[solved] Re: Need help with re-install on a old SCSI Debian box

2005-07-29 Thread Paul E Condon
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 03:36:20PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 11:31:59AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Paul E Condon wrote: I have an old computer which I have been using as a print/file server. This afternoon there was an abrupt power outage. When the power returned

Need help with re-install on a old SCSI Debian box

2005-07-28 Thread Paul E Condon
I have an old computer which I have been using as a print/file server. This afternoon there was an abrupt power outage. When the power returned this old computer would not boot up. Instead, the disk drive made strange noises. So I found another old SCSI drive and began an install. First problem

Re: Need help with re-install on a old SCSI Debian box

2005-07-28 Thread Bill Marcum
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 12:40:45AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: I want to put Sarge on the machine. (It was running Sarge before it died.) When I try to dist-upgrade, I an confronted with error messages that seem to say that the old apt-get cannot read the Package or Release files from stable

Re: Need help with re-install on a old SCSI Debian box

2005-07-28 Thread Kent West
Paul E Condon wrote: I want to put Sarge on the machine. (It was running Sarge before it died.) When I try to dist-upgrade, I an confronted with error messages that seem to say that the old apt-get cannot read the Package or Release files from stable at http.us.debian.org . There's some issue

Re: Need help with re-install on a old SCSI Debian box

2005-07-28 Thread Joey Hess
Paul E Condon wrote: I have an old computer which I have been using as a print/file server. This afternoon there was an abrupt power outage. When the power returned this old computer would not boot up. Instead, the disk drive made strange noises. So I found another old SCSI drive and began

Re: Need help with re-install on a old SCSI Debian box

2005-07-28 Thread Paul E Condon
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 11:31:59AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Paul E Condon wrote: I have an old computer which I have been using as a print/file server. This afternoon there was an abrupt power outage. When the power returned this old computer would not boot up. Instead, the disk drive made

Re: Need help with re-install on a old SCSI Debian box (addendum to earlier reply)

2005-07-28 Thread Paul E Condon
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 11:31:59AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Paul E Condon wrote: I have an old computer which I have been using as a print/file server. This afternoon there was an abrupt power outage. When the power returned this old computer would not boot up. Instead, the disk drive made