Re: Installing Sarge problem

2007-08-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
type (n) at that prompt. On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Bob Middaugh wrote: Hi, I'm installing Sarge, installation completes, reboot, set timezone, root pwd, Apt config pick http and debian.lcs.mit.edu. After that, I get the ominious message about overwriting the kernel I'm currently r

Re: Installing Sarge problem

2007-08-13 Thread Joe Hart
Sending message back to list: On Monday 13 August 2007 16:23:55 you wrote: > -- Original message -- > From: Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Monday 13 August 2007 13:44:52 Bob Middaugh wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I

Re: Installing Sarge problem

2007-08-13 Thread Larry Irwin
On Monday 13 August 2007 13:44:52 Bob Middaugh wrote: I'm installing Sarge, installation completes, reboot, set timezone, root pwd, Apt config pick http and debian.lcs.mit.edu. After that, I get the ominious message about overwriting the kernel I'm currently running and how t

Re: Installing Sarge problem

2007-08-13 Thread Joe Hart
On Monday 13 August 2007 13:44:52 Bob Middaugh wrote: > Hi, > I'm installing Sarge, installation completes, reboot, set timezone, root > pwd, Apt config pick http and debian.lcs.mit.edu. > > After that, I get the ominious message about overwriting the kernel I'm > cu

Installing Sarge problem

2007-08-13 Thread Bob Middaugh
Hi, I'm installing Sarge, installation completes, reboot, set timezone, root pwd, Apt config pick http and debian.lcs.mit.edu. After that, I get the ominious message about overwriting the kernel I'm currently running and how this can be potentially disasterous. I'm prompted y

Re: Installing Sarge from source

2006-08-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 18 August 2006 14:34, Shadow wrote: > Hi, All. > > A crazy idea came to me to install Debian Sarge 3.1r2 from source. > I bought that 3DVD set, but found that there is no installer on > those disks... > > Q1: in general, what is the process of installing debian from source? You can't. T

Re: Installing Sarge from source

2006-08-18 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 07:35:00PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 12:04:23PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > > > > sometime in the far distant future, paleontologists will be debating > > the classic questions like: Which came first? The compiler or the OS?

Re: Installing Sarge from source

2006-08-18 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 12:04:23PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > sometime in the far distant future, paleontologists will be debating > the classic questions like: Which came first? The compiler or the OS? > Pencil and paper was enough to code up the design for the Zuse computer

Re: Installing Sarge from source

2006-08-18 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 06:56:33PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > There isn't one. To bootstrap "source only" you must first have a > compiler which requires a working compiler which requires a bootstrap > ... so you need a running Linux system somewhere. [You _can_ build on > another Unix or

Re: Installing Sarge from source

2006-08-18 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 02:34:01PM -0700, Shadow wrote: > Hi, All. > > A crazy idea came to me to install Debian Sarge 3.1r2 from source. > I bought that 3DVD set, but found that there is no installer on > those disks... > > Q1: in general, what is the process of installing debian from source? Th

Re: Installing Sarge from source

2006-08-18 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Take a look at Debian From Scratch: http://people.debian.org/~jgoerzen/dfs/html/dfs.html http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/10/1727246 Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installing Sarge from source

2006-08-17 Thread Paul Dwerryhouse
On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 02:34:01PM -0700, Shadow wrote: > Q1: in general, what is the process of installing debian from source? > Q3: can I use my Debian Sarge 3.1r0a binary set for that? > Q4: maybe I can just use some mini-distribution like DfS to load the > debian-installer and proceed with my s

Installing Sarge from source

2006-08-17 Thread Shadow
Hi, All. A crazy idea came to me to install Debian Sarge 3.1r2 from source. I bought that 3DVD set, but found that there is no installer on those disks... Q1: in general, what is the process of installing debian from source? Q2: in the readme on the first disk I read that I should start the insta

Re: [UNVERIFIED SENDER] Re: can't boot win2k after re-installing sarge

2006-06-17 Thread Kent West
Serena Cantor wrote: > Sorry for replying so late. I'm not taking you advice. > I decide to install win98 over win2k for other > reasons. Eek! Win98?! ;-) > I wish I could find out the reason why grub > fails. I study Linux+winnt howto, didn't find much > useful info. My hard disk is quite small

