On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Greg Frye wrote:
> I have 4 NT Servers running MS SQL Server 6.5 and though there is a lot
> of documentation, it isn't always that easy to follow or necessarily
> accurate. I have found Linux support through this mailing list and
> other newsgroups to be FAR superior to paid
I also just found the URL to a good article on Linux and PostgreSQL
(http://www.networkcomputing.com/unixworld/tutorial/018.html) (the link
is on the PostgreSQL.org 'news flash' page).
Greg Frye wrote:
>
> I understand the frustration. I am there, also. But don't give up, it
> will pay off. I
I understand the frustration. I am there, also. But don't give up, it
will pay off. I have learned more about Linux and the software for it
in the past year than I have about NT and it's software in the past 4
years (as far as what makes it tick).
Start at the PostgreSQL home (http://www.postgr
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Kent West wrote:
> Concerning databases: I was trying to find a way to connect to a SQLServer
> database from a Linux client. From responses I've receieved on this list,
> I've decided it can't be done. But until I decided that, I tried PostGresQL
> and couldn't figure out do
I would really just suggest that you get a book called "Running Linux"
(O'Reilly) and read it. I learned more about Linux in that one book (I
consider myself reasonably proficient in how the thing works) than I
did in lots of other bits `n' pieces on the web (slashdot et al.).
Alternatively get yo
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Kent West wrote:
> At 09:55 PM 9/13/1998 +0100, you wrote:
> >> "Martin" == Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >Martin> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i
> >
> >Joris> 2. D O C U M E N T A T I O N ( why all these cryptic files and no real
> >Joris> database ??? HTML yes?)
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Kent West wrote:
> difficult for me to wade through. Typically I come away from a three-hour
> documentation-reading session having gained nothing. I've often thought
> about contributing to the documentation projects, yet until I understand
> how the thing works, I can't wr
At 02:49 PM 9/14/1998 -0400, you wrote:
>Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> LaTex, etc, may be far superior to wordprocessors, but again,
>> there's the psychological issue of leaving one world (Windows) and
>> trying to find similarities (WordPerfect, Word, Excel, etc) in the
>> new world
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> LaTex, etc, may be far superior to wordprocessors, but again,
> there's the psychological issue of leaving one world (Windows) and
> trying to find similarities (WordPerfect, Word, Excel, etc) in the
> new world (Linux).
This is the source of all your probl
At 09:55 PM 9/13/1998 +0100, you wrote:
>> "Martin" == Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Martin> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i
>
>Joris> 2. D O C U M E N T A T I O N ( why all these cryptic files and no real
>Joris> database ??? HTML yes?)
>
>There are manpages, which are often quite good he
> "Martin" == Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i
Joris> 2. D O C U M E N T A T I O N ( why all these cryptic files and no real
Joris> database ??? HTML yes?)
There are manpages, which are often quite good help if all you need is a
summary and a reminder
You going to hear that most of the things you've suggested are being
address or 'in the works.' The reason for this is that Debian & Linux
are from the Unix background.
1) Supported by volunteers. The volunteers are usually building stuff
they find useful and donate it back to the public.
2
I have big difficulties understanding what you're trying to express
in your mail. I apologize if I got you wrong.
Joris Lambrecht wrote:
> Lo,
>
> Though the DSELECT program is easier than most linux installation
> programs i wonder
> if it just aint possible to write something decent on this ma
Lo,
Though the DSELECT program is easier than most linux installation
programs i wonder
if it just aint possible to write something decent on this matter.
All of the linux distributions fail on two points and so does DEBIAN.
1. Easy of use and installation (though now i mind less after 2 weeks of
Thanks! Problem solved.
Trying the manual approach didn't work (dselect said the contrib directory
didn't exist), but the soft links did work:
mkdir /install
ln -s /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8 /install/stable
ln -s /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8/contrib /install/contrib
Robin
>There are two ways I can think of to
>No, you should enter /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8, not indices.
Sounds logical, but dselect still didn't work.
The screen output is something like this:
|-
| Insert the CD-ROM and enter the block device name [] __/dev/sonycd__
| ISO966
On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Robin Rowe wrote:
>... objects that it can't find /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8/indices/stable/binary-i386.
> There is no 'stable' directory on my CD.
>
I was just wondering if you had "mount"ed your CD-rom before you ran dselect?
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On Sun, 12 Jan 1997 17:30:01 PST Robin Rowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> When I run dselect it asks me for the location of the Packages-Master file.
> I assume what it wants is /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8/indices/Packages-Master-i386,
> and therefore enter the directory path to that file. However, dsele
Hi. In October I got Debian on the CD-ROM from Dale Scheetz, but had some
problems getting it to work with my CD-ROM. I got sidetracked and have only
recently gotten back to trying to finish installing Debian. I now have the
base system installed but have a problem installing any packages.
When I
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