Re: migrating users from redhat to debian without changing their passwords

On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 11:40:44AM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 08:05:59PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > Check carefully: I know that Debian starts its "real users" at user id > > 500,501,502 ... . I'm not sure if Redhat uses the same numbering. > > 1000 for me... Mand

Re: migrating users from redhat to debian without changing their passwords

On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 08:05:59PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Check carefully: I know that Debian starts its "real users" at user id > 500,501,502 ... . I'm not sure if Redhat uses the same numbering. 1000 for me... Mandr{iva,ake} starts at 500 or 501 I believe, most others at 1000. > If y

Re: migrating users from redhat to debian without changing their passwords

On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 02:49:03AM -0700, Radhika wrote: > Hi, > > > Presently we are migrating from redhat linux webserver to debian 3.1 > webserver so we need to get the all usernames and passwords need to move to > debian 3.1 webserver so that users can login using their same usernames an

migrating users from redhat to debian without changing their passwords

Hi,     Presently we are migrating from redhat linux webserver to debian 3.1 webserver so we need to get the all usernames and passwords need to move to debian 3.1 webserver so that users can login using their same usernames and passwords.    How do we do this.One option is copy the shadow file in

Re: migrating from RedHat to Debian without losing configuration

On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 02:23:28PM +, Moritz Lennert wrote: > Hello, > > We are planning on migrating a few machines from RedHat to Debian and were > wondering whether there exists some way of reusing the red hat configuration > files for the Debian configuration. In other w

Re: migrating from RedHat to Debian without losing configuration

On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 15:01 -0400, H. S. wrote: > Wonder what number the "standard" UID's start with? 500, 1000, ...??? As far as I can tell (from Aeleen Frisch and Evi Nemeth books on system administration) there is no standard. It's up to the sysadmin. When I ran into the RH/Debian problem, I

Re: migrating from RedHat to Debian without losing configuration

Apparently, _Glenn English_, on 05/03/2005 02:35 PM,typed: On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 13:02 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Some are standard (like the /etc/passwd, and so on). Even for those though, things like UIDs for daemons etc. differ. And from RH7.3 to Debian Sarge, the UIDs

Re: migrating from RedHat to Debian without losing configuration

On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 13:02 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > Some are standard (like the /etc/passwd, and so on). > > Even for those though, things like UIDs for daemons etc. differ. And from RH7.3 to Debian Sarge, the UIDs for users change dramatically, too (from 500+

Re: migrating from RedHat to Debian without losing configuration

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Some are standard (like the /etc/passwd, and so on). Even for those though, things like UIDs for daemons etc. differ. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: migrating from RedHat to Debian without losing configuration

Moritz Lennert wrote: > Hello, > > We are planning on migrating a few machines from RedHat to Debian and were > wondering whether there exists some way of reusing the red hat configuration > files for the Debian configuration. In other words, can a new Debian install > take ov

migrating from RedHat to Debian without losing configuration

Hello, We are planning on migrating a few machines from RedHat to Debian and were wondering whether there exists some way of reusing the red hat configuration files for the Debian configuration. In other words, can a new Debian install take over the information in config files for samba, nfs

Re: Upgrading from Redhat to Debian, want to preserve home dirs, etc.

> I don't care about dual-booting, but I want to preserve the existing > directories on /dev/hda for the obvious reasons home directories > has all my stuff in it and usr dirs has a lot of usr/local stuff, etc. I think this should be fine. When installing, you can repartion hdc and leave hda a

Upgrading from Redhat to Debian, want to preserve home dirs, etc.

