Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Lisi
I need to install Etch (or Etch-and-a-half). I have CD 1. In order to install a fully working Etch I need more than that. So, how can I get: a full set of DVDs, a full set of CDs (ouch) or a working sources list? I have googled, but can get nothing about installing Etch, now it is

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
(or Etch-and-a-half). I have CD 1. In order to > install a fully working Etch I need more than that. > > So, how can I get: a full set of DVDs, a full set of CDs (ouch) or a > working > sources list? > > I have googled, but can get nothing about installing Etch, now it is >

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Lisi
On Monday 28 March 2011 12:37:41 Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Lisi wrote: > > I need to install Etch (or Etch-and-a-half). I have CD 1. In order to > > install a fully working Etch I need more than that. > > > > So, how can I get: a full set of DVDs, a full set of

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
you're welcome! Yeah, but haven't found CD-s archive, just for curiosity, where they might be?... hmm. Regards Roman On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Lisi wrote: > On Monday 28 March 2011 12:37:41 Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Lisi wrote: > > > I

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
ahaa, found it: http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/debian-installer/ On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > you're welcome! > Yeah, but haven't found CD-s archive, just for curiosity, where they might > be?... hmm. > > > Regards > > Roman > > > > On Mon, Mar 28

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
Roman wrote: >you're welcome! >Yeah, but haven't found CD-s archive, just for curiosity, where they might >be?... hmm. http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#old points at http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/ -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com There's

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Lisi
On Monday 28 March 2011 12:37:41 Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > Hi, > > here is repository: > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free > > I guess, if you have CD1 this will be enough, just install it and then > extend with above repository. That repository appears to be non-

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 28 mar 11, 15:11:37, Lisi wrote: > On Monday 28 March 2011 12:37:41 Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > > Hi, > > > > here is repository: > > > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free That's not going to work, since etch is archived. > > I guess, if you have CD1 this will

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-03-28 09:18:31 Andrei Popescu wrote: >On Lu, 28 mar 11, 15:11:37, Lisi wrote: >> On Monday 28 March 2011 12:37:41 Roman Khomasuridze wrote: >> > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free >> >> That repository appears to be non-existent. I couldn't even ping it. :-( >

issues after installing Etch

2007-03-08 Thread subopt
My new install of Etch has a few issues. [1] Even though my keyboard mapping is correct, xterms and rxvt's don't have the Alt key mapped to Meta, like other apps do (emacs/xemacs, etc). Checked the keymapping in xkeycaps, and it was right. How do i fix the way terminals (and console mode, too) rea

Kernel panic installing Etch

2008-03-03 Thread Juan Seet
Hello, I downloaded netinst for AMD64, I tried to install it and I get the following message: Code: 89 d5 81 e5 ff 00 00 00 75 70 48 c1 ea 08 48 8d b3 18 10 00 console shuts up ... <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! System data: Processor: DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 21

dumb question about installing etch....

2006-12-13 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Debianists, If I wanted to install etch as a net install, how do I do this? On the installation web page there is a choice of a weekly snapshot or a daily built image. The daily built image has a netinstall CD in it. Is there a netinstall CD for the weekly one? I have never tried to i

Re: issues after installing Etch

2007-03-09 Thread subopt
On Mar 8, 8:50 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My new install of Etch has a few issues. > > [1] Even though my keyboard mapping is correct, xterms and rxvt's > don't have the Alt key mapped to Meta, like other apps do > (emacs/xemacs, etc). Checked the keymapping in xkeycaps, and it was > right. Ho

Re: Kernel panic installing Etch

2008-03-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 07:50:15PM -0300, Juan Seet wrote: > Hello, I downloaded netinst for AMD64, I tried to install it and I get > the following message: > Code: 89 d5 81 e5 ff 00 00 00 75 70 48 c1 ea 08 48 8d b3 18 10 00 > console shuts up ... > <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing inte

Re: Kernel panic installing Etch

2008-03-03 Thread Juan Seet
The people who lurk on that list are the people who write the > installer and ensure that it boots. They will either know right away > what to do, or will tell you what magical incantation to give the kernel > so that it says something that will help them help you. > > Good luck

Re: Kernel panic installing Etch

2008-03-03 Thread Juan Seet
hat it boots. They will either know right away > > what to do, or will tell you what magical incantation to give the kernel > > so that it says something that will help them help you. > > > > Good luck. > > > > Doug. > > > 0k thanks, I'll sus

