Re: make boot floppy problem Deb1.3

1997-06-18 Thread compwiz
On Wed, 18 Jun 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm experiencing problems installing Debian1.3 from scratch. > I followed the Debian1.3 installation guide and opted to > install with floppy disks. > > Everything went swiftly untill I reached the point : > Make a Boot floppy > After introduc

Re: linux 2.1.x -- poor multitasking?

1997-06-18 Thread compwiz
On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Does anyone else find the multitasking in Linux 2.1.42 and thereabouts > pretty bad? My system is a Cyrix 6x86-P150+ with 32mb, and while > I'm compiling the kernel for example, other processes run very > slowly, especially when accessing the disk; it

FAT 32

1997-06-17 Thread compwiz
I just upgraded my FAT 16 partition to FAT32, but now I can't mount it in Linux, be the filesystem is unknown. Is there a package or module that will let me mount my partionion? Thanks. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mai

Disk Maintenance

1997-06-16 Thread compwiz
What packages are used to repair logical disk errors (a Linux version of Norton Disk Doctor?) and to defragment my Linux partition? And how are they used? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Colors

1997-06-16 Thread compwiz
How do you make colors appear in a directory and BASH prompt? I played with the values in dircolors, but nothing happened. Thanks -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: x & tty0

1997-06-16 Thread compwiz
On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: > > after installing, and running xf86config, i get errors trying to launch: > > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) > > gpmconfig successfully finds the mouse at /dev/ttyS0, and it works. > > I've

Re: Xemacs wont install

1997-06-16 Thread compwiz
> >From: Carl Flippin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Date: Monday, June 16, 1997 2:40 PM >Subject: Xemacs wont install >When I did my initial debian installation, I chose to install emacs >ratger that Xemacs because I wasn't sure if I would be running >Xwindows. Now th

Upgradeing to 1.3 (fwd)

1997-06-16 Thread compwiz
I currently have Debian 1.2. I followed the instruction to upgrade the dpkg tool, but I don't know which packages download, to actually install Debian 1.3. Thanks -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED