Re: Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

2010-06-30 Thread cjns1989
Maybe he means "put" the usual "contents" of /var (cache, spool, log..) in a given partition? Hence, his question re: more than one /var. If that is what he wants (needs?), there's nothing preventing him from defining separate mount points and partitions for each sub-directory of /var at install

Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-28 Thread cjns1989
I ran into this problem with two different chips in the past, and on both occasions, the X driver was the guilty party. No idea if this will help narrow it down in your case, but since the test takes about five minutes... As to "that" buggy, how many linux users depend on this feature... know ab

Re: grub2 and USB

2010-06-27 Thread cjns1989
Yes. Search for "usb device not seen by grub" in the grub-devel ml - dec. 2009. It was rather messy back then - maybe they've improved it. -- Original Message -- From: "T o n g" mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com Date: Jun. 27 2010 04:57PM Subject: grub2 and USB Hi, Anybody knows if grub

Fw: Re: Re: switching to console and zapping

2010-06-27 Thread cjns1989
-- Original Message -- From: cjns1...@gmail.com Date: Jun. 27 2010 02:26PM Subject: Re: Re: switching to console and zapping buggy video driver? try Driver "vesa" in device section of xorg.conf. -- Original Message -- From: "lee" l...@yun.yagibdah.de Date: Jun.