Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-13 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Thu, 13 Feb 2014, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Seriously! There is no argument that makes this statistic serious! There is no differential diagnosis... Rather than just post a snotty remark and leave it at that, (as I appear to have done) here is something you ought to be able to sink your fangs i

Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-13 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Thu, 13 Feb 2014, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Seriously! There is no argument that makes this statistic serious! There is no differential diagnosis Please do not throw around psychological/medical terms of art ("differential diagnosis") in that fashion. It's embarrassing, as one doesn't know how

Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-13 Thread Scott roccVegas
I seem to have an issue as well and my cdn error Scottrocc roccVegas ent.Inc > On Feb 13, 2014, at 8:08 AM, "Dave Woyciesjes" > wrote: > >> On 02/12/2014 06:58 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 13/02/14 10:24, lati...@vcn.bc.ca wrote: >>> Hello List >>> >>> I was very alert for almost 14 year

Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 11:07 -0500, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: > On 02/12/2014 06:58 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > On 13/02/14 10:24, lati...@vcn.bc.ca wrote: > >> Hello List > >> > >> I was very alert for almost 14 years, > > > > > > Great, but I think you're posting to the wrong list. > > Try trollsr

Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-13 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 02/12/2014 06:58 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 13/02/14 10:24, lati...@vcn.bc.ca wrote: Hello List I was very alert for almost 14 years, Great, but I think you're posting to the wrong list. Try trollsrus.org or witlingfools.org HTH Kind regards Makes me think of an article I saw y

Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:58:48AM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 13/02/14 10:24, lati...@vcn.bc.ca wrote: > > Hello List > > > > I was very alert for almost 14 years, > > > Great, but I think you're posting to the wrong list. > Try trollsrus.org or witlingfools.org https://lists.debian.org/

Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-13 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/02/14 20:20, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 12 feb 14, 19:41:00, Erick Ocrospoma wrote: >> >> Don't really understand your email, nothing makes sense. This >> must be considered spam. > > You shouldn't reply to spam ;) Spam? NSA backdoors, chemical contrails, fluoride pharmacological consp

Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 12 feb 14, 19:41:00, Erick Ocrospoma wrote: > > Don't really understand your email, nothing makes sense. This must be > considered spam. You shouldn't reply to spam ;) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers

Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-12 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2014-02-13 0:24 GMT+01:00 : > Hello List > > I was very alert for almost 14 years, thinking that someone could come > into Debian distributions, to install some kind of backdoor; but i could > not imagine that the backdoor has been installed little by little into the > Debian people, please see, f

Re: [D-community-offtopic] FW: [CTTE #727708] Default init system for Debian - Was: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-12 Thread latinfo
> > [latinfo, are you subscribed to this list? If so we could stop CC'ing > you] No, i am not subscribed, but it is not a problem if you CC me. Thanks > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 03:50:33AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 17:55 -0800, lati...@vcn.bc.ca wrote: >> > Normally in

Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-12 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 2/13/14, lati...@vcn.bc.ca wrote: >> On 12 February 2014 18:24, wrote: >> Don't really understand your email, nothing makes sense. This must be >> considered spam. >> Erick. > > What worry me, is that usually the decisions are taken with choices, and > this time there is no choice. You are

Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 10:58 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Try trollsrus.org :D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1392259005.678.7.camel@archlinux

Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-12 Thread latinfo
> On 12 February 2014 18:24, wrote: >> Hello List >> >> I was very alert for almost 14 years, thinking that someone could come >> into Debian distributions, to install some kind of backdoor; but i could >> not imagine that the backdoor has been installed little by little into >> the >> Debian peo

Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-12 Thread Erick Ocrospoma
On 12 February 2014 18:24, wrote: > Hello List > > I was very alert for almost 14 years, thinking that someone could come > into Debian distributions, to install some kind of backdoor; but i could > not imagine that the backdoor has been installed little by little into the > Debian people, please

Re: NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/02/14 10:24, lati...@vcn.bc.ca wrote: > Hello List > > I was very alert for almost 14 years, Great, but I think you're posting to the wrong list. Try trollsrus.org or witlingfools.org HTH Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

NSA into Debian distribution!

