Linux install bug

2012-07-02 Thread greenstar
Hi, I'd like to start by apologising if this is in the wrong place. I have looked, and not found a beginners/install problems place. Meanwhile I discover this glitch goes back at least to 2005. Please help me recover my faith in Debian/Linux. I'm a 'straight out of the box' user, fail

Re: Linux install bug

2012-07-02 Thread Lisi
On Monday 02 July 2012 12:51:53 greens...@care4free.net wrote: Also, please, someone explain why this slightly fundamental glitch is still present after what ... seven years or more? I have never had this problem, and have used the 6.0.5 netinstall frequently. Perhaps there is something

Re: Linux install bug

2012-07-02 Thread Gary Dale
On 02/07/12 07:51 AM, greens...@care4free.net wrote: Hi, I'd like to start by apologising if this is in the wrong place. I have looked, and not found a beginners/install problems place. Meanwhile I discover this glitch goes back at least to 2005. Please help me recover my faith in

Re: Re: Dell Inspiron 4000: Linux Install Fails

2006-03-13 Thread Paul Romero
Hi Chouck: I am not sure if I replied to you correctly before so here are my concerns. I assume version 2.6 and the Sarge release are basically the same thing. Do you remember what drivers--such as xserver-svga--you used as a driver for the ATI RAGE M3 Mobility LF AGP card ? I assume from what

Dell Inspiron 4000: Linux Install Fails

2006-03-10 Thread Paul Romero
Dear User Group: I have not been able to completely install Debian Linux successfully on a Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop. The main hindrance seems to be the video chip/card which is an ATI RAGE MOBILITY M3 AGP 2X LF. The installation was attempted with the Potato 2.2 CD set. Almost everything except

Re: Dell Inspiron 4000: Linux Install Fails

2006-03-10 Thread chouck
I have put 2.6 on a DEll 4000 including sound. I don't have the directions or laptop any more. If I recall I got the sound working with ALSA and changing permissions on sound objects in /dev. Dear User Group: I have not been able to completely install Debian Linux successfully on a Dell

Re: Dell Inspiron 4000: Linux Install Fails

2006-03-10 Thread news
Salve Paul! On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 11:55:48AM -0800, Paul Romero wrote: Dear User Group: I have not been able to completely install Debian Linux successfully on a Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop. The main hindrance seems to be the video chip/card which is an ATI RAGE MOBILITY M3 AGP 2X LF. I'm

Re: Dell Inspiron 4000: Linux Install Fails

2006-03-10 Thread Kent West
Paul Romero wrote: I have not been able to completely install Debian Linux successfully on a Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop. The main hindrance seems to be the video chip/card which is an ATI RAGE MOBILITY M3 AGP 2X LF. The installation was attempted with the Potato 2.2 CD set. Almost everything

Mes débuts avec Linux - install de carte wireless sous Debian

2005-03-01 Thread Will
Bonjour à tous, Je viens de rejoindre la communauté Debian depuis peu mais j'espère pour longtemps. J'ai décidé d'apprendre Linux par cette distrib. Désolé si mes questions vous paraissent un peu limites mais je débute. J'ai un vieux PC avec une carte Linksys WMP54G en PCI. j'ai fini par lancé

Re: Mes débuts avec Linux - install de carte wireless sous Debian

2005-03-01 Thread NaiosKAE{FR}
Will a écrit : Bonjour à tous, Je viens de rejoindre la communauté Debian depuis peu mais j'espère pour longtemps. J'ai décidé d'apprendre Linux par cette distrib. Désolé si mes questions vous paraissent un peu limites mais je débute. J'ai un vieux PC avec une carte Linksys WMP54G en PCI. j'ai

[meio-off] Guxlle realiza seu III Linux Install Fest em Joinville

2003-10-06 Thread Luiz Antonio Cassetari Vieira Filho
O GUXLLE (Grupo de Usuários Linux de Joinville) estará promovendo o seu III Linux Install Fest de Joinville/SC, no próximo dia 11/10/2003 (sábado), das 8:30 às 12:00 horas. O Linux Install Fest ocorrerá no laboratório N12 do IST (Instituto Superior Tupy), localizado na Rua Albano Schmidt, no.

Newbee Dual Linux Install and Lilo question...

