Re: first post (a question)

2009-08-31 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Kroeger wrote: > If you get the Debian Testing Installer iso: (50-60 MB) I'd suggest to start out with Debian stable 'lenny' 5.0. If you later find out that the software released about 1 year ago is not as up-to-date as you desire, you could

Re: first post (a question)

2009-08-30 Thread Charles Kroeger
>Tonight I took a look at Debian's explanation of networking and > liked the way it was presented. I also liked what I read about Debian's > approach in general. You've come to the right place. If you get the Debian Testing Installer iso: (50-60 MB) http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.1/i3

Re: first post (a question)

2009-08-30 Thread Tim Tebbit
Buz Davis wrote: > I don't want to repeat my > mistake with Fedora (I need to purchase install media, having nothing > with which to write cds or dvds). Will the latest version of Debian run > on a K6 ? If I get a live disk, will that allow me to install over the > Internet ? > > Would appreciat

RE: first post (a question)

2009-08-30 Thread Kevin Ross
> From: Buz Davis [mailto:buzda...@earthlink.net] > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 5:53 PM > > [snip] > > When I looked at the release notes for the latest version, however, I > saw nothing referencing AMD K6 processors. I don't want to repeat my > mistake with Fedora (I need to purchase instal

first post (a question)

2009-08-30 Thread Buz Davis
I have recently had an issue trying to install Fedora 8 on an AMD K6 box. I have for years run some version of Red Hat on fairly old hardware, and it seems that my choice of Fedora 8 as a replacement for Red Hat 9 was unlucky in that the original spin of 8 didn't support AMD. Tonight I took a

Re: First post

2002-03-20 Thread Aaron Hall
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, John Bruner wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to get debian running on my IIfx. It won't come all the way > up. I get to a screen where it looks like it wants me to select a > country, but the machine freezes. I'm sorry, I don't know exactly what might be causing the freezes, but y

First post

2002-03-20 Thread John Bruner
Hi, I'm trying to get debian running on my IIfx. It won't come all the way up. I get to a screen where it looks like it wants me to select a country, but the machine freezes. Also, the screen is broken up into three vertical bars. The left and right are gui, the center one is command line. I hav

Re: First post to list: Make .deb archive available to dselect?

2000-10-24 Thread David Z. Maze
Robin Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RC> I've recently started using Debian after some time with SuSE and RC> am finding lots about Debian I like better, not the least is RC> dpkg/dselect/apt. Welcome aboard! :-) RC> One thing I've done is to accumulate a number of updated packages RC> off

Re: First post to list: Make .deb archive available to dselect?

2000-10-24 Thread Falchion DaSword
DT) > To: > From: "Robin Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: First post to list: Make .deb archive available to dselect? > > Hi, > > I've recently started using Debian after some time with SuSE and am > finding > lots about Debian I like better

First post to list: Make .deb archive available to dselect?

2000-10-24 Thread Robin Collins
Hi, I've recently started using Debian after some time with SuSE and am finding lots about Debian I like better, not the least is dpkg/dselect/apt. One thing I've done is to accumulate a number of updated packages off the Web which replace those on the potato CD. I now want to re-install on a se

RE: proftpd/wuftpd bug - my first post

1999-10-17 Thread Bryan Scaringe
ut getting upstream released into the unstable branch. Bryan On 17-Oct-99 aphro wrote: > found the first post in the archives > > http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9909/msg00200.html > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: ProFTPD patch for exploit? &g

proftpd/wuftpd bug - my first post

1999-10-17 Thread aphro
found the first post in the archives http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9909/msg00200.html To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: ProFTPD patch for exploit? From: nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 00:42:07 -0700 (PDT) from the thread output on the archiv