Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-03-18 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:55:51 -0500, rir wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 01:43:50AM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > > Because I need to burn CDs at times and as far as I have knowledge, > > Knoppix atleast won't let the CD out once booted. > > Use "knoppix toram" at the bo

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-28 Thread Matthew K Poer
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 01:21 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > Thanks for the concern and warning though. I didn't take it > negatively. Just that I haven't seen a Linux installation corrupting > the other OS. > > The worst that could happen is what? Partitions getting deleted or is > there anything else mor

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-28 Thread Deboo ^
Thanks for the concern and warning though. I didn't take it negatively. Just that I haven't seen a Linux installation corrupting the other OS. The worst that could happen is what? Partitions getting deleted or is there anything else more devasting and disastrous and unrecoverable? Regards, Deboo

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-27 Thread Matthew K Poer
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 00:26 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > Well, > Firstly, the cybercafe guy knows me well and I installed and > configuerd a debian firewall for him so he's quite friendly with me > :-) > > Secondly, I haven't yet seen a PC bogged up due to installing or > uninstalling Linux. Does that

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-27 Thread Greg Madden
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:55:51 -0500 rir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 01:43:50AM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > > Because I need to burn CDs at times and as far as I have knowledge, > > Knoppix atleast won't let the CD out once booted. > > Use "knoppix toram" at the boot prompt. >

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-27 Thread Juergen Fiedler
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:14:10PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Deboo ^ wrote: > >which distro goes in to a USB stick? > > > A quick Google came up with: > > >This open source project puts Live Linux distributions in packages > >ready to load onto and boot from USB flash drives. This includes DSL

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-27 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:55:51PM -0500, rir wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 01:43:50AM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > > Because I need to burn CDs at times and as far as I have knowledge, > > Knoppix atleast won't let the CD out once booted. > > Use "knoppix toram" at the boot prompt. > > Which onl

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-27 Thread Kent West
Deboo ^ wrote: which distro goes in to a USB stick? A quick Google came up with: This open source project puts Live Linux distributions in packages ready to load onto and boot from USB flash drives. This includes DSL Embedded, Knoppix, PCLinuxOS, SLAX, MiniMe+ SLAX, and Ubuntu! Yes, you ca

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-27 Thread rir
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 01:43:50AM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > Because I need to burn CDs at times and as far as I have knowledge, > Knoppix atleast won't let the CD out once booted. Use "knoppix toram" at the boot prompt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-27 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 12:26:55AM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > [...] > Secondly, I haven't yet seen a PC bogged up due to installing or > uninstalling Linux. Does that happen? And how many such cases exist? > It rarely happens, but when it does it sucks. From what I've seen it usually happens because

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-27 Thread Deboo ^
Well, Firstly, the cybercafe guy knows me well and I installed and configuerd a debian firewall for him so he's quite friendly with me :-) Secondly, I haven't yet seen a PC bogged up due to installing or uninstalling Linux. Does that happen? And how many such cases exist? Thanks again to the guy

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-27 Thread Matthew K Poer
On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 19:54 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > Thanks for the reply Vibhav, > That worked :-) > > Regards, > Deboo > P.S.: Pls use plain text for sending mails to lists. It's easier to > read and most ppl don't like html. :-) > > > On 2/26/07, Vibhav Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > D

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-26 Thread Kent West
John K Masters wrote: "Deboo ^" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Because I need to burn CDs at times and as far as I have knowledge, Knoppix atleast won't let the CD out once booted. Try Puppy Linux - runs completely in RAM so is fast and allows easy CD burning. http://www.puppylinux.org/

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-26 Thread John K Masters
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:43:50 +0530 "Deboo ^" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because I need to burn CDs at times and as far as I have knowledge, > Knoppix atleast won't let the CD out once booted. > > Regards, > Deboo > Try Puppy Linux - runs completely in RAM so is fast and allows easy CD burning

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-26 Thread Deboo ^
Because I need to burn CDs at times and as far as I have knowledge, Knoppix atleast won't let the CD out once booted. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. On 2/26/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/26/

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-26 Thread Wu-Kung Sun
Instead of temporarily installing Debian on a cybercafe PC, why not boot from a Live CD? If a cybercafe or any other public terminal allows you to install your own os or boot a live cd I'd recommend not using it at all. At least check for keyloggers. -- swk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/26/07 03:28, Deboo ^ wrote: > Hello, > I need to use linux when out of office. Is there a way to remove it > once I install Debian on to a PC with Windoze (2000/XP)? It should get > removed even from the OS menu. If that is possible, please

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-26 Thread Deboo ^
Thanks for the reply Vibhav, That worked :-) Regards, Deboo P.S.: Pls use plain text for sending mails to lists. It's easier to read and most ppl don't like html. :-) On 2/26/07, Vibhav Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Deboo ^ wrote: > Hello, >I need to use linux when out of office. I

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-26 Thread Vibhav Sharma
Deboo ^ wrote: Hello, I need to use linux when out of office. Is there a way to remove it once I install Debian on to a PC with Windoze (2000/XP)? It should get removed even from the OS menu. If that is possible, please explain how to go about it. are you asking "Is there a way to com

Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-26 Thread Deboo ^
Hello, I need to use linux when out of office. Is there a way to remove it once I install Debian on to a PC with Windoze (2000/XP)? It should get removed even from the OS menu. If that is possible, please explain how to go about it. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to