2014-02-12 Thread latinfo
Hello List I was very alert for almost 14 years, thinking that someone could come into Debian distributions, to install some kind of backdoor; but i could not imagine that the backdoor has been installed little by little into the Debian people, please see, from https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/inits

Re: [debootstrap] Debian distribution SID not working

2011-10-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Jeremy MAURO wrote: > I wonder if someone have successfully create a chroot environment in > SID? Because I have encountered the following issue: > # debootstrap --verbose --variant=minbase --arch=amd64 --include > aptitude sid /var/tmp/TESTING http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ > ... > I: Install

[debootstrap] Debian distribution SID not working

2011-10-19 Thread Jeremy MAURO
Hi everyone, I wonder if someone have successfully create a chroot environment in SID? Because I have encountered the following issue: # debootstrap --verbose --variant=minbase --arch=amd64 --include aptitude sid /var/tmp/TESTING http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ I: Retrieving Release I: Ret

Re: Distributed Debian Distribution Development

2010-09-02 Thread Olivier Berger
Hi. Le mercredi 01 septembre 2010 à 17:40 +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton a écrit : > i leave you with this: the idea of the "Freedom Box" caused quite a > stir at debconf2010, but i honestly doubt that, without any experience > of getting *yourselves* off of the client-server paradigm, there

Distributed bugtracker - Was: Re: Distributed Debian Distribution Development

2010-09-02 Thread Olivier Berger
Hi. Le mercredi 01 septembre 2010 à 17:40 +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton a écrit : > > * again: ikiwiki or something similar could well be used as the basis > for a distributed bugtracker. > I'd suggest you have a look at the SD tool and the incoming debbugs support for it developped by C

Re: Distributed Debian Distribution Development

2010-09-02 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Oscar Morante wrote: > Have you seen this project [1]? It looks like they have been already > thinking about the git+bittorrent idea. > > [1] http://code.google.com/p/gittorrent/ yes. it's effectively shelved. the name "gittorrent" was abandoned and the name "mi

Re: Distributed Debian Distribution Development

2010-09-02 Thread Oscar Morante
Have you seen this project [1]? It looks like they have been already thinking about the git+bittorrent idea. [1] http://code.google.com/p/gittorrent/ -- Oscar Morante "Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is."

Re: Distributed Debian Distribution Development

2010-09-02 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > Just - Wow... thanks! > > Hopefully digesting of this tasty post would not cause too much of farting ;-) :) > seems might be worth adding (if I am not missing the point), then the > concept of "derivatives" would then converge finally

Re: Distributed Debian Distribution Development

2010-09-01 Thread Arthur Machlas
I'm glad this was cross posted otherwise I would've missed it. Even if there are technical hurdles it's an exciting idea and I'm looking forward to reading the devel mailing list for follow-ups. The point about eating your own dog food is well made i thought, though whether there is any interest in

Re: Distributed Debian Distribution Development

2010-09-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
ources to be retargetted to other >areas which would improve the debian distribution. > >mostly that was words, not actual code, and, before getting all upset >at how little progress has been made (cameron dale's fantastic apt-p2p >work literally being the only exception )

Re: Distributed Debian Distribution Development

2010-09-01 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
Just - Wow... thanks! Hopefully digesting of this tasty post would not cause too much of farting ;-) seems might be worth adding (if I am not missing the point), then the concept of "derivatives" would then converge finally to a more digestible, more manageable, and thus more robust mechanism o

Re: installation time for a Debian distribution

2005-12-16 Thread Dexter
to > install a Debian distribution onto a computer with a 3.2GHZ Pentium 4 > Prescott (800 FSB), and ASUS P4P800e Deluxe motherboard? > > I would have a 250 GB Seagate hard drive. I was thinking of either sarge > or etch, especially etch since I understand that the beta installer

Re: installation time for a Debian distribution

2005-12-15 Thread Adam James
On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 16:29 -0600, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: > With a speed of between 1.0 and 1.5 mbs on DSL, how long would it take to > install a Debian distribution onto a computer with a 3.2GHZ Pentium 4 > Prescott (800 FSB), and ASUS P4P800e Deluxe motherboard? > > I woul

installation time for a Debian distribution

2005-12-15 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
With a speed of between 1.0 and 1.5 mbs on DSL, how long would it take to install a Debian distribution onto a computer with a 3.2GHZ Pentium 4 Prescott (800 FSB), and ASUS P4P800e Deluxe motherboard? I would have a 250 GB Seagate hard drive. I was thinking of either sarge or etch, especially

Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread John Hasler
Gilbert, Joseph writes: > Well, the version number of sendmail in stable (just one example) seems > to be pretty old - 8.12.3. There are known exploits (buffer overflows, > etc.) The fixes were _backported_ to 8.12.3 by Debian security. This closes the holes without the changes in functionality

Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "Gilbert, Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If you are worried about security and stability issues, install >> stable. period. This is the most preferred way. > > I do not think stable is necessarily the best if you are very concerned > about se

