RedHat -> Debian Migration: UW-IMAPD Problem

2004-04-14 Thread Michael Bona
Hi all, I migrated a server running RH7.2 to Debian Woody without much problems except UW-IMAPD. At the moment, I am testing it with only two users: 1) User1's Inbox is /var/mail/user1. I have copied the permissions on file and directory from another server with a working setup (uid=username, gid

Re: dual-boot redhat/debian

2003-01-09 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Thursday 09 January 2003 05:33 pm, Robert Storey wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 07:42:15 -0500 > > Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ignoring, for the moment, why I would do such a thing, I want to set > > up a machine (laptop) to dual-boot both Redhat 8.0 and Debian > > (testing/unsta

Re: dual-boot redhat/debian

2003-01-09 Thread Robert Storey
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 07:42:15 -0500 Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ignoring, for the moment, why I would do such a thing, I want to set > up a machine (laptop) to dual-boot both Redhat 8.0 and Debian > (testing/unstable mix). I'd also like to share as much as possible > between them. I

Re: dual-boot redhat/debian

2003-01-09 Thread Michael Heironimus
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:42:15AM -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: > Is there anything else I can or should share? The goal is to wean my boss > from the Redhat teat, so I want the user experience to be as similar as > possible between the two (bluecurve notwithstanding). Depending on how much non-

Re: dual-boot redhat/debian

2003-01-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-09 07:42:15 -0500]: > Ignoring, for the moment, why I would do such a thing, I want to set up a > machine (laptop) to dual-boot both Redhat 8.0 and Debian (testing/unstable > mix). You might consider setting up a chroot area for the non-booting distribu

Re: dual-boot redhat/debian

2003-01-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:42:15AM -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: > Ignoring, for the moment, why I would do such a thing, I want to set up a > machine (laptop) to dual-boot both Redhat 8.0 and Debian (testing/unstable > mix). I'd also like to share as much as possible between them. I can > obviousl

dual-boot redhat/debian

2003-01-09 Thread Gregory Seidman
Ignoring, for the moment, why I would do such a thing, I want to set up a machine (laptop) to dual-boot both Redhat 8.0 and Debian (testing/unstable mix). I'd also like to share as much as possible between them. I can obviously share the entire /home directory. I think I can share /etc/passwd and /

Re: Redhat -> Debian, done remotely

2002-01-17 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:50:06AM -0500, Eric C. Cooper wrote: > On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:06:56AM -0500, Greg Berenfield wrote: > > I have a box with Redhat on it and would love to be able to install > > debian-woody on it, remotely (simply by ssh'ing into redhat box). > > Is there a method

Re: Redhat -> Debian, done remotely

2002-01-17 Thread Eric C. Cooper
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:06:56AM -0500, Greg Berenfield wrote: > I have a box with Redhat on it and would love to be able to install > debian-woody on it, remotely (simply by ssh'ing into redhat box). > Is there a method/program to do this without having said box in front of me? Copy the deboots

Redhat -> Debian, done remotely

2002-01-17 Thread Greg Berenfield
Hello, Just wondering if someone can direct me to information on how to RELIABLY do the following: I have a box with Redhat on it and would love to be able to install debian-woody on it, remotely (simply by ssh'ing into redhat box). Is there a method/program to do this without having said box in

Re: Moving redhat -> debian

2001-03-12 Thread kmself
on Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 09:58:15AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 01:16:53PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: <...> [Regarding switching a server from RH to Debian] > > My personal recommendation would be to set up a new server using Debian, > >

Re: Moving redhat -> debian

2001-03-11 Thread przemolicc
On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 01:16:53PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > on Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 10:29:04AM +0100, Przemyslaw Bak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > We are going to move one of our production servers > > from redhat (basically 6.1 upgraded to 6.2) to debian (potato 2.2r2). > > It work

Re: Moving redhat -> debian

2001-03-10 Thread kmself
on Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 10:29:04AM +0100, Przemyslaw Bak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > We are going to move one of our production servers > from redhat (basically 6.1 upgraded to 6.2) to debian (potato 2.2r2). > It works as a samba server (over 120 accounts, printing included as well) > and oracle

Re: Moving redhat -> debian

2001-03-10 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > We are going to move one of our production servers > from redhat (basically 6.1 upgraded to 6.2) to debian (potato 2.2r2). > It works as a samba server (over 120 accounts, printing included

Moving redhat -> debian

2001-03-10 Thread Przemyslaw Bak
We are going to move one of our production servers from redhat (basically 6.1 upgraded to 6.2) to debian (potato 2.2r2). It works as a samba server (over 120 accounts, printing included as well) and oracle server. I know there shouldn't be any (big) problems but does anybody did something like tha

Re: RedHat --> Debian tool?

2000-02-18 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
Hi Robert! > I have a RedHat 6.0 box, my laptop actually. I've converted all my other > boxes to debian. I'm almost ready to convert it, but I'd rather not nuke > it out right. Is there a way to "convert" it from RedHat to Debian in a > clean manner? Perhaps it is of no use for you, but I was

Re: RedHat --> Debian tool?

2000-02-18 Thread kmself
On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 09:01:50PM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > I have a RedHat 6.0 box, my laptop actually. I've converted all my other > boxes to debian. I'm almost ready to convert it, but I'd rather not nuke > it out right. Is there a way to "convert" it from RedHat to Debian in a

Re: RedHat --> Debian tool?

