Re: dselect help

2001-03-10 Thread Joey Hess
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > Check under /var/lib/dpkg. You'll find the files "status" and > "status-old". I believe status-old is the state of things one immediate > version prior. I also believe there was an earlier system in which > several prior states where kept. I have to admit I underst

Re: dselect help

2001-03-08 Thread kmself
on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 03:51:44PM -0500, paul j botelho ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I tried using dselect to uninstall some packages. Unfortunately I did > not notice the various other packages that depended on it. Now dselect > wants to uninstall all these packages. Luckily I chose "no" to t

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-12 Thread pat
On 11-Dec-98, Frank Gerhardt took time to write : >> you are installing a dual boot system aren't you ? > > Not yet. I still boot from a floppy. I was a bit confused about the you could also boot to dos, and then use loadlin to boot linux. > 1024 cylinder limit and wanted to avoid that issue a

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-11 Thread Frank Gerhardt
Dear Patrick! On Thu, 10 Dec 1998 18:00:46 +0100 (CET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > if you cdrom is on the secondary controller first drive you should mount > /dev/hdc > first controller = hda, hdb (first, second drive) > second controller = hdc, hdd (first, second drive) That worked ;-) > they

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-10 Thread Kent West
Thanks for the correction. Now it rings a bell. At 10:04 AM 12/10/1998 -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: >On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Kent West wrote: > >> >> I'm not very well-versed with the use of CDs on Linux yet, but I believe it >> would be /dev/hdb1 (b = second controller, 1 = first drive on that >contr

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Kent West wrote: > > I'm not very well-versed with the use of CDs on Linux yet, but I believe it > would be /dev/hdb1 (b = second controller, 1 = first drive on that > controller). Not quite. /dev/hda = master drive on primary controller /dev/hdb = slave drive on primary c

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-10 Thread pat
Le 10-Dec-98, Frank Gerhardt a pris ses électrons pour écrire: > Dear Patrice, > > On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:43:48 -0500, "Patrice Bertrand" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have installed Linux on my laptop and i have now to use 'dselect' to >> install X and others packages. > > I'm in exactly in

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-10 Thread Kent West
At 02:27 PM 12/10/1998 +, Frank Gerhardt wrote: > >Dear Patrice, > >On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:43:48 -0500, "Patrice Bertrand" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have installed Linux on my laptop and i have now to use 'dselect' to >install X and others packages. > >I'm in exactly in the same situati

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-10 Thread Frank Gerhardt
Dear Patrice, On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:43:48 -0500, "Patrice Bertrand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have installed Linux on my laptop and i have now to use 'dselect' to > install X and others packages. I'm in exactly in the same situation. Installed it last night. I have a Laptop with PCMCIA mo

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-10 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 11:16:04PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Can anyone translate please? Thanks! > > Votre message n'a pas pu être distribue à : > > Franck Fl LEGALL / TTETIV/01 > > parce qu'ils n'ont pas pu être trouves à l'entite destinataire. > > > > Cette copie a été detruite car elle appara

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-10 Thread Kent West
Can anyone translate please? Thanks! On 10 Dec 1998 /G=BUREAU/S=DISTRIBUTEUR/DD.HPMEXT1=BUREAU DISTRIBUTEUR$/TTETIV$/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Votre message n'a pas pu ?tre distribue ? : > Franck Fl LEGALL / TTETIV/01 > parce qu'ils n'ont pas pu ?tre trouves ? l'entite destinataire. > > Ce

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-10 Thread Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd
From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Patrice Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Thursday, 10 December 1998 10:47 Subject: Re: dselect-help!!! >At 02:19 PM 12/9/1998 -0500, you wrote: >>Thanks for this material I understand that t

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-09 Thread Kent West
sts.debian.org ; >recipient.list.not.shown : ; >Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 3:03 AM >Subject: Re: dselect-help!!! > > >>On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Patrice Bertrand wrote: >> >>> I have installed Linux on my laptop and i have now to use 'dselect' >

Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!

1998-12-09 Thread Kent West
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Patrice Bertrand wrote: > I have installed Linux on my laptop and i have now to use 'dselect' > to install X and others packages. Problem : i can't find my way and >i'm stuck with dselect from the beginning. I've downloaded the file >'Dselect documentation for beginners' from d