RE: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread Gilbert, Joseph
table being less secure than testing. Joe -Original Message- From: s. keeling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 3:14 PM To: debian-user Subject: Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1 Incoming from Gilbert, Joseph: > > From: John Hasler [ma

Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Gilbert, Joseph: > > From: John Hasler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I do not think stable is necessarily the best if you are very > > > concerned > > > about security. Packages with recent security fixes can take time to > > > make it into stable. > > > Stable gets backported s

RE: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread Gilbert, Joseph
to make it into woody pretty quickly but this is two examples of key services that do not appear to be current. Joe -Original Message- From: John Hasler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 11:08 AM To: debian-user Subject: Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution

Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread John Hasler
s. keeling writes: > Fixes go into _unstable_ first. Then (if they're accepted) they go into > _stable_. Eventually, they trickle down (up?) into _testing_. New packages (including ones with security fixes from upstream or the maintainer) go into Unstable and then propagate to Testing. A very f

Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread John Hasler
Joe writes: > I do not think stable is necessarily the best if you are very concerned > about security. Packages with recent security fixes can take time to > make it into stable. Stable gets backported security fixes very promptly. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Gilbert, Joseph: > > > If you are worried about security and stability issues, > > install stable. period. Correct! > I do not think stable is necessarily the best if you are very concerned > about security. Packages with recent security fixes can take time to make > it into stab

RE: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread Gilbert, Joseph
> If you are worried about security and stability issues, install stable. period. > This is the most preferred way. I do not think stable is necessarily the best if you are very concerned about security. Packages with recent security fixes can take time to make it into stable. I have found te

Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-28 Thread Jim Hall
about new questions. If you can attach both question and corresponding answers that would be great. 3) Any other advice? *** choosing a debian distribution *** 1. How many Debian distributions are there? Read http://www.debia

Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-24 Thread Pedro M (Morphix User)
/useless? 2) Obviously the set of questions is not a complete list. I would like to receive suggestions about new questions. If you can attach both question and corresponding answers that would be great. 3) Any other advice? *** choosing a debian distribution

faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-24 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
questions is not a complete list. I would like to receive suggestions about new questions. If you can attach both question and corresponding answers that would be great. 3) Any other advice? *** choosing a debian distribution

Re: Debian Distribution

2002-12-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 03:38:45PM +0100, Santo Caruso wrote: > Dear Debian, > > I'm new italian user of your system. > I would to distribuite Debian woody to another people but what I find part > of your packages with non-free software for ask then autorization for > distribution? You need to ch

Re: Debian Distribution

2002-12-08 Thread Jens Müller
"Santo Caruso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm new italian user of your system. > I would to distribuite Debian woody to another people but what I find part > of your packages with non-free software for ask then autorization for > distribution? You would have to study the license of each single

Debian Distribution

2002-12-08 Thread Santo Caruso
Dear Debian, I'm new italian user of your system. I would to distribuite Debian woody to another people but what I find part of your packages with non-free software for ask then autorization for distribution? Sincerly, Santo Caruso --- Santino "skyweb" Caruso Membro CS-LUG (Cosenza Linux User G

Re: New Debian distribution concept?

2002-05-07 Thread shaulka
On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 04:22:06PM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote: > I remember I read after potato was released as stable that Debian would > start a new concept for the building of the distribution. I haven't heard > much after that. Does anybody know if there are any plans / discussions > about thi

Re: New Debian distribution concept?

2002-05-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 04:22:06PM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote: > I remember I read after potato was released as stable that Debian would > start a new concept for the building of the distibution. I haven't heard > much after that. Does anybody know if there are any plans / discussions > about this

New Debian distribution concept?

2002-05-07 Thread Preben Randhol
I remember I read after potato was released as stable that Debian would start a new concept for the building of the distibution. I haven't heard much after that. Does anybody know if there are any plans / discussions about this? I am asking because if the number of packages in Debian keeps increasi

RE: Debian Distribution

2001-09-29 Thread Scott Henson
> -Original Message- > From: D-Man [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 8:12 PM > To: Debian-User > Subject: Re: Debian Distribution > > > On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 08:12:43PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > | I am very intrested in try

Re: Debian Distribution

2001-09-29 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 08:12:43PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > I am very intrested in trying the debian distribution, but I am having > trouble with the way debian wants me to get the cd. I really dont feel like http://cdimage.debian.org/ It was on the download page, of all h

Re: Debian Distribution

2001-09-29 Thread dman
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 08:12:43PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: | I am very intrested in trying the debian distribution, but I am having | trouble with the way debian wants me to get the cd. I really dont feel like | spending money on something i could get for free, so i dont want to pay for | a cd

