ls no display directory

1997-10-04 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Howdy all:-) I inadvertently typed " cd\ " (without the quotes) while at the root prompt. I got a what looked like a DOS prompt " > " (again without the quotes) so I am assuming that somehow I switched over to DOS mode somehow. I haven't even looked at running stuff from the DOS side yet

Re: mono monitor with x (fwd)

1997-10-01 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Addressed to: Lazar Fleysher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> debian-user@lists.debian.org ** Reply to note from Lazar Fleysher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 30 Sep 1997 13:16:14 -0600 (MDT) > > I have an old Hercules card and monitor. (I do not know whether being old > matters). In /etc/X11/XF86Conf

Re: dpkg and dselect

1997-09-27 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Addressed to: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian ** Reply to note from Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 26 Sep 1997 13:19:49 -0400 (EDT) > > On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Lawrence Lucier wrote: > > > The Rescue/Base installation refuses to install LILO o

Re: dpkg and dselect

1997-09-27 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Addressed to: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian ** Reply to note from Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 26 Sep 1997 13:19:49 -0400 (EDT) > > On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Lawrence Lucier wrote: > > > The Rescue/Base installation refuses to install LILO o

dpkg and dselect

1997-09-26 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Howdy all:-) First off, many thanks to the people who responded to my DOSKey and file format queries. Lots of great information sent my way and much appreciated at this end! :-) Quick recap of my problem here: The Rescue/Base installation refuses to install LILO on my system. The boo

DOSKey equivalent

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Howdy all:-) Just wondering if there is a proggie analogous to MSDOS's DOSKey (which saves typed in keystrokes and then allows the user to recall them by using the arrow keys)? Thanks...:-) PS.I am having trouble getting past the installation floppy boot stage so even though a prog

Re: formatted floppy type??

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Addressed to: Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> debian-user@lists.debian.org ** Reply to note from Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 25 Sep 1997 15:14:08 -0400 (EDT) > > reason I'm asking is because my boot floppy and install disks don't seem to > > respond to either > > ext2 or dos

formatted floppy type??

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Hi all. Is there any way of determining which kind of filesystem a floppy has been formatted with? The reason I'm asking is because my boot floppy and install disks don't seem to respond to either ext2 or dos when I try to mount them. Or maybe because I'm a newbie at linux I am issuin

newsgroup

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
** Reply to note from George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 24 Sep 1997 19:37:43 -0700 (PDT) Howdy all.:-) See from the docs (and various net searchs) there is a newsgroup called linux.debian.users available but I haven't been able to track down a news server which carries it. Anyone

lilo

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
** Reply to note from George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 24 Sep 1997 19:37:43 -0700 (PDT) Howdy all.:-) Using Rescue disk install program, I have set up Boot Manager, DOS, OS/2 HPFS, Linux ext2, and linux swap partitions on my harddrive. Seems that the floppy install didn't (won't

Re: [RANT] The Future of Debian (and Linux)

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
** Reply to note from George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 24 Sep 1997 19:37:43 -0700 (PDT) Howdy all.:-) Using Rescue disk install program, I have set up Boot Manager, DOS, OS/2 HPFS, Linux ext2, and linux swap partitions on my harddrive. Seems that the floppy install didn't (won't

Re: [RANT] The Future of Debian (and Linux)

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
** Reply to note from George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 24 Sep 1997 19:37:43 -0700 (PDT) Howdy all.:-) See from the docs (and various net searchs) there is a newsgroup called linux.debian.users available but I haven't been able to track down a news server which carries it. Anyone

Re: Newbie going crazy........part 2

1997-09-21 Thread Lawrence Lucier
** Reply to note from Lawrence Lucier <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 21 Sep 1997 01:28:15 PST Howdy all...:-) Still having problems with trying to install DebianI have included my original message below but am also providing some new information on this: The boot floppy w

Re: Newbie going crazy........

1997-09-21 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Addressed to: Jose Oncina Carratala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> debian-user@lists.debian.org ** Reply to note from Jose Oncina Carratala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 20 Sep 1997 13:25:01 +0200 > > Lawrence Lucier wrote: > > > Howdy all...:-) > >

Newbie going crazy........

1997-09-20 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Howdy all...:-) Picked up the following files: 9-18-97 2:24p 1474560 42 base14-1.bin 9-18-97 2:28p 1474560 42 base14-2.bin 9-18-97 2:27p 1474560 42 base14-3.bin 9-18-97 2:23p 1299456 42 base14-4.bin 9-18-97 12:05p 1474560

Newbie going crazy........

1997-09-19 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Howdy all...:-) Picked up the following files: 9-18-97 2:24p 1474560 42 base14-1.bin 9-18-97 2:28p 1474560 42 base14-2.bin 9-18-97 2:27p 1474560 42 base14-3.bin 9-18-97 2:23p 1299456 42 base14-4.bin 9-18-97 12:05p 1474560