Thanks! was Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Lisi
On Monday 28 March 2011 16:20:18 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > Note that Etch has a number of known, unpatched security vulnerabilities > and receives no real support from the Debian project.  Moving to Lenny > should be made a priority; any time spend working with Etch should be (at > least) mat

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-03-28 09:18:31 Andrei Popescu wrote: >On Lu, 28 mar 11, 15:11:37, Lisi wrote: >> On Monday 28 March 2011 12:37:41 Roman Khomasuridze wrote: >> > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free >> >> That repository appears to be non-existent. I couldn't even ping it. :-( >

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 28 mar 11, 15:11:37, Lisi wrote: > On Monday 28 March 2011 12:37:41 Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > > Hi, > > > > here is repository: > > > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free That's not going to work, since etch is archived. > > I guess, if you have CD1 this will

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Lisi
On Monday 28 March 2011 12:37:41 Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > Hi, > > here is repository: > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free > > I guess, if you have CD1 this will be enough, just install it and then > extend with above repository. That repository appears to be non-

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
Roman wrote: >you're welcome! >Yeah, but haven't found CD-s archive, just for curiosity, where they might >be?... hmm. http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#old points at http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/ -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com There's

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
ahaa, found it: http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/debian-installer/ On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > you're welcome! > Yeah, but haven't found CD-s archive, just for curiosity, where they might > be?... hmm. > > > Regards > > Roman > > > > On Mon, Mar 28

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
you're welcome! Yeah, but haven't found CD-s archive, just for curiosity, where they might be?... hmm. Regards Roman On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Lisi wrote: > On Monday 28 March 2011 12:37:41 Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Lisi wrote: > > > I

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Lisi
On Monday 28 March 2011 12:37:41 Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Lisi wrote: > > I need to install Etch (or Etch-and-a-half). I have CD 1. In order to > > install a fully working Etch I need more than that. > > > > So, how can I get: a full set of DVDs, a full set of

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Roman Khomasuridze
Hi, here is repository: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free I guess, if you have CD1 this will be enough, just install it and then extend with above repository. Regards --- Roman On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Lisi wrote: > I need to install Etch (or Etch

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-12 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Sunday 12 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 05:12:47AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > On Saturday 11 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 01:06:41AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > > > On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > > > W

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-12 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 05:12:47AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Saturday 11 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 01:06:41AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > > On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > > Where is the actual install media? > > > > > > That's one t

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-12 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Saturday 11 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 01:06:41AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > Where is the actual install media? > > > > That's one thing I'm not clear about. Not one article I've found > > on the web that

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-11 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 01:06:41AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > Where is the actual install media? > > That's one thing I'm not clear about. Not one article I've found on the > web that has explained this has said where to put any install media

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-09 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:28:43PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: ... > > I thought it might be a baud rate issue. The 5501 starts with > > 19200 baud, so I altered pxelinux.cfg/default to use the same speed > > and to specify the right console (before

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-09 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:28:43PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I don't think the hardware is going to be the issue here. I'm > > pretty sure it's a config issue. > > > > I have a Soekris Net5501 box I'm installing Etch on. I'm hooked up > > to t

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-09 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:28:43PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I don't think the hardware is going to be the issue here. I'm pretty > sure it's a config issue. > > I have a Soekris Net5501 box I'm installing Etch on. I'm hooked up to > the box with a null modem cable for the console and it's a

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

2008-10-09 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Thursday 09 October 2008, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I don't think the hardware is going to be the issue here. I'm pretty > sure it's a config issue. > > I have a Soekris Net5501 box I'm installing Etch on. I'm hooked up > to the box with a null modem cable for the console and it's also > hooked up

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Frank McCormick
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:02:44 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Robinson) wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 03:22:19PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:46:23 +0200 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Robinson) wrote: > > > > > > > > > >I bought a new computer with the following compon

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Peter Robinson
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 03:22:19PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:46:23 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Robinson) wrote: > > > > > > > >I bought a new computer with the following components: > > > > > > >Intel Desktop Board DG965WH > > > > > > >Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz (6

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Frank McCormick
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:46:23 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Robinson) wrote: > > > > > >I bought a new computer with the following components: > > > > > >Intel Desktop Board DG965WH > > > > > >Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz (6600) > > > > > >ASUS DVD Recorder/DVD optical drive > > > > > > > > > It is

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Peter Robinson
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 12:51:00PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:22:07 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Robinson) wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 02:17:33PM +, Thias wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:45:41AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > Peter Robins

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Frank McCormick
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:22:07 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Robinson) wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 02:17:33PM +, Thias wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:45:41AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > Peter Robinson wrote: > > > >Hi all! > > > > > > > >I bought a new computer with the foll

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Thias
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 04:22:07PM +0200, Peter Robinson wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 02:17:33PM +, Thias wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:45:41AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > Peter Robinson wrote: > > > >Hi all! > > > > > > > >I bought a new computer with the following componen