Re: Kernel panic installing Etch

2008-03-03 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >> Any idea? Thanks for your time. > > You don't say if this is Sarge, Etch, Lenny, or Sid. Its important. > He did (look in the subject line) say that it was on Etch. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: Kernel panic installing Etch

2008-03-03 Thread Georg Neis
Juan Seet wrote: > I can't find the debian-boot list, maybe you meant > http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/ ? http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel panic installing Etch

2008-03-03 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 03 March 2008 23:50, Juan Seet wrote: > Hello, I downloaded netinst for AMD64, I tried to install it and I get > the following message: > Code: 89 d5 81 e5 ff 00 00 00 75 70 48 c1 ea 08 48 8d b3 18 10 00 > console shuts up ... > <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handl

Re: Kernel panic installing Etch

2008-03-04 Thread Eloillaf Mhamed
Le Monday 03 March 2008 23:01:23 Douglas A. Tutty, vous avez écrit : > On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 07:50:15PM -0300, Juan Seet wrote: > > Hello, I downloaded netinst for AMD64, I tried to install it and I get > > the following message: > > Code: 89 d5 81 e5 ff 00 00 00 75 70 48 c1 ea 08 48 8d b3 18 10

Thanks! was Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Lisi
On Monday 28 March 2011 16:20:18 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > Note that Etch has a number of known, unpatched security vulnerabilities > and receives no real support from the Debian project.  Moving to Lenny > should be made a priority; any time spend working with Etch should be (at > least) mat

Re: dumb question about installing etch....

2006-12-13 Thread andy
Michael Fothergill wrote: Dear Debianists, If I wanted to install etch as a net install, how do I do this? On the installation web page there is a choice of a weekly snapshot or a daily built image. The daily built image has a netinstall CD in it. Is there a netinstall CD for the weekly on

Re: dumb question about installing etch....

2006-12-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 08:34:00PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Dear Debianists, > > If I wanted to install etch as a net install, how do I do this? On the > installation web page there is a choice of a weekly snapshot or a daily > built image. The daily built image has a netinstall CD i

Re: dumb question about installing etch....

2006-12-14 Thread Chris Lale
Michael Fothergill wrote: Dear Debianists, If I wanted to install etch as a net install, how do I do this? On the installation web page there is a choice of a weekly snapshot or a daily built image. The daily built image has a netinstall CD in it. Is there a netinstall CD for the weekly on

Re: dumb question about installing etch....

2006-12-14 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061214 04:26]: > Michael Fothergill wrote: > >Dear Debianists, > > > >If I wanted to install etch as a net install, how do I do this? On > >the installation web page there is a choice of a weekly snapshot or a > >daily built image. The daily built image has a n

Re: dumb question about installing etch....

2006-12-14 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 10:15:57AM +, Chris Lale wrote: > Michael Fothergill wrote: > >Dear Debianists, > > > >If I wanted to install etch as a net install, how do I do this? On > >the installation web page there is a choice of a weekly snapshot or a > >daily built image. The daily built im

Re: dumb question about installing etch....

2006-12-14 Thread Jon Dowland
On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 08:34:00PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > If I wanted to install etch as a net install, how do I do > this? Unless you have good reasons to, don't. Time spent waiting for the full CD-1 to download can be used constructively in your current OS; time waiting for many of t

Re: dumb question about installing etch....

2006-12-15 Thread Chris Lale
Douglas Tutty wrote: On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 10:15:57AM +, Chris Lale wrote: Michael Fothergill wrote: Dear Debianists, If I wanted to install etch as a net install, how do I do this? On the installation web page there is a choice of a weekly snapshot or a daily built image. Th

Re: dumb question about installing etch....

2006-12-15 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 10:18:28AM +, Chris Lale wrote: > Douglas Tutty wrote: > >On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 10:15:57AM +, Chris Lale wrote: > >>Michael Fothergill wrote: > >>>If I wanted to install etch as a net install, how do I do this? On > >>>the installation web page there is a choice

Re: dumb question about installing etch....

2006-12-15 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 09:20:46AM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 10:18:28AM +, Chris Lale wrote: > > Douglas Tutty wrote: > > >On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 10:15:57AM +, Chris Lale wrote: > > >>Michael Fothergill wrote: > > >>>If I wanted to install etch as a net install,

Re: dumb question about installing etch....

