Re: Getting Started with Debian 3.0

2004-09-16 Thread Raquel Rice
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:24:26 +0200 Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have another problem with the installation with Debian 3.0. > > The installer only support two filesystem type: ext2 and xfs. I > > prefer ext3 and reiserfs. So it is not convience for me. I > > choose ext2 for instal

Re: Getting Started with Debian 3.0

2004-09-16 Thread Joris Huizer
Lian Liming wrote: Andrew Konosky wrote: Hello, I started out in Linux with RedHat 8.0, then 9.0, and now I run Fedora Core 2 on my primary computer. I have used the Knoppix cd a lot, which I know is based on Debian, so I wanted to try out the full version of Debian. I just installed Debian on m

Re: Getting Started with Debian 3.0

2004-09-16 Thread Robert S
I recently installed woody on a server and did all security updates. Works fine, except for a few packages not included (eg. usermin). I'm just using it as a mail/web/print server. Wouldn't use it as desktop. Easy network configuration the debian way: # apt-get install etherconf # dpkg-

Re: Getting Started with Debian 3.0

2004-09-15 Thread Silvan
> installation and when system is availble, the first thing is to convert > the ext2 to ext3. Such conversion is not safe sometimes. > I am confused that why "ext3" filesystem is not supported whithin the > installer, is it unstable? It probably didn't ship with Woody because it was probably sti

Re: Getting Started with Debian 3.0

2004-09-15 Thread Lian Liming
Andrew Konosky wrote: Hello, I started out in Linux with RedHat 8.0, then 9.0, and now I run Fedora Core 2 on my primary computer. I have used the Knoppix cd a lot, which I know is based on Debian, so I wanted to try out the full version of Debian. I just installed Debian on my old computer, whi

Re: Getting Started with Debian 3.0

2004-09-15 Thread Kent West
Andrew Konosky wrote: It is now a Win98SE/Debian 3.0 dual boot system. I was a little uneasy about the text-only installation after getting used to RedHat's anaconda installer and Suse's fully automatic YaST (which is pretty cool if you've never tried it!), and even more puzzled when I started u

Re: Getting Started with Debian 3.0

2004-09-15 Thread Silvan
> and the release date of Nov 21, 2003 explains that. So I have an > out-of-date system. Seriously out of date. It hasn't had any non-security upgrades since even longer ago than that. It originally released in mid-2002. > And lastly, any general tips/hint/suggestions? I think if I were in y

Re: Getting Started with Debian 3.0

2004-09-15 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 06:52:45PM -0500, Andrew Konosky wrote: > Hello, > > I started out in Linux with RedHat 8.0, then 9.0, and now I run Fedora > Core 2 on my primary computer. I have used the Knoppix cd a lot, which I > know is based on Debian, so I wanted to try out the full version of >

Getting Started with Debian 3.0

2004-09-15 Thread Andrew Konosky
Hello, I started out in Linux with RedHat 8.0, then 9.0, and now I run Fedora Core 2 on my primary computer. I have used the Knoppix cd a lot, which I know is based on Debian, so I wanted to try out the full version of Debian. I just installed Debian on my old computer, which was running SuSe 9