Re: [UNVERIFIED SENDER] Re: can't boot win2k after re-installing sarge

2006-06-16 Thread Kent West
Serena Cantor wrote: > Thanks! English is my 2nd language. No problem. However, I would suggest that you send replies to the list, not just to whoever responds. This way: * others who have more information can add to the conversation. * others who are looking for the same answers as you can re

Re: can't boot win2k after re-installing sarge

2006-06-16 Thread Kent West
Serena Cantor wrote: > I have win2k and sarge on hda3 and use grub to dual > boot. > Then I re-partition hda3 and re-install sarge, sarge's > installation program find win2k, so I let grub > install to MBR. Later, I find I can't boot win2k, > win2k complains some files missing. > > Saying that

can't boot win2k after re-installing sarge

2006-06-16 Thread Serena Cantor
I have win2k and sarge on hda3 and use grub to dual boot. Then I re-partition hda3 and re-install sarge, sarge's installation program find win2k, so I let grub install to MBR. Later, I find I can't boot win2k, win2k complains some files missing. Pls help!

Re: installing sarge from hard drive on libretto110ct

2006-06-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-05-25 21:40:39, schrieb Liudmila Yafremava: > > Hello! > using only floppies. I made attempts to install both potato > and sarge that way, with the same result: after booting with a > linux boot floppy, the machine demands a root floppy but > never releases the floppy drive (it continues

SOLVED: installing sarge from hard drive on libretto110ct

2006-05-30 Thread Liudmila Yafremava
Hi, All! This post will summarize installation of Debian Sarge on Toshiba Libretto 110CT. Thank you, Digby and Kevin, for your help. I did not use your suggestions directly, but you gave me ideas which got me thinking in the right direction. The main problem with Libretto 110ct is that it d

Re: installing sarge from hard drive on libretto110ct

2006-05-26 Thread Liudmila Yafremava
Hello, Digby and Kevin! So far the agreement between you guys and my other linux-friends seems to be that I should pull the hard drive and install on another system. I will do that as a last resort, because I will probably have a nightmare of a time configuring it on the libretto with all the

Re: installing sarge from hard drive on libretto110ct

2006-05-26 Thread Digby Tarvin
Hello Luda, > So far the agreement between you guys and my other linux-friends seems to > be that I should pull the hard drive and install on another system. I will > do that as a last resort, because I will probably have a nightmare of a > time configuring it on the libretto with all the devic

Re: installing sarge from hard drive on libretto110ct

2006-05-26 Thread Digby Tarvin
Hi Liudmila, I have Debian (amoungst other things) running on a Libretto 110CT. It is a nice little machine once you get it installed, but as you have discovered, one of the more challenging install targets... The PCMCIA floppy is of limitted use for installation, because it is PCMCIA and only t

Re: installing sarge from hard drive on libretto110ct

2006-05-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 09:40:39PM -0500, Liudmila Yafremava wrote: > > Hello! > > I have been trying to install Sarge on Toshiba Libretto 110ct > for weeks with no success. I gravely need someone to take me > through it, as I feel that I've tried everything and can't > think of anything else to

installing sarge from hard drive on libretto110ct

2006-05-26 Thread Liudmila Yafremava
Hello! I have been trying to install Sarge on Toshiba Libretto 110ct for weeks with no success. I gravely need someone to take me through it, as I feel that I've tried everything and can't think of anything else to do. The laptop had an empty hard drive and external PCMCIA floppy and cd drives

Re: Installing Sarge on an HP NetServer LH4

2006-03-30 Thread Mario de Frutos Dieguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My problem is the same that he has http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/09/msg00842.html Star King of the Grape Trees escribió: > Mario de Frutos Dieguez wrote: > >> I have the same problem. >> > What problem? This is why it is good practise to

Re: Installing Sarge on an HP NetServer LH4

2006-03-30 Thread Star King of the Grape Trees
Mario de Frutos Dieguez wrote: I have the same problem. What problem? This is why it is good practise to provide at least *some* context. Why can we install in a HP Netserver LH4 the 2.6.x kernel? Hmm? Didn't know that, sounds good though. Where can i download woody-vanilla distro?

