Problem bootstrapping a sarge installation

2007-07-05 Thread Ph. Marek
Hello everybody, I'd like to use some newer packages on an old installation (Suse 7.3, with 2.4.25 running). As there are no new packages available, I'd have to compile them myself; but that would mean upgrading a lot of system libraries, too (like libxml and others), which could make problems

Re: Debian Sarge Installation problem, ISO image is mounted from NTFS

2006-05-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
chandavarapu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Primary problem is, I don't want to make 14 CDs. So I put all 14 ISO images > on NTFS partition. You have very good suggestions in the other post. I just want to point out that you don't need all 14 CDs. The first 2 will do in most cases, and you can down

Re: Debian Sarge Installation problem, ISO image is mounted from NTFS

2006-05-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 10:47:31PM +0530, chandavarapu wrote: > Primary problem is, I don't want to make 14 CDs. So I put all 14 ISO images > on NTFS partition. > > I have the first cd of Debian Sarge r310ra installed with 2.6 kernel and I > have the remaining 13 cd images on my windows partition

Debian Sarge Installation problem, ISO image is mounted from NTFS

2006-05-31 Thread chandavarapu
Primary problem is, I don't want to make 14 CDs. So I put all 14 ISO images on NTFS partition.I have the first cd of Debian Sarge r310ra installed with 2.6 kernel and I have the remaining 13 cd images on my windows partition on ntfs. I booted sarge mounted the ntfs partition and I then mounted the

Re: How to save or archive updates downloaded after a CDROM Sarge installation?

2006-05-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Keith Christian wrote: > Hi Folks, > > My first post to a Debian list. Glad to be here. > > Scenario: Sarge is from CD #1 on a machine with an internet connection. At > the end of the base install, the installer downloads security and other > updates from a Debian mirror. > > Question: Suppo

How to save or archive updates downloaded after a CDROM Sarge installation?

2006-05-02 Thread Keith Christian
Hi Folks, My first post to a Debian list. Glad to be here. Scenario: Sarge is from CD #1 on a machine with an internet connection. At the end of the base install, the installer downloads security and other updates from a Debian mirror. Question: Suppose that I wanted to archive the updates o

Re: removing autofs from sarge installation [solved]

2006-01-01 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 04:35:14PM -0500, Chris Howie wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: > > /etc/init.d/autofs: Unknown system, please port and contact > > autofs@linux.kernel.org > > This message shows up if neither /etc/debian_version nor /etc/redhat-release > exist. On a working debian system, th

Re: removing autofs from sarge installation

2006-01-01 Thread Chris Howie
Paul E Condon wrote: > /etc/init.d/autofs: Unknown system, please port and contact > autofs@linux.kernel.org This message shows up if neither /etc/debian_version nor /etc/redhat-release exist. On a working debian system, the first file should exist and contain the version number of the debian re

Re: removing autofs from sarge installation

2006-01-01 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sun, 1 Jan 2006, Paul E Condon wrote: > In all cases, one of the error messages is: > > /etc/init.d/autofs: Unknown system, please port and contact > autofs@linux.kernel.org that error message is 5+ yrs old.. you need to use a newer autofs (pkg) and startup script, say rc.autofs-1.58 or ne

removing autofs from sarge installation

2006-01-01 Thread Paul E Condon
Because of recent traffic on this list, I decided to look into using autofs to help handle my USB devices. I have a pure Sarge system, so far as I know, or intend. My kernel is the latest version of 2.6.8 from security.debian.org I used aptitude to install autofs, but got messages which were unex

Re: Partitioning error on installing Debian sarge installation

2005-12-05 Thread steef
John Galatti wrote: Hi I am trying to install debian linux on a HP machine that has a 2 raid 0 disk drives. The installer is not able to find partitionable drives on the hard drive Sorry for multiple mails I did not receive my last posting John hi john, you might want to g

Partitioning error on installing Debian sarge installation

2005-12-05 Thread John Galatti
Hi   I am trying to install debian linux  on a HP machine that has a 2 raid 0 disk drives.  The installer is not able to find partitionable drives on the hard drive   Sorry for multiple mails I did not receive my last posting   John

FW: Sarge Installation

2005-10-25 Thread Marcus Deluigi (intern)
> > 1.: ntlmaps runs with python, so I had to install ntlmaps, > > python and all dependencies 'by hand' with 'dpkg -i ...' > > Is it possible to let apt-get know that I installed the > > packages and to correct all internal dependencies? > > (I already tried 'apt-get update' 'apt-get upgrade -

Re: Sarge Installation

2005-10-25 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 10:19:40AM +0800, Marcus Deluigi (intern) wrote: > 1.: ntlmaps runs with python, so I had to install ntlmaps, python and all > dependencies 'by hand' with 'dpkg -i ...' > Is it possible to let apt-get know that I installed the packages and to > correct all internal depen

