-netinst.iso ok but now what do I do with this hash in regards to the program md5sum.exe and my command prompt in windows? Thanks again Shane? Wally On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Wally Lepore wrote: > On Wed, Sep 2

Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

If you go back to the directory from the URL I sent > (http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/) you can find > the hashs for whichever format you are most comfortable with. > > Shane > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Wally Lepore wrote: >> &

Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

stood from what I linked that it is part of the ISO. I did some > poking around my local mirror and found this : > http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/SHA512SUMS > > Hope this helps. > > Shane > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Wally Lepore

Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

omplete tutorial that explains how to accomplish this otherwise simple procedure that had become difficult for me. Thank you Wally On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Shane Johnson wrote: > Wally, > Try this : http://www.debian.org/CD/verify > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Wally Lepo

md5sum "How-To" for Debian iso download

Hi Members, Been at this for quite some time. I'm new to the application called "md5sum.exe" thus please be patient. I researched the "how-to" and attempted to verify the debian netinst file called, "debian-6.0.5-i386-inetinst.iso" that I downloaded yesterday. I'm using windows 2000 and windows 7

Checksum for iso image netinst i386

>>On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:30:45 +0200, Wally Lepore wrote: > >> I just downloaded the netinst (stable) release of Debian for i386 >> architecture. >> Before I burn the iso image to a CD, I'd like to verify that it was >> downloaded without errors. Can anyone p

Checksum for iso image netinst i386

Hi Members I just downloaded the netinst (stable) release of Debian for i386 architecture. The file will fit on one CD as it is only 180MB. Before I burn the iso image to a CD, I'd like to verify that it was downloaded without errors. Can anyone point the way to the checksum number? source: http