Re: Installing Debian Linux 3.0r4

2005-05-13 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 08:44:35AM -0400, Councillor Smola wrote: > I have purchased a Debian install DVD disk from Softcopy Systems in Toronto. > > After the initial install process the program asks to reboot and I did so. > The next phase was a screen indicating that the installation was correct

Re: Installing Debian Linux 3.0r4

2005-05-12 Thread michael
On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 08:44 -0400, Councillor Smola wrote: > I have purchased a Debian install DVD disk from Softcopy Systems in Toronto. > > After the initial install process the program asks to reboot and I did so. > The next phase was a screen indicating that the installation was correct. > ie:

Re: installing debian linux as a vm guest

2002-09-25 Thread David De Graff
- Original Message - From: "George Morey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 9:50 AM Subject: installing debian linux as a vm guest > Can I avoid the CD creation route for installing the debian linux? I would just as soon get the linux kernal

Re: installing debian linux as a vm guest

2002-09-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Sep 25, 2002, George Morey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Can I avoid the CD creation route for installing the debian linux? I > would just as soon get the linux kernal, ramdisk file system and a > robust file system and create my linux guests using those files > thereby forgoing the CD cre

Re: Installing Debian Linux

2001-07-16 Thread Brendan O'Connor
> The image, rescue.bin, is an exact binary duplicate of the bits > that should be on the floppy disk. The floppy needs to be created > with a program, such as 'dd', that will dump the raw bits to the disk. > You will then have a compressed ext2 filesystem on the disk, which > windows can't read.

Re: Installing Debian Linux

2001-07-15 Thread D-Man
On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 04:58:23PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hi! | | My name is Jim. Windows is a pain in the neck so i decided to use linux ;o) Great! Welcome to the community. | But i have a problem with the install. I downloaded the three mirror files | (.iso) and made myself the d

Re: installing debian linux from cdrom

2000-01-25 Thread Bill Keegan
> Subject: installing debian linux from cdrom > Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:54:14 PST > From: "Nam-Anh Pham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > I recently got a debian linux cd (Slink release, version 2.1). I tried to > install it on my old 486, but it would not recognize th

Re: Installing Debian Linux on a low-level mem 386.

1999-03-18 Thread Laurent PICOULEAU
On Wed, 17 Mar, 1999 à 09:22:06PM -0500, Francois-Nicola Demers wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to install Debian on a 2mg memory 386? I know that > Debian offer a low-level memory installation for PC under 5mg. Is > this offer is also for 2mg memory 386? > Hi, It should be done but you'll pro

Re: Installing Debian Linux on a low-level mem 386.

1999-03-18 Thread John Galt
Them ny first experience with bo didn't exist? I had a 386 w/ 2M of memory and a MFM hd and installed bo with no real problem. The result won't be pretty, but it should work as well as anything else available today. You might wish to get an old bo distribution, tho. On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Robert

Re: Installing Debian Linux the hard way...HELP!

1998-05-12 Thread M.C. Vernon
> I saw your reply to Bert Conliffe an was hoping you could give me similar > assistance. :) I'll try. I'm only a newbie myself... > Personal background: > I've learned computers by sitting in front of them and struggling my way > through them. Currently I use WindowsNT at work with Lotus notes

Re: Installing Debian Linux the hard way...HELP!

1998-05-12 Thread jscogin
I tried to do what you are trying to do over the network. I finally took the cd out of my win95 computer, installed the files via dselect, and then put the drive back. After all the trying to get around it, that was the easiest. It takes quite a while to load all the files to the machine. -- To

Re: Installing Debian Linux the hard way...HELP!

1998-05-12 Thread Greg Vence
Will Lowe wrote: > > Hmm. I don't know much about null modem cables. Too bad you don't have > CD drive handy, but anyway: > > > man doesn't seem to work on my machine. ( I get bash: man: command not > > found) > man's not on the base disks, because the manpages themselves take up > quite a bi

Re: Installing Debian Linux the hard way...HELP!

1998-05-12 Thread Will Lowe
Hmm. I don't know much about null modem cables. Too bad you don't have CD drive handy, but anyway: > man doesn't seem to work on my machine. ( I get bash: man: command not > found) man's not on the base disks, because the manpages themselves take up quite a bit of space. > Linux/UNIX book I

Re: Installing Debian Linux..

