Re: cdebootstrap error: can't install system

2008-06-09 Thread Mumia W..
On 06/09/2008 10:21 AM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: a couple of things. 1) only remove the -libtasn1-2-bin line as the other package exists. 2) I don't have cdebootstrap installed, but I do have debootstrap. It mentions that trying to install sid from stable won't work do to changes in the syst

Re: cdebootstrap error: can't install system

2008-06-09 Thread Chris Bannister
P: Configuring package gpgv > > P: Configuring package gnupg > > P: Configuring package debian-archive-keyring > > P: Configuring package apt > > P: Configuring helper cdebootstrap-helper-apt > > E: Couldn't install system due to errors! > > -end-

Re: cdebootstrap error: can't install system

2008-06-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
of cdebootstrap. You could install etch with it and then migrate that etch install, or you could pull in the sid version of cdebootstrap and try that. > > # ~/bin/cdeboot.sh > + cdebootstrap sid /mnt/hdisk/sid-root http://debian.mirrors.tds.net/debian/ > P: Retrieving Release.gpg ... > P: Con

Re: cdebootstrap error: can't install system

2008-06-09 Thread Mumia W..
b-0.1-4 P: Configuring package gpgv P: Configuring package gnupg P: Configuring package debian-archive-keyring P: Configuring package apt P: Configuring helper cdebootstrap-helper-apt E: Couldn't install system due to errors! -end- I can't see anything that l

Re: cdebootstrap error: can't install system

2008-06-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 05:53:05PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > On 06/08/2008 02:51 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 02:08:36PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: >>> I'm trying to create a Sid chroot system, and cdebootstrap downloads >>> many things, but it displays an error messag

Re: cdebootstrap error: can't install system

2008-06-08 Thread Mumia W..
On 06/08/2008 02:51 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 02:08:36PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: I'm trying to create a Sid chroot system, and cdebootstrap downloads many things, but it displays an error message at the end. First I see this message: I: Can't find package libtas

Re: cdebootstrap error: can't install system

2008-06-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 02:08:36PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > I'm trying to create a Sid chroot system, and cdebootstrap downloads > many things, but it displays an error message at the end. > > First I see this message: > I: Can't find package libtasn1-2-bin for exclusion looks like libtasn1-2 w

cdebootstrap error: can't install system

2008-06-08 Thread Mumia W..
ackages, I see this: E: Couldn't install system due to errors! The only thing that looks like an error is the line above that starts with "I:"; each time I try it, I get the same result. How can I get my Sid chroot installed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: flexible restore/install system

2005-10-20 Thread wieseltux23
Alvin Oga wrote: >On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, T wrote: > > > >>,- >>| >>| * No gold server. You work from the command line of any representative >>| target machine. >> >> > >bad thing to have if it fails and there is no silver or bronze >server with identical contents > > > >>| * No c

Re: flexible restore/install system

2005-10-19 Thread Alvin Oga
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, T wrote: > ,- > | > | * No gold server. You work from the command line of any representative > | target machine. bad thing to have if it fails and there is no silver or bronze server with identical contents > | * No central repository. Packages and change order

Re: flexible restore/install system

2005-10-19 Thread T
nf[1] for the software. 1. http://trac.t7a.org/isconf Hi, Ryan, very interesting site. Wish I had know it earlier. Just that there is not much said on the web. Can you give more links? Because skimming through it, I get a feeling that we are talking about apple and banners here. The OP's goa

Re: flexible restore/install system

2005-10-18 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
There are folks who have been thinking about this problem for a lot longer than you or me. Check out http://infrastructures.org for the concepts and ISConf[1] for the software. 1. http://trac.t7a.org/isconf - Ryan On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 02:18:37PM +0200, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Hi, > > at

flexible restore/install system

2005-10-18 Thread Benedict Verheyen
Hi, at home I run a server with actually to many stuff on it to be safe. But i want to test a lot of things that it evolved to this situation. It has ldap, samba, courier, spamassassin, clamav, squirrel, exim4,... Anyway, for normal quick restores, restoring a backup is quick and painless. Bu