Re: Installing Sarge on an HP NetServer LH4

2006-03-29 Thread Mario de Frutos Dieguez
I have the same problem. Why can we install in a HP Netserver LH4 the 2.6.x kernel? Where can i download woody-vanilla distro? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: installing sarge on a notebook, resizing ntfs partition

2005-12-05 Thread Joey Hess
Søren Christensen wrote: > I'm going to install Sarge on a notebook, I need to retain Win XP, so I > must do a repartition, where do I find "ntfsresize" ? It's built into the debian installer which I assume you plan to use to install sarge. Simply select a partition in the partitioning program and

Re: installing sarge on a notebook, resizing ntfs partition

2005-12-05 Thread Keith O'Brien
I used KNOPPIX 4.0 to do my partition resizing. ntfresize and fdisk. Just check out google for exact instructions. http://www.google.com/search?hs=UXH&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aunofficial&q=ntfsresize+xp+windows+dual+boot&btnG=Search Thanks, Keith. On Mon, 2005-12-05

installing sarge on a notebook, resizing ntfs partition

2005-12-05 Thread Søren Christensen
Hi, I'm going to install Sarge on a notebook, I need to retain Win XP, so I must do a repartition, where do I find "ntfsresize" ? /Severino -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installing sarge with etch installer?

2005-11-12 Thread Daniel Nilsson
h a way that it will find the system disk off the SATA controller > while installing sarge from scratch. Any other ideas on how to achieve > this in most welcome. Netbooting is an option as well for example, > would that help? So I'm replying to my own message with the results of

Re: Installing sarge with etch installer

2005-11-02 Thread Roy Franz
In-Reply-To=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Daniel, I found a Sarge image with 2.6.12 at: http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/amd64/ that worked for me. I had to modprobe the ata_piix module, but after that it worked fine. Roy

Installing sarge with etch installer?

2005-10-30 Thread Daniel Nilsson
install CD? If not, I can always build a custom kernel later. My issue is rather running the installer in such a way that it will find the system disk off the SATA controller while installing sarge from scratch. Any other ideas on how to achieve this in most welcome. Netbooting is an option as well for

Trouble installing Sarge on M325X Gateway Laptop

2005-10-04 Thread Scott Fitzgerald
Hi, Bought a gateway laptop. Can't get Sarge to install (I have a 14 CD set.) I really am not sure how to explain the problem, so if you could bear with me, I will try to explain what I tried to do. After wrestling with Win XP trying to dominate my disk, I managed to create logical partitions f

Re: upgrading to etch after installing sarge

2005-10-02 Thread Seeker5528
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:56:17 -0700 Andy Streich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks. I've pinned udev. Any hint on how to avoid this kind of thing in > the > future with some other package upgrade? I was using synaptic, added testing > to the repository after ins

Re: upgrading to etch after installing sarge

2005-09-29 Thread Andy Streich
inned udev. Any hint on how to avoid this kind of thing in the future with some other package upgrade? I was using synaptic, added testing to the repository after installing sarge, and then chose "Mark All Upgrades". I thought that part of "debian way" of package manageme

Re: upgrading to etch after installing sarge

2005-09-29 Thread valdyn
you could pin udev to whatever version you have from sarge or you could grab a 2.6.12 kernel image from sid and install that one. Example(s) for pinning to some version are in 'man apt_preferences'. cheers, flo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

upgrading to etch after installing sarge

2005-09-29 Thread Andy Streich
Hi, Just installed sarge on a P4 box, then ran synaptic and upgraded to etch during which I got this: * Configuring debconf * unpacking replacement locales * preparing to replace 2.3.2.dsl-22 (using libc6_2.3.5-i386.deb) * [snip] * Name Service Switch update in C Library... * [snip] * gdm

Installing Sarge 31r0a on Compaq Presario 2500

2005-09-16 Thread Gábor Szabó
I am trying to install Sarge on Compaq Presario 2500 that has a built in Firewire card. The hardware detection part of the installation hangs at 5% with the following message: Detecting hardware to find CD-ROM drives Loading module 'ohci1394' for 'Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-13

