On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:52:19 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> Script started on Sun 17 Jun 2012 10:44:21 AM EDT
> jude@stmarys:~$ mformat a: -f 70[K20
> mformat: init: set default params
> jude@stmarys:~$ exit
> exit
(...)
Sir, if you remove the portion of the text you are replying to we lost
Script started on Sun 17 Jun 2012 10:44:21 AM EDT
jude@stmarys:~$ mformat a: -f 70[K20
mformat: init: set default params
jude@stmarys:~$ exit
exit
Script done on Sun 17 Jun 2012 10:45:00 AM EDT
That last line is strange since I did not erase /etc/mtools.conf and
mtoolstest also reports finding
[CC'ed as per request]
Charlie Derr:
>
> mount: special device /dev/fd0 does not exist
Your friend probably needs to load the 'floppy' module manually. To make
the system auto-load it on boot, just add a line containing 'floppy' to
/etc/modules.
J.
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On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 22:43 +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> On 2009-10-30 17:23 (+1300), dr hugo z. hackenbush wrote:
>
> > Hi, I am having trouble mounting the floppy in lenny .Can mount as
> > root but wont let me mount as user? Tried #adduser (name) floppy in
> > terminal but still wont let me in
On 2009-10-30 17:23 (+1300), dr hugo z. hackenbush wrote:
> Hi, I am having trouble mounting the floppy in lenny .Can mount as
> root but wont let me mount as user? Tried #adduser (name) floppy in
> terminal but still wont let me in? any clues please?
I haven't had floppy driver for many years bu
On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 11:46 -0700, Mike Castle wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> > dr.hugo.z.hackenbush:
> >>
> >> Hi, I am having trouble mounting the floppy in lenny .Can mount as root
> >> but wont let me mount as user? Tried #adduser (name) floppy in
> >> te
On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 18:39 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> dr.hugo.z.hackenbush:
> >
> > Hi, I am having trouble mounting the floppy in lenny .Can mount as root
> > but wont let me mount as user? Tried #adduser (name) floppy in
> > terminal but still wont let me in? any clues please?
>
> You
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> dr.hugo.z.hackenbush:
>>
>> Hi, I am having trouble mounting the floppy in lenny .Can mount as root
>> but wont let me mount as user? Tried #adduser (name) floppy in
>> terminal but still wont let me in? any clues please?
>
> You need
dr.hugo.z.hackenbush:
>
> Hi, I am having trouble mounting the floppy in lenny .Can mount as root
> but wont let me mount as user? Tried #adduser (name) floppy in
> terminal but still wont let me in? any clues please?
You need to login again after adding your user to the floppy group. Did
yo
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:58:54 -0500, Stan Hoeppner in gmane.linux.debian.user
wrote:
> S. Fishpaste put forth on 10/29/2009 3:41 PM:
>
>> Does this default to installing Etch, and does one get a choice to switch
>> the distro sources list before it's written to disk during the install? I
>> don't r
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> S. Fishpaste put forth on 10/29/2009 3:41 PM:
>
>> Does this default to installing Etch, and does one get a choice to switch
>> the distro sources list before it's written to disk during the install? I
>> don't remember ...
>
> I'm pretty sur
S. Fishpaste wrote:
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:14:00 -0400, Jaime Di Cristina in
gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
S. Fishpaste wrote:
Anyone know where I can find a floppy image for Debian net install?
There is no floppy images for Lenny, because they would not fit. Use
t
S. Fishpaste put forth on 10/29/2009 3:41 PM:
> Does this default to installing Etch, and does one get a choice to switch
> the distro sources list before it's written to disk during the install? I
> don't remember ...
I'm pretty sure all the boot floppy installs point to the stable
directories o
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:14:00 -0400, Jaime Di Cristina in
gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
> S. Fishpaste wrote:
>> Anyone know where I can find a floppy image for Debian net install?
> There is no floppy images for Lenny, because they would not fit. Use
> the etch floppy images instead.
Overlo
S. Fishpaste wrote:
Hi;
I'm attempting to install Debian Stable on an older desktop machine that
doesn't support booting from an USB stick or CD. Therefore I'm looking for
Debian net install floppy images. Damned if I can find any as everything I've
found assumes one wants to use a USB stick or
On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 03:47:09AM -, rocky wrote:
>
> I'm following Pocket Linux Guide from www.tldp.org. The 2nd chapter
> 2.3.1 talks about prepare the book disk media.