I have an old Redhat 6.2 system with kernel 2.2.14 on it from the year 2000. I am bringing it out of retirement and am switching to Debian. I need some advice. The system has two IDE hard drives on it configured like so: /dev/hda3 1.4G 923M 484M 66% / /dev/hda1 23M 3.4

Re: Moving mailserver from (Solaris, redhat) to Debian

I just did a mailserver migration, I was using sendmail and IMAPS I would firstly get those 2 accounts back up the E450 like how you suggest. I would then setup the Dell box with Debian and configure ready for running a mailserver including IMAP. Althought I only had 30 mail accounts to move,

Moving mailserver from (Solaris, redhat) to Debian

Quick sendmail/mail question: we have here a E450 which is the main file and mailservers. Now, two users are getting their email off another machine, a dell redhat linux box, in the following manner: o /etc/aliases in the E450 sends email for those two guys to [EMAIL PROTECTED], where

Re: Newbie question: moving from RedHat to Debian

On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 23:30, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On 2004-03-17, Roland Dunn penned: > > - Anyone know of any sites that try to make such moves simple for users - > > that list some of the common differences between Debian and RedHat? > > I don't know about this. > > > - On RedHat /etc/rc.d

Re: Newbie question: moving from RedHat to Debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thus spake Roland Dunn: # - On RedHat /etc/rc.d/init.d/ was where you could find scripts to start/stop # apache, samba, etc where is this on Debian? /etc/init.d # - Also on RedHat you could use chkconfig to setup such a script to restart # on re

Re: Newbie question: moving from RedHat to Debian

On 2004-03-17, Roland Dunn penned: > - Anyone know of any sites that try to make such moves simple for users - > that list some of the common differences between Debian and RedHat? I don't know about this. > - On RedHat /etc/rc.d/init.d/ was where you could find scripts to start/stop > apache, sa

Re: Newbie question: moving from RedHat to Debian

On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 23:22, Roland Dunn wrote: > Hello, > > Wonder if anyone can help. I've just moved from RedHat to Debian and have a > couple of queries: > - Anyone know of any sites that try to make such moves simple for users - > that list some of the common differe

Newbie question: moving from RedHat to Debian

Hello, Wonder if anyone can help. I've just moved from RedHat to Debian and have a couple of queries: - Anyone know of any sites that try to make such moves simple for users - that list some of the common differences between Debian and RedHat? - On RedHat /etc/rc.d/init.d/ was where you

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 13:34, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: [ ] Did you have a look a Lindows? ... and this might be important, too, when mentioning Lindows: Excerpt: - "MICROSOF

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 13:34, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: [ ] > > Did you have a look a Lindows? > > ... and this might be important, too, when mentioning Lindows: Excerpt: - "MICROSOFT BLOCKS DISTRIBUT

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 08:44, Gruessle wrote: > I am new to Linux and for 2 1/2 days I been trying to install Debian. > Well I have the very basics installed but that is really all I got. > > Now I have Redhat and that is easy to install. > Somewhere I read that it is posible to convert a Redhat i

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

Hello Gruessle (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I did all that and it still is not working. > > So next what I did was install knoppix. > > To see if I did the config right. > I don't know how to check the config in knoppix but at the startup > I shaw some things. > The nv video card driver is

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

Or is this the right knoppix one XFree86 Config file:/KNOPPIX/etc/X11 -- Gruessle === XFree86 Config === Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice"Keyboard0

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

I just found this file called XFree86config.new in file:/home/knoppix/Desktop/hdb2 is that the knoppix XFree86 config file with the right data? If so whats wrong in the Debian config? Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0"

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

I did all that and it still is not working. So next what I did was install knoppix. To see if I did the config right. I don't know how to check the config in knoppix but at the startup I shaw some things. The nv video card driver is correct. Another advatage I have now with knoppis is

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 11:44:01PM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > Now I have Redhat and that is easy to install. Debian is just as easy to install, you just need to read the manual. It's on the CD as well as on debian.org (hit Installation Manual in the co

Re: Need install help -mig from RedHat to Debian

Hello Gruessle (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I hat problems installing my mouse, video card and monitor with Debian > > So what I did is I installed RedHat and got the config for those: > > Monitor: > DDC Probed Monitor = Compac V70 > Horizontal (30-69) > Vertical (50-125) > > Video Card: > R

