Re: Really ancient debian images? (potato or older)

On Sun 15 Sep 2024 at 12:08:29 (+0200), Anders Andersson wrote: > On Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 7:59 AM wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 10:27:01PM +0200, Christian Groessler wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Now for the main question: Why do you need ancient Debian? > > > > Was in the original post: "Th

Re: Really ancient debian images? (potato or older)

On Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 7:59 AM wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 10:27:01PM +0200, Christian Groessler wrote: > > [...] > > > Now for the main question: Why do you need ancient Debian? > > Was in the original post: "This is to build some ancient software." > > (I've been in a similar situation m

Re: Really ancient debian images? (potato or older)

On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 10:27:01PM +0200, Christian Groessler wrote: [...] > Now for the main question: Why do you need ancient Debian? Was in the original post: "This is to build some ancient software." (I've been in a similar situation myself) Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: PGP si

Re: Really ancient debian images? (potato or older)

Hi Tim, On 9/14/24 6:32 PM, Tim Woodall wrote: On Sat, 14 Sep 2024, Michael Kjörling wrote: On 14 Sep 2024 16:15 +0100, from debianu...@woodall.me.uk (Tim Woodall): Is there anywhere I can download really, really ancient debian images. I need potato or older (i386). I'd like a moun

Re: Really ancient debian images? (potato or older)

On Sat, 14 Sep 2024, Michael Kjörling wrote: On 14 Sep 2024 16:15 +0100, from debianu...@woodall.me.uk (Tim Woodall): Is there anywhere I can download really, really ancient debian images. I need potato or older (i386). I'd like a mountable disk image. And, of course, as soon as I sent

Re: Really ancient debian images? (potato or older)

On Sat, 14 Sep 2024, Tom Furie wrote: On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 04:15:46PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: The oldest backups I still have go back to 2006 which, sadly, is way too modern. Checking the potato release information says security updates were discontinued in 2003. I switched from Redhat

Re: Really ancient debian images? (potato or older)

On 14 Sep 2024 16:15 +0100, from debianu...@woodall.me.uk (Tim Woodall): >> Is there anywhere I can download really, really ancient debian images. I >> need potato or older (i386). I'd like a mountable disk image. > > And, of course, as soon as I sent that I found a pot

Re: Really ancient debian images? (potato or older)

On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 04:15:46PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > > The oldest backups I still have go back to 2006 which, sadly, is way too > > modern. Checking the potato release information says security updates > > were discontinued in 2003. I switched from Redhat to Debian ar

Re: Really ancient debian images? (potato or older)

On Sat, 14 Sep 2024, Tim Woodall wrote: Is there anywhere I can download really, really ancient debian images. I need potato or older (i386). I'd like a mountable disk image. I have no idea if debootstrap supports this, I haven't tried (yet), I was hoping there was somewhere I coul

Really ancient debian images? (potato or older)

Is there anywhere I can download really, really ancient debian images. I need potato or older (i386). I'd like a mountable disk image. I have no idea if debootstrap supports this, I haven't tried (yet), I was hoping there was somewhere I could download an image. This is to build so

Re: USB for potato

On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 12:46:36PM -0500, Fabio Guerinoni wrote: > Hi, > I have an old computer, that I have resucitate not long ago, running > potato (Debian 2.2). I wanted to load a module, for a USB interface > storage. Apparently, nothing comes with the original distribution..

Re: USB for potato

On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 12:46:36PM -0500, Fabio Guerinoni wrote: > Hi, > I have an old computer, that I have resucitate not long ago, running > potato (Debian 2.2). I wanted to load a module, for a USB interface > storage. Apparently, nothing comes with the original distribution..

Re: USB for potato

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/07/08 03:44, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 01:28:19PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 06/06/08 12:46, Fabio Guerinoni wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I have an old computer, that I have resucitate

Re: USB for potato

Hello Fabio, Am 2008-06-06 12:46:36, schrieb Fabio Guerinoni: > Hi, > I have an old computer, that I have resucitate not long ago, running > potato (Debian 2.2). I wanted to load a module, for a USB interface > storage. Apparently, nothing comes with the original distribution..