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Peter Robinson
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 02:17:33PM +, Thias wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:45:41AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Peter Robinson wrote: > > >Hi all! > > > > > >I bought a new computer with the following components: > > >Intel Desktop Board DG965WH > > >Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz (6600) >

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Thias
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:45:41AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Peter Robinson wrote: > >Hi all! > > > >I bought a new computer with the following components: > >Intel Desktop Board DG965WH > >Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz (6600) > >ASUS DVD Recorder/DVD optical drive > >etc > > > >I am trying to in

Re: Installing Etch on an Intel DG965WH Board

2007-06-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Peter Robinson wrote: Hi all! I bought a new computer with the following components: Intel Desktop Board DG965WH Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz (6600) ASUS DVD Recorder/DVD optical drive etc I am trying to install Debian Etch but the installer does not recognize the DVD ROM drive and offers the opp

Re: Installing Etch on a VME PPC CPU Board

2007-05-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/30/07 22:56, SHS wrote: After running the default install from SCSI CDROM on an MVME2700-3361 the GUI will not start. It fails with "No screens found." > The video card is a Motorola MPMC301 with a Cirrus Logic GD5446 chip. I've tried two of the MPMC301. I've used an MVME2604-1361 with

Re: Installing Etch on a VME PPC CPU Board

2007-05-30 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 10:56:40PM -0500, SHS wrote: [snipped lamentable failure of x system] > > > Is there a way to get the boot process to skip the IDE probe, the board is > booting from the SCSI port and hangs for several minutes while trying to > look at the IDE hardware which I don't thi

Re: installing etch on a ibm 8364 netvista

2007-05-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
mess-mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | mess-mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > | > Hi list, > | > i'd like to install etch on a the above machine... > | > but, that machine have only a hd; no floppy-drive or cdrom. > | > Xubuntu is installed on the

Re: installing etch on a ibm 8364 netvista

2007-05-13 Thread mess-mate
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | mess-mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | > Hi list, | > i'd like to install etch on a the above machine... | > but, that machine have only a hd; no floppy-drive or cdrom. | > Xubuntu is installed on the hd and boot without any problem. | > Is there a way

Re: installing etch on a ibm 8364 netvista

2007-05-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
mess-mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > i'd like to install etch on a the above machine... > but, that machine have only a hd; no floppy-drive or cdrom. > Xubuntu is installed on the hd and boot without any problem. > Is there a way to replace xubuntu by etch ?? and how can i do that ? >

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-18 Thread john gennard
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 15:30:51 +, john gennard wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] There is one more quick thing that you can try: Go to http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ [snip] I've done that now. The 'auto' search didn't work, but I was able to find in the

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-17 Thread Max Hyre
Florian Kulzer wrote: > (You need the packages xserver-xorg-video-s3 and > xserver-xorg-video-s3virge to have them available. FWIW, the only X server package I've got installed on my T20 is xserver-xorg-video-savage, which seems to work fine. -- Best wishes, Max Hy

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-17 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 15:30:51 +, john gennard wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] > >There is one more quick thing that you can try: Go to > > > >http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ > > > >and copy/paste your "lspci -n" output into the form. You will get a list > >of known drivers for your hardw

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-17 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:06:12AM +, john gennard wrote: > Section "Device" > Identifier "S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV" > Driver "savage" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSection I would try changing the line: Driver "savage" to Driv

Re: Installing Etch onto a laptop w/out CD device

2007-02-16 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:38:28 +, andy wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Good day > > I have an old-ish laptop with a dodgy CD-device, onto which I want to > install Etch. I am using Etch on my desktop and the laptop is > connected to the same LAN that my desktop is on. Is there anyway

Re: Installing Etch onto a laptop w/out CD device

2007-02-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:38:28 + andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good day > > I have an old-ish laptop with a dodgy CD-device, onto which I want to > install Etch. I am using Etch on my desktop and the laptop is > connected to the same LAN that my desktop is on. Is there anyway that > I can

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-16 Thread john gennard
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 09:13:16 +, john gennard wrote: [...] This morning, I reconfigured X using the 'vesa' driver and you were perfectly right in your supposition. It now boots directly into Gnome (some tweaking will be necessary - the display is not very good d

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-15 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 09:13:16 +, john gennard wrote: [...] > This morning, I reconfigured X using the 'vesa' driver and you > were perfectly right in your supposition. It now boots directly into > Gnome (some tweaking will be necessary - the display is not very good > due no doubt to some

Re: Installing Etch onto a laptop w/out CD device

2007-02-15 Thread Albert Dengg
andy wrote: Good day I have an old-ish laptop with a dodgy CD-device, onto which I want to install Etch. I am using Etch on my desktop and the laptop is connected to the same LAN that my desktop is on. Is there anyway that I can exploit this arrangement to enable me to install onto the laptop

Re: Installing Etch onto a laptop w/out CD device

2007-02-15 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 05:38:28PM +, andy wrote: > Good day > > I have an old-ish laptop with a dodgy CD-device, onto which I want to > install Etch. I am using Etch on my desktop and the laptop is connected > to the same LAN that my desktop is on. Is there anyway that I can > exploit this

