Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs

2004-10-15 Thread Greg Madden
On Friday 15 October 2004 09:37 am, Eric Wagar wrote: > How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems > from the initial install? I see a lot of > documentation > on how to convert, but I'd like to get them running > from the beginning. > > Thanks > eric Install Sarge, xfs (and ext3) are part

Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs

2004-10-15 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Eric Wagar wrote: How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems from the initial install? I see a lot of documentation on how to convert, but I'd like to get them running from the beginning. Boot a Knoppix CD and do a "chroot install" What is a "chroot install"? You mean boot Knoppix and the

Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs

2004-10-15 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
On Friday 15 October 2004 22:57, linux wrote: > >Use "chroot install" to install the Knoppix to a hard drive. > >Knoppix is based on Debian, so I assume Roberto means "chroot install" > > using just your Knoppix CD, that's it. > >[..] Sylvain. > > I may be missing something, but you suggest to inst

Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs

2004-10-15 Thread linux
Sylvain Vedrenne wrote: On Friday 15 October 2004 22:29, Eric Wagar wrote: How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems from the initial install? I see a lot of documentation on how to convert, but I'd like to get them running from the beginning. Boot a Knoppix CD

Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs

2004-10-15 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
On Friday 15 October 2004 22:29, Eric Wagar wrote: > > > How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems > > > from the initial install? I see a lot of > > > documentation > > > on how to convert, but I'd like to get them > > > > running > > > > > from the beginning. > > > > Boot a Knoppix CD an

Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs

2004-10-15 Thread Eric Wagar
> > How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems > > from the initial install? I see a lot of > > documentation > > on how to convert, but I'd like to get them > running > > from the beginning. > > Boot a Knoppix CD and do a "chroot install" What is a "chroot install"? You mean boot Knoppi

Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs

2004-10-15 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Eric Wagar wrote: How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems from the initial install? I see a lot of documentation on how to convert, but I'd like to get them running from the beginning. Thanks eric Boot a Knoppix CD and do a "chroot install" -Roberto Sanchez signature.asc Descriptio

Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs

2004-10-15 Thread Mike Smith
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:37:22 -0700 (PDT), Eric Wagar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems > from the initial install? I see a lot of > documentation > on how to convert, but I'd like to get them running > from the beginning. > > Thanks > eric > > -- > To

RE: install/upgrade

2003-03-31 Thread Mirabella, Mathew J
Hi There. I am new to the list and new to debian. I want to install debian 3.0 r0 from cds that i have, and have a few questions. The update process: > Automagically. > $ su -m > # apt-get update > # apt-get dist-upgrade I assume these are examples of how to update within a distro and to upgrade

Re: install/upgrade

2003-03-31 Thread Robert Ian Smit
* john walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [31-03-2003 17:28]: > I currently run RedHat (7.3), but am thinking about switching to > Debian because of the upgrade nature of RH. Since you are currently running an old RH system (old if version-numbering has a meaning), this is not likely to be a problem for yo

Re: install/upgrade

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 05:43:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > apt maybe, but you've always been able to upgrade from one release to > the next. It was more work before hamm, but still possible. True enough. Apt first appeared sometime around hamm.

Re: install/upgrade

2003-03-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:13:55AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:40:25PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > Yes, Debian has been able to do this since pretty much the beginning of > > time. > > For some values of the beginning of time roughly equal hamm. apt maybe, but you'

Re: install/upgrade

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:06:29PM +0100, john walsh wrote: > With Debian - how does the process of keeping the packages/system > updated work ? Automagically. $ su -m # apt-get update # apt-get dist-upgrade Go get some coffee while apt works it's m

Re: install/upgrade

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:40:25PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Yes, Debian has been able to do this since pretty much the beginning of > time. For some values of the beginning of time roughly equal hamm. - -- .''`. Baloo Ursidae <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: install/upgrade

2003-03-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:06:29PM +0100, john walsh wrote: > I currently run RedHat (7.3), but am thinking about switching to > Debian because of the upgrade nature of RH. > > With Debian - how does the process of keeping the packages/system > updated work ? You should be able to find answers he