Re: NEWBIE installation report - was [Re: You can have any color you want - as long as it's Gnome?]

2013-10-07 Thread davidson
On Mon, 7 Oct 2013, Richard Owlett wrote: I just did an install from [Debian GNU/Linux 7.1.0 "Wheezy" - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20130615-21:54] My choices from the the opening set of menus were: Advanced Options Alternative desktop environments Xfce Advanced options Expert install

NEWBIE installation report - was [Re: You can have any color you want - as long as it's Gnome?]

2013-10-07 Thread Richard Owlett
Jape Person wrote: On 10/07/2013 09:37 AM, david...@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote: On Sun, 6 Oct 2013, Jape Person wrote: On 10/06/2013 05:33 PM, david...@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote: On Sun, 6 Oct 2013, Jape Person wrote: For both stable and testing I tried both LXDE and Xfce desktop environment

Re: newbie installation question

2005-01-01 Thread Kent West
Brian M. Godfrey wrote: But I'd suggest installing Sarge instead of Woody. (Let the flamefest begin . . . .) I haven't seen any flames yet, Kent. Maybe it's a good idea. But I can borrow the 3.0r2 disks which, I think, are Woody. I'm sure they'll be fine for now. Feel free to correct m

Re: newbie installation question

2005-01-01 Thread Brian M. Godfrey
> But I'd suggest installing Sarge instead of Woody. > (Let the flamefest begin . . . .) I haven't seen any flames yet, Kent. Maybe it's a good idea. But I can borrow the 3.0r2 disks which, I think, are Woody. I'm sure they'll be fine for now. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Than

Re: newbie installation question

2005-01-01 Thread Brian M. Godfrey
> You can also install at this reboot the 'rescue' package > apt-cache policy rescue > ... > There you'll find all info about your machine. That sounds handy. I'll do it. Too bad I can't run it before the install so I'd just have to do it once. (Well, one less time, anyway. :-) Thanks,

Re: newbie installation question

2005-01-01 Thread Kent West
Brian M. Godfrey wrote: This included hotplug (if you use kernel 2.6) and discover. discover is also part of Woody (the stable version), but not part of the base system. You can however install it later. So I could install the stable version (Woody) minimally But I'd suggest installing Sarge

Re: newbie installation question

2005-01-01 Thread messmate
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 23:03:42 +0100 Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello > >Brian M. Godfrey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > >>> This included hotplug (if you use kernel 2.6) >>> and discover. discover is also part of Woody (the stable version), >>> but not part of the base system. You

Re: newbie installation question

2005-01-01 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Brian M. Godfrey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >> This included hotplug (if you use kernel 2.6) >> and discover. discover is also part of Woody (the stable version), >> but not part of the base system. You can however install it later. > > So I could install the stable version (Woody) minim

Re: newbie installation question

2005-01-01 Thread Brian M. Godfrey
> This included hotplug (if you use kernel 2.6) > and discover. discover is also part of Woody (the stable version), but > not part of the base system. You can however install it later. So I could install the stable version (Woody) minimally, just to get it to boot up, then install discover...

Re: newbie installation question

2005-01-01 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Brian M. Godfrey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am considering installation of Debian Linux on an older PC - a > Compaq 4850. I want to refamiliarize myself with Unix, after being a > Windows user since early 1993. I was a user of various versions of > Unix for about 12 years prior to t

newbie installation question

2005-01-01 Thread Brian M. Godfrey
Hi, I am considering installation of Debian Linux on an older PC - a Compaq 4850. I want to refamiliarize myself with Unix, after being a Windows user since early 1993. I was a user of various versions of Unix for about 12 years prior to then, but I am so rusty and out of date that I am essent

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-29 Thread Martin Dowie
"Christophe Combelles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ [snip] > The debian-installer manuals are here : > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/svn/debian-installer/installer/doc/INSTALLATION-HOWTO > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/man