Re: USB for potato

On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 17:44 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 01:28:19PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 06/06/08 12:46, Fabio Guerinoni wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I have an old computer, that I have resucitate not long ago, running >

Re: USB for potato

Hi, On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 01:28:19PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/06/08 12:46, Fabio Guerinoni wrote: > > Hi, > > I have an old computer, that I have resucitate not long ago, running > > potato (Debian 2.2). I wanted to load a module, for a USB interface > > s

Re: USB for potato

Hi, On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 12:46:36PM -0500, Fabio Guerinoni wrote: > Hi, > I have an old computer, that I have resucitate not long ago, running > potato (Debian 2.2). I wanted to load a module, for a USB interface > storage. Apparently, nothing comes with the original

Re: USB for potato

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/06/08 12:46, Fabio Guerinoni wrote: > Hi, > I have an old computer, that I have resucitate not long ago, running > potato (Debian 2.2). I wanted to load a module, for a USB interface > storage. Apparently, nothing comes with

USB for potato

Hi, I have an old computer, that I have resucitate not long ago, running potato (Debian 2.2). I wanted to load a module, for a USB interface storage. Apparently, nothing comes with the original distribution.. .. and the packages that are listed under a search on the site, do not seem

Re: Getting OLD potato netinst image

> I cannot help you directly, but found googling the following thread on > the Debian User Forums: > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=606&highlight=potato > > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-archive/dists/Debian-2.2/main/disks-i386/ > points to disks for Debian 2.2.

Re: Getting OLD potato netinst image

> > Now, I have to install Debian Potato, but - after googling around - I can not > find at least a netinst ISO image for potato. I cannot help you directly, but found googling the following thread on the Debian User Forums: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=606&

Getting OLD potato netinst image

Dear all, We have a special hardware that needs a kernel module to work. Unfortunately there is no kernel module update available and we can not replace this hardware yet. So we stuck with all the libc and kernel versions. Now, I have to install Debian Potato, but - after googling around - I

Re: The hot potato of init script actions...

On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 11:55:38PM +0100, Jamie Thompson wrote: > Hi, I'm well aware this is a hot potato of sorts, but has anything > changed of late regarding the actions mandated in debian init scripts? > There was mention of some changes being required for LSB compliance a >

Re: The hot potato of init script actions...

Jamie Thompson writes: > Anyway, do you think it's likely "status" is likely to start appearing in > Debian packages or am I going to have to continue my manual patching for > the foreseeable future? Have you been filing wishlist bugs with your patches included? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIB

The hot potato of init script actions...

Hi, I'm well aware this is a hot potato of sorts, but has anything changed of late regarding the actions mandated in debian init scripts? There was mention of some changes being required for LSB compliance a while back, but nothing seems to have come of it. My particular need/desire is fo

Re: net boot file for potato?

Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 11:04:30PM -0600, J.Moore wrote: >> I need a netboot file for Debian 2.2 (potato); i.e. a file that I can >> use to bootstrap a Soekris box. >> >> I understand (think, not know) that current

Re: Installation CDs for potato (Debian 2.2)

Am 2006-01-23 09:04:42, schrieb Hodgins Family: > Hey Michelle! > This site might prove useful: > http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/debian-cd/images I know it and currently I am trying to download Potato (r7)... After this I will try Slink (2.1r4 unfortunatly not r5). And then ther

Re: net boot file for potato?