Re: Suggestion for Common Third Party Install system

2003-08-16 Thread Edward Murrell
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 00:53, Nicos Gollan wrote: > This sounds awfully like an extended version of stow. It'd be nice to see > that. Hmm, having looked up stow, I see what you mean. The only thing is that stow, as far as I can tell, tries to do it for everything, which apt/dpkg already does bett

Re: Suggestion for Common Third Party Install system

2003-08-16 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Saturday 16 August 2003 14:48, Edward Murrell wrote: > The 'Applications' folder is accessible from the users Control panel as > a special directory, allowing write access with sudo and the root > password. The folder itself would most likely sit in somewhere like > /usr/local/Applications/. Thu

Suggestion for Common Third Party Install system

2003-08-16 Thread Edward Murrell
Recently, I have been working over strategies for Linux on the desktop. In particular, I've been comparing usability of system administration tasks to Windows 2K/XP and Mac OS X, the main contenders on the desktop. System administration tasks are done by almost everybody who owns a computer. It's

Re: Install system

2002-09-08 Thread Bob Proulx
> > - Is there a way to remove packages cleanly with apt? With cleanly I mean > > that when a package is removed also all packages wich the main package depends > > on and wich have no other depenceies are also removed? That would be cool to > > avoid "dead" packages on a system. > > Aptitude doe

Re: Install system

2002-09-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 11:37:35PM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > - Is there a way to remove packages cleanly with apt? With cleanly I mean > that when a package is removed also all packages wich the main package depends > on and wich have no other depenceies are also removed? That would be coo

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2002-01-14 Thread Mark Seven Smith
On Friday 11 January 2002 04:58 pm, Adam Majer wrote: > > To DL files if you know URL, use wget Whoa! I LOVE wget! Thanks! And thanks everyone, for the great suggestions. I appreciate it. --Mark Seven [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Soon to be: [EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2002-01-11 Thread Adam Majer
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 01:18:21PM -0800, Mark Seven Smith wrote: > Adam wrote: > > > BTW, what release are you installing? stable? testing? > > I installed "Woody" at the advice of the list, previously; > since it was possible that the console problem had been > fixed. I've heard on the Red H

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2002-01-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 WordStar sure was the best. Banged out many a term paper on a KayPro II... Some free advice: - - links is better than lynx. Supports frames. - - The big thing I like GUIs for is for xterms. Have as many open on your screen at once, resize them,

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2002-01-11 Thread Mark Seven Smith
Adam wrote: > BTW, what release are you installing? stable? testing? I installed "Woody" at the advice of the list, previously; since it was possible that the console problem had been fixed. I've heard on the Red Hat list, people that said they would rather be using Debian, but that their vid

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2002-01-10 Thread Brian Nelson
Mark Seven Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Heh. > > I've been offline all this time; I still *CRINGE* at the > thought of what I did to my Red Hat installation, so I > won't go into it (YIKES!) but I was stuck with having to > get Debian up & running--I tried everything! But nothing > wo

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2002-01-10 Thread Mark Seven Smith
Heh. I've been offline all this time; I still *CRINGE* at the thought of what I did to my Red Hat installation, so I won't go into it (YIKES!) but I was stuck with having to get Debian up & running--I tried everything! But nothing worked. So, I put in an old Cirrus Logic card, with a whole

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2001-12-14 Thread Kent West
Mark Seven Smith wrote: Set up a small (50 - 75MB) partition on hda1 with an MS-DOS fdisk and format and make it bootable to MS-DOS (or Win95 Command Prompt only). OMG, I have struggled *so hard* to get away from the tyranny of MICRO$OFT...WILL THE NIGHTMARE NEVER END??? ;-) Scary, ain'

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2001-12-13 Thread Kent West
Mark Seven Smith wrote: In the installation [of Potato], the install program that comes up is a simple text-based interface, with scrolling lists and such. But if I try to scroll the lists, the whole computer bombs--it just locks up. It is very strange; the keyboard wont' work, the RESET swi

Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2001-12-13 Thread Mark Seven Smith
org Subject: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 17:53:41 -0800 Awhile back, I purchased a book, "Learning Debian GNU/Linux", and was unable to install the version of Debian that came with the book (the CD-ROM that was included in the back of the book).