2002-12-09 Thread Kris
Ok I have a fully installed and functioning debian install of Linux on 1 partition. I now have a second partition of 700mb that I want to install a second fully functional debian on. I was going to do this via the cd and have it install on the second partition this time. Do I need to make any

Linux Install

2001-06-16 Thread Shyam Ramachandran
Can I install Linux Debian in Compaq Presario Pentium II, 128 MB Ram

Re: Linux Install

2001-06-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 12:18:00PM -0400, Shyam Ramachandran ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Can I install Linux Debian in Compaq Presario Pentium II, 128 MB Ram Probably, though you're providing nowhere near sufficient information to answer the question. The level of system support you'll get

Debian/gnu Linux Install

2000-09-26 Thread Jeremy S. Warn
Having tremendous difficulty installing onto harddrive. I completely cleaned my system off, and I'm now stuck with a pc that won't boot off the partitions that the software setup, and, due to loss of drivers, I can't read the CD I bought. I'm VERY desperate for assistance Jeremy S. Warn

Re: Debian/gnu Linux Install

2000-09-26 Thread Leen Besselink
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Jeremy S. Warn wrote: Having tremendous difficulty installing onto harddrive. I completely cleaned my system off, and I'm now stuck with a pc that won't boot off the partitions that the software setup, and, due to loss of drivers, I can't read the CD I bought. I'm

Re: Debian/gnu Linux Install

2000-09-26 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Jeremy S. Warn wrote: Having tremendous difficulty installing onto harddrive. I completely cleaned my system off, and I'm now stuck with a pc that won't boot off the partitions that the software setup, if you completely cleaned your hard drive off, it's unclear why

Re: Debian/gnu Linux Install

2000-09-26 Thread James
This is not a bug list server, but a user-list server. so He was not irresponsible James Peter Jay Salzman wrote: On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Jeremy S. Warn wrote: Having tremendous difficulty installing onto harddrive. I completely cleaned my system off, and I'm now stuck with a pc that won't

RE: Debian/gnu Linux Install

2000-09-26 Thread Dexter Graphic
-Original Message- From: Jeremy S. Warn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 12:44 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Debian/gnu Linux Install Having tremendous difficulty installing onto harddrive. I completely cleaned my system off, and I'm now stuck

Re: Debian/gnu Linux Install

2000-09-26 Thread Colin Watson
James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter Jay Salzman wrote: it's irresponsible to mail a request for help to a bugs listserve. you haven't found a bug. you just don't know what to do. This is not a bug list server, but a user-list server. so He was not irresponsible From: Jeremy S. Warn [EMAIL

Re: newbie question concerning linux install

2000-09-03 Thread Paul T.McNally
Richard Swen wrote: NTFS: 5GB NTFS: 4GB Linux Swap: 256MB Linux EXT2: 4GB Are you contemplating dual dooting between Windows NT and Linux? NT does not like to share the machine with other operating systems. Hard to believe isn't it? I was completely shocked when I tried once. It

Re: newbie question concerning linux install

2000-09-03 Thread Pollywog
On 03-Sep-2000 Paul T.McNally wrote: Are you contemplating dual dooting between Windows NT and Linux? NT does not like to share the machine with other operating systems. Hard to believe isn't it? I was completely shocked when I tried once. It really changed my perception of Microsoft. I

RE: newbie question concerning linux install

2000-09-03 Thread J.T. Wenting
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 September 2000 21:42 To: debian-users Subject: Re: newbie question concerning linux install On 03-Sep-2000 Paul T.McNally wrote: Are you contemplating dual dooting between Windows NT and Linux

Re: newbie question concerning linux install

2000-09-03 Thread Esko Lehtonen
On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 10:04:28PM +0200, J.T. Wenting wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Maybe MicroBilly does not want people to try different OS's. He does want you to try other OSs, but rather to do it on a permanent basis.iow,

newbie question concerning linux install

2000-09-01 Thread Richard Swen
Currently with much effort I have been able to finish part of the install on my computer configured as follows: p3 550mhz 128megs of ram vodoo 3 3000 soundblaster live 3com 3c905c Maxtor 13.0gig UDMA/66 ABIT BE-6 II Motherboard IOMEGA 250MB Zip Drive 3com 56K Fax/Voice/Data Modem Currently I

Re: newbie question concerning linux install

2000-09-01 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 09:06:59AM -0700, Richard Swen wrote: I can complete every thing but make the drive bootable. When I try to make the hard drive bootable, it seem like the CDROM is detected as having the MBR. I may be mistaken on the device names but here is what I remember.