2006-12-15 Thread Michael Fothergill
From: Douglas Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: dumb question about installing etch Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:20:46 -0500 On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 10:18:28AM +, Chris Lale wrote: > Douglas Tutty wrote: > >On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 1

Problem installing Etch using local mirror

2011-09-09 Thread Lurker_pas
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian Etch from floppy and local mirror. It fails with message: "The specified Debian archive mirror is either not available, or does not have a valid Release file on it. Please try a different mirror." Before I get bashed for this question, I'd like to explain

problems installing etch: no HD detected

2007-08-31 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi! I need to install etch in a notebook which has MS-Vista installed. I have shrinked the HD (using diskpart from inside Vista) in order to get room for etch. I am using the etch netinstall cd, and the gui-expert mode with the following parameters: "acpi=off pnpbios=off noapic noapm" (I need the

Re:problems installing etch: no HD detected

2007-08-31 Thread ossmaillist
so sorry I sent the reply to the wrong address!it's my first time to use maillist. i meant, for your laptop, perhaps you should use the up-to-date kernel, 2.6.22.* version. it might contain the proper drivers for your hardware. 在2007-08-31,"Marcelo Chiapparini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 写道: Hi! I n

Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-12 Thread john gennard
I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI is fine, but Kde will not launch. Error messages in /var/log/kdm.log indicate that the installer assumed the laptop has a Synaptics Touchpad and this cannot be detected. /proc/bus/input/dev

installing Etch to a USB drive

2005-11-19 Thread fraz
I am trying to install amd64 Etch using the beta 1 release installer onto an 80Gig USB 2.0 Hard Drive. It goes pretty well, the drive is picked up at /dev/sda and installs happilly. Unfortunately it won't boot, and the kernel prints this message: /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No su

Re: Problem installing Etch using local mirror

2011-09-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Lurker_pas wrote: > Then I tried archive.debian.org - failed. I would poke at this more closely. Why is this failing? I have a few obsolete Etch and even Sarge machines still hitting that archive and they are validating the archive okay. Seems to me that part should be working and that problem

Re: Problem installing Etch using local mirror

2011-09-09 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Bob Proulx writes: […] > Another possibility would be Syslinux. The upstream Syslinux site is > down for me at this moment making it hard for me to check docs but as > I recall it still supports floppy disk booting and has a process to > bootstrap a network boot from a floppy disk boo

installing etch on a ibm 8364 netvista

2007-05-13 Thread mess-mate
Hi list, i'd like to install etch on a the above machine... but, that machine have only a hd; no floppy-drive or cdrom. Xubuntu is installed on the hd and boot without any problem. Is there a way to replace xubuntu by etch ?? and how can i do that ? Thanks in advance for any suggestion. mess-mate

Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Peter Robinson
Hi all! I bought a new computer with the following components: Intel Desktop Board DG965WH Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz (6600) ASUS DVD Recorder/DVD optical drive etc I am trying to install Debian Etch but the installer does not recognize the DVD ROM drive and offers the opportunity to add a driver

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-18 Thread john gennard
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 15:30:51 +, john gennard wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] There is one more quick thing that you can try: Go to http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ [snip] I've done that now. The 'auto' search didn't work, but I was able to find in the

Re: problems installing etch: no HD detected

2007-08-31 Thread michael
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Quoting Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi! I need to install etch in a notebook which has MS-Vista installed. I have shrinked the HD (using diskpart from inside Vista) in order to get room for etch. I am using the etch netinstall cd, and the gui-expert mod

Re: problems installing etch: no HD detected

2007-08-31 Thread Pol Hallen
> The installed HD is a Western Diginal Scorpio HD (WD800BEVS), using the > SATA port 1. I wonder if I need any special module to be loaded during > the installation... Hi Maybe, might be a controller problem. So, debian don't see any hard disk. Try switch to shell and do dmesg command. Or try dai

Re: problems installing etch: no HD detected

2007-09-02 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 12:04 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > > I need to install etch in a notebook which has MS-Vista installed. I > have shrinked the HD (using diskpart from inside Vista) in order to get > room for etch. I am using the etch netinstall cd, and the gui-expert > mode with

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:24:54 +, john gennard wrote: > I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch > (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI > is fine, but Kde will not launch. Error messages in > /var/log/kdm.log indicate that the installer assumed the > laptop has

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-12 Thread Max Hyre
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:24:54 +, john gennard wrote: > I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch > (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. I'm writing this from Gnome on my T20---KDE should work just as well once X is running. It finds my Trackpoint, which works fine. I've never tried a