On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 11:04:30PM -0600, J.Moore wrote: > I need a netboot file for Debian 2.2 (potato); i.e. a file that I can > use to bootstrap a Soekris box. > > I understand (think, not know) that current versions of Debian contain a > file called 'netboot.tar.gz'

Re: Installation CDs for potato (Debian 2.2)

Hey Michelle! I am creating a TByte Archive Server of Debian and I am searching for older Official Debian-CD-Images. Generaly I am looking for 2.2.r7 but yours 2.2r5 are better ethen nothing. I am interested in a full copy of it (any architektures) but only official Debian CD-Images. I ca

Re: Installation CDs for potato (Debian 2.2)

-10 22:13:21, schrieb Paul E Condon: > I have in my library a set of install CDs for Debian 2.2 r5 "Potato". They > contain kernel-image-2.0.38 and kernel-image-2.2.19 . Someone with a longer > memory than mine might remember which was the default install kernel. I > suspect

net boot file for potato?

I need a netboot file for Debian 2.2 (potato); i.e. a file that I can use to bootstrap a Soekris box. I understand (think, not know) that current versions of Debian contain a file called 'netboot.tar.gz' that can be used for this purpose, but I suspect that this file is release-spe

Re: Installation CDs for potato (Debian 2.2)

On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 22:13 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > I need to do an install of Debian 2.2 (potato) to do some maintenance on > > > an old application. The author claims it will only run on the 2.2 > > > kernel, and I want to eliminate as many variables as po

Re: Installation CDs for potato (Debian 2.2)

On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 03:38 -0700, Hodgins Family wrote: > Good morning! > > > J.Moore wrote: > > I need to do an install of Debian 2.2 (potato) to do some maintenance on > > an old application. The author claims it will only run on the 2.2 > > kernel, and I want

Re: Installation CDs for potato (Debian 2.2)

J.Moore wrote: I need to do an install of Debian 2.2 (potato) to do some maintenance on an old application. The author claims it will only run on the 2.2 kernel, and I want to eliminate as many variables as possible. Potato installs kernel 2.0 by default, Woody might be what you're after

Re: Installation CDs for potato (Debian 2.2)

Good morning! J.Moore wrote: I need to do an install of Debian 2.2 (potato) to do some maintenance on an old application. The author claims it will only run on the 2.2 kernel, and I want to eliminate as many variables as possible. I finally located the 2.2 distro on archives.debian.org, but

Re: Installation CDs for potato (Debian 2.2)

On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 01:23:51AM -0300, Felipe Sateler wrote: > J.Moore wrote: > > I need to do an install of Debian 2.2 (potato) to do some maintenance on > > an old application. The author claims it will only run on the 2.2 > > kernel, and I want to eliminate as many

Re: Installation CDs for potato (Debian 2.2)

w you to request specific versions. Good luck -Steve On Tuesday 10 January 2006 06:42 pm, J.Moore wrote: > I need to do an install of Debian 2.2 (potato) to do some maintenance on > an old application. The author claims it will only run on the 2.2 > kernel, and I want to eliminate as man

Re: Installation CDs for potato (Debian 2.2)

J.Moore wrote: > I need to do an install of Debian 2.2 (potato) to do some maintenance on > an old application. The author claims it will only run on the 2.2 > kernel, and I want to eliminate as many variables as possible. You need a 2.2 kernel, not a distribution with that version numbe

Installation CDs for potato (Debian 2.2)

I need to do an install of Debian 2.2 (potato) to do some maintenance on an old application. The author claims it will only run on the 2.2 kernel, and I want to eliminate as many variables as possible. I finally located the 2.2 distro on archives.debian.org, but have not been able to find the

Re: modem for potato

Andreas Rippl wrote: On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 10:01:27AM +0100, Dani Belz wrote: * John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-12-30 01:03]: Any external modem that connects to the computer via a serial port will work. Unfortunately not true! I agree, I had major trouble finding a modem

Re: modem for potato

On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 10:01:27AM +0100, Dani Belz wrote: > * John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-12-30 01:03]: > > Any external modem that connects to the computer via a serial port will > > work. > > Unfortunately not true! Bought a Creative modem some time ago. This > didn't work. There really

