Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:22:08AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > Have you read the excellent aptitude manual (I think its in package > aptitude-doc)? Also, be sure to use the curses interface (rather than > the command-line apt-get replacement). Not yet, but I'll take a look at it, thanks.

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 07:24:02AM -0600, lee wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 02:39:10PM +0200, Aioanei Rares wrote: > > > > Maybe I even come to like to aptitude if I can figure it out. > > > > > > > If you can't figure it out, that doesn't mean it sucks. > > That you can figure it out doesn't

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 06:33:39AM -0600, lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 07:51:30PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > The "expected" workflow in aptitude is that you pick all the changes > > you want to make, then ask aptitude to show you all the changes th

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 06:33:39 -0600, lee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 07:51:30PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > But aptitude does *not* remove software without asking -- it just > > asks in a different place. > > How do you know that? Because he wrote it (aptitu

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 02:39:10PM +0200, Aioanei Rares wrote: > > Maybe I even come to like to aptitude if I can figure it out. > > > > If you can't figure it out, that doesn't mean it sucks. That you can figure it out doesn't mean that it doesn't suck. Maybe I did figure it out but found that

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:33 PM, lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 07:51:30PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > The "expected" workflow in aptitude is that you pick all the changes > > you want to make, then ask aptitude to show you all the changes that > > will be made (

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 07:51:30PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > The "expected" workflow in aptitude is that you pick all the changes > you want to make, then ask aptitude to show you all the changes that > will be made (including ones that were required by your past changes). > If you like it,

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

I think I understand. The "expected" workflow in aptitude is that you pick all the changes you want to make, then ask aptitude to show you all the changes that will be made (including ones that were required by your past changes). If you like it, you confirm that it's OK and aptitude applies t

Re: debian installation help

On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:09:12 -0600, lee in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 05:18:43PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > >> Yes, and it is different from dselect's own "cdrom" method. The latter >> will not work with multiple discs, you have to install the dpkg-multicd >> packag

Re: using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:05:48 -0600, lee wrote: [...] > Why shouldn't using dselect be recommended? Let's ask fortune: $ fortune debian -m "Andrew Morton" (/usr/share/games/fortunes/debian) % I was attacked by dselect as a small child and have since avoided debian. -- Andrew

Re: debian installation help

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 05:18:43PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > Yes, and it is different from dselect's own "cdrom" method. The latter > will not work with multiple discs, you have to install the dpkg-multicd > package for that. Hm, a long time ago I sucessfully used that method to install from

using dselect (was: Re: debian installation help)

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 07:00:31AM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 03:28:20AM -0600, lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard > to say: > > It was yast on Suse after 6.2 that made me switch to Debian because > > yast kept doing things I didn't want it to do, and it finally managed

Re: debian installation help

On 2008-11-17 10:28 +0100, lee wrote: > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:50:00PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: >> Besides, the only access method in dselect that is known to be >> non-broken is the apt access method. > > Then it should work when he updates /etc/apt/sources.list and reads > the package desc

Re: debian installation help

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 03:28:20AM -0600, lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > It was yast on Suse after 6.2 that made me switch to Debian because > yast kept doing things I didn't want it to do, and it finally managed > to remove qmail which I had spend a lot of work on to install it and >

Re: debian installation help

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:50:00PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > Please, PLEASE don't suggest dselect to new users of Debian. They will > run away in horror and tell everyone how terrible system Debian is. Well, I did run away in horror from aptitude. I tried it, but I wasn't able to figure out h

Re: debian installation help

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:25:09PM +0530, Srinivasa Ramanujam wrote: > hi, > > the following are the file names which i downloaded from the debian website. > debian-40r5-amd64-DVD-1.iso > debian-40r5-amd64-DVD-2.iso > debian-40r5-amd64-DVD-3.iso > debian-update-4.0r5-amd64-DVD-1.iso Did you read

Re: debian installation help

On 2008-11-16 23:20 +0100, lee wrote: > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:25:09PM +0530, Srinivasa Ramanujam wrote: > >>i downloaded all four of them and wrote in four different dvd's using >>nero burner. i installed debian using first dvd >>(debian-update-4.0r5-amd64-DVD-1.iso). after instal

Re: debian installation help

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:25:09PM +0530, Srinivasa Ramanujam wrote: >i downloaded all four of them and wrote in four different dvd's using >nero burner. i installed debian using first dvd >(debian-update-4.0r5-amd64-DVD-1.iso). after installation, i tried to >install packages from