Debian Distribution

2001-09-29 Thread Scott Henson
I am very intrested in trying the debian distribution, but I am having trouble with the way debian wants me to get the cd. I really dont feel like spending money on something i could get for free, so i dont want to pay for a cd set. Also I am having some real trouble with this program that the

Re: Debian distribution with free support

2001-01-08 Thread Guilherme Ceschiatti
Hi! I'd recomend Storm Linux (http://www.stormix.com). It's a great distribution based on Debian, with all the packages compatible. The instalation is even simpler than Mandrake or RedHat, and the plug-and-pray device configuration is very easy with SAS. It's a really great product. []s Guilhe

Re: Debian distribution with free support

2001-01-08 Thread Charlie Kroeger
>Someone wrote me an e-mail and included an URL to a seller of >-|"Official" Debian that included free support. That was www.libranet.com They do a debian distro variation for $25, looks interesting, here's a paste from their 'support' page, where the 'debian users' are mentioned. >Support >

Re: Debian distribution with free support

2001-01-08 Thread ktb
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:26:35AM -0500, Holp, John Mr. wrote: > Debian People, > > Someone wrote me an e-mail and included an URL to a seller of > "Official" Debian that included free support. Please re-send the URL as I > have lost it. > This list is the best free support I hav

Re: Debian distribution with free support

2001-01-08 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Holp, John Mr. wrote: -|Debian People, -| -| Someone wrote me an e-mail and included an URL to a seller of -|"Official" Debian that included free support. Please re-send the URL as I -|have lost it. -| -|Thanks, -| -|John -| Look here: http://www.debian.org/distrib/vendo

Re: Debian distribution with free support

2001-01-08 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Holp, John Mr. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010108 11:27]: > Someone wrote me an e-mail and included an URL to a seller of > "Official" Debian that included free support. Please re-send the URL > as I have lost it. http://www.debian.org/consultants/

Debian distribution with free support

2001-01-08 Thread Holp, John Mr.
Debian People, Someone wrote me an e-mail and included an URL to a seller of "Official" Debian that included free support. Please re-send the URL as I have lost it. Thanks, John

Re: debian distribution

2000-04-08 Thread Jonathan Heaney
mikej wrote: > Hi, my question is simple. When can we expect to see the new Debian > distribution out. It has already been over a year since the last release. > > Any time soon?? > > Thanks Mike Jennings > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] &

Re: debian distribution

2000-04-08 Thread Oki DZ
On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, mikej wrote: > Hi, my question is simple. When can we expect to see the new Debian > distribution out. It has already been over a year since the last release. You can visit www.debian.org and see the available releases. I think on the unstable release, you could g

debian distribution

2000-04-08 Thread mikej
Hi, my question is simple. When can we expect to see the new Debian distribution out. It has already been over a year since the last release. Any time soon?? Thanks Mike Jennings

RE: LINUX installation - Debian Distribution

2000-01-20 Thread Ailton Santos
Friends, Linux - Debian Distribution was installed in my machine successfully, after the command above: boot: linux aha1542=0x134 Thanks, [ ] Ailton S. A. From: "Ailton Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: LI

RE: LINUX installation - Debian Distribution

2000-01-17 Thread Ailton Santos
Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: LINUX installation - Debian Distribution Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 14:10:42 -0500 > Interface - Adaptec SCSI, model AHA1540CF/AHA1542CF: > IRQ 11, DMA 5, ID 7 PORT 134h >

RE: LINUX installation - Debian Distribution

2000-01-07 Thread Paul McHale
> Interface - Adaptec SCSI, model AHA1540CF/AHA1542CF: > IRQ 11, DMA 5, ID 7 PORT 134h > BIOS Revisao 2.02 Ender. Base DC000h > FIRMWARE Revisao E.0 Soma Verific 4B81h > HD ID 0 and PORT 80h > Here is something from a previous post that might help:

LINUX installation - Debian Distribution

2000-01-07 Thread Ailton Santos
Friends, I need assistance for to install a LINUX 2.0.29 at my machine using a Debian distribution. Configuration: Machine - 486DX2, 66MHZ, RAM-16MB and HD-1GB(SEAGATE ST31230N. Interface - Adaptec SCSI, model AHA1540CF/AHA1542CF: IRQ 11, DMA 5, ID 7 PORT 134h BIOS

Smail in an old debian distribution.