>
> I got a blank floppy disk, inserted it in and did the following
> $-code1 begin-$
> ronie:~# dd if=/dev/z
On 07/03/07 22:47, rocky wrote:
Hey,
I'm following Pocket Linux Guide from www.tldp.org. The 2nd chapter
2.3.1 talks about prepare the book disk media.
I got a blank floppy disk, inserted it in and did the following
$-code1 begin-$
ronie:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k count=14
On 07.10.06 13:08, Fred J. wrote:
> I run my debian testing with 2.6.15 and fire a script to mount the floppy
> and it works, after compileing a new one "debian way", I fired the same
> script and it gave me
please set up your mailer to wrap lines up to 80 characters (72-75 is even
better)
>
Juha Tuuna escribió:
gustavo halperin wrote:
This is a page with not any link, did you check this link or just wrote
it ??
Thank you any way,
Gustavo Halperin
Look closer, there IS a link. You'll find a manual and installation
floppies for your system (what ever that may be)
In fa
gustavo halperin wrote:
> This is a page with not any link, did you check this link or just wrote
> it ??
>
> Thank you any way,
> Gustavo Halperin
Look closer, there IS a link. You'll find a manual and installation
floppies for your system (what ever that may be)
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George Borisov wrote:
gustavo halperin wrote:
Do you know where are floppy disks images for netinstall ?
http://www.debian.org/distrib/floppyinst
This is a page with not any link, did you check this link or just wrote
it ??
Thank you any way,
Gustavo Halperin
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> Do you know where are floppy disks images for netinstall ?
http://www.debian.org/distrib/floppyinst
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I don't think it exists!
you can see all installing options on debian site:
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On Wed, 03 May 2006 17:39:22 -0500
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [The pun is the highest form of humor, since it is spontaneous.]
Agreed. May one, therefore, invite you to visit and possibly
participate in the fun at alt.humor.puns? We have some good stuff
there from time to time.
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 02:02:10PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
>
>>>Andrew wrote...
[snip]
microwave (he he)
I'd think that would burn it up, not degauss it :-)
a quick google search turned that up as a possible way to degauss a
disk (including such other dubio
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 02:02:10PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> >On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 12:34:59PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >>Be sure that one of your discs is a 720K disc, and has been degaussed.
> >>BTW, if it Just Works on high-mu discs, even wh
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 12:34:59PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
[snip]
Be sure that one of your discs is a 720K disc, and has been degaussed.
BTW, if it Just Works on high-mu discs, even when never formatted,
then I suspect that it will ruin your 720K disc. So make
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 01:35:39AM -0700, belahcene abdelkader wrote:
> Hi,
> I ve just downloaded the 2 floppies ( boot.img and
> root.img) to start installation from floppy. I have
> all the sarge in local ftp server. Since I haven't CD
> drive on some machines, I want to install from the
> serve
-Original Message-
From: belahcene abdelkader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 3:36 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: floppy boot for local installation
Hi,
I ve just downloaded the 2 floppies ( boot.img and
root.img) to start installation from floppy. I
On Nov 29 2004, Jim Hall wrote:
> Rogério Brito wrote:
> >I guess that the now-recommended mount point for floppies is under the
> >/media directory, as in /media/floppy, /media/cdrom etc.
>
> /media/foodrive is correct. The mount point isn't the problem.
As you can see from my reply, I wasn't ta
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 04:36:45PM -0600, Jim Hall wrote:
> I'm looking for clarification of what I see the floppy mount/unmount
> process doing on Sarge.
>
> 1) A native Linux disc will mount/unmount without asking for a fs type.
>
> 2) A DOS/Windoze disc asks for a fs type.
