Can't figure out that problem with your Debian box?
Take your mind off it for a bit and play Trade Wars 2002 at
http://franknputer.com It's fun. It's free.
CRCD makes recovery CD's for Linux http://annex.com/craig/crcd.htm
lections.
The format can be seen by using dpkg --get-selections. An install script
could look like this;
echo "apt apt" >/var/lib/dpkg/cmethopt
echo "deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free"
>/etc/apt/sources.list
dpkg --clear-avail
dselect update
dpkg
However, there are some software that these servers MUST have, right now
it's
Legato Networker and the UPS software (not sure which UPS system we will use
yet). Both have support for Linux, but only RedHat. I'v made debian packages
of Networker from the RPM package, and they works fine. I'll try t
>In attempting to install Debian 2.1 from resc1440
>floppy onto an HP intel box with SCSI disks that
>had run Windows-NT, I get the error:
> "RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0"
>and the boot stops.
>
That is a normal message stating that the kernel has found a root image
which is what you
> When trying to install debian, I am simply overwhelmed by the number
> of packages I have to deal with...
I have a solution for that problem using a setup script as follows. I
simply copy this script and a selections file into ~/deb21 after
bypassing dselect during initial
David Kanter wrote:
>
> Last night I compiled a new kernel and had it sent to a boot floppy instead
> of the hard drive (using the standard Debian tools for compiling a new
> kernel). Booting from the floppy is fine. However, I'd like to mount the
> floppy and get the kernel image off of it, mo
You won't be able to mount the floppy since "make zdisk" does not create
a file system on the floppy.
Try dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/zImage where the first parameter is your floppy
drive and the second is the path and filename where you want the image
copied.
Normally you would boot off the floppy to tes
I have been a Debian user for several years now. The first time I loaded it
was before the "Bo" version. I compared it to what was available at the
time and chose Debian mainly because of the installation control it offered
via dpkg and dselect. But I also preferred just about everything else
sp
9 matches
Mail list logo