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-29 Thread Karl Hegbloom
On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 19:08 +0100, Martin Dowie wrote: > > > > OK. Usually, 'startx' should start up X with whatever desktop is > > > > set as the default. (Time enough to worry if it's the one you want > > > > when X is running). > > > > > > Not a sausage - not even an error message. :-( > >

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-29 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 04:45:43PM -0400, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:13:24 -0400 > Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you familiar with "screen"? Capture the session where you run > > startx. > > Did you mean "script" rather than "screen"? Yes. Thanks. -- Carl Fin

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-29 Thread Chris Metzler
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:13:24 -0400 Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 07:08:10PM +0100, Martin Dowie wrote: > > > > Well, there must be *some* messages - even if only 'command not > > > found' ? > > > > Apparently there must not... :-( > > Are you familiar with "sc

X11 Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-29 Thread Alvin Oga
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Carl Fink wrote: > Are you familiar with "screen"? Capture the session where you run > startx. Also, tail some logs (especially messages) and see if > anything interesting is there. (You could use "grep free86 *" in > /var/log/ if you wanted.) you can also see /var/log/XF

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-29 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 07:08:10PM +0100, Martin Dowie wrote: > > Well, there must be *some* messages - even if only 'command not found' ? > > Apparently there must not... :-( Are you familiar with "screen"? Capture the session where you run startx. Also, tail some logs (especially messages)

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-29 Thread Martin Dowie
> > > OK. Usually, 'startx' should start up X with whatever desktop is > > > set as the default. (Time enough to worry if it's the one you want > > > when X is running). > > > > Not a sausage - not even an error message. :-( > > Well, there must be *some* messages - even if only 'command not f

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-29 Thread cr
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:39, Martin Dowie wrote: > > OK. Usually, 'startx' should start up X with whatever desktop is > > set as the default. (Time enough to worry if it's the one you want > > when X is running). > > Not a sausage - not even an error message. :-( Well, there must be *some* messa

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-28 Thread Martin Dowie
> OK. Usually, 'startx' should start up X with whatever desktop is > set as the default. (Time enough to worry if it's the one you want > when X is running). Not a sausage - not even an error message. :-( -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-28 Thread cr
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:28, Martin Dowie wrote: > > You haven't said whether you're running the command line login because > > you prefer it or because X won't start. Assuming that isn't your > > problem... > > No - I'd love a GUI front-end to start but I only have command line - any > help much a

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-27 Thread Martin Dowie
> You haven't said whether you're running the command line login because you > prefer it or because X won't start. Assuming that isn't your problem... No - I'd love a GUI front-end to start but I only have command line - any help much appreciated... > Installing stuff off the other CD's, you c

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-27 Thread Christophe Combelles
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ First, I think the latest Debian-Installer is not included in the CDs you downloaded. You should boot and install from a netinst install cdrom downloaded from here (110MB) (even if you don't install from net) : http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-t

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-26 Thread John Summerfield
cr wrote: On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:54, Martin Dowie wrote: Hi all! I'm a first-time GNU/Linux (wanna-be) User although I have some Un*x experience. I've downloaded all 14 Sarge .iso CDs and have happily managed to get a system that will now boot to a command line after installing from CD1. I used

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-26 Thread cr
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:54, Martin Dowie wrote: > Hi all! > > I'm a first-time GNU/Linux (wanna-be) User although I have some Un*x > experience. I've downloaded all 14 Sarge .iso CDs and have happily managed > to get a system that will now boot to a command line after installing from > CD1. I used t

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-26 Thread Geordie Birch
13:54:01 +0100 Subject: Newbie installation To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all! I'm a first-time GNU/Linux (wanna-be) User although I have some Un*x experience. I've downloaded all 14 Sarge .iso CDs and have happily managed to get a system that will now boot to a command line

