Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-04 Thread SamBozo Debian User
> - WinNT 4.0 (did not test) Works like a charm. > - Linux 2.x (Installed caldera openlinux 2.4 and RedHat with x on my debian > woody, no complaints) Add Suse, Turbo, Trustix, and Mandrake to that list. Sam Morgan

CDrecord "DEVICE"

2001-03-01 Thread SamBozo Debian User
I have the following instructions from http://www.astaro.com/doc/burn-howto_en.html The most efficient and easiest way is to type the following command: cdrecord -v dev=DEVICE fs=4096k -eject -pad -useinfo -dao -data Astaro_Security_Linux_ISO_IMAGE (or easier: cdrecord -v dev=DEVICE -data Astaro_S

Re: dselect problems

2001-02-27 Thread SamBozo Debian User
mike polniak wrote: > > SamBozo Debian User wrote: > > dselect says access method is already locked .??? > > how do I unlock it? > > deslect is still running. so find it and kill -9 > -- > LINUX~~nobody owns it~~everybody can use it~~anybody can improve

dselect problems

2001-02-27 Thread SamBozo Debian User
dselect says access method is already locked .??? how do I unlock it? this was due to my attempted installing bluefish from a .deb file on the hd not I can't get back in to make it look on the web sites? Sam Morgan

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Nate Amsden wrote: > > did you change any bios settings or perhaps do a flash upgrade? i have > seen that certain > bios settings do affect how much memory linux can see(although i haven't > been able > to track down exactly which ones). i have 3 mainboards in 3 different > servers > with slightl

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread SamBozo Debian User
> I don't really know, maybe someone who does will chime in here. Just a > thought after you compiled your new kernel did you rerun /sbin/lilo > before you booted? If not, I'd take the append line out and rerun lilo, > boot and see if everything is fine. Just a thought. > kent yep I ran lilo a

Re: Kernel upgrade

2001-02-24 Thread SamBozo Debian User
> Did you install off a CD? If so just snag the kernel source off that. > Read - http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.html > That should answer a lot of questions. http://home.xnet.com/~darogers/debian_university.txt helped me make it thru. Sam Morgan > > When you upgrade to 2.4.2 read - > l

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread SamBozo Debian User
ktb wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 06:41:59PM +, SamBozo Debian User wrote: > > I have just completed my 1st kernal compile. Things seem fine except for > > my memory. > > I have 256m originally (b4 the compile) it was all recognized. Now only > > 64m is reco

incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread SamBozo Debian User
I have just completed my 1st kernal compile. Things seem fine except for my memory. I have 256m originally (b4 the compile) it was all recognized. Now only 64m is recognized. I have done the append="mem=256M" on another box when the bios didn't recognize the memory correctly. But since this use to

VMware install

2001-02-22 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Here is the error: - Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel. None of VMware's pre-built vmmon modules is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this script to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C co

Bluefish install

2001-02-22 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Hi all, I want to install bluefish 0.6.1-1 however there are dependancy problems. I might have a shot at doing this on my old Mandrake box ... but with Debian 2.2 I have no clue. I tried looking with dselect but had no luck. Yes I know there is an earlier version but I don't like the featur

Re: Nameservers

2001-02-19 Thread SamBozo Debian User
All is joy, Browsing "tasksel" I looked at the info on the DNS packages. "dnsutils - Utilities for Querying DNS Servers" was one of the entrys. I tried an "apt-get install dnsutils" error was it was already installed. So I thought I'd try removal and reinstallation. After "apt-get rem

Re: CDROM device..

2001-02-18 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Ah Cmd Line Magic ... I am continuly awestruck. Now if I could just remember all this stuff. But I go the next best thing Linux in a Nutshell and Running Linux race ya to see who's wares out 1st Sam ktb wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 03:05:16PM +0000, SamBozo Debian

Re: CDROM device..

2001-02-18 Thread SamBozo Debian User
William Leese wrote: > > okay, this.. is stupid question.. being completely spoilt by Redhats > simplicity.. i'm unaware of which device /dev/cdrom was linked to. ..can > someone, give me a hint? > > William > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: Nameservers

2001-02-18 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Nate Amsden wrote: > > SamBozo Debian User wrote: > > > > I have a new install of debian 2.2 potato on another box. > > It has the same nameserver entrys in /etc/resolve.config ... as this box > > be sure its resolv.conf not resolv.config > > nate my bad re

Nameservers

2001-02-18 Thread SamBozo Debian User
I have a new install of debian 2.2 potato on another box. It has the same nameserver entrys in /etc/resolve.config ... as this box has. But it won't resolve ip's. I had to use "ftp://207.XXX.XXX.XXX/debian potato main" as my entry in /etc/apt/sources.list just to get "apt-get update" woul

Rebooting woes ..was.. Rebooting is foolish ....

2001-02-16 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Nate Amsden wrote: > try avoid rebooting whenever possible. i had a bad experience with > rebooting > not too long ago. a sun ultra 10..up for about 130 days..shut it down to > move a UPS, it never came back up. spent the next 15-20 hours rebuilding > it. > nate I Have had a simular experience (

Rebooting is foolish ....

2001-02-16 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Hello to the group, Recently there were comments made as to the "foolishness" of rebooting just to reset an edited config file. How about a list of the cli entrys that would have accomplished this? Are there different ones for different config files? SHUP something? blabla stop/start/restar

Linuxconf

2001-02-12 Thread SamBozo Debian User
I have my Deb box on a 192.168.1.xxx network which deb setup during install. I recently needed to change over to direct access (bypassing the intranet) to the internet. I went into linuxconf and made the changes. No Joy ... internet was inaccessable. I have done this on a mandrake box and it worked