Re: Win98 won't shutdown after Linux install

2000-08-23 Thread Nate Amsden
in the middle, but the machine is totally unresponsive. I have to do a hard boot to get things going again. None of my Linux install are affected, and after cleaning itself up, Win98 seems fine, too. I realize this is NOT a M$ support list. But I thought I might find a kind soul here who has

Re: Win98 won't shutdown after Linux install

2000-08-23 Thread USM Bish
VMM(01) + 41EF. The current application will be terminated. After pressing any key, the screen reverts to a blank green background with the mouse pointer in the middle, but the machine is totally unresponsive. I have to do a hard boot to get things going again. None of my Linux install

Win98 won't shutdown after Linux install

2000-08-21 Thread Jonathan Neufeld
pointer in the middle, but the machine is totally unresponsive. I have to do a hard boot to get things going again. None of my Linux install are affected, and after cleaning itself up, Win98 seems fine, too. I realize this is NOT a M$ support list. But I thought I might find a kind soul here who

[PADS] The Corel LINUX Install Process: Under the Hood

2000-02-11 Thread Chris Fearnley
The Philadelphia Area Debian Society (PADS) (http://www.CJFearnley.com/pads/) presents The Corel LINUX Install Process: Under the Hood When: Wednesday 16 February 2000, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Speaker

Re: [PADS] The Corel LINUX Install Process: Under the Hood

2000-02-11 Thread Ron
Finally, we will discuss procedures for converting an existing Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 system into a Corel LINUX system. ..should I bring a copy of the GPL and a bottle of correction fluid then??

Re: [PADS] The Corel LINUX Install Process: Under the Hood

2000-02-11 Thread CHAN Kin Poon
@lists.debian.org; debian-user@lists.debian.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 11:24 AM Subject: [PADS] The Corel LINUX Install Process: Under the Hood The Philadelphia Area Debian Society (PADS) (http://www.CJFearnley.com/pads

Re: [PADS] The Corel LINUX Install Process: Under the Hood

2000-02-11 Thread Patrick Kirk
- From: CHAN Kin Poon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chris Fearnley [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-devel@lists.debian.org; debian-user@lists.debian.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [PADS] The Corel LINUX Install Process: Under the Hood Greetings to all, I'm

Re: Linux Install

1999-06-08 Thread Decklin Foster
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the /main directory from the stable area on the Debian.org FTP site and burned that to a CD, less the devel section. (This and the disks directory almost fill one CD.) This is almost always not necessary; you can download the essentail files from

sony vaio 505 cdrom linux install problems

1999-04-15 Thread Lindsay Morris
I'm trying to install from the debian GNU/Linux release 2.1 CDROM. The CDROM is the Sony PCGA-CD5, the vaio-branded PCMCIA CDROM. The Vaio boots from the CDROM with the Linux install CD in it, and starts the installation - but when it gets to the Install Base OS Kernal step, it asks me where

Re: sony vaio 505 cdrom linux install problems

1999-04-15 Thread Adam Klein
On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 02:49:10PM -0400, Lindsay Morris wrote: I'm trying to install from the debian GNU/Linux release 2.1 CDROM. The CDROM is the Sony PCGA-CD5, the vaio-branded PCMCIA CDROM. The Vaio boots from the CDROM with the Linux install CD in it, and starts the installation

WinNT and Linux install question

1999-03-30 Thread rathon
Hi, Using Debian2.0. My home installation with Linux and Win95 works perfectly. Now I am trying to install Linux on my NT machine at work. For my home installation, I used CD-ROM method for installation and this is what I did: 1)Copy all the CD-ROM drivers from autoexec.bat and config.sys files

Re: WinNT and Linux install question

1999-03-30 Thread Will Lowe
I do not know how to configure the PC to boot from the CD-ROM. Reboot the machine. After the screen goes blank and it beeps, it'll probably count memory and they'll be a note on the screen that says Press DEL to enter SETUP or something. Some computers use CTRL-ALT-F1 instead of delete or

Re: WinNT and Linux install question

1999-03-30 Thread Kent West
rathon wrote: Hi, Using Debian2.0. My home installation with Linux and Win95 works perfectly. Now I am trying to install Linux on my NT machine at work. For my home installation, I used CD-ROM method for installation and this is what I did: 1)Copy all the CD-ROM drivers from autoexec.bat