Re: modem for potato

On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 06:37:27PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Jonathan writes: > > What about external USB modems? And PCMCIA modems. Some still are > > winmodems or require drivers. All I'm saying is that your statement is a > > bit too broad. > > In the context of this thread "external modem" m

Re: modem for potato

Jonathan writes: > What about external USB modems? And PCMCIA modems. Some still are > winmodems or require drivers. All I'm saying is that your statement is a > bit too broad. In the context of this thread "external modem" means "serial modem". -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: modem for potato

linux. > > > > External modems do not require drivers. > > > > > My problem for the moment is to find a second-hand modem which works fine > > > with a 486 and potato.(i.e. such that potato contains the suitable > > > driver) > > &

Re: modem for potato

is to find a second-hand modem which works fine > > with a 486 and potato.(i.e. such that potato contains the suitable > > driver) > > External modems do not require drivers. > > > If I was able to write a driver... > > External modems do not require drivers. T

Re: modem for potato

On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 12:52:26PM +0100, Dani Belz wrote: > * Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-12-30 00:03]: > > > Can someone advise me a type of extern modem, other than > > "US ROBOTIC 56 FAX/MODEM", which runs fine with potato (kernel 2.0.36) or a &g

Re: modem for potato

* Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-12-30 00:03]: > Can someone advise me a type of extern modem, other than > "US ROBOTIC 56 FAX/MODEM", which runs fine with potato (kernel 2.0.36) or a > link which will give me the same informations. Hi, the years old modem I

Re: modem for potato

gt; for windows not for linux. > > PS1 > My problem for the moment is to find a second-hand modem which works fine > with a 486 and potato.(i.e. such that potato contains the suitable driver) Your main problem on 486 is that you must have a 16650 like serial interface (check dmesg) -- M

Re: modem for potato

Gérard writes: > When we buy a modem we get the driver for this modem but unfortunetly it > is for windows not for linux. External modems do not require drivers. > My problem for the moment is to find a second-hand modem which works fine > with a 486 and potato.(i.e. such that pot

Re: modem for potato

t, the internal was the winmodem, but between the three others only the US ROBOTIC 56 FAX/MODEM worked. (and works yet) When we buy a modem we get the driver for this modem but unfortunetly it is for windows not for linux. PS1 My problem for the moment is to find a second-hand modem which wo

Re: modem for potato

Gerard Robin wrote: On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 10:01:27AM +0100, Dani Belz wrote: * John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-12-30 01:03]: Any external modem that connects to the computer via a serial port will work. Unfortunately not true! Bought a Creative modem some time ago. This didn't

Re: modem for potato

u, I tried a winmodem, after a few difficulties it worked > very slowly, I tried a US ROBOTIC 33 ... wich did not work. > I wonder if OLITEC works with linux (potato kernel 2.0.36) ? > But what's your old modem ? I tell you when I'm at home this evening, okay? I am working

Re: modem for potato

. This > didn't work. There really are modems that do not work with linux (at > least it isn't easy to set them up). Now I use my very old modem > again :) I agree with you, I tried a winmodem, after a few difficulties it worked very slowly, I tried a US ROBOTIC 33 ... wich did not wor

Re: modem for potato

* John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-12-30 01:03]: > Any external modem that connects to the computer via a serial port will > work. Unfortunately not true! Bought a Creative modem some time ago. This didn't work. There really are modems that do not work with linux (at least it isn't easy to set

Re: modem for potato

Any external modem that connects to the computer via a serial port will work. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

modem for potato

Hello, I installed potato on an old 486 for a friend. I can send and recieve mails, and browse the web. I used an extern "US ROBOTIC 56 FAX/MODEM", which is mine and I tried other modems for my friend and they don't work. Can someone advise me a type of extern modem, other th

Re: Looking for a potato mirror

Hello! On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 04:23:40PM +0100, Jim MacBaine wrote: > I also looked for ISO images, but the only ISO images I found, > reside on a taiwanese server (ftp.tku.com.tw) from which I can > download them with ~10 kb/sec. > > Is somebody able to give me a pointer?

Re: Looking for a potato mirror

On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 04:23:40PM +0100, Jim MacBaine wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Is there still any active mirror for Debian Potato? I've not > found any apt repository except the security and the non-US > ones. http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive has a li

Looking for a potato mirror

Hello everyone, Is there still any active mirror for Debian Potato? I've not found any apt repository except the security and the non-US ones. I also looked for ISO images, but the only ISO images I found, reside on a taiwanese server (ftp.tku.com.tw) from which I can download them

Re: debian potato 2.2 - apt sources.list

Hello! On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 08:33:32PM -0700, dale lane wrote: > Debian potato 2.2r7 or whatever is not going on to a network, ^ > just on to an old computer salvaged out of a thrift store, > and it uses quite a bit less d

Re: debian potato 2.2 - apt sources.list

Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 07:05:00PM -0700, dale lane wrote: > > > For the last 2 days I have been trying to Install > > Debian potato 2.2r? on an old computer that I have. > > Why?

Re: debian potato 2.2 - apt sources.list

On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 11:15:39AM +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > deb http://archive.debian.org potato main contrib non-free But that server appears to be down. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http://www.jabootu.com

Re: debian potato 2.2 - apt sources.list

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 07:05:00PM -0700, dale lane wrote: > For the last 2 days I have been trying to Install > Debian potato 2.2r? on an old computer that I have. Why? It hasn't had a security update in over a year, so it's guaranteed to be dangerous to put on a network. What

Re: debian potato 2.2 - apt sources.list

On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 10:05, dale lane wrote: > Hello All, > > For the last 2 days I have been trying to Install > Debian potato 2.2r? on an old computer that I have. > It only has 32 megabytes of ram and a slower processer. > > > Is there no place that is a valid Deb

debian potato 2.2 - apt sources.list

Hello All, For the last 2 days I have been trying to Install Debian potato 2.2r? on an old computer that I have. It only has 32 megabytes of ram and a slower processer. Is there no place that is a valid Debian 2.2 Potato Archive ? Somewhere where I can put the location in my /etc/apt

Re: Where to download old Potato packages?

On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 12:07:30PM +0200, Markus Kolb wrote: > Yesterday I looked at ftp.debian.org in directory debian-archive but > there was no Potato directory. Only the older releases up to Slink. > That there is a new server at archive.debian.org is new to me. It's been

Re: Where to download old Potato packages?

Bijan Soleymani wrote: On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 10:39:10PM +0200, Markus Kolb wrote: Hi, where can I find the old Debian Potato release packages? There is still a directory /debian/dists/potato on ftp.debian.org but some packages are lost there. Same on mirrors ... I need /debian/dists/potato

Re: Where to download old Potato packages?

On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 10:39:10PM +0200, Markus Kolb wrote: > Hi, > > where can I find the old Debian Potato release packages? > There is still a directory /debian/dists/potato on ftp.debian.org but > some packages are lost there. > Same on mirrors ... > I need > /

Where to download old Potato packages?

Hi, where can I find the old Debian Potato release packages? There is still a directory /debian/dists/potato on ftp.debian.org but some packages are lost there. Same on mirrors ... I need /debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/libs/libmime-base64-perl_2.11-2.deb What happened there? thx for

Re: (Potato) dselect: Some index files failed to download

On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 07:47:53AM +0200, A. Schirmacher wrote: > Did the set up of ftp.de.debian.org change in the last > few month? dselect - update does not work correctly > anymore, although my sources.list was unchanged since > more than one year. The system is Debian 2.2. Debian 2.2 is obsol

(Potato) dselect: Some index files failed to download

urity potato/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ potato main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free and the dselect output: # dselect Hit http://non-us.debian.org potato/non-US/main Packages Hit http:

