The Macbook Pro is described as ‘Early 2015’, which is 64bit.
q1: Should I tray to use testing or jessie?
q2: I have used netinst on some previous debian installs on different hardware,
but Macbook Pro
doesn’t have a CD drive. How do I make the Macbook boot from a .iso file on USB
thumb drive or
Am 2008-02-01 09:26:59, schrieb Dan H.:
> Yes, I figured that. But it ain't easy. There's simply no way I can think of
> to make grub install itself on that disk. I have no idea which (hdx,y) to
> use. /dev/sda is flatly refused as it is not a "BIOS" disk. Why can't grub
> simply install itself on
Purrs like a kitten now. But I did have to start from scratch using a
netinstall CD.
Thanks everybody!
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On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 09:26:59AM +0100, Dan H. wrote:
...
>
> Yes, I figured that. But it ain't easy. There's simply no way I can think of
> to make grub install itself on that disk. I have no idea which (hdx,y) to
> use. /dev/sda is flatly refused as it is not a "BIOS" disk. Why can't grub
> si
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 05:23:26PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> What is the output of 'mount'?
>
> Maybe you have the option 'user' set for that filesystem in fstab. This
> also implies 'noexec' (as well as 'nodev' and 'nosuid').
Yes, that was it. I once had the disk manually mounted, the other
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 08:59:36AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> yes, that's normal (at least in my experience, it's been a while since
> I used it). There are no locales set up on the new system yet...
Yes, it went away after dpkg-reconfigure locales.
> > to upgrade many packages -- I me
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 04:47:20PM +0100, Dan H. wrote:
> So to fix that I wanted to chroot into my mounted USB disk again but was
> rebuffed:
>
> chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': Permission denied
>
> WTF? There were no changes to that disk since chroot worked just before the
> reboot. I
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 04:47:20PM +0100, Dan H. wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 03:56:10PM +0100, Dan H. wrote:
>
> > like the subject says, I want to set up a Debian system on a bootable
> > external USB hard disk
>
> Followup: I've discovered debootstrap and have used it to set up a system on
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 03:56:10PM +0100, Dan H. wrote:
> like the subject says, I want to set up a Debian system on a bootable
> external USB hard disk
Followup: I've discovered debootstrap and have used it to set up a system on
that mobile disk. I chrooted to that disk (using the procedure from
Hello,
like the subject says, I want to set up a Debian system on a bootable
external USB hard disk to use with a (normally) Windows laptop. Of course I
could just pop in a netinstall CD on the target computer and do the normal
installation
process. However, I have a couple of full-featured Debian
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:13:13 -0800
Andy Streich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 06 January 2006 10:57 am, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 18:04:12 +
> >
> > Cold Fusion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Sorry if this is in fact included in the install manual, but I have a
> >
On Friday 06 January 2006 10:57 am, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 18:04:12 +
>
> Cold Fusion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sorry if this is in fact included in the install manual, but I have a
> > computer I'd like to install Debian on, it's presently got windows, and I
> > don't
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 10:57:57 -0800
Tom Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At the prompt, enter expert26 then hit enter.
For a newbie? Come on ... i did 3 installs and never used this (and i had seen
linux before). The 'linux26' option would be nice though its not absolutely
necessary.
Andrei
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 18:04:12 +
Cold Fusion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry if this is in fact included in the install manual, but I have a
> computer I'd like to install Debian on, it's presently got windows, and I
> don't like that - I'm going to uninstall it. But then how do I install
> li
On (06/01/06 18:04), Cold Fusion wrote:
> Sorry if this is in fact included in the install manual, but I have a
> computer I'd like to install Debian on, it's presently got windows, and I
> don't like that - I'm going to uninstall it. But then how do I install
> linux? I've got the CD, and help wou
On Friday 06 January 2006 10:04, Cold Fusion wrote:
> Sorry if this is in fact included in the install manual, but I have a
> computer I'd like to install Debian on, it's presently got windows, and I
> don't like that - I'm going to uninstall it. But then how do I install
> linux? I've got the CD,
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 18:04:12 +
Cold Fusion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry if this is in fact included in the install manual, but I have a
> computer I'd like to install Debian on, it's presently got windows, and I
> don't like that - I'm going to uninstall it. But then how do I install
> li
Sorry if this is in fact included in the install manual, but I have a
computer I'd like to install Debian on, it's presently got windows, and
I don't like that - I'm going to uninstall it. But then how do I
install linux? I've got the CD, and help would be appreciated. Thanks
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On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Glenn Keenan wrote:
> I am a complete newbie to Debian and just installed it using sarge. Install
> went fine, machine rebooted without a problem, continued install over
> network via http and then got to the package installation
On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 15:00, Glenn Keenan wrote:
> I am a complete newbie to Debian and just installed it using sarge.
> Install went fine, machine rebooted without a problem, continued
> install over network via http and then got to the package
> installation. Here is my problem. I canