Re: debian issues

2004-01-04 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 at 23:30 GMT, jake+karen=liam penned: > Hi > > I am running two(2) operating systems Debian Linux and Windows 98. My > hard drive is partitioned into six (6) sectors. One sector is > formatted as FAT32, this is to be shared by both systems. The problem > is that either syst

Re: pseudo-image method & .list files (was Re: Debian Issues!!)

2001-07-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 11:56:20AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 02:18:03PM +0100, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > I guess Jaimos is thinking that it's worth cutting down the .list > > files to only the packages you need. In fact, unless you're short on > >

Re: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-30 Thread Ade Talabi
Israel Evans, The connection is definetly a problem.. Israel Evans ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said thusly on [28/07/01 at 00:54]: > Hello, > > I bet your connection might be a problem. If you get stuck on Getting. You > might want to try using a different mirror to download from. I don't know > h

Re: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-30 Thread Ade Talabi
Jaimos F. Skriletz, You should not have an opinion on Debian till you see it at work. Jaimos F. Skriletz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said thusly on [27/07/01 at 23:44]: > > to understand why I've been told its so great, for my opinion of now is not > that high, > > Jaimos F. Skriletz > "When I wake u

Re: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-30 Thread Ade Talabi
Jaimos F. Skriletz, You need to do a checksum on your download, wether you are retrieveing a binary file as text. Welcome to Debian & Linux 3 days is a short time to spend in this kingdom, Gandolf. Jaimos F. Skriletz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said thusly on [27/07/01 at 23:44]: > > To whom it may c

pseudo-image method & .list files (was Re: Debian Issues!!)

2001-07-28 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 02:18:03PM +0100, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > >on Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 03:51:14PM -0700, Jaimos F. Skriletz > >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> > >> First I will like to say that your meathod is intivative and I > >> understand your

Re: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-28 Thread dman
On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 02:14:27PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: | "pascal weller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | >what kind of bandwidth do I save with the pseudo-image-kit ? | >Just download the iso with a ftp client witch can resume and your done. | >Do I miss something ? | | It doesn't save *you* b

Re: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-28 Thread Colin Watson
"Karsten M. Self" wrote: >on Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 03:51:14PM -0700, Jaimos F. Skriletz >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> First I will like to say that your meathod is intivative and I >> understand your issues of wanting to save banwith, also after thinking >> about your meathod of using the .list fi

Re: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-28 Thread Colin Watson
"pascal weller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >what kind of bandwidth do I save with the pseudo-image-kit ? >Just download the iso with a ftp client witch can resume and your done. >Do I miss something ? It doesn't save *you* bandwidth, it helps out the load on the mirrors. That (at least in theory)

Re: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-28 Thread Martin Rowe
Hi I'm afraid I 'cheat' and grab the iso direct from http://www.linuxiso.org which lists Debian right at the top (as it should be ;-) ). I did look into getting it the Debian way, but decided to go with linuxiso.org as it was easier and they're geared up for that sort of demand. I'm happy enou

Re: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-28 Thread pascal weller
> | > | > to begin this project, but little to my knowledge, I have spent the > | > last three days reading though your FAQ's, readme files, etc trying to > | > figure out how to get the image which should be a simple afair, yet > | > failing miserabbaly and I have the following comments/complaints

Re: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-27 Thread Mark Wagnon
This was posted earlier in the week: http://www.linuxiso.org/debian.html Don't forget to donate to the cause if you find yourself liking Debian (and you will). Good luck! -- Mark Wagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-27 Thread dman
On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 05:25:16PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: | on Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 03:51:14PM -0700, Jaimos F. Skriletz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: | > (I didn't want to wait for the CD or purchase one since I have no cash | > to spare) | | False economies at best. You can purchase the

Re: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-27 Thread John
You can get a debian image at: http://www.linuxiso.org/ I also installed debian (hamm) as my first linux/unix experience. Took me 3 months to get everything working. Loved every minute of it. John -- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Using [Debian] Linux _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ pgpz15iRlIPy0.pgp De

Re: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-27 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 03:51:14PM -0700, Jaimos F. Skriletz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > To whom it may concern, > > Hello, I'm tradionally a Window's 98 OS user and am currently in the Spell checking on long rants is strongly recommended. > project of teaching myself linux and wanting to

RE: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-27 Thread Israel Evans
riday, July 27, 2001 5:19 PM To: Jaimos F. Skriletz Cc: debian-cd@lists.debian.org; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian Issues!! On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 03:51:14PM -0700, Jaimos F. Skriletz wrote: > cash to spare) to begin this project, but little to my knowledge, I have > spe

Re: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-27 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 03:51:14PM -0700, Jaimos F. Skriletz wrote: > cash to spare) to begin this project, but little to my knowledge, I have > spent the last three days reading though your FAQ's, readme files, etc > trying to figure out how to get the image which should be a simple afair, > yet f

RE: Debian Issues!!

2001-07-27 Thread Israel Evans
Hello, I'm involved in the same process as you at the moment. Maybe my experience with this will help you, maybe not. I've just successfully created the .iso image. and it did seem strange at first, but I finally got everything to work. It may be that your connection is wacky and that might b