Re: debian installation help

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:25:09 +0530, Srinivasa Ramanujam in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > hi, > > the following are the file names which i downloaded from the debian website. > debian-40r5-amd64-DVD-1.iso > debian-40r5-amd64-DVD-2.iso > debian-40r5-amd64-DVD-3.iso > debian-update-4.0r5-amd64-DVD

debian installation help

hi, the following are the file names which i downloaded from the debian website. debian-40r5-amd64-DVD-1.iso debian-40r5-amd64-DVD-2.iso debian-40r5-amd64-DVD-3.iso debian-update-4.0r5-amd64-DVD-1.iso i downloaded all four of them and wrote in four different dvd's using nero burner. i installed d

Re: Installation help

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Aumnayan D'Letti wrote: >> I am installing the latest stable version of Debian (40rl) and am >> having an issue with how it's seeing

Re: Installation help

[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Aumnayan D'Letti wrote: > I am installing the latest stable version of Debian (40rl) and am > having an issue with how it's seeing my primary HD. > > It's set up as the master on the primary IDE chain, which t

Installation help

Hope this is the right mailing list to send this to... if it's not, point me to the right one please. It's been a number of years since I have worked with linux, so some items I believe to be true are not necessarily the case. Keep that in mind when I say something asinine. I am installing the la

Re: installation help urgent

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:53:09 +0100 > Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Greg Folkert wrote: >>> On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 10:43 -0500, Celejar wrote: >>> [snip] Or 'sudo dp

Re: installation help urgent

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:53:09 +0100 Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 10:43 -0500, Celejar wrote: > > [snip] > >> Or 'sudo dpkg -i .deb' from the cli. > > > > Only if sudo is installed and set

Re: installation help urgent

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Folkert wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 10:43 -0500, Celejar wrote: > [snip] >> Or 'sudo dpkg -i .deb' from the cli. > > Only if sudo is installed and setup properly. > You're right about that. It's one of the first things I did after install

Re: installation help urgent

On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 10:43 -0500, Celejar wrote: [snip] > > Or 'sudo dpkg -i .deb' from the cli. Only if sudo is installed and setup properly. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V i

Re: installation help urgent

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:02:21 +0100 Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 02/12/07 23:18, Galangster wrote: > >> How do i install > >> fglrx-driver_8.31.5.orig.tar.gz > >> or > >> fglrx-control_8.31.5-1_amd64.deb > >> i

Re: installation help urgent

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/12/07 23:18, Galangster wrote: >> How do i install >> fglrx-driver_8.31.5.orig.tar.gz >> or >> fglrx-control_8.31.5-1_amd64.deb >> i dont kno the first thing about this > > Don't know the first thing about it? Use Ubuntu.

Re: installation help urgent

Galangster wrote: > How do i install > fglrx-driver_8.31.5.orig.tar.gz > or > fglrx-control_8.31.5-1_amd64.deb > i dont kno the first thing about this Become root; enter "dpkg -i fglrx-control_8.31.5-1_amd64.deb". This assumes that you have an AMD 64-bit proc

Re: installation help urgent

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/12/07 23:18, Galangster wrote: > How do i install > fglrx-driver_8.31.5.orig.tar.gz > or > fglrx-control_8.31.5-1_amd64.deb > i dont kno the first thing about this Don't know the first thing about it? Use Ubuntu. > Zip In Zip on Out (c ya, pe

installation help urgent

How do i install fglrx-driver_8.31.5.orig.tar.gz or fglrx-control_8.31.5-1_amd64.deb i dont kno the first thing about this -- Zip In Zip on Out (c ya, peace out, sianara, bye bye)

Re: wine installation help needed

Xplicit Language <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think it's easier if you just install 'libxxf86dga1' manually. From > a root shell, cd to your 'deb' directory and do 'dpkg -i > your-deb-file.deb'. (Hint: you can use tab for autocompletion of the > filename). But this might still not be enou

Re: wine installation help needed

Xplicit Language <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2. 'apt-get update'. This brings the package > > database up to date. If > > you get any errors just try to run the command > > again. > > 3. 'apt-get install wine'. This will automatically > > download the > > package, including all dependencies and

Re: wine installation help needed

> 2. 'apt-get update'. This brings the package > database up to date. If > you get any errors just try to run the command > again. > 3. 'apt-get install wine'. This will automatically > download the > package, including all dependencies and install > them. ++ ++ ok i did that and it looks for libx

Re: wine installation help needed

Xplicit Language <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i am running sarge 3.1 stable, and in the terminal i > have tried su entered my password, then apt-get > install > the URL, apt-get update the URL, nothing i know of so > far is working out, might you have another idea of how > i can do it by hand?

