On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 10:25:45AM -0500, Aswin Venkat wrote:
> Hi
>
> This is my first try at installing debian though i have been using it
> for a wee bit. I have been using jigdo to first get the images on a CD and then
> use that for installation. I am finding that the big .iso file does
> not
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 12:48:18AM -0500, blaise dupart wrote:
> I am trying to install debian 3.0 for the first time on an intel386 system
> from the cd images I burned. Unfortunately, debian can't see the files it
> needs on the cd even though I can see the files on any other computer.
> Debia
I don't think this exchange made it to debian-user because there were 2
addresses in the To: header, so I'll resend the whole exchange to the list
for the archives.
On October 31, 2002 07:39 pm, Levi Waldron wrote:
> On October 31, 2002 02:13 pm, Joe Riel wrote:
> > I had tried that, but there
>apt-get install dpkg-multicd
>
>(I think this should be in the dselect tutorial section of the debian install
>manual but it isn't - I'll submit a bug report to install-doc unless someone
>knows why I shouldn't)
>
>Then you will have access to the multicd method in dselect. There are
>instru
On October 31, 2002 02:13 pm, Joe Riel wrote:
> I had tried that, but there was, alas, no option for multi-CD.
> I have no idea how many packages might be broken.
apt-get install dpkg-multicd
(I think this should be in the dselect tutorial section of the debian install
manual but it isn't - I
>Maybe that CD has errors on it. You can check it by mounting it, going to
>the directory where it's mounted, then
>
>md5sum -c md5sums.txt
>
>No output = good, error output=bad
Thanks, I'll try that.
>If so you'll need to get a new cd or install those packages from http or ftp.
>
>
>> I then
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 10:19:53PM +, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> By the way, what does bf24 stand for? Presumably the "24" means kernel
> 2.4, but what about the "bf"? "big friendly", perhaps?
Correct about 2.4, and "bf" stands for "boot-floppies", the name of the
installation system up to Deb
On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Barney Wrightson wrote:
>Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>> I'm trying to install debian 3.0 (woody) from CD to my Athlon PC. The
>> installation program fails to find my hard drive (which other
>> (commercial) distributions have located variously at /dev/hdg and
>> /dev/hde).
>> T
Barney Wrightson wrote:
> Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm trying to install debian 3.0 (woody) from CD to my Athlon PC. The
>> installation program fails to find my hard drive (which other
>> (commercial) distributions have located variously at /dev/hdg and
>> /dev/hde). It merely invi
Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying to install debian 3.0 (woody) from CD to my Athlon PC. The
> installation program fails to find my hard drive (which other
> (commercial) distributions have located variously at /dev/hdg and
> /dev/hde). It merely invites me to supply a Hard disk drive
On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 09:15:39PM +0200, Daniel Fabian wrote:
> > Look up your laptop on http://linux-laptop.net (although they seem to be
> > down at the moment )^8 ) to see if there's any known issues with it. If
> > there's not anything outstandingly difficult, try again, but choose a
> > ver
> Look up your laptop on http://linux-laptop.net (although they seem to be
> down at the moment )^8 ) to see if there's any known issues with it. If
> there's not anything outstandingly difficult, try again, but choose a
> very minimal install at first - this'll give you a (hopefully)
> functiona
This one time, at band camp, Daniel Fabian said:
> > > I'm still trying to install Debian on my lapdog.
> >
> > I want to see a picture of that! ;-)
>
> uups, now that I come to think of it, I could imagine a couple of nasty
> remarks :) (like: Are you sure your dog is on the debian hcl?)
>
> >
> > I'm still trying to install Debian on my lapdog.
>
> I want to see a picture of that! ;-)
uups, now that I come to think of it, I could imagine a couple of nasty
remarks :) (like: Are you sure your dog is on the debian hcl?)
> Does the whole machine hang (numlock not reacting, ...) or does t
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On Sunday 29 September 2002 17:16, Daniel Fabian wrote:
> I'm still trying to install Debian on my lapdog.
I want to see a picture of that! ;-)
> My new problems occures, when the install is actually taking place.
> It's setting up all packets, but
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 09:27:41PM -0700, Andrew Sweger wrote:
> Ditto. I have consistently encountered this error with the 20020416
> netinst image for the last week or so. At first, I thought it was a bad
> installer. However, I also get the error "Malformed Release" when using
> the 20020215 net
Ditto. I have consistently encountered this error with the 20020416
netinst image for the last week or so. At first, I thought it was a bad
installer. However, I also get the error "Malformed Release" when using
the 20020215 netinst image which had been working just fine previously.
This is when us
At 02:57 AM 3/27/02, Lucas Cleeve wrote:
When I install Woody, I get a error message while installing the base
system: "Could not find pppoeconf".
After that it asks me to install the base system again, and if I do i get
the same error message.
I don´t even want ppp, is there any way to come a
> Or i reccomend slackware if they are more interested in learning. only after
> they are used to linux do i reccomend debian as a "reward" for getting the
> hard stuff done first(at least in the slackware users). I was suprised how
> many people at my last job chose slackware despite my clear warn
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There will be no reason for us to live
But when we have nothing left to lose
You will have nothing left to use"
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> Tru64, and IRIX are also high on the list of difficult to install(even with
> instructions). t
Brian Murphy wrote:
>
> Not trying to start a flame war, but I have a legitimate question that has
> been kicked around a little, but not to my satisfaction :). What are the
> chances that the installation procedure will improve in woody versus what is
> currently in the potatoe distribution?
Brian Murphy wrote:
> Not trying to start a flame war, but I have a legitimate question that has
> been kicked around a little, but not to my satisfaction :). What are the
> chances that the installation procedure will improve in woody versus what is
> currently in the potatoe distribution?
> snip
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