Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2014-01-05 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi Scott, I've successfully used your procedure (appropriately localized to my own environment) to do an install on an amd64 VM under VMWare Fusion on my friendly local Mac mini. So I think I could do the same thing on a PowerPC Mac if I knew the ppc equivalents of isolinux.cfg as used by you

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/12/13 13:26, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh > server during the installation? Yes. > I'd like to be able to > ssh/slogin/scp to the installation process so I can retrieve log > files and otherwise snoop the process when the keyboard/

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-10 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 08:57:05PM -0800, Rick Thomas a écrit : > > Do I have to build my own CD? Or is there some way I can use a standard > netinst CD, put a magic parameter on the boot command line and maybe > something (what?) on a handy USB stick, and have it all fall into place? > > This s

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-08 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 8, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 06:26:33PM -0800, Rick Thomas a écrit : >> >> Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh server during >> the installation? I'd like to be able to ssh/slogin/scp to the installation >> process so I

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-08 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 06:26:33PM -0800, Rick Thomas a écrit : > > Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh server during > the installation? I'd like to be able to ssh/slogin/scp to the installation > process so I can retrieve log files and otherwise snoop the process whe

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-08 Thread Rick Thomas
Thanks for responding, Scott! On Dec 8, 2013, at 6:57 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 09/12/13 13:26, Rick Thomas wrote: >> >> Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh >> server during the installation? > > > Yes - at least with the i386 and AMD64 installs > >> I'd

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/12/13 13:26, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh > server during the installation? Yes - at least with the i386 and AMD64 installs > I'd like to be able to > ssh/slogin/scp to the installation process so I can retrieve log > files and o

Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-08 Thread Rick Thomas
Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh server during the installation? I'd like to be able to ssh/slogin/scp to the installation process so I can retrieve log files and otherwise snoop the process when the keyboard/mouse are frozen. This is part of my pursuit of Bug#7

Re: Debian Installation Process ?s

2008-03-20 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/20/08 21:41, Tim Channon wrote: > Rick Kalkowski wrote: > >> Any other tips greatly appreciated. If I can't get this to work, I'll >> just junk the PC, but seems like a waste given my son's (4yr old) >> facination w/computers. > > I might get s

Re: Debian Installation Process ?s

2008-03-20 Thread Tim Channon
Rick Kalkowski wrote: Any other tips greatly appreciated. If I can't get this to work, I'll just junk the PC, but seems like a waste given my son's (4yr old) facination w/computers. I might get shot for saying this, Edubuntu is Debian based and aimed at children. http://www.edubuntu.org/ F

Re: Debian Installation Process ?s

2008-03-19 Thread Preston Boyington
Rick Kalkowski wrote: I've got an old WinXP lap-top I'd like to resurrect for my son to use What is the brand and model of the laptop? places like: http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ are usually a good place to start. > When I crank up the PC now, it's asking me for an admin password (that's

Re: Debian Installation Process ?s

2008-03-19 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/19/08 13:50, Rick Kalkowski wrote: > I've got an old WinXP lap-top I'd like to resurrect for my son to use > for games, internet, etc. I'm ready to wipe the drive and convert it to > linux, but I'm not sure how to get started. When I crank up th

Debian Installation Process ?s

2008-03-19 Thread Rick Kalkowski
I've got an old WinXP lap-top I'd like to resurrect for my son to use for games, internet, etc. I'm ready to wipe the drive and convert it to linux, but I'm not sure how to get started. When I crank up the PC now, it's asking me for an admin password (that's been long since forgotten). Can an

Re: Debian Installation process

2005-08-03 Thread Adam McKenna
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 02:18:01PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > > - > > Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger > > Téléchargez le ici ! > > Non merci, je ne suis pas intéressé. Par contre, Debian est assez > opposé à ce qu

Re: Debian Installation process

2005-08-03 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 10:23:14AM -0700, Adam McKenna wrote: > On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 02:18:01PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: >>> Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger >>> Téléchargez le ici ! >> Non merci, je ne suis pas intéressé. Par contre, Debian