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-26 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Martin Dowie wrote: > Hi all! > > I'm a first-time GNU/Linux (wanna-be) User although I have some Un*x experience. > I've downloaded all 14 Sarge .iso CDs and have happily managed to get a system that > will now boot to a command line after installing from CD1. I used the d

Re: Newbie installation

2004-06-26 Thread Can Burak Çilingir
> Is there a 'boot log' I can 'cat|more' though? try "dmesg" command and look into /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages > would like GNOME as my desktop environmnet and to be able to use my Alcatel try "tasksel" command -- Can Burak Cilingir icq#10720999 http://canb.net/ (please update my mail

Newbie installation

2004-06-26 Thread Martin Dowie
Hi all!   I'm a first-time GNU/Linux (wanna-be) User although I have some Un*x experience. I've downloaded all 14 Sarge .iso CDs and have happily managed to get a system that will now boot to a command line after installing from CD1. I used the default partitioning for multi-users.   I notic

Re: Newbie: installation using iso images on hard disk

2003-12-06 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 05:14:27PM +0530, Prashant Jaikumar wrote: > I am new to Debian and would like to know the procedure to install Debian > using the iso images (I don't want to burn all the 7 disks). RTFM, manual has a big link from Debian's ho

Re: Newbie: installation using iso images on hard disk

2003-12-06 Thread Kent West
Andreas Janssen wrote: Hello Prashant Jaikumar (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: I am new to Debian and would like to know the procedure to install Debian using the iso images (I don't want to burn all the 7 disks). In RedHat I could pass the askmethod parameter to specify the installation medium.

Re: Newbie: installation using iso images on hard disk

2003-12-06 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Prashant Jaikumar (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am new to Debian and would like to know the procedure to install > Debian using the iso images (I don't want to burn all the 7 disks). In > RedHat I could pass the askmethod parameter to specify the > installation medium. > Is there an equi

Newbie: installation using iso images on hard disk

2003-12-06 Thread Prashant Jaikumar
Dear all, I am new to Debian and would like to know the procedure to install Debian using the iso images (I don't want to burn all the 7 disks). In RedHat I could pass the askmethod parameter to specify the installation medium. Is there an equivalent in Debian? Thanks. prashant -- Linux: the

Re: Newbie installation query

2003-11-26 Thread Ken Irving
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 09:51:18AM -0800, Stephen A. Witt wrote: > > apt-get also works fine, you just don't get the feedback of the effect of > adding/removing a package that you get with dselect, but of course it > does the same conflict/dependency resolution. With the -s option for apt-get you

Re: Newbie installation query

2003-11-26 Thread Arthur Barlow
IMHO, your best bet is to install "aptitude." Aptitude will manage all the upgradeable packages in a single instance for you if you choose that route. It's on the ISO disk. Do apt-get -u install aptitude. On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 09:29, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote: > I am a former RedHat user a

Re: Newbie installation query

2003-11-26 Thread Stephen A. Witt
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote: > I am a former RedHat user and now want to try out Debian. I have dabbled in > debian before but have always messed up, usually in the installation > (using dselect). Plus, I only got kde 2.2 even after I updated the woody > install. This time

Newbie installation query

2003-11-26 Thread Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri.
I am a former RedHat user and now want to try out Debian. I have dabbled in debian before but have always messed up, usually in the installation (using dselect). Plus, I only got kde 2.2 even after I updated the woody install. This time I decided I would rough it out :). After reading up on the n

newbie installation problems: to charles

2003-10-04 Thread steef
Hi charles, had the same problem i guess. what did i do to to resove it? a f t e r installation of bf24, woody asks you to log in. so log in as root. then do: apt-get install xserver-xfree86 and, after that to prevent that you only can log in with gdm: apt-get install kdm (or xdm) fol

Re: Newbie Installation Problems

2003-02-15 Thread Mark Whaite
On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 11:57:03AM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 09:47:04PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > Fun fact: Today is Oregon Day. On this day in 1859, Oregon became the > > US's 33rd state, the result of the Vote at Champoeg, in which two > > Canadians wanted de