>
> 3) I believe t
Rogério Brito wrote:
On Nov 28 2004, s. keeling wrote:
Change the fs type in /etc/fstab to "auto":
#
/dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0
I guess that the now-recommended mount point for floppies is under the
/media directory,
On Nov 28 2004, s. keeling wrote:
> Change the fs type in /etc/fstab to "auto":
>
> #
> /dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0
>
I guess that the now-recommended mount point for floppies is under the
/media directory, as in /
Incoming from Jim Hall:
>
> 4) Where do I find out how to "tell" the module to recognize more file
> types? I need the system to just deal with whatever known fs is put in
Change the fs type in /etc/fstab to "auto":
#
/dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:30:16 +0100, Matt Zagrabelny wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 07:35 -0800, Jerry Turba wrote:
>> I have installed the 2.6.8 kernel and it is working fine, but I cannot
>> create a new boot disk for it (mkboot) because it complains that it runs
>> out of space.
>> Is there a wa
On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 07:35 -0800, Jerry Turba wrote:
> I have installed the 2.6.8 kernel and it is working fine, but I cannot
> create a new boot disk for it (mkboot) because it complains that it runs
> out of space.
> Is there a way to create a boot disk in this situation?
is this a stock debian
On Wednesday 29 September 2004 21:53, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Can't use my floppy drive in Linux 2.6.
> G> As root in /dev type: MAKEDEV floppy
> ./MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "floppy"
> G> Another piece, is "udev" installed?
> OK, I installed it and rebooted.
> G> If it is, it should cre
Can't use my floppy drive in Linux 2.6.
G> As root in /dev type: MAKEDEV floppy
./MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "floppy"
G> Another piece, is "udev" installed?
OK, I installed it and rebooted.
G> If it is, it should create those auto-magically.
No it didn't. ls /dev/f* shows none. Now tr
On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 04:08 +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> How does one use one's floppy under kernel 2.6?
> $ mount /floppy
> mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
> I tired /usr/share/doc/fdutils/Fdutils.html#SEC7 's idea:
> for i in /dev/fd0*; do dd if=$i of=/tmp/foo count=1 && break; done
>
Em Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:00:15 +0200, Eric Dickner escreveu:
> I'm not sure how to get that module to load.
Try exploring modconf.
> Why isn't "auto" supported anymore?
It is. It is just that msdos isnât contemplated by it,
presumably for some autodetection brokennes caused by d
Original Message:
I think the msdos module is not loaded. Mount does not
autoprobe for
this file system by default. It checks
/proc/filesystems, and msdos is
only listed if the driver has been loaded. You can
solve the problem by
either
- loading th
On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 10:40:01 +0200, castet.matthieu wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When booting 2.6.7 linux kernel on PC, if the timeout of the boot loader
> is very short (less than 1 second: the floppy led turn on by the bios
> trying to boot on floppy dont had the time to turn off) the floppy led
> neve
Kent West wrote:
aravind ghosh wrote:
hai everybody,
please help me in getting floppy based debian linux
Operating system. i wanted to run an industrial PC, which only
supports floppy disk.i needed networking support also for it.
Is it possible to get it.
aravind ghosh wrote:
hai everybody,
please help me in getting floppy based debian linux Operating system. i wanted to run an industrial PC, which only supports floppy disk.i needed networking support also for it.
Is it possible to get it. if yes please give
Thanks, guys for all the clues so far. Looks like the next step is
to spend tomorrow evening reading the docs you suggested, then build an
install kernel on one of my working machines. I have Libranet 2.7 and 2.8.1
on everything, and a bare Debian 3.0 on one machine's /dev/sdb.
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On Monday 09 February 2004 17:03, Jack Carroll wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 11:41:11AM -0700, Justin Guerin wrote:
> > On Saturday 07 February 2004 16:21, Jack Carroll wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > I was able to load RAID drivers from a floppy. My floppy was forma
On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 14:02, David Clymer wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 22:24, Jack Carroll wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 04:15:07PM -0500, David Clymer wrote:
> >
> > > > This sounds like a problem with the installation instructions. Has
> > > > anybody successfully done an install
On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 22:24, Jack Carroll wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 04:15:07PM -0500, David Clymer wrote:
>
> > > This sounds like a problem with the installation instructions. Has
> > > anybody successfully done an install from floppies on a system that needs
> > > modules to be loaded?
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 04:15:07PM -0500, David Clymer wrote:
> > This sounds like a problem with the installation instructions. Has
> > anybody successfully done an install from floppies on a system that needs
> > modules to be loaded? Do I need to build a custom kernel and install that
> >
On Sat, 2004-02-07 at 18:21, Jack Carroll wrote:
> Didn't find anything about this in the archives.