Sarge Installation

2005-10-25 Thread Marcus Deluigi (intern)
Hi! I am trying to setup a PC with Debian Sarge Network install. Unfortunately, I'm behind a Windows ISA Proxy/Firewall, so I had to interrupt the setup after reboot in order to setup ntlmaps. So, here are my questions: 1.: ntlmaps runs with python, so I had to install ntlmaps, python and all

Re: Sarge installation problems

2005-08-27 Thread Kent West
Ken Heard wrote: > So, somehow I managed to miss all posts between 01:16 on > 2005-08-25 and 13:00 on 2005-08-27 -- how I don't know. > > I would obviously like to see the responses to my message. I > searched the debian-user archive and did not find them there. Is there > a way they can

Re: Sarge installation problems

2005-08-27 Thread Ken Heard
Clive Menzies wrote: Hi Ken A number of replies to the previous copy of this message were posted to the list. Did you not see them? Regards Clive No, unfortunately I did not. In fact, I did not know that my message had actually been posted to the list. I had subscribed to the debian-u

Re: Sarge installation problems

2005-08-27 Thread Clive Menzies
gt; SOL kernel: via 82 cxxx: timeout while reading AC97 codec (0x9A) > SOL kernel: via 82 cxxx: timeout while reading AC97 codec (0x9A) > -- > > I do not know what any of these entries mean, except to

Sarge installation problems

2005-08-27 Thread Ken Heard
hese entries mean, except to say that they do not look right. At this point -- at the end of June 2005 -- I abandoned this particular box with an unusable Sarge installation and returned to my RH 8 box to get some work done. I was unable to return to my Debian installation problem before last week.

Re: Problem with Debian Sarge installation

2005-08-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 02:38:45PM +0430, Arash Hesami wrote: > Dear Debian Project team, > > I am writing you to explain about my problem to install Debian 3.1 Sarge on > my Laptop. > Initially, I've got HP Pavilion ze 4900 which has Realtek Semiconductor co. > ltd RTL-8139/8139C and FireWare e

Problem with Debian Sarge installation

2005-08-02 Thread Arash Hesami
Dear Debian Project team, I am writing you to explain about my problem to install Debian 3.1 Sarge on my Laptop. Initially, I've got HP Pavilion ze 4900 which has Realtek Semiconductor co. ltd RTL-8139/8139C and FireWare ethernet. I have already installed several GNU/Linux distros on my Laptop inc

sarge installation whit debootstrap

2005-07-15 Thread Kai Bausch
Hello list, I tried to install Sarge with debootstrap, like explained by http://www.de.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apcs04.html.en This was my command: /usr/sbin/debootstrap sarge /target_dir http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian I tried different Server and the result is allways: I: Validating

Re: how to start sarge installation from DOS

2005-07-07 Thread Kent West
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 07:59:08PM -0700, smith wrote: > > >>i have download 1st CD image of sarge, and boot >>ms-dos, and type the command below: >> >>loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/ram initrd=initrd.gz >> >> >>note vmlinuz and initrd.gz are from 1st CD image, but >>that c

Re: how to start sarge installation from DOS

2005-07-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 07:59:08PM -0700, smith wrote: > i have download 1st CD image of sarge, and boot > ms-dos, and type the command below: > > loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/ram initrd=initrd.gz > > > note vmlinuz and initrd.gz are from 1st CD image, but > that can't start installation! > > Coul

how to start sarge installation from DOS

2005-07-07 Thread smith
i have download 1st CD image of sarge, and boot ms-dos, and type the command below: loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/ram initrd=initrd.gz note vmlinuz and initrd.gz are from 1st CD image, but that can't start installation! Could you please help me? __ D

Sarge Installation: partman fails with SATA378 TX2Plus

2005-06-11 Thread Chuck Williams
Hi all, I'm trying to install Debian on a new Sager 9880 notebook, but the install is consistently failing with "No partitionable media were found." I've tried both the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels, getting the same result. The 2.4 kernel successfully configures my network, but the 2.6 kernel fails

Sitebar on Sarge installation bug?

2005-06-05 Thread Erik van der Meulen
Dear all - I have this strange issue when trying to install sitebar on my new Sarge system. 'apt-get install sitebar -s' will give: The following NEW packages will be installed: apache2-common apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-php4 sitebar ssl-cert wwwconfig-common But my system alread

sarge installation causes BIOS to freeze on harddisk detection

2004-12-09 Thread Bogdan Calmac
I am trying to install the latest Debian sarge distribution (2004-12-04) on a Gateway E-4100 computer (P4 2.8GHz, 512 DDR, 60 GB Maxtor IDE Drive, 16x Liteon DVD, 100MB LAN). Pretty standard configuration. The base installation goes smooth, - kernel 2.6 - partition the disk in root and swap, use

Re: Question about sarge installation.