Re: Need install help -mig from RedHat to Debian

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 04:35:43 -0800 "Gruessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, Hello, > > I hat problems installing my mouse, video card and monitor with Debian > > So what I did is I installed RedHat and got the config for those: > > Monitor: > DDC Probed Monitor = Compac V70 > Horizont

Need install help -mig from RedHat to Debian

Hi, I hat problems installing my mouse, video card and monitor with Debian So what I did is I installed RedHat and got the config for those: Monitor: DDC Probed Monitor = Compac V70 Horizontal (30-69) Vertical (50-125) Video Card: RIVA TNT2 with 4MB or NIVDIA RIVA TNT2 (Generic) with 4MB Mou

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 08:55:42AM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (15/12/03 00:19), Gruessle wrote: > > To: Lucas Albers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From: Gruessle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:19:00 -0800 >

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

On (15/12/03 00:19), Gruessle wrote: > To: Lucas Albers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Gruessle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:19:00 -0800 > Subject: RE: Redhat to Debian conversion > > > I am not sure if we are on the s

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

Hello Gruessle (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am new to Linux and for 2 1/2 days I been trying to install Debian. > Well I have the very basics installed but that is really all I got. > > Now I have Redhat and that is easy to install. > Somewhere I read that it is posible to convert a Redhat i

RE: Redhat to Debian conversion

Message- > From: Lucas Albers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:55 PM > To: Gruessle > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Redhat to Debian conversion > > > Debian is harder to setup then redhat. > I've used both. > Just stay w

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

On Monday 15 December 2003 12:55 am, Lucas Albers wrote: > Wish I could figure out how to install discover within the installer, so I > don't have the pry the case open to see what network card it has. That's a simple one... boot a Knoppix live CD - see what it detects, and if it's right, use th

Re: Redhat to Debian conversion

Debian is harder to setup then redhat. I've used both. Just stay with redhat, you'll really appreciate debian after you've been doing things for awhile. At first the Debian way will seem stupid. Then some day you'll go aha, I see why they do it this way. I think Debian rocks, but the hard part for

Redhat to Debian conversion

I am new to Linux and for 2 1/2 days I been trying to install Debian. Well I have the very basics installed but that is really all I got. Now I have Redhat and that is easy to install. Somewhere I read that it is posible to convert a Redhat install to Debian. I am wondering if that is maybe eas

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

on Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 07:01:14AM -0800, Valentine Kouznetsov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to migrate from RedHat to Debian and face out with few > problems. I'll be glad to resolve them with your help. > > Question about dpkg: > 1) dpkg is great,

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 10:05:42AM -0800, Valentine Kouznetsov wrote: > And about kernel. Thanks for comments that > kernel-source is already shipped with all necessary > patches. Roberto asked about which mount options I > used > to mount cd. > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > udf,iso

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 04:56:58PM +0100, Nicos Gollan wrote: > > There's the apt-file tool. Just install the apt-file package and read > the manpage. Or dlocate: zsh % dlocate inittab vim: /usr/share/vim/vim61/syntax/inittab.vim base-config: /usr/lib/base-config/99inittab sysvinit: /usr/share/sy

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

Ok, that's something. I understand now that dpkg -S will work fine for supplied files, but not for post-installed. Thanks for tip. Valentine. --- Oliver Elphick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 18:05, Valentine Kouznetsov > wrote: > > Hi, > > thanks for feedback. Now about your s

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 18:05, Valentine Kouznetsov wrote: > Hi, > thanks for feedback. Now about your suggestions and my > experience > > [EMAIL PROTECTED](12:50:44)> dpkg -S /etc/inittab > dpkg: /etc/inittab not found. > [EMAIL PROTECTED](12:51:00)> ls -l /etc/inittab > -rw-r--r--1 root ro

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

Hi, thanks for feedback. Now about your suggestions and my experience [EMAIL PROTECTED](12:50:44)> dpkg -S /etc/inittab dpkg: /etc/inittab not found. [EMAIL PROTECTED](12:51:00)> ls -l /etc/inittab -rw-r--r--1 root root 2008 Jul 23 13:13 /etc/inittab dpkg -L give my back list of f