> I want to install Woody or Sarge on two older machines that have
> SCSI CD-ROMs and SCSI hard disks. Neither can boot from a CD. I've always
> booted installation programs from floppi
At Monday, 22 December 2003, "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
org> wrote:
>On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 at 20:17 GMT, Debian User penned:
>> At Monday, 22 December 2003, Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> com> wrote:
>>
>>>i am interested in moving a tar ball from a windows 2000 machine
to my
>>>
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 at 20:17 GMT, Debian User penned:
> At Monday, 22 December 2003, Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> com> wrote:
>
>>i am interested in moving a tar ball from a windows 2000 machine to my
>>non-networked linux machine ... kernel 2.2.20. the floppy is listed in
>>fstab as:
>>
>>/de
At Monday, 22 December 2003, Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
com> wrote:
>i am interested in moving a tar ball from a windows 2000 machine
>to my non-networked linux machine ... kernel 2.2.20. the floppy is
>listed in fstab as:
>
>/dev/fd0/floppy autouser,noauto00
>
>at the shel
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 09:02:06AM -0500, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
> I need to downgrade from testing to stable on my laptop. THis seems
> about impossible because of packages that were split, e.g. debianutils
> split off coreutils. Trying to downgrade debianutils fails because it
> tries to over
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On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 07:36:48PM +0100, Pigeon wrote:
> > The first zero means don't fsck this device on boot,
> > the second means don't dump this in a backup.
>
> Other way round, isn't it? First one's , second is .
Doh! Yeah. I was doing it fr
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 08:10:55PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
>
> If you want to be able to mount without being root, I recommend adding
> this to your /etc/fstab:
>
> /dev/fd0 /floppy autouser,noauto,rw 0 0
>
> The first zero means don't fsck this device on boot,
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On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 10:06:35PM -0400, Alfredo Valles wrote:
> Thank you, I did
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On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 10:06:35PM -0400, Alfredo Valles wrote:
> Thank you, I did as you say but my floppy is still not
Thank you, I did as you say but my floppy is still not working.
The message is
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0,
or too many mounted file systems
When I can shut down my machine I will boot up with knoppix to see if it is a
hardware problem.
Alfredo
On Wednesday 11
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 06:50:15PM -0400, Alfredo Valles wrote:
> Hi debianeers.
>
> All my device files for high density floppies are gone,
> I mean no /dev/fd0h1440 or any other /dev/fd0hxxx.
>
> But /dev/fd0 exist and it's not a link to any other dev.
> (Shouldn't /dev/fd0 be a link to /d
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On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 06:50:15PM -0400, Alfredo Valles wrote:
> Now how do I get back these devices files?
$ su -m
# cd /dev
# ./MAKEDEV generic
# exit
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On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 09:43, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 04:41:41PM -0800, Cyberthor wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > before floppy icon work good at xwindow of gnome at desktop then
> > 2 days ago it disappeared after boot up after update wvdial and libwvs
> > files installed so on
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 04:41:41PM -0800, Cyberthor wrote:
> Hello
>
> before floppy icon work good at xwindow of gnome at desktop then
> 2 days ago it disappeared after boot up after update wvdial and libwvs
> files installed so one more of setserial need to install from floppy
> disk
On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 13:41, Seneca wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 11:56:18AM +0200, Claudio Bley wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 11:27, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> > > What about zip archives that span disks? You won't get much compression
> > > (if any) out of it, but...
> > >
> > > PS: never
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 11:56:18AM +0200, Claudio Bley wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 11:27, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> > What about zip archives that span disks? You won't get much compression
> > (if any) out of it, but...