1999-08-30 Thread Joao Pedro Gonçalves
Hi, I'm a happy debian user with an old server that i haven't figured until this weekend that it was open relayed, and even worse, the version of smail it's currently using doesn't support relay options, my system is a Debian 1.2, and i really would like to stick on the libc5, the machine is quite

Debian Distribution/Web Page

1998-10-15 Thread Todd Morris
[Well, I fowarded one negative comment. Here is a positive comment that webmaster recieved - Darren] I thought Debian was a rag-tag kludge loosely gopped together on the Internet. After reading reviews of Debian 2.0 and visiting your website, I have to say that I am extremely impressed. The info

RE: Getting at Debian distribution files

1998-10-14 Thread Moore, Paul
ectly!! Thanks a lot! Paul. >-- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 13 October 1998 17:46 >To:Moore, Paul >Cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Getting at Debian distribution files > >"Moore, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> write

RE: Getting at Debian distribution files

1998-10-14 Thread David Karlin
> An alternative would be to mount the CD on a Windows 95 or NT box on the > LAN, and pull the packages off the CD via FTP or NFS, but this would > require a FTP/NFS server for 95 or NT which will handle translation of > filenames based on TRANS.TBL files - something which I haven't been able > t

Re: Getting at Debian distribution files

1998-10-13 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
"Moore, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I'm trying to install Debian on a PC at work. I have the Debian 2.0 | Official CD from CheapBytes, which installed fine on my home PC (which | has a CD drive). [snip] | I have a network connection, so I could get the stuff from the debian | ftp site direc

Re: Getting at Debian distribution files

1998-10-13 Thread Martin Waller
milar case (firewall, DHCP leases, etc., but with a CD on my PC so installation was a tad simpler). Martin >From: "Moore, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'Debian Users'" >Subject: Getting at Debian distribution files >Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 16:11:5

Getting at Debian distribution files

1998-10-13 Thread Moore, Paul
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian on a PC at work. I have the Debian 2.0 Official CD from CheapBytes, which installed fine on my home PC (which has a CD drive). The work PC has no CD drive, but it *does* have a network connection. I have got the install through to the point of running dselect as r

Debian distribution

1998-03-09 Thread Pascal MIQUET
I'm trying to make my PS/2 LiNUX ALiVE In order to install LiNUX on an MCA(PS/2) system, DRV and RESCUE must be patched for MCA. Is the 'Official' distribution take care of the MCA ? I've found DRV and RESCUE disks to be able to install BASE floppies :) System is coming to LiFE, but on reboot

Re: How to mirror the unstable debian distribution non-free included and make a debian-cd with it?

1997-11-18 Thread Daniel Martin
On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Ranty wrote: > I have an slow link (33.600bps modem) so I can not go around downloading > too many things, but I have the chance of getting all of it via ethernet, the > problem is: > -I have to get it in about 300MB pieces. I mean, I have plenty of room > in my co

Re: How to mirror the unstable debian distribution non-free included and make a debian-cd with it?

1997-11-18 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Ranty wrote: > I have an slow link (33.600bps modem) so I can not go around downloading > too many things, but I have the chance of getting all of it via ethernet, the > problem is: > -I have to get it in about 300MB pieces. I mean, I have plenty of room > in my co

How to mirror the unstable debian distribution non-free included and make a debian-cd with it?

1997-11-18 Thread Ranty
I have an slow link (33.600bps modem) so I can not go around downloading too many things, but I have the chance of getting all of it via ethernet, the problem is: -I have to get it in about 300MB pieces. I mean, I have plenty of room in my computer, but the notebook I have to use to

Re: Debian distribution in the CD-ROM distributed with BOOT magazine.

1997-11-04 Thread Bruce Perens
If your motherboard is set up to boot from CD and the "Boot" CD is still in the drive, it might give out that message. Pop the CD out and see what happens. If you determine your boot block really is clobbered, we can tell you how to replace it. I doubt, at this point, that a virus is to blame.

Debian distribution in the CD-ROM distributed with BOOT magazine.

1997-11-04 Thread ESV Narayanan
I installed Debian from the CD-ROM distributed with BOOT magazine. The computer is a Pentium 200 with 4Gb partitioned into a Win95 half and Linux partitions. Everything went well until I installed Loadlin to boot Linux from Win95 Boot prompt (following the instructions in Loadlin+Win95 mini-HOWT

PHT's November 1996 Debian distribution---a few problems

1996-11-25 Thread Max Hyre
he release is 1.1.11. I used dselect to upgrade---a really nice job. Thanks to you all! Max Hyre --- Start of forwarded message --- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 96 17:27:02 EST From: Max Hyre To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A couple of problems with November 199