Re: wine installation help needed

--- Kelly Clowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/22/06, Xplicit Language > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i am in need of someone that has installed wine > > before, i also have the choice of using xwine, i > have > > synaptic package manager prepared for the newest > > version of wine, also

Re: wine installation help needed

On 4/22/06, Xplicit Language <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i am in need of someone that has installed wine > before, i also have the choice of using xwine, i have > synaptic package manager prepared for the newest > version of wine, also once it is installed, how will i > install the .exe files? In

wine installation help needed

i am in need of someone that has installed wine before, i also have the choice of using xwine, i have synaptic package manager prepared for the newest version of wine, also once it is installed, how will i install the .exe files? i get this error message for almost everything, with slight differen

Installation help.

Hi, i would like to know if it's possible to install debian (preferably the unstable one) on a firewire external hard drive. Thanks in advance, MC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installation help

>- Original Message - >From: Betty Fullmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:29:03 -0600 >Subject: Installation help >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >I recently partitioned my hard disk. I have Windows XP in one and Linux L'Inspire in the &g

Installation help

I recently partitioned my hard disk.  I have Windows XP in one and Linux L'Inspire in the other.  My question is the following:  can I install Debian in the same partition with L'Inspire or do I need to delete that one first? Any help and comments would be appreciated. BB

Re: Installation Help: SATA Drive

On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 00:47, Elie De Brauwer wrote: > On Saturday 15 November 2003 22:33, Erik Steffl wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 17:15, Justin Burke wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I could use some help getting Debian installed on a new machine with a > > > SATA drive. I've downloaded CD ima

Re: Installation Help: SATA Drive

On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 02:47, Elie De Brauwer wrote: > On Saturday 15 November 2003 22:33, Erik Steffl wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 17:15, Justin Burke wrote: [snip] > > you need a fairly new kernel for SATA, 2.4.21 iwth ac4 patches, I > > think. If you have a large SATA drive (>130GB) you als

Re: Installation Help: SATA Drive

On Saturday 15 November 2003 22:33, Erik Steffl wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 17:15, Justin Burke wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I could use some help getting Debian installed on a new machine with a > > SATA drive. I've downloaded CD images for both sarge and sid, and both > > installation methods ha

Re: Installation Help: SATA Drive

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Justin Burke wrote: > Hi All, > > I could use some help getting Debian installed on a new machine with a > SATA drive. I've downloaded CD images for both sarge and sid, and both > installation methods hang at the same point: > > "Loading kernel modules > > Detected module '

Re: Installation Help: SATA Drive

On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 17:15, Justin Burke wrote: > Hi All, > > I could use some help getting Debian installed on a new machine with a > SATA drive. I've downloaded CD images for both sarge and sid, and both > installation methods hang at the same point: > > "Loading kernel modules > > Detected m

Re: Installation Help: SATA Drive

On Saturday 15 November 2003 02:15, Justin Burke wrote: > Hi All, > > I could use some help getting Debian installed on a new machine with a > SATA drive. I've downloaded CD images for both sarge and sid, and both > installation methods hang at the same point: > > "Loading kernel modules > > Detect

Installation Help: SATA Drive

Hi All, I could use some help getting Debian installed on a new machine with a SATA drive. I've downloaded CD images for both sarge and sid, and both installation methods hang at the same point: "Loading kernel modules Detected module 'ide-probe-mod' for 'Linux IDE probe driver'" I have reason

Re: Re: gnome installation help

- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 00:09 Subject: Re: Re: gnome installation help > Edward, thanks for trying to help, I know I wasn't > very specific. > >

Re: Re: gnome installation help

Edward, thanks for trying to help, I know I wasn't very specific. I've successfully installed Debian 3.01 woody with the 'vanilla' option on a Dell Precision 410 workstation. Everything works at the command line, apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, anything. However, I've tried with several video c

Re: gnome installation help

On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 05:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, I'm trying to run Gnome and XFree86 on my > Debian box, a Dell Precision. > > The Debian command line works great. > However, I can't get Gnome working properly no matter > how many times I try variations on apt-get install > . I

gnome installation help

Hello, I'm trying to run Gnome and XFree86 on my Debian box, a Dell Precision. The Debian command line works great. However, I can't get Gnome working properly no matter how many times I try variations on apt-get install . I get an Xserver could not start error... I *am* able to boot to Kno

Re: SSL installation help.