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-13 Thread Anton Piatek
Try www.thinkwiki.org There are great instructions for all flavours of linux on almost all IBM laptops... Anton -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] blog/photos:http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://tastycake.net/~anton/anton.asc) fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-13 Thread john gennard
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:24:54 +, john gennard wrote: I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI is fine, but Kde will not launch. Error messages in /var/log/kdm.log indicate that the installer assumed

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 14:02:20 +, john gennard wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:24:54 +, john gennard wrote: > > > >>I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch > >>(Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI > >>is fine, but Kde will not l

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-14 Thread john gennard
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 14:02:20 +, john gennard wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:24:54 +, john gennard wrote: I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI is fine, but Kde

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-14 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:06:12 +, john gennard wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] > >What is your graphics card? Please find the relevant lines in the output > >of "lspci" and post them here (lines mentioning "VGA", "graphic(s)" or > >"display"). > > The only reference to VGA etc is:- >

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-14 Thread john gennard
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:06:12 +, john gennard wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] What is your graphics card? Please find the relevant lines in the output of "lspci" and post them here (lines mentioning "VGA", "graphic(s)" or "display"). The only reference to

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-14 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 22:23:53 +, john gennard wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] > >Normally when X is started during boot by [xkg]dm and it fails then you > >are just returned to the command prompt. If your box locks up completely > >then there might be something really wrong with the g

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-15 Thread john gennard
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 22:23:53 +, john gennard wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] Normally when X is started during boot by [xkg]dm and it fails then you are just returned to the command prompt. If your box locks up completely then there might be something real

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-15 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 09:13:16 +, john gennard wrote: [...] > This morning, I reconfigured X using the 'vesa' driver and you > were perfectly right in your supposition. It now boots directly into > Gnome (some tweaking will be necessary - the display is not very good > due no doubt to some

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-16 Thread john gennard
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 09:13:16 +, john gennard wrote: [...] This morning, I reconfigured X using the 'vesa' driver and you were perfectly right in your supposition. It now boots directly into Gnome (some tweaking will be necessary - the display is not very good d

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-17 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:06:12AM +, john gennard wrote: > Section "Device" > Identifier "S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV" > Driver "savage" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSection I would try changing the line: Driver "savage" to Driv

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-17 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 15:30:51 +, john gennard wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] > >There is one more quick thing that you can try: Go to > > > >http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ > > > >and copy/paste your "lspci -n" output into the form. You will get a list > >of known drivers for your hardw

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-17 Thread Max Hyre
Florian Kulzer wrote: > (You need the packages xserver-xorg-video-s3 and > xserver-xorg-video-s3virge to have them available. FWIW, the only X server package I've got installed on my T20 is xserver-xorg-video-savage, which seems to work fine. -- Best wishes, Max Hy

Installing Etch and upgrading or Lenny directly

2007-12-10 Thread Guillermo Garron
bandwidth installing etch and then go to lenny, but I am talking about the Debian itself) BTW, what is the difference between having in my sources.list etch vs stable or lenny vs testing ? I suppose that using testing I will always stay on testing no matter when Lenny becomes stable, but

Re: installing Etch to a USB drive

2005-11-22 Thread fraz
fraz wrote: I am trying to install amd64 Etch using the beta 1 release installer onto an 80Gig USB 2.0 Hard Drive. It goes pretty well, the drive is picked up at /dev/sda and installs happilly. Unfortunately it won't boot, and the kernel prints this message: /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/c

Re: installing etch on a ibm 8364 netvista

2007-05-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
mess-mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > i'd like to install etch on a the above machine... > but, that machine have only a hd; no floppy-drive or cdrom. > Xubuntu is installed on the hd and boot without any problem. > Is there a way to replace xubuntu by etch ?? and how can i do that ? >

Re: installing etch on a ibm 8364 netvista

2007-05-13 Thread mess-mate
e xubuntu system and then recreate new partitions and installing etch into ? (without the debootstrap of course) mess-mate -- You will be awarded some great honor. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: installing etch on a ibm 8364 netvista

2007-05-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
ootstrap should do the trick. > | > Do you mean creating a debootstrap and when logging into, deleting > the xubuntu system and then recreate new partitions and installing > etch into ? > (without the debootstrap of course) Well I don't know your setup, but I know debootstrap was bui

Installing Etch on a VME PPC CPU Board

2007-05-30 Thread SHS
After running the default install from SCSI CDROM on an MVME2700-3361 the GUI will not start. It fails with "No screens found." The video card is a Motorola MPMC301 with a Cirrus Logic GD5446 chip. I've tried two of the MPMC301. I've used an MVME2604-1361 with the MPMC301 VGA card and a

