Re: Converting From Red Hat to Debian

2001-11-15 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake dman: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 04:58:11PM -0800, Mark Seven Smith wrote: > > | ATI Rage 128 video card > > [removed all other peripherals too] > > | WHY I BELIEVE THE VIDEO CARD IS AT FAULT: > | Basically, Red Hat Linux 6.1 also had this problem--I had > | to get RH7.1 (with the new

Re: Converting From Red Hat to Debian

2001-11-15 Thread Mark Seven Smith
On Wednesday 14 November 2001 06:12 pm, Steve Kieu wrote: > > So: isn't there a way to perhaps, "put the parts in > > place", > > the way they do with SlackWare? I am almost ready > > Has any one tried to install debian like this: YYS...I think that will WORK!!! :-) :-) :-) HOORA

Re: Converting From Red Hat to Debian

2001-11-14 Thread dman
On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 04:58:11PM -0800, Mark Seven Smith wrote: | ATI Rage 128 video card [removed all other peripherals too] | WHY I BELIEVE THE VIDEO CARD IS AT FAULT: | Basically, Red Hat Linux 6.1 also had this problem--I had | to get RH7.1 (with the newer XFree86 stuff on it) before I |

Re: Converting From Red Hat to Debian

2001-11-14 Thread Steve Kieu
> So: isn't there a way to perhaps, "put the parts in > place", > the way they do with SlackWare? I am almost ready Has any one tried to install debian like this: boot using the rescue disk set, (whatever it is but has tar , gzip, and file system utilities and a text editor) run fdisk to parti

Re: Converting From Red Hat to Debian

2001-11-14 Thread Mark Seven Smith
On Monday 12 November 2001 12:52 pm, nate wrote: > Mark Seven Smith said: > [..] > > > how can I install Debian on my second drive, without > > having to go through the install procedure (which is > > incompatible in *text mode* with my video card)? > > [..] > > > cable modem, ATI Rage 128 video ca

Re: Converting From Red Hat to Debian

2001-11-12 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake Mark Seven Smith: > I ordered install CD's for Debian (prob. a year ago), and > found that my video card wasn't supported...it WAS > supported in Red Hat, and SuSE, so I used SuSE for awhile > (I had used RH5.2 and 6.1 before that), and now I am > running RH7.1. > > What I WANT to d

Re: Converting From Red Hat to Debian

2001-11-12 Thread Steve Kieu
> how can I install Debian on my second drive, without > having > to go through the install procedure (which is unless you hace the full working debian system, you can transfer it onto the second drive and edit using cp -a or some other method that jas been discussed in this mailing list last mon

Re: Converting From Red Hat to Debian

2001-11-12 Thread nate
Mark Seven Smith said: [..] > > how can I install Debian on my second drive, without having > to go through the install procedure (which is incompatible > in *text mode* with my video card)? [..] > cable modem, ATI Rage 128 video card i can't imagine an ati rage 128 not working with the debian in

Re: Converting From Red Hat to Debian

2001-11-12 Thread Erik Steffl
Mark Seven Smith wrote: ... > What I WANT to do, is to install the latest Debian version > onto a second hard drive that I have; then I will put that > hard drive as drive hda, and use the second drive (the one > that now has Red Hat) as my /home directory. > > That being said--what I want to know

Converting From Red Hat to Debian

2001-11-12 Thread Mark Seven Smith
I ordered install CD's for Debian (prob. a year ago), and found that my video card wasn't supported...it WAS supported in Red Hat, and SuSE, so I used SuSE for awhile (I had used RH5.2 and 6.1 before that), and now I am running RH7.1. What I WANT to do, is to install the latest Debian version