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

Roberto Sanchez writes: > Valentine Kouznetsov writes: > > > 1) dpkg is great, but I cannot figure out one simple/usefull > > procedure. Let's assume I install one package and have file > > /usr/bin/my. Is is possible to figure out using dpkg or similar > > tool to which package /usr/bin/my belong

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 15:36, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Valentine Kouznetsov wrote: > > Question about dpkg: > > 1) dpkg is great, but I cannot figure out one > > simple/usefull procedure. Let's assume I install one > > package and have file /usr/bin/my. Is is possible to > > figure out using dpkg or

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

Mark Roach wrote: On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 10:36, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Valentine Kouznetsov wrote: [...] package and have file /usr/bin/my. Is is possible to figure out using dpkg or similar tool to which package /usr/bin/my belong to. On RedHat I just invoke rpm -qf /usr/bin/my and get back packa

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:01:14 -0800 (PST) Valentine Kouznetsov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question about dpkg: > 1) dpkg is great, but I cannot figure out one > simple/usefull procedure. Let's assume I install one > package and have file /usr/bin/my. Is is possible to > figure out using dpkg or s

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 10:36, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Valentine Kouznetsov wrote: [...] > > package and have file /usr/bin/my. Is is possible to > > figure out using dpkg or similar tool to which package > > /usr/bin/my belong to. On RedHat I just invoke rpm -qf > > /usr/bin/my and get back package

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

Valentine Kouznetsov wrote: Hi, I'm trying to migrate from RedHat to Debian and face out with few problems. I'll be glad to resolve them with your help. Question about dpkg: 1) dpkg is great, but I cannot figure out one simple/usefull procedure. Let's assume I install one packag

migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

Hi, I'm trying to migrate from RedHat to Debian and face out with few problems. I'll be glad to resolve them with your help. Question about dpkg: 1) dpkg is great, but I cannot figure out one simple/usefull procedure. Let's assume I install one package and have file /usr/bin/my. Is

Re: convert RedHat to Debian

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:06:32 -0700 (PDT) Z F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I have a RedHat box and I would like to convert it to Debian. Is it > possible to do it without reformatting the hard drive? If yes, how. > > I am not on the list so please reply to me directly. If yo

Re: convert RedHat to Debian

On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 01:34:57AM +0200, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > --- Z F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi?: > > Hello everybody, > > > > I have a RedHat box and I would like to convert it to Debian. Is it > > possible to do it without reformatting the hard drive? If yes, how. ... > I am in the pro

Re: convert RedHat to Debian

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 01:34:57 +0200 (CEST), Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > --- Z F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > Hello everybody, > > > > I have a RedHat box and I would like to convert it to Debian. Is it > > possible to do it without reformatt

Re: convert RedHat to Debian

--- Z F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Hello everybody, > > I have a RedHat box and I would like to convert it to Debian. Is it > possible to do it without reformatting the hard drive? If yes, how. > > I am not on the list so please reply to me directly. > > Thank you very much for your kind

Re: convert RedHat to Debian

You will not get many, if any replies off list. The point of a list is that when someone answers a question, they don't have to answer it again--that answer is archived. Do not ask people to send email off list, unless there are extremely special circumstances which you have specified clearly. Oth

convert RedHat to Debian

Hello everybody, I have a RedHat box and I would like to convert it to Debian. Is it possible to do it without reformatting the hard drive? If yes, how. I am not on the list so please reply to me directly. Thank you very much for your kind help Lazar __ Do you Y

RE: Migrate from RedHat to Debian

I like Mandrake, its not too simplified, its a bitch when you want to add extra partitions, and diskdrakes a bitch. -- DM. On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 03:36:25 +1100 bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- Begin Message --- On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 02:23, Gary Turner wrote: > Jimbo De La Fuente wrote: > >Hi