Re: Newbie Installation Problems

2003-02-15 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 09:47:04PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Fun fact: Today is Oregon Day. On this day in 1859, Oregon became the > US's 33rd state, the result of the Vote at Champoeg, in which two > Canadians wanted dead or alive tipped the vote from 49/50 to 51/50 in > favor of becoming a U

Re: Newbie Installation Problems

2003-02-15 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:18:16AM -0600, Craig Jackson wrote: > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 09:40, Rowland Fellows wrote: > > I am able to install 3.0 successfully from the disk images I've > > downloaded from Oregon State. However, once installed, the system goes > > directly into a login screen from

Re: Newbie Installation Problems

2003-02-14 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 07:25:14AM -0800, Rowland Fellows wrote: > I am able to install 3.0 successfully from the disk images I've > downloaded from Oregon State. Fun fact: Today is Oregon Day. On this day in 1859, Oregon became the US's 33rd state, the result of the Vote at Champoeg, in which

Re: Newbie Installation Problems

2003-02-14 Thread alex
If I understand your problem correctly, this might help: log in with regular user name su (enter root's password) cat /etc/gdm/gdm.conf Look through the list for 'AllowRoot=_' If it says 'false', run an editor and change it to 'true'. Then save. Alex Rowland Fellows wrote: I am able t

Re: Newbie Installation Problems

2003-02-14 Thread Robert Ewald
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Freitag, 14. Februar 2003 16:25 schrieb Rowland Fellows: > I am able to install 3.0 successfully from the disk images I've > downloaded from Oregon State. However, once installed, the system goes > directly into a login screen from which I cannot l

Re: Newbie Installation Problems

2003-02-14 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 07:25:14AM -0800, Rowland Fellows wrote: > However, once installed, the system goes > directly into a login screen from which I cannot login into root. What happens when you try and login as root? [on console] by default you can login as root on console or by ssh [as long a

Re: Newbie Installation Problems

2003-02-14 Thread Craig Jackson
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 09:40, Rowland Fellows wrote: > I am able to install 3.0 successfully from the disk images I've > downloaded from Oregon State. However, once installed, the system goes > directly into a login screen from which I cannot login into root. How > to I get the system to boot in s

Newbie Installation Problems

2003-02-14 Thread Rowland Fellows
I am able to install 3.0 successfully from the disk images I've downloaded from Oregon State. However, once installed, the system goes directly into a login screen from which I cannot login into root. How to I get the system to boot in such a way that I can log in as root? Rowland Fellows 112 Fe

Re: Need Newbie installation Help~

2002-02-24 Thread Elizabeth Barham
"ming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > HI: > I have a Desktop computer which already have Win2k pro and Win2k > Advanced Server installed as Dual-boot. and there is a Mandrake 8.1 > on my hard disk but i use floopy to boot mandrake8.1. > I am going to install Debian based on these enveriment. > h

Need Newbie installation Help~

2002-02-24 Thread debianlist
HI:    I have a Desktop computer which already have Win2k pro and Win2k Advanced Server installed as Dual-boot. and there is a Mandrake 8.1 on my hard disk but i use floopy to boot mandrake8.1.     I am going to install Debian based on these enveriment.how can i setup the boot l

Need Newbie installation Help~

2002-02-24 Thread ming
HI:    I have a Desktop computer which already have Win2k pro and Win2k Advanced Server installed as Dual-boot. and there is a Mandrake 8.1 on my hard disk but i use floopy to boot mandrake8.1.     I am going to install Debian based on these enveriment.how can i setup the boot l

Re: Need Newbie installation Help~

2002-02-24 Thread gMan
On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 18:28:22 -0500, ming wrote: >HI: >I have a Desktop computer which already have Win2k pro and Win2k >Advanced Server installed as Dual-boot. and there is a Mandrake 8.1 >on my hard disk but i use floopy to boot mandrake8.1. >I am going to install Debian based on these enverim