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Peter Robinson wrote: Hi all! I bought a new computer with the following components: Intel Desktop Board DG965WH Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz (6600) ASUS DVD Recorder/DVD optical drive etc I am trying to install Debian Etch but the installer does not recognize the DVD ROM drive and offers the opp

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Thias
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:45:41AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Peter Robinson wrote: > >Hi all! > > > >I bought a new computer with the following components: > >Intel Desktop Board DG965WH > >Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz (6600) > >ASUS DVD Recorder/DVD optical drive > >etc > > > >I am trying to in

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Peter Robinson
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 02:17:33PM +, Thias wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:45:41AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Peter Robinson wrote: > > >Hi all! > > > > > >I bought a new computer with the following components: > > >Intel Desktop Board DG965WH > > >Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz (6600) >

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Thias
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 04:22:07PM +0200, Peter Robinson wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 02:17:33PM +, Thias wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:45:41AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > Peter Robinson wrote: > > > >Hi all! > > > > > > > >I bought a new computer with the following componen

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Frank McCormick
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:22:07 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Robinson) wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 02:17:33PM +, Thias wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:45:41AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > Peter Robinson wrote: > > > >Hi all! > > > > > > > >I bought a new computer with the foll

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Peter Robinson
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 12:51:00PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:22:07 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Robinson) wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 02:17:33PM +, Thias wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:45:41AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > Peter Robins

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Frank McCormick
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:46:23 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Robinson) wrote: > > > > > >I bought a new computer with the following components: > > > > > >Intel Desktop Board DG965WH > > > > > >Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz (6600) > > > > > >ASUS DVD Recorder/DVD optical drive > > > > > > > > > It is

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Peter Robinson
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 03:22:19PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:46:23 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Robinson) wrote: > > > > > > > >I bought a new computer with the following components: > > > > > > >Intel Desktop Board DG965WH > > > > > > >Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz (6

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Frank McCormick
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:02:44 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Robinson) wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 03:22:19PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:46:23 +0200 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Robinson) wrote: > > > > > > > > > >I bought a new computer with the following compon

Fwd: Installing Etch and upgrading or Lenny directly

2007-12-13 Thread David Fox
-- Forwarded message -- From: David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:41:37 -0800 Subject: Re: Installing Etch and upgrading or Lenny directly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/10/07, Guillermo Garron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After almost a year with

Re: Installing Etch on a VME PPC CPU Board

2007-05-30 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 10:56:40PM -0500, SHS wrote: [snipped lamentable failure of x system] > > > Is there a way to get the boot process to skip the IDE probe, the board is > booting from the SCSI port and hangs for several minutes while trying to > look at the IDE hardware which I don't thi

Re: Installing Etch on a VME PPC CPU Board

2007-05-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/30/07 22:56, SHS wrote: After running the default install from SCSI CDROM on an MVME2700-3361 the GUI will not start. It fails with "No screens found." > The video card is a Motorola MPMC301 with a Cirrus Logic GD5446 chip. I've tried two of the MPMC301. I've used an MVME2604-1361 with

Installing Etch onto a laptop w/out CD device

2007-02-15 Thread andy
Good day I have an old-ish laptop with a dodgy CD-device, onto which I want to install Etch. I am using Etch on my desktop and the laptop is connected to the same LAN that my desktop is on. Is there anyway that I can exploit this arrangement to enable me to install onto the laptop? Thanks fo

Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Mirto Silvio Busico
Hi all, How cai I select Kde instead of Gnome during a fresh install? For now I have to install the base system and then install Kde. Then I have to swicth the login interface. Any hint? Thanks Mirto -- __ Mirto Silvio Busico

Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-09 Thread Hal Vaughan
I don't think the hardware is going to be the issue here. I'm pretty sure it's a config issue. I have a Soekris Net5501 box I'm installing Etch on. I'm hooked up to the box with a null modem cable for the console and it's also hooked up to my LAN. I'v

Re: Installing Etch onto a laptop w/out CD device

2007-02-15 Thread Alan Ianson
On Thu February 15 2007 09:38, andy wrote: > Good day > > I have an old-ish laptop with a dodgy CD-device, onto which I want to > install Etch. I am using Etch on my desktop and the laptop is connected > to the same LAN that my desktop is on. Is there anyway that I can > exploit this arrangement to

