Re: (repost w/o HTML) Debian 1.2 is broken out of the box.

1997-05-14 Thread Rick Jones
Try using the ftp.debian.org site. It's the #1 mirror site and I've always had good luck with it. --Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: (repost w/o HTML) Debian 1.2 is broken out of the box.

1997-05-14 Thread George Bonser
FWIW, I installed the current 1.3 beta last night and suffered from no predependancy problems. The transfer did timeout a couple of times and required me to restart it but otherwise seemed to install OK. The only major problem noted is the root directory ownership problem. George Bonser [EMAIL

(repost w/o HTML) Debian 1.2 is broken out of the box.

1997-05-14 Thread Jim
OK, we'll try this again without HTML tags. Sorry guys, my linux box isn't working so well, so I'm using windows/netscape which was set up to embed HTML. Speaking of my linux box not feeling so healthy, here's why: > > Speaking as someone who has spent lots of spare time over the last few > week

Re: Debian 1.2 is broken out of the box.

1997-05-13 Thread George Bonser
Hmmm, I could not see the original with my basic pine setup but I could finally see the message in your reply. If this fellow has been struggling for weeks trying to get the basic system installed, my guess is that he has not been reading the instructions. It is not something that can be "figured

Re: Debian 1.2 is broken out of the box.

1997-05-13 Thread Rick Jones
I'm only one person on this list that isn't going to bother trying to decypher this HTML message to see what you are complaining about. Sending a message to a linux mailing list in HTML format isn't the brightest thing I've ever seen. If it's any indication of the content, I suspect that others

Debian 1.2 is broken out of the box.

1997-05-13 Thread Jim
Speaking as someone who has spent lots of spare time over the last few weeks trying to install Debian w/ only limited success, I feel I have earned the right to criticize you Debian folks for not bothering to test your stuff. Did the basic diskette installation that I got from ftp.kernel.org's mi