Re: package help

2013-09-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2013-09-25 at 11:44 -0400, Charles Kroeger wrote: > If XP has taken up the whole HD with the C drive, I would suggest > first boot up with a live CD that contains the very useful program > GParted. From that vantage point you can see and reduce the size of > the displayed NTFS file system a

Re: package help

2013-09-25 Thread Charles Kroeger
On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 07:10:01 +0200 paulmars wrote: > Im emailed a bug report. I got no response. I been trying to convince > myself to try again, but I have doubts. I dont want to loose my XP > install again. I need dual boot and i also need a recovery option if > Debian fails again, like last

Re: package help

2013-09-21 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:48:10AM -0400, paulmars wrote: > Im emailed a bug report. I got no response. I been trying to > convince myself to try again, but I have doubts. I dont want to > loose my XP install again. I need dual boot and i also need a > recovery option if Debian fails again, like la

Re: package help

2013-09-20 Thread Gregory Nowak
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:48:10AM -0400, paulmars wrote: > Im emailed a bug report. I got no response. I been trying to > convince myself to try again, but I have doubts. I dont want to > loose my XP install again. I need dual boot and i also need a > recovery option if Debian fails again, like la

Re: package help

2013-09-20 Thread Josef Bailey
On 09/21, paulmars wrote: > Im emailed a bug report. I got no response. I been trying to > convince myself to try again, but I have doubts. I dont want to > loose my XP install again. I need dual boot and i also need a > recovery option if Debian fails again, like last time. Last time > grub got me

Re: Package Help Please

1998-11-27 Thread Jiri Baum
Hello Stephen, > I am trying to install packages from a floppy/s using dselect but keep > getting the messages: > /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mount/packages/ does not exist > can any give me some advice on this? In the dselect main menu, choose "0. Access" and select the "floppy" method. Then you'll ne

Re: Package Help Please

1998-11-24 Thread Ed Cogburn
> Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd wrote: > > I am trying to install packages from a floppy/s using dselect but keep > getting the messages: > /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mount/packages/ does not exist > can any give me some advice on this? > or just general advice on installation (x window etc) > regards >