Re: Migrate from RedHat to Debian

On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 02:23, Gary Turner wrote: > Jimbo De La Fuente wrote: > >Hi List, > > > >I've been using RedHat for a couple of years. Now, as a result of their > >change in EOL (only untill the end of year for the latest release RedHat > >8.0) I want to switch to another distro. My preference g

Re: Migrate from RedHat to Debian

me doubts before really switching. >What are the experiences other people have with migrating from RedHat to >Debian. Are there any other options as a distro (I'm looking for a distro >with security written in bold)? Not quite what you asked for, I started as a rank (as in Frenc

Re: Migrate from RedHat to Debian

I guess somehow my story needs to be told. heh, have to vent somewhere! I bought QUE's "IdiotGuide" in 1998, QuE;s "Using Linux" in 2000, ACP's 'PocketBook' in 2001 and ACP's "Advanced PocketBook" in 2002. All of these came with various distros of Caldera,Redhat,OpenLinux,Mandrake,SuSe and Debian

Re: Migrate from RedHat to Debian

on Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 01:44:10PM +, Jimbo De La Fuente ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: What are the experiences other people have with migrating from RedHat to Debian. Are there any other options as a distro (I'm looking for a distro with security written in bold)? I made the s

Re: Migrate from RedHat to Debian

ghtly in this fashion. Note that this is pretty significantly different from RH's own named release and update process, which is considerably *less* friendly. > What are the experiences other people have with migrating from RedHat > to Debian. Are there any other options as a distro

Re: Migrate from RedHat to Debian

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 09:20:23AM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 01:44:10PM +, Jimbo De La Fuente wrote: > > > How long are Debian-releases supported > > Depends, but looking at the Debian news page, 2.2 (potato) was released > back on [15 Aug 2000]. There were se

Re: Migrate from RedHat to Debian

tallison writes: > stable comes less than once a year from my limited experience. But I > think you can still get packages from some very old releases. But I do > not know if they are actually maintained for security updates and such (I > suspect not). Potato (the Stable release before Woody, th

Re: Migrate from RedHat to Debian

On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 00:44, Jimbo De La Fuente wrote: > I've been using RedHat for a couple of years. Now, as a result of their > change in EOL (only untill the end of year for the latest release RedHat > 8.0) I want to switch to another distro. My preference goes to Debian. I do > have some do

Re: Migrate from RedHat to Debian

ed or from source files (as a .deb package). If you insist on the very bleeding edge versions all the time, you probably won't find them in the stable version of deb-src files. > What are the experiences other people have with migrating from RedHat > to Debian. Are there any other option

Re: Migrate from RedHat to Debian

[19 Jul 2002]. That's roughly a 2 year span. > And before some-one states the obvious...yes I do install the kernel > and the 'main' daemons from source I've found this to be much less necessary when I started using Debian. > What are the experiences other people ha

Re: Migrate from RedHat to Debian

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 01:44:10PM +, Jimbo De La Fuente wrote: > How long are Debian-releases supported (okay, with 'open' software you can > compile/write your own upgrades but that's not an option)? Typically until the next release plus six months or so. It depends entirely on how long th

Migrate from RedHat to Debian

es I do install the kernel and the 'main' daemons from source (like Apache, Postfix, Squid, DJBDNS, Iptables,Snort) but I prefer to upgrade 'minor' things trough the concept of packages from the distro. What are the experiences other people have with migrating from RedHat to

Re: Redhat to Debian?

nstall DEBIAN without X and select newbie help in "tasksel" or in other word, "newbie" in "simple" install option. Then reboot REDHAT and mount Debian partition to /mnt or somewhere. Run # chroot /mnt from root then you are in Debian. Play with it a while. Copy c

Re: Redhat to Debian?

On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 10:32:13AM -0500, alex wrote: > What do you mean by "how to go from a redhat system to Debian'? Do you > mean switch to Debian > while RedHat is operating? Be more explicit. Now, that would be cool indeed, but I gather it would require integrating massive amount of depen

Re: Redhat to Debian?