> >
> > PS: never used XP, but zip has been able to do this for quite a
On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 11:27, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 06:23:44AM -0700, Michael R wrote:
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know where to find floppy sized packages for Debian??? I need
> > to download them on my XP computer and then transfer them using floppies
> > onto my Debi
On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 06:23:44AM -0700, Michael R wrote:
>
>
> Does anyone know where to find floppy sized packages for Debian??? I need
> to download them on my XP computer and then transfer them using floppies
> onto my Debian box. Or if anyone happends to know of a file splitter for
> Wi
On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 15:23, Michael R wrote:
> Does anyone know where to find floppy sized packages for Debian??? I need to
> download them on my XP computer and then transfer them using floppies onto
> my Debian box. Or if anyone happends to know of a file splitter for Windows
> that will ma
On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 06:23:44AM -0700, Michael R wrote:
> Does anyone know where to find floppy sized packages for Debian??? I need
> to download them on my XP computer and then transfer them using floppies
> onto my Debian box. Or if anyone happends to know of a file splitter for
> Windows
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 04:23:11PM -0400, Hal wrote:
> I have a debian potato box on which I have decided to do a fresh install
> of woody rather than an upgrade (I am turning a former wksta into a
> server and don't need 60% of the packages now on it). The floppy I am
> using was previously u
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 22:53, Aravind Vinnakota wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>Previously I installed Debian on my (Sun Ultra 5 sparc) system using
> CDs. Now, I am looking for other ways to install it. Right now, we install
> Redhat using a minimal image on a floppy and boot the system and install
> the
Subject :
Re: Floppy formatting.
Date :
Fri, 31 May 2002 21:26:17 +1200
Hi Roy
I did as you suggested and it worked fine thanks. And I had no problems
reading the disk onto the other P.C. I'm pretty much a windows person and
would have thought either the kfloppy in KDE or gfloppy in
As much as I tend to agree with Carlos here (I have access to
several of the Pen Drives and they do work nicely)... I do think this is
the wrong use of the lists and the current advertising policy[1] should
be made use of here... Either a USD 1000 or more donation or be bill'd
USD 1999 and
On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 15:06, KTI Networks/Carlos Miller wrote:
> You know if you had a Pen Drive you may want to forget about the floppies.
> www.ktinet.com/pendrive the answer!
>
> give me a call 800-275-6387
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Carlos Miller
> Account Manager
> KTI Networks, Inc., USA
> Voi
ot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: floppy tape
> www.ftape.org
>
> see -> FAQ, howto, etc.
>
> Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
>
> > I've got problems installing my Iomega Ditto 2GB floppy tape. I
tried to
> >
ssage -From: "Courtney Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "Christian Schoenebeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 3:53 PMSubject: Re: floppy
tape> www.ftape.org>> see -> FAQ, howto,
etc.>> Christian Schoenebeck wrote
> "J" == J A Serralheiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
J> Hi! Its been a while I'm having a small problem. Every time I mount
J> a floppy using my usual username account, the floopy directory uid
J> is set to a diferent uid. In this case, my sister's uid. The
J> problem is that I cant mout/unmou
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 12:10:41AM +, J.A.Serralheiro wrote:
| Hi! Its been a while I'm having a small problem. Every time I mount a
| floppy using my usual username account, the floopy directory uid is set to
| a diferent uid. In this case, my sister's uid. The problem is that I cant
| mout/un
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 12:12:05PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have done a base installation from floppies. Is there a
> step-by-step somewhere for dialing up my ISP from a
> console, and then proceeding with the installation from
> debian.org??
Very simple. You need to have ppp insta
To:
debian
> I installed my first Debian (2.1) with floppies back in 1999.
Congratulations!! I am now trying also, on a laptop.
> For installing the rest of the programs you want, that might be a
good
> idea, but there are other means to get them into your box, ppp or >
>ether
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 01:34:55PM -0800, Chris Nestor wrote:
> I'm trying to do an install on a 486dx/33 w/ no CDROM, using 3.5" floppies.
> I did a rawrite2 of resc1440.bin to boot and repartition. When it came time
> for the kernel
> install, I can't find the requisite files. It asks for a
In the end I found out that the nature of the
difficulty is fundamentally mechanichal (Hardware) - I
tried to re-install Debian and could not create a boot
floppy.
Thanks for the tip on www.basiclinux.net - want to
take those courses.
Sincerely - Mr. Jan Hearthstone.
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on Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 01:28:59AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Sat, 2001-09-22 at 09:17, Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote:
> > > > I ran "/etc/fstab" all I get (for all entries)
> > > is -
> > > > "Permission denied". I always run everything as
> > > the
>
>
> > > Please state exactly
On Sat, 2001-09-22 at 09:17, Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote:
>I just wish there would be a way for those who do
> not want to learn programming, and any other technical
> stuff, but just to USE a computer for whatever, to
> learn to use LINUX. I have been trying to learn LINUX
> for ages, and it is
sponse you're
> getting. Your post makes no sense.
