Re: Probably a stupid question but...

2005-05-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, 26 May 2005, SA wrote: You know what they say, there are no stupid questions, only stupid answers ;-) Anyway, First thing, I wouldn't count on the release date of sarge, on the other its rather stable at the moment. As for releases, when its not near its release date (as sarge IS for a

Re: Issues with network card and installer [WAS: Re: Fwd: Re: Probably a stupid question but...]

2005-05-26 Thread SA
Well this could explain one of the problems but not the majority: http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianInstallerFAQ Question 22: Why isn't my NIC supported by DebianInstaller, I know the "tg3" driver supports it! Answer: As tg3 contains firmware which does not seem to meet the requirements

Re: Issues with network card and installer [WAS: Re: Fwd: Re: Probably a stupid question but...]

2005-05-26 Thread SA
No I haven't sent this to anyone else (actually just forwarded to debian-boot). This is the first time I have used debian for 3 years (previously only once before on an old alpha). Despite many years unix experience I haven't got the foggest idea what is going on here or if this is in fact a

Issues with network card and installer [WAS: Re: Fwd: Re: Probably a stupid question but...]

2005-05-26 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 07:05:18PM +0100, SA wrote: > > Pissing around with the "expert" mode of install leads me to belive that some > (possibly all) the network modules are missing from the installer as well as > some other modules. In an attempt to get around this I installed another > netw

Re: Fwd: Re: Probably a stupid question but...

2005-05-26 Thread SA
exotic to make it onto the CD (seems unlikely) or is there a problem with the installer (in which case what do I do?), Cheers, SA On Thursday 26 May 2005 18:30, SA wrote: > -- Forwarded Message -- > > Subject: Re: Probably a stupid question but... > Date: T

Fwd: Re: Probably a stupid question but...

2005-05-26 Thread SA
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: Probably a stupid question but... Date: Thursday 26 May 2005 18:20 From: SA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I downloaded the netinst image, put it on a CD and booted my machine with it -

Re: Probably a stupid question but...

2005-05-26 Thread Jon Dowland
Certainly a stupid Subject: line (sorry :P) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Probably a stupid question but...

2005-05-26 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On 5/26/05, SA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear List, > > > I wanted to install debian on an amd64 / x86_64 SMP machine from IOS images, I > can't find a suitable set of images on the mirrors I have looked for these > but they are absent. I have found amd64.debian.org however I am still a >

Re: probably a stupid question

2002-01-24 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 12:55:32PM -0500, timothy bauscher wrote: > to be specific: > > portmap > lockd > mountd > rquotad > statd Yes, and all of them are in the packages I mentioned earlier, with the exception of rquotad, which is in the quota package. I'm not terribly familiar with the packag

Re: probably a stupid question

2002-01-24 Thread timothy bauscher
to be specific: portmap lockd mountd rquotad statd // timothy -- On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 01:30:10AM -0500, timothy bauscher wrote: > and now the stupid question: why aren't nfs, > the rpcs, and the startup scripts at least an > option during the installation? i understan

Re: probably a stupid question

2002-01-24 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 01:30:10AM -0500, timothy bauscher wrote: > and now the stupid question: why aren't nfs, > the rpcs, and the startup scripts at least an > option during the installation? i understand > that some people may not want these daemons > running, but it should be offered during th