At 01:03 PM 3/5/02, Paolo Falcone wrote: that Debian has the stable, testing, frozen --> coming soon I hope, and the unstable trees There is not going to be an official frozen this time around, instead they are doing a multi part freeze on testing. They freeze one section, work the kinks out,

Re: Redhat to Debian?

Be nice guys, advocate not procrastinate. Primary differences I have encountered: 1. /etc/modules Here you can list modules you want loaded, ie Drivers 2. /etc/network/interfaces Here you configure your interfaces. See "man 5 interfaces",See below for a quick example. 3. dpkg / apt No RP

Re: Redhat to Debian?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 infotechsys wrote: >Hi, >Is there a HOWTO on how to go from >a redhat system to Debian system? If >so, couls someone point me to it. I could find >anything at the Debian site. HOWTO? I find it weird, but you won't really need a HOWTO in going from a

Re: Redhat to Debian?

What do you mean by "how to go from a redhat system to Debian'? Do you mean switch to Debian while RedHat is operating? Be more explicit. infotechsys wrote: Hi, Is there a HOWTO on how to go from a redhat system to Debian system? If so, couls someone point me to it. I could find anything at

Re: Redhat to Debian?

Patrick Kirk writes: > Kinda hard to give a long version of this so hrer's the short and easy > way: > > fsck the hdd and install Debian. > > Of course you may want to backup some data first. Its wise keeping a > Red HAt partition to boot into...you'll never use it oince installation > i

Re: Redhat to Debian?

On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 12:59, infotechsys wrote: > Hi, > Is there a HOWTO on how to go from > a redhat system to Debian system? If > so, couls someone point me to it. I could find > anything at the Debian site. Kinda hard to give a long version of this so hrer's the short and easy way: fsck the hd

Redhat to Debian?

Hi, Is there a HOWTO on how to go from a redhat system to Debian system? If so, couls someone point me to it. I could find anything at the Debian site. Thanks. Wayne

Re: Move from RedHat to Debian

On 24 Dec 2001, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 25-Dec-2001 Petre Daniel wrote: > > I'll probably try a "spare" machine using debian, and see how that goes. > > Thanks > A good way to do it. I had some spare room on my disk and ran the two in par

Re: Move from RedHat to Debian

D. wrote: > I do not agree with the general consensus that the > Debian installation is that hard. No it does not see > how much disk space you have like Mandrake and then > install what it thinks that you need, it leaves that > up to you. It's not that the Debian installation process is hard, b

Re: Move from RedHat to Debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 25-Dec-2001 Petre Daniel wrote: I'll probably try a "spare" machine using debian, and see how that goes. Thanks > > The debian installation process can be diffucult for a newbie,but if > you > take it easy and open your eyes you can end up with

Re: Move from RedHat to Debian

The debian installation process can be diffucult for a newbie,but if you take it easy and open your eyes you can end up with a nice debian machine.. At 07:36 PM 12/24/01 -0800, D. wrote: I do not agree with the general consensus that the Debian installation is that hard.  No it does not see how mu

Re: Move from RedHat to Debian

I do not agree with the general consensus that the Debian installation is that hard. No it does not see how much disk space you have like Mandrake and then install what it thinks that you need, it leaves that up to you. Don --- "Rodney D. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED M

Re: Move from RedHat to Debian

on Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 09:27:31AM -0800, Rodney D. Myers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Are there any guides, etc, in the moving from RedHat over to Debian? > > I'm using RH 6.2, but am seriously looking at leaving that distro. My own solution

Re: Move from RedHat to Debian

On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 09:27:31AM -0800, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > Are there any guides, etc, in the moving from RedHat over to Debian? > > I'm using RH 6.2, but am seriously looking at leaving that distro. I don't know of any, but, if you feel like writing up your experiences after you've done i