Installing Sarge on an HP NetServer LH4

2005-09-08 Thread marco_elen
Hello everybody, after many problems I finally could install Sarge on an HP NetServer LH4. This server has two SCSI hard disks. The following info was gathered using a Gnome tool (maybe GST) from a previous RedHat installation. Hard disks: two MegaRAID LD0 and LD1 RAID1 17365R. SCSI devices: two

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-25 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- "Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon > processor and 2GB > of RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? > Does the processor > need a special kernel? Will that kernel

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 08:13:39PM +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >>>I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of > >>>RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? Does the processor need a > >>>spec

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/24/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, don't. Compile your own kernel that has the 4GB_RAM support > enabled. None of the packaged Debian kernels have it. Without it you > will only get access to about 900 MB. > >From the /boot/config-2.6.8-2-686-smp: # # Firmware

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Dave Ewart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>>I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of >>>RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? Does the processor need a >>>special kernel? Will that kernel r

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 01:28:04PM -0400, Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy) wrote: > OK, could you point me to a resource that would show me how to do this? > Here: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html If you are not sure what options you need, then simply take the /boot/config-x.y

RE: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy)
OK, could you point me to a resource that would show me how to do this? Thanks, -Jason -Original Message- From: Roberto C. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:23 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: installing sarge on server On Wed, Aug 24

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 11:57:38AM -0400, Jiann-Ming Su wrote: > On 8/24/05, Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of > > RAM. Is there anything special I need to know?

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/24/05, Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of > RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? Does the processor need a > special kernel? Will that kernel recognize

installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy)
I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of RAM.  Is there anything special I need to know?  Does the processor need a special kernel?  Will that kernel recognize that amount of RAM?   Thanks,   -Jason    

installing Sarge on a headless box?

2005-08-02 Thread Dick Davies
Hi, just wondered if there's a way to install Debian just over a serial console? I've got a MII 12000 I want to install it on, but no monitor. Is it supported by d-i, if not what do I need to change in the iso? (hmm. and how the hell do I change an ISO) Thanks!

Re: installing sarge to lvm

2005-07-07 Thread Josh Battles
Rick Pasotto said: > > That certainly makes sense but HOW DO I DO IT? The installer gives me no > option either to format (select fstype) the logical volumes nor to > specify a mount point. The installer creates the volume groups and > logical volumes but then does nothing with them. When I set up

Re: installing sarge to lvm

2005-07-04 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 05:37:37PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 04:23:31PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 02, 2005 at 09:29:15PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > > > After that, you go back to the partitioner and then the new LVM > > > logical volume

Re: installing sarge to lvm

2005-07-03 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 04:23:31PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Sat, Jul 02, 2005 at 09:29:15PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > After that, you go back to the partitioner and then the new LVM > > logical volumes will appear at the bottom of the list. Then you > > select them one at a ti

Re: installing sarge to lvm

2005-07-03 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sat, Jul 02, 2005 at 09:29:15PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sat, Jul 02, 2005 at 06:48:42PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 04:56:46PM -0400, Ryan Schultz wrote: > > > > > > I can second this -- don't put / or /boot under LVM control, just /'s > > > large subdir

Re: installing sarge to lvm

2005-07-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Jul 02, 2005 at 06:48:42PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 04:56:46PM -0400, Ryan Schultz wrote: > > > > I can second this -- don't put / or /boot under LVM control, just /'s > > large subdirectories, like /usr, /var, /home, etc, but not /bin, > > /sbin, /lib, or other

Re: installing sarge to lvm

2005-07-02 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 04:56:46PM -0400, Ryan Schultz wrote: > On Wednesday 29 June 2005 11:46 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 11:39:03PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > > I'm confused by the sarge installer. I have a single 250g hard > > > drive that I would like to manag

Re: installing sarge to lvm

2005-07-01 Thread mess-mate
Ryan Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Wednesday 29 June 2005 11:46 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: | > On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 11:39:03PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: | > > I'm confused by the sarge installer. I have a single 250g hard drive | > > that I would like to manage entirely with lvm. T

Re: installing sarge to lvm

2005-06-30 Thread Ryan Schultz
On Wednesday 29 June 2005 11:46 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 11:39:03PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > I'm confused by the sarge installer. I have a single 250g hard drive > > that I would like to manage entirely with lvm. The installer wants to > > partition the drive *b