2000-02-16 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Once upon a time, I heard Robert L. Harris said > > > I have a RedHat 6.0 box, my laptop actually. I've converted all my other > boxes to debian. I'm almost ready to convert it, but I'd rather not nuke > it out right. Is there a way to "convert" it from RedHat to Debian in a > clean manner?

RedHat --> Debian tool?

2000-02-16 Thread Robert L. Harris
I have a RedHat 6.0 box, my laptop actually. I've converted all my other boxes to debian. I'm almost ready to convert it, but I'd rather not nuke it out right. Is there a way to "convert" it from RedHat to Debian in a clean manner? Robert :wq! --

Re: RedHat -> Debian

1999-04-02 Thread Sean
Check out the instructions found here: http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/3328/rh5todeb-howto.txt I don't know how well it would work, but it seems to be pretty straight forward. I just wonder if it wouldn't be easier in may respects to simply do a complete install of Debian after backi

RedHat -> Debian

1999-04-02 Thread Alex toropov
Hi, Has anybody successful experience in moving from RedHat dist. (with only base packages installed) to debian without full reinstalling ? May be you can give just some basic tips (steps) to perfome this. Thaks in advance, alex ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )

Re: weird problems with RedHat+debian

1998-11-02 Thread Joey Hess
zhaoway wrote: > The Trird Q is: > I share the /home among debian and redhat, the same user I am under both > systems: zhaoway. same directory. But I wanna different windowmanager. How > can I achieve this? Right now, I test [ -f /etc/HOSTNAME ] to decide > whether .xinitrc is under debian or under

weird problems with RedHat+debian

1998-11-01 Thread zhaoway
some local messgae for folks in our LUG: I've just deleted windoze from my HD, and I'm not very sure you can receive this fucking message yet. Anyway, I need help. First, things do not seem to be such easy as I thought 5 hours ago. AT that time I'm just too excited about jianghao's show up in jingl

Re: Redhat -> Debian PCI problems

1997-10-24 Thread Bruce Perens
From: "Daniel J. Mashao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am so ashamed of myself Don't be. If I had a buck for every stupid mistake I'd made, the mortgage would be paid off. Just hang out on the list and help the next guy. Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux

Re: Redhat -> Debian PCI problems

1997-10-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote: > > > recognized in dmesg or 'cat /proc/pci'? There are some configuration > > options for these cards which may have to be set. > I get a message when the kernel loads that indicates that the system has a > problem with PCI devices. It gives warnings

Re: Redhat -> Debian PCI problems

1997-10-24 Thread Lindsay Allen
Hi Daniel, The latest driver can be had from Donald Becker's page at cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov - now at v0.83. I am using the tulip driver here with no problems. About all I can think of is that it probably requires a bus-mastering slot and of course check /proc/interrupts to see that all is well.

Re: Redhat -> Debian PCI problems

1997-10-23 Thread Daniel J. Mashao
Thanks to everyone - the problem is solved. It turns out that the I had wrong broadcast address. I am so ashamed of myself - but I want to thank evryone for respong so speedily and helping me figure out what could be wrong. /---

Re: Redhat -> Debian PCI problems

1997-10-23 Thread Daniel J. Mashao
On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: > Did you try with kernel 2.0.31 ? It has a bunch of updated PCI devices > and network drivers (amongst others). Phil. No I actually tried 2.0.30. I had to swap hard drives (dirty stuff) because the machine I am trying to fix cannot talk to the outside

Re: Redhat -> Debian PCI problems

1997-10-23 Thread Daniel J. Mashao
On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > Now my question is - does it mean that Debian pci drivers are older that > > those in Redhat? Why would Redhat work and not Debian? Is the differences > > that deep? I always thougth the differences were minor. > > The drivers are in the kernel, not in a

Redhat -> Debian PCI problems

1997-10-23 Thread Daniel J. Mashao
Hi, I was recently asked to take over the sys admin of a linux server box. I immediately installed Debian 1.3.1 from the net instead of running the recently installed Redhat system. My idea was that since I use and like Debian it should be a piece-of-cake to get everything working. Well I was wrong

Re: Redhat -> Debian PCI problems

1997-10-23 Thread Philippe Troin
On Sat, 23 Oct 1997 22:22:38 +0200 "Daniel J. Mashao" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > Now my question is - does it mean that Debian pci drivers are older that > > > those in Redhat? Why would Redhat work and not Debian? Is the differences > > > that deep

Re: Redhat -> Debian PCI problems

1997-10-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote: > Hi, > I was recently asked to take over the sys admin of a linux server box. I > immediately installed Debian 1.3.1 from the net instead of running the > recently installed Redhat system. My idea was that since I use and like > Debian it should be a p

Re: slackware,redhat->debian

1997-04-22 Thread Andre Gilles
> "Douglas" == Douglas L Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Douglas> I've got two machines, one slackware 3.0 (I think), and Douglas> the other is redhat 3.0.3 that I want to move to debian. Douglas> The problem is that they're too far away and I can't get Douglas> in front of

Re: slackware,redhat->debian

1997-04-20 Thread Farzad FARID
On Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Douglas L Stewart wrote: > I've got two machines, one slackware 3.0 (I think), and the other is > redhat 3.0.3 that I want to move to debian. The problem is that they're > too far away and I can't get in front of them in person, so wiping the box > and installing from scratch

slackware,redhat->debian

1997-04-20 Thread Douglas L Stewart
I've got two machines, one slackware 3.0 (I think), and the other is redhat 3.0.3 that I want to move to debian. The problem is that they're too far away and I can't get in front of them in person, so wiping the box and installing from scratch really isn't an option. Does anyone have any suggesti