Re: Installing Etch onto a laptop w/out CD device

2007-02-15 Thread Alan Ianson
On Thu February 15 2007 09:38, andy wrote: > Good day > > I have an old-ish laptop with a dodgy CD-device, onto which I want to > install Etch. I am using Etch on my desktop and the laptop is connected > to the same LAN that my desktop is on. Is there anyway that I can > exploit this arrangement to

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-15 Thread john gennard
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 22:23:53 +, john gennard wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] Normally when X is started during boot by [xkg]dm and it fails then you are just returned to the command prompt. If your box locks up completely then there might be something real

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-14 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 22:23:53 +, john gennard wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] > >Normally when X is started during boot by [xkg]dm and it fails then you > >are just returned to the command prompt. If your box locks up completely > >then there might be something really wrong with the g

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-14 Thread john gennard
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:06:12 +, john gennard wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] What is your graphics card? Please find the relevant lines in the output of "lspci" and post them here (lines mentioning "VGA", "graphic(s)" or "display"). The only reference to

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-14 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:06:12 +, john gennard wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] > >What is your graphics card? Please find the relevant lines in the output > >of "lspci" and post them here (lines mentioning "VGA", "graphic(s)" or > >"display"). > > The only reference to VGA etc is:- >

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-14 Thread john gennard
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 14:02:20 +, john gennard wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:24:54 +, john gennard wrote: I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI is fine, but Kde

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 14:02:20 +, john gennard wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:24:54 +, john gennard wrote: > > > >>I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch > >>(Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI > >>is fine, but Kde will not l

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-13 Thread john gennard
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:24:54 +, john gennard wrote: I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI is fine, but Kde will not launch. Error messages in /var/log/kdm.log indicate that the installer assumed

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20: "no screens" in X

2007-02-13 Thread john gennard
Cameron L. Spitzer wrote:- [This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, john gennard wrote: I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI is fine, but Kde will not launch. Error messages

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-13 Thread Anton Piatek
Try www.thinkwiki.org There are great instructions for all flavours of linux on almost all IBM laptops... Anton -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] blog/photos:http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://tastycake.net/~anton/anton.asc) fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-12 Thread Max Hyre
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:24:54 +, john gennard wrote: > I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch > (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. I'm writing this from Gnome on my T20---KDE should work just as well once X is running. It finds my Trackpoint, which works fine. I've never tried a

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20

2007-02-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:24:54 +, john gennard wrote: > I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch > (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI > is fine, but Kde will not launch. Error messages in > /var/log/kdm.log indicate that the installer assumed the > laptop has

Re: Installing Etch with GUI on T20: "no screens" in X

2007-02-12 Thread Cameron L. Spitzer
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, john gennard wrote: > I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch > (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI > is fine, but Kde will not launch. Error messages in > /var/log/kdm.log in

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-23 Thread Mirto Silvio Busico
First of all, thanks to you all. I've tried "installgui acpi=off tasksel/first=kde-desktop" The installation starts without complaining, but kde is not installed. Searching with synaptic, there is no metapackage called kde-desktop. I mispelled something? There is any documentation about the boot

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 8/22/06, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: > When leaving a conference, being asked 'hey, how can i install > kde/gnome desktop by default?' i would be able to answer 'type > installdesktop or installdesktopkde and press enter'. This is way more > user friendly than 'i

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Joey Hess
Gustavo Franco wrote: > When leaving a conference, being asked 'hey, how can i install > kde/gnome desktop by default?' i would be able to answer 'type > installdesktop or installdesktopkde and press enter'. This is way more > user friendly than 'install tasksel/first=gnome-desktop' that a human >

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 8/22/06, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: > If the user wants to use the GUI frontend it would be ''installgui > tasksel/first=kde-desktop', right? > > Couldn't we change the options adding 'installdesktop', > 'installguidesktop', 'installdesktopkde' and 'installguide

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Joey Hess
Gustavo Franco wrote: > If the user wants to use the GUI frontend it would be ''installgui > tasksel/first=kde-desktop', right? > > Couldn't we change the options adding 'installdesktop', > 'installguidesktop', 'installdesktopkde' and 'installguidesktopkde' ? Sounds like a combinational explosion

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 8/22/06, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > How cai I select Kde instead of Gnome during a fresh install? Type "install tasksel/first=kde-desktop" at the installer's boot prompt. Hi Joey, If the user wants to use the GUI frontend it would be ''installgui tas

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Joey Hess
Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > How cai I select Kde instead of Gnome during a fresh install? Type "install tasksel/first=kde-desktop" at the installer's boot prompt. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: installing Etch to a USB drive

2005-11-22 Thread fraz
fraz wrote: I am trying to install amd64 Etch using the beta 1 release installer onto an 80Gig USB 2.0 Hard Drive. It goes pretty well, the drive is picked up at /dev/sda and installs happilly. Unfortunately it won't boot, and the kernel prints this message: /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/c