--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Gmail doesn't seem to suffer the non-wrapping problem.
I'll go subscribe right now.
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--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Symlink the NTFS iTunes directory to some place under
> $HOME.
I've never heard this term "Symlink". I'm off to Google, but if you care to
elaborate, please feel free!
--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Ron Johnson wrote:
> No sane person would. If you *do* treat "storage" as
> /home, then
> You're Doing It Wrong.
The main reason I'd do this is access for XP, iTunes for my iPhone. Seems silly
to have 16GB of information repeated for an XP & Linux /home. So right now my
--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Huang, Tao wrote:
<<< why do you need to access the /home partition when using winxp? ntfs
doesn't support POXIS file ownership and permissions natively. so keep you
/home partition to a linux filesystem. you can have a separate storage
partition for shared documents and f
--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Ron Johnson wrote:
> To do what, exactly? Access files or triple boot?
Sorry, I'm triple booting now, I'm planning on changing /home file to their own
partition.
> What's so cheesy about it?
Cheesy that I wouldn't just write straight to the partition with /home files,
f
If this isn't on topic, sorry ahead of time & perhaps you can point me in the
right place?
I've been reading up on having a separate partition for your /home files. For
quite some time, I've been using a ntfs partition named "storage" as it makes
re-install or fresh install of OS much easier. W
--- On Thu, 6/10/10, Neal Hogan wrote:
> Fuck off!
Now that I know Mr. Hogan here doesn't have anything intelligent to add, off to
the kill file with him!
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--- On Thu, 6/10/10, Rob Owens wrote:
> Rule of thumb: back up files before messing with
> them. In the case of
> fstab, as root (or sudo):
>
> cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
>
> That way you can always go back to what was working before
> you messed
> with it.
I'm never going to forget that
--- On Thu, 6/10/10, Mark wrote:
All modifiable in under 1 minute via /etc/apt/sources.list, for future
reference.
+++
That is what I read, was on my way to doing that & said to myself, I wonder if
I put the Ethernet cord in 1st... yeah sources.list, be
--- On Thu, 6/10/10, 刘宇辉 wrote:
<<< 1.First we can rely on a software ntfs-3g (it may be installed by default)
# aptitude install ntfs-3g >>>
I got that far, but wasn't sure what to do next.
<<< 2. make dir that you want to mount ,here i assume it as /mnt/ntfs
$mkdir /mnt/nfts >>>
I
--- On Thu, 6/10/10, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> Think :) - This is by design, particularly if you consider
> the use of network install media.
Yep, that's what got me thinking... if I plug the Ethernet cord in BEFORE
booting up, what happens then? Problem solved!
> 1. Rare case now - you have
--- On Thu, 6/10/10, Alexander Batischev wrote:
<<>>
+++
What, no link? ;-)
I've got it bookmarked.
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--- On Thu, 6/10/10, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
> He will ask you the exact URL...
If *I* was the person posting advice, *I* would have posted the URL. But then I
try to make things EASY when helping... as opposed to being difficult on a list
designed to help people.
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--- On Thu, 6/10/10, John Hasler wrote:
> Iceweasel is not merely a clone of Firefox. It _is_
> Firefox. It's
> called Iceweasel in Debian because Mozilla doesn't want
> Debian to use
> the trademarked Firefox name.
Thanks for that clarification. In doing some more reading... isn't Firefox the
ture.
Here it is again:
<<< ABSDoug wrote:
If you boot up a fresh install of Debian & after you boot up, plug in your
Ethernet cable & try to add software, Debian asks for the install disk. If you
plug in Ethernet BEFORE you boot up it will look online for software.
Alexander Ba
I've been Googling Ephathy vs Firefox vs Opera as well as Adobe Flash. I'm not
sure what is the best direction to go. I've got an iPhone, so I'm a bit familar
with what sucks (& doesn't) about Adobe Flash. Without it, a good portion of
the web is not accessable, unless there is something I'm mi
--- On Thu, 6/10/10, Monsieur Louk wrote:
>You mean you have some HDs with ntfs partitions you'd like to mount at
>>startup?
That is exactly it. I have an ntfs partition I store all my personal files.
>You could always edit your /etc/rc.local file and put some 'mount' command
>>lines in it
I
--- On Wed, 6/9/10, Tom H wrote:
+
This kill-file thing is great. Simple, easy & I don't have to waste my time or
anyone else's with non-tech stuff. Thanks to all that have suggested it!
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If anyone has some quick advice on ntfs auto-mount... I was using "ntfs-config"
in Ubuntu 9.10, but I don't see that in Debian Synaptic Package Manager.
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If you boot up a fresh install of Debian & after you boot up, plug in your
Ethernet cable & try to add software, Debian asks for the install disk. If you
plug in Ethernet BEFORE you boot up it will look online for software. WOW, that
was frustrating! I'm FINALLY online with Debian on my Acer Asp
--- On Wed, 6/9/10, Johan Grönqvist wrote:
>From what I have seen so far, I would recommend ubuntu 9.10 for your netbook,
>followed by debian testing or unstable.