Need Newbie installation Help~

2002-02-24 Thread ming
HI:    I have a Desktop computer which already have Win2k pro and Win2k Advanced Server installed as Dual-boot. and there is a Mandrake 8.1 on my hard disk but i use floopy to boot mandrake8.1.     I am going to install Debian based on these enveriment.how can i setup the boot loa

Re: newbie installation question

2001-12-19 Thread Paul Scott
After cleaning out all of the debris from previous installations your steps worked perfectly. Thanks for you patience, Paul

Re: newbie installation question

2001-12-19 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 04:00:43AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > I don't know what the /net option is. > In my first message I mentioned it. When you install openoffice as root, then do it like this: setup /net This means that it will be installed with a network option. If I remember correctly,

Re: newbie installation question

2001-12-19 Thread Paul Scott
Johann Spies wrote: On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 03:33:44AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: Yes, I tried to save it in a directory that I owned - my home directory. If you have installed openoffice with the /net option, I don't know what the /net option is. try again running setup as user and go through

Re: newbie installation question

2001-12-19 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 03:33:44AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Yes, I tried to save it in a directory that I owned - my home directory. If you have installed openoffice with the /net option, try again running setup as user and go through all the prompts until it finishes. Did you do that? Johann

Re: newbie installation question

2001-12-19 Thread Paul Scott
Johann Spies wrote: On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:35:45AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: It seems to run fine but when trying to save a file I get "Error saving the document Untitled1: Wrong parameter. The operation was started under an invalid parameter." I had given the file a name - not Untitled1.

Re: newbie installation question

2001-12-19 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:35:45AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > It seems to run fine but when trying to save a file I get "Error saving > the document Untitled1: Wrong parameter. The operation was started under > an invalid parameter." I had given the file a name - not Untitled1. As > root I can

Re: newbie installation question

2001-12-19 Thread Paul Scott
Johann Spies wrote: On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:05:45AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: This part seemed to go fine. Did you use the /net parameter? Then as user I ran "setup" from that directory and it created in the user's home directory a small localized file structure with symlinks to /usr/l

Re: newbie installation question

2001-12-19 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:05:45AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > This part seemed to go fine. Did you use the /net parameter? > > >Then as user I ran "setup" from that directory and > >it created in the user's home directory a small localized file structure > >with symlinks to /usr/local/...'s file

Re: newbie installation question

2001-12-19 Thread Paul Scott
Johann Spies wrote: On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 11:15:59PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: Where should a program like OpenOffice be installed? I installed it once and it looks as much like a Windows setup as a Linux setup. I did not see any documentation from OpenOffice about this, but I remember t

Re: newbie installation question

2001-12-19 Thread nate
> I partially understand the file system hierarchy but haven't found > documentation that helps answer this question: > > Where should a program like OpenOffice be installed? I installed > it once and it looks as much like a Windows setup as a Linux > setup. the usual place for a system-wide ap

Re: newbie installation question

2001-12-19 Thread Paul Scott
Johann Spies wrote: On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 11:15:59PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: Where should a program like OpenOffice be installed? I installed it once and it looks as much like a Windows setup as a Linux setup. I did not see any documentation from OpenOffice about this, but I remember t

Re: newbie installation question

2001-12-19 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 11:15:59PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Where should a program like OpenOffice be installed? I installed it > once and it looks as much like a Windows setup as a Linux setup. I did not see any documentation from OpenOffice about this, but I remember that with StarOffice I i

newbie installation question

2001-12-19 Thread Paul Scott
I partially understand the file system hierarchy but haven't found documentation that helps answer this question: Where should a program like OpenOffice be installed? I installed it once and it looks as much like a Windows setup as a Linux setup. Any either direct answers or hints as to what

Re: Newbie installation: any autodetection of devices?

