Re: Installing Debian r3.0?

2002-10-13 Thread Kent West
Fallen Angel wrote: > Hi, > > I've just been installing Debian 3.0 (not sure exactly which release) > and I have experienced some problems ... these occurred after the > first installation restart. > > It may be my system though neither Windows nor SuSE Linux have an

RE: Installing Debian r3.0?

2002-10-14 Thread Fallen Angel
Hi Kent, > /dev/cdrom is usually a symlink to the actual device file. > SNIP > in which case it'd be accessed via /dev/hdc (/dev/hda for > master on primary, /hdb for slave on primary, and /hdd for > slave on secondary). Well there you go ... I've just learned something new (that CD's can be

Error installing Debian 3.0

2002-10-16 Thread Ivens Porto
Hello, I'm trying to install Debian 3.0 but the kernel locks up during installation. The machine is an AMD Athlon MP 2000, with an Asus A7M266-D motherboard and chipset AMD 760MPX. When I try to install using kernel 2.4, I boot the instalation with the bf24 kernel, the kernel locks with the mes

Re: Error installing Debian 3.0

2002-10-16 Thread Bijan Soleymani
Ivens Porto wrote: > >When I try the default kernel, 2.2 series, the installation is >successfull, but I can't configure my network card, 3COM 905C Tornado. > > > You could install with the 2.2 kernel, and then upgrade your kernel to 2.4(either with a kernel-image or by building kernel-source

Re: Error installing Debian 3.0

2002-10-16 Thread Barney Wrightson
Ivens Porto wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to install Debian 3.0 but the kernel locks up during > installation. > > The machine is an AMD Athlon MP 2000, with an Asus A7M266-D motherboard > and chipset AMD 760MPX. > > When I try to install using kernel 2.4, I boot the instalation with the > bf2

Installing Debian on a stubborn laptop

2002-09-28 Thread Martin Rowe
Hi folks I have an old Toshiba 110CS laptop[1] that I'm trying to get Woody on to. After a few false starts I managed to get it booted and into the first stage of installation. It didn't like the first driver disk, but six floppies later I managed to find a disk it liked, and then it failed u

installing debian linux as a vm guest

2002-09-25 Thread George Morey
Can I avoid the CD creation route for installing the debian linux? I would just as soon get the linux kernal, ramdisk file system and a robust file system and create my linux guests using those files thereby forgoing the CD create intermediate step that appears to be required. I do not require

Trouble installing Debian 3.0 on P166 system

2002-10-16 Thread Denver Coneybeare
I am having a strange problem installing Debian 3.0 on an old P166 computer. The installation goes smoothly but after it reboots something goes wrong. After running fsck I get the message "Setting the System Clock using the Hardware Clock as reference..." and then it just stays th

Re: installing debian linux as a vm guest

2002-09-25 Thread David De Graff
- Original Message - From: "George Morey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 9:50 AM Subject: installing debian linux as a vm guest > Can I avoid the CD creation route for installing the debian linux? I would j

Re: installing debian linux as a vm guest

2002-09-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Sep 25, 2002, George Morey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Can I avoid the CD creation route for installing the debian linux? I > would just as soon get the linux kernal, ramdisk file system and a > robust file system and create my linux guests using those files > thereby forgoing the CD cre

Re: Trouble installing Debian 3.0 on P166 system

2002-10-16 Thread nate
Denver Coneybeare said: > > I am having a strange problem installing Debian 3.0 on an old P166 > computer. The installation goes smoothly but after it reboots > something goes wrong. After running fsck I get the message > > "Setting the System Clock using the Hardware Cl