Re: installing sarge to lvm

2005-06-29 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 11:39:03PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > I'm confused by the sarge installer. I have a single 250g hard drive > that I would like to manage entirely with lvm. The installer wants to > partition the drive *before* configuring lvm but I thought that > partitions existed within

installing sarge to lvm

2005-06-29 Thread Rick Pasotto
I'm confused by the sarge installer. I have a single 250g hard drive that I would like to manage entirely with lvm. The installer wants to partition the drive *before* configuring lvm but I thought that partitions existed within the lvm. Have I misunderstood? How should I do the initial partitionin

Re: Installing Sarge -- Any reason to wait?

2005-05-31 Thread Rick Taylor
On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 17:16 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I'm not worried about more updates. I expect that. I just want to be sure > that it is already being treated like stable -- i.e. I can count on updates > not breaking anything. I've been running it for months. Nothing's broken yet. It see

Re: Installing Sarge -- Any reason to wait?

2005-05-30 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 03:24:28PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I have two production systems that I've been working with. Right now they > are > on Mepis while I'm testing. I want to change both over to straight Debian > for stability. I know Sarge is due to be declared stable in about a week

Re: Installing Sarge -- Any reason to wait?

2005-05-30 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 30 May 2005 03:36 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 03:24:28PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I have two production systems that I've been working with. Right now > > they are on Mepis while I'm testing. I want to change both over to > > straight Debian for stabilit

Re: Installing Sarge -- Any reason to wait?

2005-05-30 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 03:24:28PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I have two production systems that I've been working with. Right now they > are > on Mepis while I'm testing. I want to change both over to straight Debian > for stability. I know Sarge is due to be declared stable in about a week

Installing Sarge -- Any reason to wait?

2005-05-30 Thread Hal Vaughan
I have two production systems that I've been working with. Right now they are on Mepis while I'm testing. I want to change both over to straight Debian for stability. I know Sarge is due to be declared stable in about a week (could that change?), but it might be easier for me to install in th

Re: Installing Sarge using pppoe?

2005-05-08 Thread Carlos Rodrigues
Mitja Podreka wrote: I think the best/easyest way is to download the base system install CD or the first Sarge CD and do a base install. Then you configure ADSL with pppoeconf and change the /etc/apt/sources.list to include the nearest Debian repository. After this you can install everything you

Re: Installing Sarge using pppoe?

2005-05-08 Thread Mitja Podreka
I think the best/easyest way is to download the base system install CD or the first Sarge CD and do a base install. Then you configure ADSL with pppoeconf and change the /etc/apt/sources.list to include the nearest Debian repository. After this you can install everything you want. -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Installing Sarge using pppoe?

2005-05-08 Thread John Hasler
Carlos Rodrigues writes: > ...I was wondering if it is possible to do a network install using PPPoE. > My ADSL modem is ethernet based, so there is no need for special drivers > and such, just being able to do PPPoE authentication. You just need to get the base system. -- John Hasler -- To UN

Installing Sarge using pppoe?

2005-05-08 Thread Carlos Rodrigues
Hi! I'm thinking of moving my home gateway from Red Hat 9 to Debian (sarge) but I don't want to download the full sarge CD sets, so I was wondering if it is possible to do a network install using PPPoE. My ADSL modem is ethernet based, so there is no need for special drivers and such, just bein

Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 12:11:06PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:38:25 -0500, "Joey Hess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > understand is the soon-to-be official "sarge" release..) and I could not > > > find the basedbs.ta

Re: Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-13 Thread cga2001
> > You really don't need the latest version of gcc in order to install > Sarge, > no matter what install technique you use. All the stuff that you need to > install the OS is already compiled in a self consistent way. Once you > have > Sarge installed, you get the latest gcc for further work,

Re: Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-13 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 01:55:16AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > I looked at my copy of debinst rc2 CD. It has deb package of wget and > > udeb package of debootstrap on it in directory named pool. I believe > > udeb is a compact and stripped down version of a regular deb, so it > > p