>
>
> > --- "Karsten M. Self"
> wrote:
> > > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 01:07:59 -0700
> > > From: "Karsten M. Self"
> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > > Subject:
I strongly
recommend 72 as a good default.
Thank you.
Please state exactly what you're running and what response you're
getting. Your post makes no sense.
> --- "Karsten M. Self" wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 01:07:59 -0700
> > From: "Karsten M. Se
t; wrote:
> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 01:07:59 -0700
> From: "Karsten M. Self"
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: floppy - permissions? Can't write to
> floppy!
>
> on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:31:17AM -0700, Mr. Jan
> Hearthstone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thursday Sep 20 04:40 Tom Allison wrote:
> ** But... Here's the "newbie" question that I can't seem to find.
> ** When doing an install. How exactly do I tell fdisk that I have a really
> ** big drive?
> ** I am trying
> ** boot: linux hda=2484:16:63 hdb=1654:16:63
> ** and that didn't work.
on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:31:17AM -0700, Mr. Jan Hearthstone ([EMAIL
PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I have Debian potato, and suddenly I couldn't save
> to floppy (this would happen now and then, but till
> now I managed to fix it, somehow). I tried linuxconf
> (both - WindowsX and console mode), but n
I'm a week or three late replying to this message, but I just thought I'd
put in my two bits on the issue. I don't know if my experience will be of
any help to anyone but I'll do a brain dump nonetheless.
I successfully installed Debian Potato on a Proliant 2500 with a pair of
Compaq Smart 2/P PC
Markus Hansen wrote:
i dont know why, but i dont have any rights to write on my floppy disks,
neither superuser or normal,
neither on the shell or the window of kde2.
can anyone help me plaese?
markus
Check the entry in your fstab, maybe it's set to ro.
Frank
Check the rights of your mount point.
Check that the floppy is not write protected.
Have you tried a different disk ?
Ian
-Original Message-
From: markus [mailto:markus]On Behalf Of Markus Hansen
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 8:08 AM
To: Debian Mailinglist
Subject: floppy
i dont know w
rtition to Lilo as "F10" in order to be able to access it!!
(Just ruined another compRaq on that one)
Thanks,
Not this Tour
- Original Message -
From: "Frans Schreuder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bernie Boudet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Sent:
Hey Joost,
Thanks for the info. Guess we gotta start digging out the floppies with my
university essays on them.
CM
On July 13, 2001 03:39 pm, Joost Kooij wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 01:02:46PM -0400, CM wrote:
> > Do I need to have all of the base-*.bin floppies to get the floppy
> > inst
On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 01:02:46PM -0400, CM wrote:
> Do I need to have all of the base-*.bin floppies to get the floppy install
> going?
If you want to install the base system from floppies, then yes.
If you can install the base system over the network, then no.
You can find the installation ma
> > I'm trying to do a "vanilla" Debian floppy install (rescue + root +
> > driver-1,2,3,4).
> >
> > The system boots ok from the rescue disk and I get the boot: prompt, to
> > which I hit return. Linux loads and I am prompted to insert the root
> > floppy, which I do and hit return, the setup pr
On Thursday 12 July 2001 12:22, Bernie Boudet wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to do a "vanilla" Debian floppy install (rescue + root +
> driver-1,2,3,4).
>
> The system boots ok from the rescue disk and I get the boot: prompt, to
> which I hit return. Linux loads and I am prompted to insert the root
>
on Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 09:57:32PM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 08:14:27PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 04:07:38PM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > wrote:
> > > here's my iteration on top of your stuff, and
>
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 08:14:27PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 04:07:38PM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > here's my iteration on top of your stuff, and
> > please
> > feel free to gimme pointers on how to make this (particularly colors) more
> >
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:48:55AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > It's a shame that you've solved your problem; now I don't have an
> > excuse to tell you that this is a great root prompt.
>
> Not half bad. My own approach is slightly more subtle, but reasonably
> effective:
Here's mine, whil
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