++=
Thanks so much for your input. I've got madwifi working Debian on my Acer
Aspire One.
--- On Tue, 6/8/10, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Now wireless does’nt seem to work out of the box so you
> need to:
<<>>
Worked great, thank YOU so much! I'm online wireless in Debian typing this.
(Now I've got some educational research in what I exactly did & how it worked)
> WIRELESS LED:
>
> T
--- On Tue, 6/8/10, Neal Hogan wrote:
<<< When adding packages, your system needs to know where to look. To find out,
it looks at the list in /etc/apt/sources.list. Take a look at that. You'll
probably see that the first item(s) in the list refer to the install disk. So,
until you get interne
My very 1st kill file entry, ever
--- On Tue, 6/8/10, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> He seems to be following the same pattern he did on the
> ubuntu-users
> list. He wants to be spoon fed.
>
> --
> Bob Holtzman
> Key ID: 8D549279
> "If you think you're getting free lunch,
> check the price of
<<< I originally wrote:
I do know I want to stick with "stable" Debian >>>
<<< Someone else wrote:
I my opinion there is no need to do so. Squeeze is close to freeze, soon it
will became stable. You better run it. Personally I run it on my EeePC and have
(almost) no problems. Advantage of runnin
--- On Tue, 6/8/10, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Now wireless does’nt seem to work out of the box so you
> need to:
>
> Make sure that non-free and contrib are selected in the
> package list.
>
> Open a terminal and type the following:
>
> #su
> #(Your root password)
>
> # apt-get update
> # apt-
--- On Tue, 6/8/10, Joe wrote:
> The first question is whether it picks up anybody's router.
> Is is a wireless problem, or a compatibility problem?
> Actually, the first first question is whether wireless is
> even turned on. I once got my Aspire One into a state where
> the wireless could not b
--- On Tue, 6/8/10, Chris Bannister wrote:
> Can you login as root?
I got the installation correct finally. I can get to GUI, log in as root. It
started another thread... can't get my wireless working on my Acer Aspire One.
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--- On Tue, 6/8/10, Lisi wrote:
<<< Are you sure that you clicked on the link?? It's obvious what you are
reading there. >>>
I'm quiet sure. I was reading that page when I clicked on said link... same
exact page opened in another tab. Quite a few options, none of which are
clearly the right
--- On Tue, 6/8/10, Javier Barroso wrote:
From: Javier Barroso
Please search in google, and read docs, before asking here,
See:
http://tinyurl.com/39382pz
+++
I'm already there, but not sure what I'm reading so far.
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I'm new to Debian, over from Ubuntu. Wireless on the AA1 does not pick up my
router. Any advice? TIA
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Sorry... I messed up! I thought I had made a disk with the full install... I
made another copy of the net install. I've got it working. Now for getting my
wireless working. I'll start another thread.
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I'm in Windows right now for my iPhone... SO slow, that last blank E-mail was a
Windows freeze issue.
Javier, thanks for pointing me in the right direction! & yes I'm subscribed...
don't know why I didn't get the orginal replys to my original post, but I am
now.
--- On Mon, 6/7/10, Javier Ba
--- On Mon, 6/7/10, Javier Barroso wrote:
From: Javier Barroso
Subject: Re: New to Debian (what I've done so far)
To: "ABSDoug"
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Monday, June 7, 2010, 6:25 PM
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:13 AM, ABSDoug wrote:
1st, tried to do "I
1st, tried to do "Installing Debian GNU/Linux via the
Internet"(debian-504-i386-netinst.iso) but could not connect to wireless. At
the time I did not have physical access to the router, but that can be done now
if necessary.
2nd, tried the big DVD image (debian-504-i386-DVD-1.iso). Tried to ru
I don't know what happen, but I reposted my question & someone posted that I
should look at the 1st E-mail string I started... but I didn't see anything.
I'm an Ubuntu user who wants to try out Debian. I'm weak on terminal. I'm only
getting terminal on Debian now. I don't know what to do next. T
--- On Mon, 6/7/10, Andrei Popescu wrote:
>
> Read the replies you got to your previous mail ;)
>
> Regards,
> Andrei
> P.S. Sorry for the CC, I assumed you are not subscribed.
Damn, I didn't see ANY responds to my post. But I'm seeing this one. Now what?
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I've been using Ubuntu for a couple years now. I want to try Debian. I'm real
weak on the terminal. When I was doing the GUI install, I could not get a
wireless connection(router is physically located in a part of the house I DON'T
rent). So now I boot up & get the terminal. Trying to install Gn
I'm real weak on the terminal. When I was doing the GUI install, I could not
get a wireless connection(router is physically located in a part of the house I
DON'T rent). So now I boot up & get the terminal. Trying to install Gnome got
me no where. What do I do next? TIA!
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