Debian Linux Install -

1999-03-04 Thread Bob Goodwin
Can anyone help me/ I downloaded the files as suggested to Drive C, made the Rescue disk, and can go through install to the point where it asks me to - CHOOSE DEBIAN ARCHIVE PATH Please choose the path inside the hard disk file system where the Debian archive resides. /debian ___ I

Re: Debian Linux Install -

1999-03-04 Thread Andrei Ivanov
Can anyone help me/ I downloaded the files as suggested to Drive C, made the Rescue disk, and can go through install to the point where it asks me to - CHOOSE DEBIAN ARCHIVE PATH If I remember correctly, this is asking you where all the base files are stored on the disk. Now, C disk for

Re: Debian Linux Install -

1999-03-04 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 3/4/99 11:02:38 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I downloaded the files as suggested to Drive C, made the Rescue disk, and can go through install to the point where it asks me to - CHOOSE DEBIAN ARCHIVE PATH Please choose the path inside the

Re: Debian Linux Install -

1999-03-04 Thread Ian Keith Setford
If I remember correctly, this is asking you where all the base files are stored on the disk. Now, C disk for Windows is /dev/hda for Linux, but you need to insluce the partition # as well. If you are not sure, fdisk and see where the Windows resides, but generally it's on /dev/hda1 So,

Re: Debian Linux Install -

1999-03-04 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Ian Keith Setford wrote: If I remember correctly, this is asking you where all the base files are stored on the disk. Now, C disk for Windows is /dev/hda for Linux, but you need to insluce the partition # as well. If you are not sure, fdisk and see where the

How download linux install kernal?

1998-12-15 Thread Blair Kelly
I am having difficulty downloading the Debian linux install kernal. I am using Netscape 4.5 under Windows98. I have been able to successfully download the other installaion files: root.bin, base2_0.tgz, drv1440.bin, resc1440.bin, and loadlin.exe. Yet, when I have Netscape download from ftp

Re: How download linux install kernal?

1998-12-15 Thread Andrew Ivanov
No special instructions, just Shift+Left button to save it on disk. Andrew Never include a comment that will help | Andrew Ivanov someone else understand your code. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] If they understand it, they don't

Re: How download linux install kernal?

1998-12-15 Thread Blair Kelly
Andrew Ivanov wrote: No special instructions, just Shift+Left button to save it on disk. I thank you for your suggestion. Yet when I tried it, I got a file that is 689K long while the file while downloading says it is only 688K long. (Should I be worried?) And it still appears as a Netscape

Re: How download linux install kernal?

1998-12-15 Thread Kent West
On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Blair Kelly wrote: Andrew Ivanov wrote: No special instructions, just Shift+Left button to save it on disk. I thank you for your suggestion. Yet when I tried it, I got a file that is 689K long while the file while downloading says it is only 688K long. (Should I

Re: Linux install error

1998-10-11 Thread Frank Barknecht
Shane S. hat gesagt: // Shane S. wrote: I am trying to install debian linux on this laptop i have. When I bootup with boot disk, i get the following error. Parition check: hda: attemtp to access beyond end of device 03:01: rw=0, want=2, limit=0 [... and so on] And it sits there forever.

Linux install error

1998-10-09 Thread Shane S.
    I am trying to install debian linux on this laptop i have.   When I bootup with boot disk, i get the following error.   Parition check: hda: attemtp to access beyond end of device 03:01: rw=0, want=2, limit=0 EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock attempt to access

Re: Linux install problem

1998-06-15 Thread Ed Cogburn
Shanta McBain wrote: Hi I have a HD 350 meg Caviar 2340. I cannot change the partitions. Fdisk says that there are two partition The dos primary and a extended secondary. It reports that there are logical partitions on the secondary. Cant delete the secondary partition as the logical

Re: Linux install problem

1998-06-15 Thread damon
Greets, Fdisk can delete the logical partitions, but its a separate option (delete logical vs. delete primary). Try DOS's fdisk again, and delete the logical partitions first, then delete the extended partition (DOS won't let you delete an extended partition untill all logical

Re: Linux install problem

1998-06-15 Thread Shanta McBain
After trying everything that fdisk had to offer I used cfdisk and it did what it was supped to do. Where fdisk fell sort of the mark cfdisk didn't. I am up and running again. Installing with out a cd is a major headache. I have to down load with the windows machine, transfer the file to a disk