Re: Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-12 Thread cga2001
> > I looked at my copy of debinst rc2 CD. It has deb package of wget and > udeb package of debootstrap on it in directory named pool. I believe > udeb is a compact and stripped down version of a regular deb, so it > probably has all you need for chroot, plus a lot of stuff that you > might not n

Re: Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-12 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 09:07:52PM -0500, cga wrote: > The new net install system is currently the best Debian has for install > over small pipes. If you can get the iso image of net install downloaded > and burnt to CD, you can get the rest of the stuff you need by using it. > Even if you can't ge

Re: Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-12 Thread cga
The new net install system is currently the best Debian has for install over small pipes. If you can get the iso image of net install downloaded and burnt to CD, you can get the rest of the stuff you need by using it. Even if you can't get it downloaded over your pipe, I recommend that you try to p

Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-11 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 12:11:06PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:38:25 -0500, "Joey Hess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > understand is the soon-to-be official "sarge" release..) and I could not > > > find the basedbs.tar file. > > > > Ther

Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-11 Thread cga2001
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:38:25 -0500, "Joey Hess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > understand is the soon-to-be official "sarge" release..) and I could not > > find the basedbs.tar file. > > There's no such animal for sarge. > > > I also noticed that the section "Installing

Re: Problem about installing Sarge

2004-12-09 Thread Adam Aube
FPAx wrote: > I've got a problem, i need to install the "netinstall" cd this OS to an > Asus Pundt-R machine (which have ATI chipset), and after the first > restart, the machine hang-up with kernel panic message. I was read, that > the kernel above 2.6.6 is supporting this chipset Then use the bo

Problem about installing Sarge

2004-12-09 Thread FPAx
Hi! I've got a problem, i need to install the "netinstall" cd this OS to an Asus Pundt-R machine (which have ATI chipset), and after the first restart, the machine hang-up with kernel panic message. I was read, that the kernel above 2.6.6 is supporting this chipset, but I'm a single user, a

Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-08 Thread cga2001
> > ... could not find the basedbs.tar file. > > There's no such animal for sarge. > > > I also noticed that the section "Installing > > Debian GNU/linux from a UNIX/linux System" in the "testing" Installation > > Guide does not exist. > > Sure it does. http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i

Re: Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-08 Thread Joey Hess
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > understand is the soon-to-be official "sarge" release..) and I could not > find the basedbs.tar file. There's no such animal for sarge. > I also noticed that the section "Installing > Debian GNU/linux from a UNIX/linux System" in the "testing" Installation > Guide does

Installing sarge with basedebs.tar

2004-12-07 Thread cga2001
I am in the process of switching from RedHat to Debian and I installed woody in a chrooted environment environment using debootstrap and the basedebs.tar base system as advertised in section 3. of the woody Installation Guide. I searched the "testing" repository (which I understand is the soon-to-b

installing sarge via debootstrap

2004-11-22 Thread Lucas Albers
I'm updating a mdk box to debian via debootstrap. when installing files via debootstrap, I get the following error: "Couldn't download console-tools-libs" see debootstrap log below. " ootstrap --verbose --arch i386 sarge /mnt/hdc6 http://htt I: Validating /mnt/hdc6/var/lib/apt/lists/debootstrap

Problem with keyboard while installing sarge

2004-10-28 Thread Israel Chauca
Hi everybody, I downloaded the Sarge net install CD (built 09/30/2004) to install Debian in my iMac Burgundi 333MHz. Everything starts ok, but when I get the "Chose your language" screen, I can't use the keyboard to change the selection or accept the current one or start a new shell, I don't know i

Re: Installing Sarge

2004-08-04 Thread Paul Gear
Ricky Clarkson wrote: > I would guess that either both CDROMs are faulty (unlikely) or that > the machine's RAM or hard drive are faulty (more likely). You can > test both, but I don't know how. I would have thought that the most likely issue would be the CD-ROM drive itself, since they are notor

Re: Installing Sarge

2004-08-03 Thread C. Tresenriter
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 18:00:19 +0100 Ricky Clarkson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would guess that either both CDROMs are faulty (unlikely) or > that the machine's RAM or hard drive are faulty (more likely). > You can test both, but I don't know how. Both CDROMs are rather old - so that may be the

