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 just as soon get the linux kernal

Is anyone able to compile kernel 2.4.19 from source?

2002-09-24 Thread David De Graff
As noted in earlier posts, awk fails with a segfault on make menuconfig when trying to compile kernel-source-2.4.19. I've posted several times on this problem, and have tried all suggestions given so far. Since my last post I have done many tests on clean VMware virtual machines running fresh ins

Re: awk segfault on make menuconfig to build kernel

2002-09-23 Thread David De Graff
Herbert, Thanks for the tip. I had actually tried that as one of my first solutions, and I just tried it again. No improvement - the same error persists. Any ideas for another approach? Best, Dave - Original Message - From: "Herbert Xu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: awk segfault on make menuconfig to build kernel

2002-09-23 Thread David De Graff
lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 1:11 AM Subject: Re: awk segfault on make menuconfig to build kernel > "David De Graff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Well, the conclusion that this ran fine with kernel-source-2.4.18 > > was wrong. It

Re: awk segfault on make menuconfig to build kernel

2002-09-23 Thread David De Graff
s for any ideas, Dave De Graff - Original Message ----- From: "David De Graff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 12:48 AM Subject: awk segfault on make menuconfig to build kernel > The first

awk segfault on make menuconfig to build kernel

2002-09-23 Thread David De Graff
ith error code 139. Giving up. make: *** [menuconfig] Error 1 > - Original Message - > From: "Osamu Aoki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "David De Graff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 10:33 PM > Subject: Re: awk segfault o

Re: awk segfault on make menuconfig to build kernel

2002-09-22 Thread David De Graff
=y ... > - Original Message - > From: "Osamu Aoki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "David De Graff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Debian User List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 3:03 AM > Subject: Re: awk s

Re: awk segfault on make menuconfig to build kernel

2002-09-22 Thread David De Graff
- Original Message - From: "Osamu Aoki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David De Graff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Debian User List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 3:03 AM Subject: Re: awk segfault when try make menuconfig t

awk segfault when try make menuconfig to build kernel

2002-09-21 Thread David De Graff
I'm trying to build a kernel from source using the kernel-source-2.4.19 and the instructions for the Debian standard method at: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-kernel.en.html When I execute make menuconfig, I get the error at the bottom of the session text below. It looks like awk

Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others SOLVED

2002-09-21 Thread David De Graff
It turns out that there was a newer version of modutils available that didn't conflict with the required binutils. Needed to point apt to testing for that. End of saga... Dave - Original Message - From: "David De Graff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PR

Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others

2002-09-21 Thread David De Graff
tools and kernel-image-2.4.19-686 to install gcc-3.2, yet still have a bootable system. - Original Message - From: "David De Graff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 1:11 PM Subject: Re: Preventing apt-get from removing p

Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others

2002-09-21 Thread David De Graff
riginal Message ----- From: "David De Graff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Travis Crump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 12:25 PM Subject: Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others > - Origina

Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others

2002-09-21 Thread David De Graff
- Original Message - From: "Travis Crump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 11:54 AM Subject: Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others > David De Graff wrote: > >> > >>Wh

Are initrd-tools and the kernel-image package needed after kernel upgrade?

2002-09-21 Thread David De Graff
Last night I did a kernel upgrade by doing: apt-get -t testing install kernel-image-2.4.19-686 The install process advised installing initrd-tools, which I did. The kernel installation went fine. Now whenever I try to install certain packages, like gcc-3.2 or binutils, apt tries to remove both

Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others

2002-09-21 Thread David De Graff
- Original Message - From: "Travis Crump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 10:59 PM Subject: Re: Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others > David De Graff wrote: >

Preventing apt-get from removing pkgs while installing others

2002-09-20 Thread David De Graff
I'm trying to install gcc-3.2 from unstable on a box that's running woody, and am running into trouble with apt-get trying to remove packages that need to remain in place. See the session text below: root:/usr/bin# apt-get -t unstable install gcc-3.2 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Depend

Re: Unrecognized RAM

2002-09-20 Thread David De Graff
- Original Message - From: "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 7:07 PM Subject: Re: Kernel upgrade on remote server -- DONE > > Now I just need to figure out why the OS still doesn't recognize the full > > 1GB of RAM in the machine - I wond

Re: Kernel upgrade on remote server -- DONE

2002-09-20 Thread David De Graff
t. Cheers, Dave De Graff - Original Message ----- From: "David De Graff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 5:13 PM Subject: Kernel upgrade on remote server > Hi, > > I've b

Kernel upgrade on remote server

2002-09-20 Thread David De Graff
Hi, I've been digging through the docs and mail lists for info on Debian and conventional kernel upgrade methods, and haven't yet been able to put together a clear list of steps to do what I need. The server to be upgraded is running bf-2.4.18, and its memory config only recognizes the first 900