Linux install problem

1998-06-14 Thread Shanta McBain
Hi I have a HD 350 meg Caviar 2340. I cannot change the partitions. Fdisk says that there are two partition The dos primary and a extended secondary. It reports that there are logical partitions on the secondary. Cant delete the secondary partition as the logical partitions exist. likely the

Re: Linux install problem

1998-06-14 Thread dg
On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Shanta McBain wrote: I have a HD 350 meg Caviar 2340. I cannot change the partitions. Fdisk says that there are two partition The dos primary and a extended secondary. It reports that there are logical partitions on the secondary. Cant delete the secondary partition as

Re: Help w/ Linux install

1998-06-13 Thread Michael Beattie
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: [snip] Assuming the partitions are all on the same drive, in Linux they will be identified as: C: - /dev/hda1 D: - /dev/hda2 E: - /dev/hda3 Wouldn't it be: C: - /dev/hda1 EXT DOS: - /dev/hda2 D: - /dev/hda5 E: - /dev/hda6 If I remember

Help w/ Linux install

1998-06-12 Thread Mark A. Zottola
I have a question which I can not seem to find an answer from the online documentation, FAQs, etc. I would like to install Linux on a PC which has 3, 2-GB partitions. Partition C contains my required corporate (ugh) Microsoft Software. Partition D holds the Debian distribution and Partition E is

Re: Help w/ Linux install

1998-06-12 Thread Martin Str|mberg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: : I have a question which I can not seem to find an answer from the online : documentation, FAQs, etc. : : I would like to install Linux on a PC which has 3, 2-GB partitions. : Partition C contains my required corporate (ugh) Microsoft Software. : :

Re: Help w/ Linux install

1998-06-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Mark A. Zottola wrote: I have a question which I can not seem to find an answer from the online documentation, FAQs, etc. I would like to install Linux on a PC which has 3, 2-GB partitions. Partition C contains my required corporate (ugh) Microsoft Software.

Re: Pgp 5.0 Linux Install Question..

1998-01-29 Thread Steven Morrill
Hello All, Sorry if this too far off topic, but I thought there might be others out there with the same questions, or possibly some answers. Devon, I'm not completely clear on a couple of things with pgp yet... By way of explanation, I'm really a newbie at Linux, having migrated over from

Re: New Linux Install

1997-10-31 Thread Lindsay Allen
The trick here is that when you get to the boot: prompt on the rescue disk you enter floppy0 thus boot: floppy0 From here you just follow the bouncing ball, but note that you will be asked for the lmemroot.bin disk during the installation. Get back to me if you want any more info. Lindsay

New Linux Install

1997-10-30 Thread Collin Rose
I am trying to install Debian 1.31 r.6 on 386 w/ 5 MB RAM and a 80 MB Harddrive and a 3 1/2 floppy. I made a 20 MB swap partition and 2 MB minux and then 59.xx MB Linux partition using the rescue disk from an old distibution. (kernel 2.0.27?) When I try to use my 1.31 rescue disk I get the

Oracle on Linux - Install Scripts

1997-04-15 Thread Roger Simmons
Subject: Oracle on Linux - Install scripts Has anyone been successfull installing Oracle7.3 Workgroup server for UnixWare or Oracle Webserver 2.1 on Linux (RedHat, Debian or Caldera) and care to share your experience/install scripts? I know that it has been done on SCO UNIX

Re: Oracle on Linux - Install Scripts

1997-04-15 Thread Eloy A. Paris
I have not know how to do what you ask but you might find useful an article that appeared in the Linux Means Bussiness section of The Linux Journal, issue November 1996. The article is called Running Progress on Linux. They also use the iBCS package. Good luck. E.- Subject: Oracle on Linux

Debian Linux install. from CD Set

1997-03-19 Thread Marisol Garcia Valls
I am new at installing Linux. I have problems on how to proceed when trying to create the booting floppies from the CD set, where my Debian distribution of Linux is. I have look for installation instructions: not a single line of usefull info. Please, don't ask me to access the

Re: Debian Linux install. from CD Set

1997-03-19 Thread Paul Wade
Marisol Garcia Valls wrote: I am new at installing Linux. I have problems on how to proceed when trying to create the booting floppies from the CD set, where my Debian distribution of Linux is. I have look for installation instructions: not a single line of usefull info. Please,