On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:02:00AM -0600, linux stuff wrote: > yes, thank you ... i realized i had omitted the subject and re-sent the > message > > as i understand it, it's not the actually install, which should work fine > the way you propose, but the configuration and getting a certificate

SSL installation help.

yes, thank you ... i realized i had omitted the subject and re-sent the message as i understand it, it's not the actually install, which should work fine the way you propose, but the configuration and getting a certificate and stuff like that which is difficult ... anyway, is there perhaps a

Re: spamassassin installation help

On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 12:23:12PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: | On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 05:26:43PM +0100, Matthias Hentges wrote: | > Am Die, 2002-12-10 um 10.25 schrieb Sandip P Deshmukh: | > > do i just install spamassasin as it comes or do i have to tweak it? | > | > At least with postfix

Re: spamassassin installation help

On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 05:26:43PM +0100, Matthias Hentges wrote: > Am Die, 2002-12-10 um 10.25 schrieb Sandip P Deshmukh: > > do i just install spamassasin as it comes or do i have to tweak it? > > At least with postfix you'll have to integrate SA manually. It should be > the same with Exim. > Yo

Re: spamassassin installation help

This is doable, but the problem is with spamc - it depends on a newer version of libc6 than what is in Woody. This means that if you want to install the spamc from unstable (which you must to satisfy the Depends: for spamassassin) you have to upgrade libc6 as well. I run Sid on one of my boxes,

Re: spamassassin installation help

Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is doable, but the problem is with spamc - it depends on a newer > version of libc6 than what is in Woody. It seems to work 100% to use the woody spamc with the unstable spamassassin. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors!

Re: spamassassin installation help

This one time, at band camp, Rich Puhek said: > Or, add the following to /etc/apt/apt.conf: > APT::Default-Release "woody"; > > > and add a mirror for unstable to sources.list > > then do > apt-get update > apt-get install unstable/spamassassin > > should get you the latest packaged SA. Som

Re: spamassassin installation help

Stephen Gran wrote: It is. Dman's page is excellent, and if you follow the instructions, you'll have a very nicely working setup very quickly. The only thing I would recommend doing is (if you're using either woody or sarge) is backporting the version from unstable - I have gotten much better

Re: spamassassin installation help

This one time, at band camp, Matthias Hentges said: > Am Die, 2002-12-10 um 10.25 schrieb Sandip P Deshmukh: > > hello all > > > > this is my post to the group after some time. debain had been working > > wonderfully. > > > > i have read quite some posts on spamassasin. so went to dselect and rea

Re: spamassassin installation help

Am Die, 2002-12-10 um 10.25 schrieb Sandip P Deshmukh: > hello all > > this is my post to the group after some time. debain had been working > wonderfully. > > i have read quite some posts on spamassasin. so went to dselect and read > up material available on that. > > i use exim (almost default

spamassassin installation help

hello all this is my post to the group after some time. debain had been working wonderfully. i have read quite some posts on spamassasin. so went to dselect and read up material available on that. i use exim (almost default set-up) and fetchmail (again almost default set-up) for mail processing.

Re: [ianlow87@hotmail.com: Installation Help]

ly Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > > Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 12:47:42 + > From: "Simply Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-cd@lists.debian.org > Subject: Installation Help > > hi, i need help > > I was installing Debian 2.1 from a book and w

Re: [ianlow87@hotmail.com: Installation Help]

an-cd@lists.debian.org | Subject: Installation Help | | hi, i need help | | I was installing Debian 2.1 from a book and whilst installing, I reached the ^^^ | could u offer a solution Potato (2.2) is really old. Slink (2.1) is even older. Grab a copy of woody (3.0, b

[ianlow87@hotmail.com: Installation Help]

Seen on debian-cd. Any idea, anybody? - Forwarded message from Simply Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 12:47:42 + From: "Simply Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-cd@lists.debian.org Subject: Installation Help hi, i need help I was instal

Re: Need Newbie installation Help~

"ming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > HI: > I have a Desktop computer which already have Win2k pro and Win2k > Advanced Server installed as Dual-boot. and there is a Mandrake 8.1 > on my hard disk but i use floopy to boot mandrake8.1. > I am going to install Debian based on these enveriment. > h