Re: Move from RedHat to Debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 24-Dec-2001 Stephen Gran wrote: > Thus spake Rodney D. Myers: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Are there any guides, etc, in the moving from RedHat over to Debian? >> >> I'm using RH 6.2, but am seriously looking at leav

Re: Move from RedHat to Debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 24-Dec-2001 Craig Dickson wrote: > Rodney D. Myers wrote: > >> Are there any guides, etc, in the moving from RedHat over to Debian? >> >> I'm using RH 6.2, but am seriously looking at leaving that distro. > > I don't know of any proper documenta

Re: Move from RedHat to Debian

Thus spake Rodney D. Myers: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Are there any guides, etc, in the moving from RedHat over to Debian? > > I'm using RH 6.2, but am seriously looking at leaving that distro. I haven't seen any guides, but this may give you a starting point - it's a

Re: Move from RedHat to Debian

Rodney D. Myers wrote: > Are there any guides, etc, in the moving from RedHat over to Debian? > > I'm using RH 6.2, but am seriously looking at leaving that distro. I don't know of any proper documentation addressing precisely that issue. I moved from Red Hat 6.2 to Debian over a year ago. It w

Move from RedHat to Debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Are there any guides, etc, in the moving from RedHat over to Debian? I'm using RH 6.2, but am seriously looking at leaving that distro. Thanks - -- Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Member of Digital Freedom Alliance Amateur: KG6ANXGMR

Re: RedHat to Debian migration

Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim said: > Hello: > > Someone asked me about potential problems of migrating > from RedHat to Debian, especially for script applications. > > Based on my own experience, I had some problems with the > default "vi" (nvi) and "awk" (maw

RedHat to Debian migration

Hello: Someone asked me about potential problems of migrating from RedHat to Debian, especially for script applications. Based on my own experience, I had some problems with the default "vi" (nvi) and "awk" (mawk). Both problems can by solved through /etc/alternatives.

Re: NW Driver - Porting from RedHat to Debian, Kernel-2.2 to 2.4

NewBie Debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, I am porting a Network driver from Redhat 6.2 to Debian. And also >from kernel2.2 to 2.4. Since the GCC is not changed till RH6.2 version, >I need to change only the kernel 2.2 to 2.4 changes. > >I followed the following links to port kernel2.2 to kerne

NW Driver - Porting from RedHat to Debian, Kernel-2.2 to 2.4

Hi, I am porting a Network driver from Redhat 6.2 to Debian. And also from kernel2.2 to 2.4. Since the GCC is not changed till RH6.2 version, I need to change only the kernel 2.2 to 2.4 changes. I followed the following links to port kernel2.2 to kernel2.4. But the driver does not work. Can I disc

Re: Redhat to Debian: migrating a multi-user server

PST) > From: B. Dragoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Ernest Johanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Redhat to Debian: migrating a multi-user server > > > --- Ernest Johanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > &g

Re: Redhat to Debian: migrating a multi-user server

--- Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's perfectly safe to keep those users starting at > 500. Debian > packages that want an id in the 100-999 range will > dynamically allocate > it with adduser, which will never trample over an > existing user, and it > doesn't matter what user id it p

Re: Redhat to Debian: migrating a multi-user server

--- Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > uid's 100 - 999 are reserved for the packaging > system/daemons etc. > you won't likely have a problem but it would be > better to migrate to > debian policy anyway. Yeah, that's about how I'm thinking about it, too. Debian goes through so much to

Re: Redhat to Debian: migrating a multi-user server

Ethan Benson wrote: > uid's 100 - 999 are reserved for the packaging system/daemons etc. > you won't likely have a problem but it would be better to migrate to > debian policy anyway. It's perfectly safe to keep those users starting at 500. Debian packages that want an id in the 100-999 range w

Re: Redhat to Debian: migrating a multi-user server

--- Ernest Johanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > One idea might be to do a search and replace on the > passwd file, placing a > 1 (or 2, etc) in front of the existing user id. That > would necessitate > changing the ids on the user's files. I had a > similar situation and wrote > a Perl sc

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