2001-11-28 Thread Andrew Sione Taumoefolau
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 04:07:22PM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > To get into X Window, RedHat would be better than Debian. Yup. Or, better yet, Mandrake! Then move them on to Debian after a couple of months, when they're a bit more world wise :). > But for installing individual packages, I think .deb is

Re: Newbie installation: any autodetection of devices?

2001-11-28 Thread Oki DZ
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, David Wright wrote: > I use and apprecite Debian daily, so I hate to say this, but it's true: > if you want to impress them with an easy Linux installation, don't use > Debian! Grab a Red Hat or SUSE install disk and the process will look as > easy as it does for Windows. T

Re: Newbie installation: any autodetection of devices?

2001-11-28 Thread Brian Nelson
David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > So I decided to let them install Debian from our local ftp-server for a > > start. I am preparing for this, but find it not so easy to do. > > > I use and apprecite Debian daily, so I hate to say this, but it's > true: if you want to impress them wit

Re: Newbie installation: any autodetection of devices?

2001-11-28 Thread David Wright
So I decided to let them install Debian from our local ftp-server for a start. I am preparing for this, but find it not so easy to do. I use and apprecite Debian daily, so I hate to say this, but it's true: if you want to impress them with an easy Linux installation, don't use Debian! Grab

Newbie installation: any autodetection of devices?

2001-11-28 Thread Johann Spies
I am working at the Information Technology department of our university. The mangement has invited me introduce them to Linux. They are Windows users and knows computers very well. So I decided to let them install Debian from our local ftp-server for a start. I am preparing for this, but find it

Re: newbie installation problem

2001-07-13 Thread Theodore Knab
Did you get your printer working ? There are 4 nice packages that may make it simple. If your lucky, the gui will set up every thing you need. > (TEAC CD 540-E manufactured Jan200 - I removed the cover and checked..)is I didn't see a configuration selection in the gui for that specific printer,

newbie installation problem

2001-07-08 Thread Marko Simendic
ft> seem to find the module for the CD ROM drive during the installation. I ft> could ft> however run a shell & make a directory as /mnt/fd0 using ft> #mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom and then *cd* into cdrom and browse ft> directory etc of installation CD!! ft> And I also checked /lib/2

Re: newbie installation problem

2001-07-06 Thread Joost Kooij
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 08:43:06PM -0800, ftrk wrote: > I was trying to install debian GNU/Linux on a pc previously been running > rh6.2 & later rh7.1. I backed up my files and deleted old partitions and > trying to make fresh installation using the CD (Potato, kernel 2.2.17 > released March 200

newbie installation problem

2001-07-05 Thread ftrk
Hi all, I was trying to install debian GNU/Linux on a pc previously been running rh6.2 & later rh7.1. I backed up my files and deleted old partitions and trying to make fresh installation using the CD (Potato, kernel 2.2.17 released March 2000) bought from cheapbytes. The problem I ran into is I

Re: Newbie Installation Problem (ISDN)

2000-11-12 Thread Shaul Karl
> Hi everybody, > > I have a little problem during the installation of Debian (potato Version). > I downloaded the base files with FTP and everything works fine until I have > to specify on which way Debian should get the additional packages with > "apt-get". I cannot connect to the Internet becau

Newbie Installation Problem (ISDN)

2000-11-12 Thread Jonas Ley
Hi everybody, I have a little problem during the installation of Debian (potato Version). I downloaded the base files with FTP and everything works fine until I have to specify on which way Debian should get the additional packages with "apt-get". I cannot connect to the Internet because I have an

Re: Newbie installation questions

2000-04-24 Thread John Carline
David Jenkins wrote: > Hi all! > > 1. I need to keep Windows98 on the primary 12 Gbyte hard drive, and would > like to boot Debian from a floppy. (That way, the rest of the family won't > even know Linux is on our machine, until I get everything working properly.) > I created a boot floppy