Re: Installing Sarge

2004-08-03 Thread Ricky Clarkson
I would guess that either both CDROMs are faulty (unlikely) or that the machine's RAM or hard drive are faulty (more likely). You can test both, but I don't know how. On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 11:37:13 -0500, C. Tresenriter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to get Sarge installed on an ASUS A7V8X-

Installing Sarge

2004-08-03 Thread C. Tresenriter
I'm trying to get Sarge installed on an ASUS A7V8X-MX SE I've just used the CD to install on another machine with no problems. After choosing the install type, it begins uncompressing then halts with crc error. I've tried another CDROM with the same results. Has anyone run into this - or have a

Problem installing sarge actually console-common-0.7.41

2004-05-18 Thread Joakim Nordberg
Hi ppl, This is what I get! This is from installation of sarge, but I also get it from older systems I have up and running with sarge. Preparing to replace console-common 0.7.38 (using .../console-common_0.7.41_all.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/console-common_0.7.41_al

Problem installing sarge actually console-common-0.7.41

2004-05-18 Thread Joakim Nordberg
This is what I get! This is from installation of sarge, but I also get it from older systems I have up and running with sarge. Preparing to replace console-common 0.7.38 (using .../console-common_0.7.41_all.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/console-common_0.7.41_all.deb (-

Re: Problem installing Sarge from ISO images

2004-04-03 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
Galicic, Joseph R. wrote: Hi Hugo, Here are my exact steps I boot from iso disk 1 to start the install process. The base system installs ok and reboots After reboot I get the configuration menu screen. I set time, configure apt and such... Then I choose "select packages to install" and tha

Re: Problem installing Sarge from ISO images

2004-04-02 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 02 April 2004 06:51 am, Galicic, Joseph R. wrote: > Hi Hugo, > > Here are my exact steps > > I boot from iso disk 1 to start the install process. > The base system installs ok and reboots > After reboot I get the configuration menu screen

Re: Problem installing Sarge from ISO images

2004-04-02 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
Galicic, Joseph R. wrote: Hi Hugo, Here are my exact steps I boot from iso disk 1 to start the install process. The base system installs ok and reboots After reboot I get the configuration menu screen. I set time, configure apt and such... Then I choose "select packages to install" and tha

RE: Problem installing Sarge from ISO images

2004-04-02 Thread Galicic, Joseph R.
2, 2004 10:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problem installing Sarge from ISO images Galicic, Joseph R. wrote: > I'm having a problem installing Sarge with ISO images. I get the base > system installed ok. After the first reboot I am presented with a > configuratio

Re: Problem installing Sarge from ISO images

2004-04-02 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
Galicic, Joseph R. wrote: I'm having a problem installing Sarge with ISO images. I get the base system installed ok. After the first reboot I am presented with a configuration menu. I get as far as configuring apt by letting it scan 5 of my iso images. I have no net connection. It sca

Problem installing Sarge from ISO images

2004-04-02 Thread Galicic, Joseph R.
I'm having a problem installing Sarge with ISO images. I get the base system installed ok. After the first reboot I am presented with a configuration menu. I get as far as configuring apt by letting it scan 5 of my iso images. I have no net connection. It scans my cd's and says t

Re: Installing Sarge

2004-02-27 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 27 February 2004 01:08 pm, Jordi Carrillo wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new to the Debian distribution. > I would like to know if I can install sarge (testing) straight away > by using the isos from debian (using jigdo) without installing woody >

Installing Sarge

2004-02-27 Thread Jordi Carrillo
Hi all, I am new to the Debian distribution. I would like to know if I can install sarge (testing) straight away by using the isos from debian (using jigdo) without installing woody and then doing an apt-get upgrade. If so what are the recommended images to have the system up and running with an

Re: Help installing Sarge

2004-01-19 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 07:49:34PM +0100, schall wrote: > Hi! > Is there any guide for installing Sarge with the Minimal CD o something like this? > If it's possible in Catalan, Spanish or English. > I have ADSL and WINXP installed. I know about partitions. > See htt

Help installing Sarge

2004-01-19 Thread schall
Hi! Is there any guide for installing Sarge with the Minimal CD o something like this?  If it's possible in Catalan, Spanish or English. I have ADSL and WINXP installed. I know about partitions.

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