Re: Installing 1.2 on a headless machine

I wrote: ]I'm confused as to the start-up sequence of the Rescue disk... ] ldlinux loads "root.bin" and "linux", then passes execution to "linux", ] with the specified boot-time parameters. The kernel uncompresses itself ] and initializes the drivers etc. It then uncompresses "root.bin" and ]

Re: Installing 1.2 on a headless machine

Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > >I am trying to install Debian 1.2 on a computer without a display. > This machine has successfully been running Linux for some time, using > Miguel van Smoorenburg's excellent serial console patch. > >I compiled a 2.0.27 kernel as specified in "readme.txt" on

Re: cdrom problem during installation

I did not have a CD at hand so they way I circumvented the problem was to kept opening the CD door until the installation program resumed somehow. On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: > Gee, these CD drivers are no fun at all. Did you try placing a CD in the > drive? > (or removing the CD?

Installing 1.2 on a headless machine

I am trying to install Debian 1.2 on a computer without a display. This machine has successfully been running Linux for some time, using Miguel van Smoorenburg's excellent serial console patch. I compiled a 2.0.27 kernel as specified in "readme.txt" on the December 8, 1996 Rescue disk. I al

Re: Help generating a boot disk for install

> I'm trying to install a new disk drive and would like to take the > 5 disk set I currently have that I used to initially install Debian > and replace the "boot" disk with one with a custom kernel. > > I tried a make zdisk, followed by a rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/fd0. Just read readme.txt on the bootdi

.DEB files

I have some .DEB files, but I'm with some problems when I install it. It skip the mailtool.deb and sendmail.deb. How can I install these two files? (I'm using DSELECT program). Where can I find the MCOPY program? Rogerio -- TO UNS

Help generating a boot disk for install

I'm trying to install a new disk drive and would like to take the 5 disk set I currently have that I used to initially install Debian and replace the "boot" disk with one with a custom kernel. I tried a make zdisk, followed by a rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/fd0. No dice. It booted OK, but after it prompt

.fvwm2rc

Hi. For a long time past, in the ages of Debian 1.1, there was a default .fvwm2rc, which I like more than the new one. Can anyone send an attached copy of that original to me? Thanks. Alexander Gieg =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By: Alexander Gieg E-mail: [EMAIL PROT

Re: files...

On Thu, 26 Dec 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, > Hi! I am new on Linux. I've got some files called x.deb > What's the meanning of .DEB? And how can I copy files It is a debian package file. To be used by dpkg or better dselect. > from a floppy disk to a hard disk (in

files...

Hi! I am new on Linux. I've got some files called x.deb What's the meanning of .DEB? And how can I copy files from a floppy disk to a hard disk (in DOS we use "copy a:*.* c:\dir"). How can I do it on Linux? Can Linux read an ASCII file that is saved on a floppy that DOS had w

Re: CTRL/ALT/+|-

On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Angel Leyva wrote: > I am wondering why I can't switch the resolution of my monitor using > the CTRL/ALT and + or -. In XF86Setup, I chose to allow this, but am > unable to. What would prevent this? A long shot, but: Assuming that you're running a depth (8, 16, 24 or 32bit)

Re: bug in ctime()?

Benedikt Eric Heinen writes: > I suppose I found a bug in libc (V5.2.18 - don't have a newer version > around, maybe someone else can check the newer version), but according to > the ctime man page the following source yields a wrong result: > [... ctime(0) ...] > > The result for this is: > >

bug in ctime()?

Hi there, I suppose I found a bug in libc (V5.2.18 - don't have a newer version around, maybe someone else can check the newer version), but according to the ctime man page the following source yields a wrong result: /* ** ctime.c ** ** Author : Benedikt Eric Heinen (beh) ** Date: T

Re: Debian 1.2 rescue disk reboots Toshiba Tecra laptop

Greetings! History: Toshiba Tecra laptops (at least the 710, 720, and 730) can't boot the bzImage rescue disk. I mailed a patch (from http://www.cck.uni-kl.de/misc/tecra710/) to Bruce and this problem might be fixed on the next set of boot disks. I got Debian 1.2 up on my Tecra 730 by f

CTRL/ALT/+|-

Hi all, I am wondering why I can't switch the resolution of my monitor using the CTRL/ALT and + or -. In XF86Setup, I chose to allow this, but am unable to. What would prevent this? I have a Standard IBM 8512-001 monitor. I know that I had this working at one time. Thanx Angel Leyva ([EMAIL PROT

Bull's Eye! (Re: Syslogd trouble)

Thank you all that answered my questions about syslog repeated messages. It really was the "news" lines in syslog.conf. Just commenting them worked out the problem. Thank you again, and happy new year for all! Fernando -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to

Abuse on Debian 1.2

Has anyone gotten Abuse to work on a fresh install of Debian 1.2 ? -- - Willie Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.quicklink.net/~gith/

Re: Where is make-kpkg?

Hi Martin -- You asked: > Do I still need make-kpkg for generating a kernel package? Well, not absolutely, but it sure is a handy tool. > If so, where can I find it? It's in Debian-1.2/binary-all/misc/kernel-package_3.03.deb You can find out which debian archive file ('.deb' file) contains a ce

mirror up-to-dateness report

I am experimenting with a script that audits the up-to-dateness of Debian FTP mirror systems. Here's my report so far: Site NameTimestamp of Debian Archive aij.st.hmc.edu Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 chaos.xtn.net Wed Dec 25 04:20:29 UTC 1996 debian.med.miami.eduWed Dec 25

Re: EGA driver for Xfree ?

Some hours ago, I sent a reply to this message, but didn't see a copy of it on the debian mailing list, so I'm resending it. I hope someone can make use of the information provided. I have a driver for the EGA monitor/card that works under XFree86 3.2.1, or the latest version. Currently usi

Where is make-kpkg?

Hello all: I tried to generate a custom kernel package using kernel-source-2.0.27. The included documentation asked for invocation of make-kpkg to generate the package, however I wasn't able to find that program in my system and no package in Debian 1.2 seems to contain it. Do I still need ma

Re: libXt.so.6

On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Jonas Bofjall wrote: > On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, James W. Tucker wrote: > > > I've installed Debian 1.2 from scratch but dpkg indicates that it > > can't find libXt.so.6 when I try to install the texbin package. I did > > I've had exactly the same problem, so it might be common.

Re: PPP Chatscript problem

Looking at your chat script and log, I don't think the problem is in the chatscript. If you look at the log, you'll see: Dec 244 15:44:44 tardis chat[369]: CONNECT 1400/ This is the suspicious part... 1400 baud? in the MS Windows example you show: CONNECT 9600/RAQ/V32/LAPM So the answer shou

PEX and XIE

Hello, all! A little question: *What is* PEX and XIE? I tried to find this in /usr/doc/..., but don't found anything. Thanks. Alexander Gieg =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By: Alexander Gieg E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/3222 IRC: