Re: Convert RedHat install to Debian ..

1998-05-19 Thread The Thought Assassin
On Mon, 11 May 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Mon, 11 May 1998, The Thought Assassin wrote: > : On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > : > I've got a Sun Netra I5, with serial console only. The current Debian > : > boot disks don't like the serial console, so I used RedHat's instead. > :

Re: Convert RedHat install to Debian ..

1998-05-12 Thread Rainer Clasen
Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I've got a Sun Netra I5, with serial console only. The current Debian > boot disks don't like the serial console, so I used RedHat's instead. > Now I've got this Netra Linux box :) I don't know sun at all, but how about modifying the bootdisks to spawn a get

Re: Convert RedHat install to Debian ..

1998-05-11 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 11 May 1998, The Thought Assassin wrote: : On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: : > I've got a Sun Netra I5, with serial console only. The current Debian : > boot disks don't like the serial console, so I used RedHat's instead. : > Now I've got this Netra Linux box :) : Is there an

Re: Convert RedHat install to Debian ..

1998-05-11 Thread The Thought Assassin
On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > I've got a Sun Netra I5, with serial console only. The current Debian > boot disks don't like the serial console, so I used RedHat's instead. > Now I've got this Netra Linux box :) Is there any reason why you can't just take the kernel from the RedHat

Re: Convert RedHat install to Debian ..

1998-05-01 Thread Rainer Clasen
Hi! Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I've got a Sun Netra I5, with serial console only. The current Debian > boot disks don't like the serial console, so I used RedHat's instead. > Now I've got this Netra Linux box :) AFAIK there is enhanced serial console support in 2.1.*. But don't forge

Re: Convert RedHat install to Debian ..

1998-05-01 Thread Joel Klecker
At 14:37 -0500 1998-04-29, Nathan E Norman wrote: >Now for the hashed over part. Is there a sane and reasonable way to >either convert an existing RedHat machine to Debian, or to start the >Debian install from what I have now? project/experimental/dpkg_*_.nondebbin.tar.gz -- Joel "Espy" Klecker

Re: Convert RedHat install to Debian ..

1998-05-01 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Wed, Apr 29, 1998 at 02:37:00PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > Now for the hashed over part. Is there a sane and reasonable > way to either convert an existing RedHat machine to Debian, or > to start the Debian install from what I have now? Remember, I > can't use the Debian boot disk. (I t