2004-03-30 Thread Jansen Carlo Sena
I boot the CD, a choose the keyboard layout, but > >I can't able to partition my disk. When I select that option, the system > >does nothing and I can't follow the installation process. > > > >Is the ISO sarge installation possible? Can anyone help me? > > >

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2004-03-30 Thread steef
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Re: Question about sarge installation.

2004-03-30 Thread Pete Clarke
#thanks four your reply. I was afraid that I would do this... I'm late to #install the systems... I will use apt-cacher in a server to save my #time. Can you give a minimal sources.list file to securely upgrade my #woody installation to sarge? I believe you can just replace the occurances of "stab

Re: Question about sarge installation.

2004-03-30 Thread Colin Watson
I can't able to partition my disk. When I select that option, the system > does nothing and I can't follow the installation process. > > Is the ISO sarge installation possible? Can anyone help me? I would not advise using fsn.hu images, largely because I have no idea how the debi

Re: Question about sarge installation.

2004-03-30 Thread Pete Clarke
#does nothing and I can't follow the installation process. #Is the ISO sarge installation possible? Can anyone help me? I think the point here is that you are using an unofficial ISO image to install an unstable version! If you absolutely *must* install Sarge, I would do it in this order: Install

Question about sarge installation.

2004-03-30 Thread Jansen Carlo Sena
does nothing and I can't follow the installation process. Is the ISO sarge installation possible? Can anyone help me? Jansen. -- - Jansen Sena ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Diretor Técnico Comunidade SOL Software Livre Manaus - Amazona

Re: sarge installation troubleshooting

2004-03-02 Thread Joey Hess
Colin Watson wrote: > As I understand it, that usually happens if you're trying to install > onto a non-empty partition. The target filesystem needs to be blank. Yes, and for what it's worth, current versions of the installer detect this problem, give you a clear warning message and let you back u

Re: sarge installation troubleshooting

2004-03-02 Thread Joey Hess
Erich Waelde wrote: > http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/current/ Please don't use these. There are prominent links on the debian-installer's web page (http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer) to the CD images we recommend you use. > Also note that you can search the l

Re: sarge installation troubleshooting

2004-03-02 Thread Erich Waelde
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 08:54:35PM +0100, Cyril Bérion wrote: > > I'm trying to install a sarge on an ext2 partition. > > Partitionning configuration is ok but then I face the following > > problem: > > System installation ends with an error. The file > > /target/var

Re: sarge installation troubleshooting

2004-03-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 08:54:35PM +0100, Cyril Bérion wrote: > I'm trying to install a sarge on an ext2 partition. > Partitionning configuration is ok but then I face the following > problem: > System installation ends with an error. The file > /target/var/log/debootstrap.log says: > > ln: /targe

Re: sarge installation troubleshooting

2004-03-01 Thread Richard Lyons
On Monday 01 March 2004 20:54, Cyril Bérion wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install a sarge on an ext2 partition. > Partitionning configuration is ok but then I face the following problem: > System installation ends with an error. The file > /target/var/log/debootstrap.log says: > > ln: /target/usr/

sarge installation troubleshooting

2004-03-01 Thread Cyril Bérion
Hi, I'm trying to install a sarge on an ext2 partition. Partitionning configuration is ok but then I face the following problem: System installation ends with an error. The file /target/var/log/debootstrap.log says: ln: /target/usr/bin/awk: File exists umount: /target/dev/pts: Invalid argument u

Debian sarge installation problems

2003-11-15 Thread Otto Wyss
I've 2 problems with the debian installation I need an immediate solution. First how can I reconfigure the keyboard so it uses the swiss keyboard instead of the US? Second, how can I force Debian not to use ide-scsi for reading from my CD-writer? In the current state ide-scsi isn't able to acces

sarge installation

2003-11-14 Thread Tom Allison
I downloaded and burned the sarge netinst CD (dated 11/09/2003) and have been trying to install it on a new box. Observations. at "boot:" don't hit 'net'. bad things seem to happen. Select Language is NOOP Hardware detection fails at ide-cd modprobe Very inconsistent behaviour. Same keystrokes g

Re: Help! Can't mount iso during sarge installation( busybox)

2003-07-02 Thread Paul C. Bryan
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Help! Can't mount iso during sarge installation( busybox)

2003-07-02 Thread Zhao YouBing
From sarge, debian uses busybox to boot the initial installtion system. I want to use sarge iso to perform installation, however, I found that I can't use "mount -o loop .iso /cdrom" to mount an iso image, and before that I've used "mknod /dev/loop0 b 7 0" , but the mount cmd always said tha