Need Newbie installation Help~

HI:    I have a Desktop computer which already have Win2k pro and Win2k Advanced Server installed as Dual-boot. and there is a Mandrake 8.1 on my hard disk but i use floopy to boot mandrake8.1.     I am going to install Debian based on these enveriment.how can i setup the boot l

Need Newbie installation Help~

HI:    I have a Desktop computer which already have Win2k pro and Win2k Advanced Server installed as Dual-boot. and there is a Mandrake 8.1 on my hard disk but i use floopy to boot mandrake8.1.     I am going to install Debian based on these enveriment.how can i setup the boot l

Re: Need Newbie installation Help~

On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 18:28:22 -0500, ming wrote: >HI: >I have a Desktop computer which already have Win2k pro and Win2k >Advanced Server installed as Dual-boot. and there is a Mandrake 8.1 >on my hard disk but i use floopy to boot mandrake8.1. >I am going to install Debian based on these enverim

Need Newbie installation Help~

HI:    I have a Desktop computer which already have Win2k pro and Win2k Advanced Server installed as Dual-boot. and there is a Mandrake 8.1 on my hard disk but i use floopy to boot mandrake8.1.     I am going to install Debian based on these enveriment.how can i setup the boot loa

Re: Installation help

I hope you are talking Debian root disk. I would try without some non essential cards. On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 04:26:20PM -0600, Richard Frovarp wrote: > Asus P4T-E (Socket 478) > P4 1.7 GHz > 1GB RAM > Leadtek Winfast 500 TD > 3COM 905c ***> Creative Live! 5.1 ***> Belkin Firewire card > > Any

Installation help

I posted a request the other day for help on installation and still haven't been able to figure it out still. It fails to even try to read the root disk. The same disk set works on the laptop I have. When trying to install Solaris 8 it reboots on its own after causing a fault. RedHat 7.2 throw

Re: Installation help [Richard Frovarp]

[I supposse you know fd0 is wired correctly, floppies are fine, etc...] You can want to install copying kernel, root.bin base.tgz and so on to you W2k partition(that doesn't solve the problem, but we will know the root.bin file is sane). -- --- A

Re: Installation help

On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 21:52, Richard Frovarp wrote: > I'm looking for some help in installing the stable version of Debian. I > am having a problem with it reading the root disk. After loading the > rescue disk it prompts for the root disk, but does not read the drive. > After hitting enter I get

Installation help

I'm looking for some help in installing the stable version of Debian. I am having a problem with it reading the root disk. After loading the rescue disk it prompts for the root disk, but does not read the drive. After hitting enter I get this error: request_module [block-major-2]: Root fs not mo

Re: Zip installation - help with imm, ppa and diagnostic messagees.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mensagem anterior <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< No dia 23/07/01, 05:12:55, Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu o seguinte sobre o tema Re: Zip installation - he

Re: VS: Zip installation - help with imm, ppa and diagnostic messagees.

Sami Louko wrote: siddhi:~# mount /mnt/zip mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda1 as a block device (maybe `insmod driver'?) Meaning that /dev/sda1 isn't hard-disk/zip-disk etc. compatible block readable device. There is no disk at all or something like that. There is something

Re: Zip installation - help with imm, ppa and diagnostic messagees.

On 23 Jul 2001, hzi wrote: > Hello- > I'm having problems installing my Zip. I have it set-up through a > parallel port, and together with a printer, in the customary set-up. > I've already configured the /etc/fstab with > [snip] Before you go ahead with this installation, you might

VS: Zip installation - help with imm, ppa and diagnostic messagees.

>Hello- > I'm having problems installing my Zip. I have it set-up through a >parallel port, and together with a printer, in the customary set-up. > I've already configured the /etc/fstab with > >/dev/sda1 /mnt/zip ext2 noauto,user 0 0 >/dev/sda4 /mnt/dos msdos noauto,user 0 0 -^

Zip installation - help with imm, ppa and diagnostic messagees.