Re: Installing Etch onto a laptop w/out CD device

2007-02-15 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 05:38:28PM +, andy wrote: > Good day > > I have an old-ish laptop with a dodgy CD-device, onto which I want to > install Etch. I am using Etch on my desktop and the laptop is connected > to the same LAN that my desktop is on. Is there anyway that I can > exploit this

Re: Installing Etch onto a laptop w/out CD device

2007-02-15 Thread Albert Dengg
andy wrote: Good day I have an old-ish laptop with a dodgy CD-device, onto which I want to install Etch. I am using Etch on my desktop and the laptop is connected to the same LAN that my desktop is on. Is there anyway that I can exploit this arrangement to enable me to install onto the laptop

Re: Installing Etch onto a laptop w/out CD device

2007-02-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:38:28 + andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good day > > I have an old-ish laptop with a dodgy CD-device, onto which I want to > install Etch. I am using Etch on my desktop and the laptop is > connected to the same LAN that my desktop is on. Is there anyway that > I can

Re: Installing Etch onto a laptop w/out CD device

2007-02-16 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:38:28 +, andy wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Good day > > I have an old-ish laptop with a dodgy CD-device, onto which I want to > install Etch. I am using Etch on my desktop and the laptop is > connected to the same LAN that my desktop is on. Is there anyway

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Joey Hess
Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > How cai I select Kde instead of Gnome during a fresh install? Type "install tasksel/first=kde-desktop" at the installer's boot prompt. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 8/22/06, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > How cai I select Kde instead of Gnome during a fresh install? Type "install tasksel/first=kde-desktop" at the installer's boot prompt. Hi Joey, If the user wants to use the GUI frontend it would be ''installgui tas

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Joey Hess
Gustavo Franco wrote: > If the user wants to use the GUI frontend it would be ''installgui > tasksel/first=kde-desktop', right? > > Couldn't we change the options adding 'installdesktop', > 'installguidesktop', 'installdesktopkde' and 'installguidesktopkde' ? Sounds like a combinational explosion

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 8/22/06, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: > If the user wants to use the GUI frontend it would be ''installgui > tasksel/first=kde-desktop', right? > > Couldn't we change the options adding 'installdesktop', > 'installguidesktop', 'installdesktopkde' and 'installguide

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Joey Hess
Gustavo Franco wrote: > When leaving a conference, being asked 'hey, how can i install > kde/gnome desktop by default?' i would be able to answer 'type > installdesktop or installdesktopkde and press enter'. This is way more > user friendly than 'install tasksel/first=gnome-desktop' that a human >

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 8/22/06, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: > When leaving a conference, being asked 'hey, how can i install > kde/gnome desktop by default?' i would be able to answer 'type > installdesktop or installdesktopkde and press enter'. This is way more > user friendly than 'i

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-23 Thread Mirto Silvio Busico
First of all, thanks to you all. I've tried "installgui acpi=off tasksel/first=kde-desktop" The installation starts without complaining, but kde is not installed. Searching with synaptic, there is no metapackage called kde-desktop. I mispelled something? There is any documentation about the boot

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-09 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Thursday 09 October 2008, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I don't think the hardware is going to be the issue here. I'm pretty > sure it's a config issue. > > I have a Soekris Net5501 box I'm installing Etch on. I'm hooked up > to the box with a null modem cable f

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-09 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:28:43PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I don't think the hardware is going to be the issue here. I'm pretty > sure it's a config issue. > > I have a Soekris Net5501 box I'm installing Etch on. I'm hooked up to > the box with a n

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-09 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:28:43PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I don't think the hardware is going to be the issue here. I'm > > pretty sure it's a config issue. > > > > I have a Soekris Net5501 box I&#

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-09 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:28:43PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: ... > > I thought it might be a baud rate issue. The 5501 starts with > > 19200 baud, so I altered pxelinux.cfg/default to use the same speed > > and to specify the right console (before

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-11 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 01:06:41AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > Where is the actual install media? > > That's one thing I'm not clear about. Not one article I've found on the > web that has explained this has said where to put any install media

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-12 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 05:12:47AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Saturday 11 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 01:06:41AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > > On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > > Where is the actual install media? > > > > > > That's one t

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-12 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Saturday 11 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 01:06:41AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > Where is the actual install media? > > > > That's one thing I'm not clear about. Not one article I've found > > on the web that

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-12 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Sunday 12 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 05:12:47AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > On Saturday 11 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 01:06:41AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > > > On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > > > W

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