1998-04-04 Thread David R Baker
Brandon wrote: > > Could someone tell me what the base1 3.tgz is for and what the base.bin > files are for... > i am just kinda getting into linux and wanted to know... > Hi, The 5 base-?.bin files are for writing to floppies. They contain the base system which has enough utilities to install

Re: Installing Debian Linux v1.3.1 from July '97

1998-02-09 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Skwar) writes: > Hello ! > Last night I wanted to install Debian v1.3.1 from July '97 with a > Kernel v2.0.29. After I partitioned my hard disk, the install > programm checked my hard disk for errors and got a whole lot of > them.  It repeated printing: > > scsi0: Ta

RE: Installing Debian Linux v1.3.1 from July '97

1998-02-09 Thread Mike Barker
I'm not sure, but I would run some HDD diagnostics on your Quantum drive. I seems like there may be a problem with your HDD. Michael Barker Technician ATL Systems > -Original Message- > From: Alexander Skwar [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 1998 11:02 AM > To: debia

Re: Installing Debian Linux

1997-06-19 Thread Linux dist. research
One problem that you may be having with the 3c509 is the plug and play capability. If you boot to DOS, run 3c5x9cfg and disable plug and play, the card should work great. Chip - Chip Atkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Xi Graphics[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Denver, CO

Re: Installing Debian Linux

1997-06-16 Thread Bruce Perens
You can't get a Debian 1.3 CD yet - though you should be able to in a week or so. I think it works best if you install the vga16 X server first, and then install whatever special server you need for your card. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 F

Re: Installing Debian Linux

1997-06-15 Thread Richard Harran.
I have a 3Com Etherlink III ISA (3C509b-Combo) card. The driver which I am using is the 3C509 driver, which was the closest I could find in the base system. On Sat, 14 Jun 1997, Jesse Goldman wrote: > Hi, > > Sound as if you might have the wrong driver for your 3Com card. What model > is the ca

Re: Installing Debian Linux

1997-06-14 Thread Jesse Goldman
Hi, Sound as if you might have the wrong driver for your 3Com card. What model is the card and what driver are you using for it? J. Goldman -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Installing Debian Linux

1997-06-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
When you boot up a base system there is a command line ftp and telnet client available. Can you ping ftp.debian.org from the base system machine? If you can't make the command line ftp client work: >ftp ftp.debian.org because of timeouts, but you can get to locations on the "local" net, t

Re: Installing Debian Linux on a new system w/out MSDOG

1997-05-20 Thread J.P.D. Kooij
On Mon, 19 May 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Mon, 19 May 1997, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: > > > I'd recommend creating a partition for MS-DOS right away. > > No need to actually install it till required. > > Agreed. Dos/Win/NT want the first partition of the first drive to be > "their" boot fil

Re: Installing Debian Linux on a new system w/out MSDOG

1997-05-19 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Tue, 20 May 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > What about a bootable CD and install it directly from the CD? > Redhat allows installation without using floppies. > A bootable CD is fine for those system that have that support (with a "proper" cd of course). If your CD drive is on a scsi device you c

Re: Installing Debian Linux on a new system w/out MSDOG

1997-05-19 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm waiting for parts to arrive for a new system. I can probably get a copy > of MSDOG, but I'd like to avoid this. Eventually it will perhaps be > necessary to install Windows 95 or Windows NT and MSDOG, but to begin with, > I will install Linux. > > I expect to be

Re: Installing Debian Linux on a new system w/out MSDOG

1997-05-19 Thread Lawrence Chim
What about a bootable CD and install it directly from the CD? Redhat allows installation without using floppies. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Installing Debian Linux on a new system w/out MSDOG

1997-05-19 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 19 May 1997, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: > I'd recommend creating a partition for MS-DOS right away. > No need to actually install it till required. Agreed. Dos/Win/NT want the first partition of the first drive to be "their" boot file system. So decide what you want for DOS and build the p

Re: Installing Debian Linux on a new system w/out MSDOG

1997-05-19 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
I'd recommend creating a partition for MS-DOS right away. No need to actually install it till required. -- Jean Pierre On Mon, 19 May 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm waiting for parts to arrive for a new system. I can probably get a copy > of MSDOG, but I'd like to avoid this. Eventually