Hello- I'm having problems installing my Zip. I have it set-up through a parallel port, and together with a printer, in the customary set-up. I've already configured the /etc/fstab with /dev/sda1 /mnt/zip ext2 noauto,user 0 0 /dev/sda4 /mnt/dos msdos noauto,user 0 0 If I

Installation help

I just completed an install of debian 2.2r2 by 3.5 floppy. The machine I installed on was on a Sager notebook (Pentium 66, 16mb ram, 3.5 floppy, 1.4g HD and two PCMCIA card). I did not have any problem installing Debian. It was actually easy. I wanted to install debian using an external PCMCIA C

installation help

Hi, I recently downloaded the latest CD image for Debian. I am able to boot off of the CD I made with it. The problem I am having is trying to install the kernel and system. I have a Cyrix 686 computer. I disabled the caches as recommended. It is telling me that it cannot find the rescue.b

Re: installation help

What are some of specs of the machine you are trying to install on? Someone recently gave me a few 486's, and I've had the same problem when trying to boot from floppy. These machines were Dell Optiplex XL 575 w/16 MB of RAM. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > > When attempting to boot Rel

installation help

Hello, When attempting to boot Release 2.1 (included in the Debian GNU/Linux New Rider text) from the floppy, my system loads "root bin" but freezes during the "loading linux" phase. Can anyone help me?? Thanks, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installation help

Martin Scott Goldberg wrote: > So I can possibly unhook the 5.25" floppy and fit the CDrom in the > connection. i've never heard of a 5.25" floppy hooked to an IDE controller .. :) > I need to install it on the space on the 40gig though, so are you saying I > should unhook the 40gig from the dma

Installation help

Here's the deal - I have an abit bx62.0 motherboard with an abit hotrodd66 (dma66) adaptor plugged in to a pci slot. I have a memorex 48x atapi cdrom and a 40 gig HD plugged in through the hotrod. The first problem is that the cd will not boot. I have the same problem with Freebsd and Beos cd's

Re: Installation help (please)

I am not an installation-expert. But why don't you boot from CD? Just say your bios to from it. This worked for me a half your ago. (don't know boot.bat) -- Thomas Guettler Office: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.interface-business.de Private: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> htt

Re: Installation help (please)

On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Patrick J Draper wrote: > No matter how I partition/set up my drive I or where I create the partition > (I have tried primary and logical) get the same error when running the > boot.bat file on the Installation CD. > > Kernel Panic: Cannot Mount Volume. 1) Did you run the in

Installation help (please)

I'm trying to install Linux Debian 2.1 onto my machine. It is a PII 350 with a new UDMA 20GByte drive.   I currently use Partition Magic 5.01 pro to manage my partitions which are currently NTFS for NT4 and FAT32 for windows 98 SE.   I have read the installation manual for Debian and the 'In

Re: Installation help

David Wright wrote: > > Quoting Sunil Pandey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > This may not be the correct place to ask but since it is related > > to debian installation, I would ask it anyway. Thing is debian allows a > > way to install through existing dos. Now, my comp already has Win-2000 >

Re: Installation help

On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 06:30:55PM +0530, Sunil Pandey wrote: > This may not be the correct place to ask but since it is related > to debian installation, I would ask it anyway. Thing is debian allows a > way to install through existing dos. Now, my comp already has Win-2000 > and that w

Re: [Fwd: Installation help]

On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 05:34:45PM +0200, Vitux wrote: | Sunil Pandey wrote: | > | > This may not be the correct place to ask but since it is related | > to debian installation, I would ask it anyway. Thing is debian allows a | > way to install through existing dos. Now, my comp already h

Re: Installation help

Quoting Sunil Pandey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > This may not be the correct place to ask but since it is related > to debian installation, I would ask it anyway. Thing is debian allows a > way to install through existing dos. Now, my comp already has Win-2000 > and that would not let me boot

[Fwd: Installation help]

> Sunil Pandey wrote: > > > > This may not be the correct place to ask but since it is related > > to debian installation, I would ask it anyway. Thing is debian allows a > > way to install through existing dos. Now, my comp already has Win-2000 > > and that would not let me boot into do

Installation help

This may not be the correct place to ask but since it is related to debian installation, I would ask it anyway. Thing is debian allows a way to install through existing dos. Now, my comp already has Win-2000 and that would not let me boot into dos. can someone suggest a way to do this.

quake2 installation help

I need help getting quake2 to install on potato. when I use the quake2/quake2-bin packages, I get errors (see below). Is there a doc that details how to get it installed with debian (preferably using the deb packages)? I really want to start playing quake2 again. Thanks, chris errors: When I

Re: netscape installation help..

By the way, it would be greatly helpful if next time you can give the problem more details. JAck From: ZEN MYSTIC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: netscape installation help.. Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 04:37:00 -0700 (PDT) i'm having problem with netsca

netscape installation help..

i'm having problem with netscape installation..it giving error that one of the libX file is not found.. pls help!! === "I DON'T FIGHT MY WAY TO THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN TO BE A VEGETARIAN-->ZEN MYSTIC" _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your f

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