Re: Upgrade from potato to debian

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 18:10:12 +0200, Shashank Bhide wrote: > Hello all, > I am trying to get my system upgraded from potato to woody. The > servers in question are production servers. I have mysql databases and > more such programs running off of these servers. How would a dsele

Re: Potato apt sources.list

Hi and thank you. I was on that site before, but none of the mirror-links worked. The direct links to potato were broken and on the other side potato isn't so far in /debian-archive like hamm or slink for example. But you are right, ONE link on the site answers my question! Only wit

Re: Potato apt sources.list

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:04:17 +0200, you wrote: >Hi group, > >I know potato is obsolete, but today I wanted to update a machine the >last time, before I do a distribution-update to woody. > >But it seems, some apt sources are broken now, I get errors like the >followin

Potato apt sources.list

Hi group, I know potato is obsolete, but today I wanted to update a machine the last time, before I do a distribution-update to woody. But it seems, some apt sources are broken now, I get errors like the following when doing "apt-get update": ... Hit http://security.debian.org pota

Re: upgrade from potato to woody

On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 10:11:14AM -0500, Shashank Bhide wrote: > > > How do I upgrade from Potato to woody? > > What do I need to change in the sources.list file? The official part of my sources.list file looks like this: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian woody main contr

Re: Upgrade from potato to debian

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 18:10:12 +0200, Shashank Bhide wrote: > Hello all, > I am trying to get my system upgraded from potato to woody. The > servers in question are production servers. I have mysql databases and > more such programs running off of these servers. How would a dsele

Re: Upgrade from potato to debian

Hello Shashank Bhide (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > [Upgrade from potato to woody] > I have been reading the mailing lists for related problems and the > upgrade manual as well > (http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html). > Howeve

upgrade from potato to woody

How do I upgrade from Potato to woody? What do I need to change in the sources.list file? My sources.list file looks something like this: # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work #deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free #deb-src http://non

Upgrade from potato to debian

Hello all, I am trying to get my system upgraded from potato to woody. The servers in question are production servers. I have mysql databases and more such programs running off of these servers. How would a dselect upgrade affect all of this? Does an upgrade affect Apache web service? I

Re: upgrade from potato to woody

Hello Shashank! On Wednesday 06 August 2003 17:40, Shashank Bhide wrote: > How do I upgrade from Potato to woody? > > What do I need to change in the sources.list file? See http://www.de.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html for rather detailed hints on

Re: UPDATE: debian potato to woody transition

Hello, The install goes smoothly, however I am left with an OS that neither has an X windows nor a text based web-browser "lynx". Is there a specific procedure to install the X win on to the system? Again I am trying to get the potato installed and then upgrade it to woody. Ple

Re: UPDATE: debian potato to woody transition

On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 17:18, Shashank Bhide wrote: > Hi all, > I was able to install Debian 2.2.26 on my system (Potato). I could not get > my network card to work once the system started up. I used all the drivers > 1-4 but apparently the drivers for my network card were not l

Re: UPDATE: debian potato to woody transition

Hello Shashank Bhide (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I was able to install Debian 2.2.26 on my system (Potato). I could not > get my network card to work once the system started up. I used all the > drivers 1-4 but apparently the drivers for my network card were not > loaded

UPDATE: debian potato to woody transition

Hi all, I was able to install Debian 2.2.26 on my system (Potato). I could not get my network card to work once the system started up. I used all the drivers 1-4 but apparently the drivers for my network card were not loaded. While booting up, the system does recognize the Realtek network card

debian potato to woody transition

Hello all, I was earlier trying to get potato installed on to a system and had several problems while doing so. I am actually assigned the task of upgrading two of the production servers from potato to woody, and which is why I wanted to install the old stable. I am a complete newbie to

Re: Problems upgrading from potato to woody

> > First question: can I force the configure stage of mc ('Setting up > mc-common (4.5.55-1.2)') to run again, so that I can get the new file? do u want this ... dpkg-reconfigure mc > > I have never got this to work before, but I had hoped it would this > time, plus I thought it would be n