Re: Newbie installation questions

2000-04-24 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Hi David, 1: How about installing LILO with a real short boot delay (say 2 seconds or something) and Win98 as the default OS? Your family won't even know it's there. :) Or another option: Boot Debian using Loadlin. 2: Run dselect (as root) and install the packages "man-db" (the actual man prog

Re: Newbie installation questions

2000-04-24 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Eric Hagglund wrote: > You can mount your fat partition at startup by > inserting the text above into two files in the /etc > directory. These are respectively mtab and fstab. You should only edit the /etc/fstab file. /etc/mtab is maintained by the mount program and (normally) contains a list of

Re: Newbie installation questions

2000-04-24 Thread kmself
On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 10:22:46PM +, David Jenkins wrote: > Hi all! > > 1. I need to keep Windows98 on the primary 12 Gbyte hard drive, and > would like to boot Debian from a floppy. (That way, the rest of the > family won't even know Linux is on our machine, until I get everything > working

Re: Newbie installation questions

2000-04-24 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 04:07:26PM -0700, Eric Hagglund wrote: > Is > > it possible to set up the boot floppy so that the system does boot > > from it, but once it does, transfers to the Linux kernal on the hard > > drive (/dev/hdb1)? Is that a sensible question? > Sure! As soon as the floppy go

Re: Newbie installation questions

2000-04-24 Thread Robert Mognet
Hello, On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 10:22:46PM +, David Jenkins wrote: > Hi all! > > I just successfully installed Debian 2.1 on a separate 2 Gbyte hard drive on > my Intel PC. The installation process went quite smoothly, especially for > me, a Linux-newbie. Kudos to the Debian team for an ex

Re: Newbie installation questions

2000-04-23 Thread Eric Hagglund
Is > it possible to set up the boot floppy so that the > system does boot from it, but once it does, > transfers to the Linux kernal on the hard drive > (/dev/hdb1)? Is that a sensible question? Sure! As soon as the floppy goes to the LILO prompt, you have a couple of seconds in which to pass bo

Newbie installation questions

2000-04-23 Thread David Jenkins
Hi all! I just successfully installed Debian 2.1 on a separate 2 Gbyte hard drive on my Intel PC. The installation process went quite smoothly, especially for me, a Linux-newbie. Kudos to the Debian team for an excellent release! Whoever has worked on this has done an excellent job. The pri

Re: Newbie Installation ?s

1999-09-12 Thread Seth R Arnold
On Sat, Sep 11, 1999 at 09:13:58PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey all, > > I am trying to install Debian for the first time (first time installing any > GNU/Linux OS) on an old crappy 486 laptop currently running DOS/Windows3.1 > off 4 Megs of RAM (like I said, crappy), and I was wonderin

Re: Newbie Installation ?s

1999-09-12 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Sep 11, 1999 at 09:13:58PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey all, > > I am trying to install Debian for the first time (first time installing any > GNU/Linux OS) on an old crappy 486 laptop currently running DOS/Windows3.1 > off 4 Megs of RAM (like I said, crappy), and I was wonderin

Newbie Installation ?s

1999-09-12 Thread NaKsanders
Hey all, I am trying to install Debian for the first time (first time installing any GNU/Linux OS) on an old crappy 486 laptop currently running DOS/Windows3.1 off 4 Megs of RAM (like I said, crappy), and I was wondering if there was a way to install Debian, and still keep it able to boot into

Newbie installation troubles -dos/linux

1999-06-08 Thread vw
Hi Debians I'm still in the process of installing. I managed to mount the dos-partition in dselect, but now it wants the exact folder-structure to be copied on the dos-partition in order to install. The problem is: I can't make a folder called "binary-i386" because dos will only allow 8 characters