Problems upgrading from potato to woody

I have a couple of problems upgrading from potato to woody, using a 14-CD official set (7 binary, 7 source). I followed the instructions at this address: http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/i386/release-notes/as recommended in the installation manual. I first went with the recommended

Re: Potato to Woody upgrade

Larry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If I currently have Potato installed, and a stack of > Woody CD's, how do I upgrade from Potato to Woody? > > Do I have to just install over Potato? > > Or, does apt-get or dpkg allow a more graceful upgrade > in some automatic

Potato to Woody upgrade

If I currently have Potato installed, and a stack of Woody CD's, how do I upgrade from Potato to Woody? Do I have to just install over Potato? Or, does apt-get or dpkg allow a more graceful upgrade in some automatic fashion? If there's an upgrade method, will it goof up things l

Re: Safe to make long jump from potato to sarge/sid?

On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 01:56:31PM -0700, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Is it OK to run apt-get dist-upgrade to update a potato install to sid, or > would it be safer just upgrading to woody first, the to sid? It might work, but on your own head be it. :) Personally I would not be comfortabl

Safe to make long jump from potato to sarge/sid?

Is it OK to run apt-get dist-upgrade to update a potato install to sid, or would it be safer just upgrading to woody first, the to sid? ...RickM... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian Potato on PB520 and Linux in general

7;d like to do is install Potato from the MacOS partition, go back and delete the install files, then shrink down the MacOS partition and increase the Linux root partition. Is there a tool in Potato that will let me do this without having to reinstall either system? Is this even possible?

Re: apt-get upgrade (potato -> woody) dependency problem?

On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 09:07:15PM -0800, nate wrote: > will trillich said: > > couldn't get the ~elphick/postgresql apt thingie to work, so i'm > > omitting that for now (hopefully the official woody version will work) and > > i went and did > > > > apt-get update > > > > apt-get upgrade

Re: apt-get upgrade (potato -> woody) dependency problem?

On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 04:14, will trillich wrote: > couldn't get the ~elphick/postgresql apt thingie to work, so i'm I think that is now fixed. Please, let me know. -- Oliver Elphick[EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.c

Re: apt-get upgrade (potato -> woody) dependency problem?

will trillich said: > couldn't get the ~elphick/postgresql apt thingie to work, so i'm > omitting that for now (hopefully the official woody version will work) and > i went and did > > apt-get update > > apt-get upgrade try apt-get dist-upgrade nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

apt-get upgrade (potato -> woody) dependency problem?

couldn't get the ~elphick/postgresql apt thingie to work, so i'm omitting that for now (hopefully the official woody version will work) and i went and did apt-get update apt-get upgrade 49 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 264 not upgraded.

Re: potato -> woody: E: Internal Error, Couldn't configure a pre-depend

on Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 03:03:40PM -0300, Ricardo - Eureka! ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I had the same problem a few months ago, when woody was released. > > I had the solution this way (via http:) > > 1 - apt-get update -uy > 2 - apt-get dist-upgrade -uy > 3 - apt-get upgrade -uy > > I hope i

Re: potato -> woody: E: Internal Error, Couldn't configure a pre-depend

I had the same problem a few months ago, when woody was released. I had the solution this way (via http:) 1 - apt-get update -uy 2 - apt-get dist-upgrade -uy 3 - apt-get upgrade -uy I hope it works with you! (Sorry for my english!!!) -- Ricardo A.Frydman - Analista de Sistemas Usuario Linux

potato -> woody: E: Internal Error, Couldn't configure a pre-depend

When attempting an upgrade from Potato to Woody via either apt-get or dselect, I get the following error: E: Internal Error, Couldn't configure a pre-depend This appears after placing disk 1 of the update set into the CDROM tray, and the disk is read for several seconds. I've

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