Newbie installation troubles -dos/linux

1999-06-08 Thread vw
Hi Debians I'm still in the process of installing. I managed to mount the dos-partition in dselect, but now it wants the exact folder-structure to be copied on the dos-partition in order to install. The problem is: I can't make a folder called "binary-i386" because dos will only allow 8 characters

Re: Newbie: Installation problems

1999-05-09 Thread FAName
I'm no expert on this either but try these settings: /dev/hdn ->instead of n you select b, c or d Why so? go here: http://www.debian.de/releases/slink/i386/install and look in section 4.3 maybe this helps On 7 May 1999 16:38:36 +0200, Sudhir P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, > >Please excuse m

Re: Newbie: Installation problems

1999-05-08 Thread John Pearson
On %M 0, Sudhir P wrote > Hi, > > Please excuse me for the wide distribution. And do excuse me for not > being able to give the exact technical terms in the following. I have > tried to explain the situation to the best extent that I can (now). > > My present set up: > -- > I have

Re: Newbie: Installation problems

1999-05-07 Thread Michael Procario
On a i586 system, your cdrom is probably connected to the second IDE controller and it will be on /dev/hdc or less likely /dev/hdd. Try using that during the installation. /dev/cdrom is usually a link that points to /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd. If Redhat works, boot into Redhat and look at /etc/fstab.

Re: Newbie: Installation problems

1999-05-07 Thread John Foster
Sudhir P wrote: > > Hi, > > Please excuse me for the wide distribution. And do excuse me for not > being able to give the exact technical terms in the following. I have > tried to explain the situation to the best extent that I can (now). > > My present set up: > -- > I have an i

Newbie: Installation problems

1999-05-07 Thread Sudhir P
Hi, Please excuse me for the wide distribution. And do excuse me for not being able to give the exact technical terms in the following. I have tried to explain the situation to the best extent that I can (now). My present set up: -- I have an i586 system in which I have dos, linux

Re: Newbie installation problems

1998-10-17 Thread Alan Tam
Hi Rebecca; I am a newbie too, I am also switching from W95 to Debian. I installed Debian from a floppy set and its smooth -- no problem at all or alternatively if you like, you can install it from your hard disk. Files to get if from floppy: (asumming your floppy is 3.5" 1.44M

Re: Newbie installation problems

1998-10-17 Thread Peter Iannarelli
Hello Rebecca: I am not a 100% certain but I think there are some problems with the cheap bytes distribution. If you can, create a boot floppy. The tools should be in the tools section of the CD you have. hint rawrite2. I have installed cheap bytes using a floppy and the provided CD. Boot from fl

Newbie installation problems

1998-10-17 Thread Rebecca Naylor
Wondering if someone could help me.I'm trying to change over from Win 95 to Debian, which would be fine if I could actually get the latter installed. I'm using a Cheapbytes CD, and BIOS is set up to boot from the CD drive. I press ENTER at the boot prompt, and a lot of technical info flashes pa

Newbie installation help on Toshiba 105cs

1998-05-19 Thread Philip Restuccia
Hello, all. This is my first post, as I've just now joined this list. Please forgive any blatant displays of ignorance on my part for the time being! :-) I am trying to install Debian 1.3.1 on my Toshiba Satellite 105cs laptop (Pentium 75, 24MB RAM, 504MB eide hd, Win95). However, to make thing

Re: NEWBIE: Installation, laptop, unkown PCI device.

1998-03-15 Thread Carey Evans
Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I used to get the message re "Unknown PCI device" but my system carried on > regardless. There was advice to report it to someone in France, which I > did and the problem eventually went away. There's actually nothing wrong with the "Unknown PCI device

Re: NEWBIE: Installation, laptop, unkown PCI device.

1998-03-14 Thread Lindsay Allen
I would like to help but cannot. I used to get the message re "Unknown PCI device" but my system carried on regardless. There was advice to report it to someone in France, which I did and the problem eventually went away. The boot kernel probes for many, many bits of hardware and my guess is th

  1   2   >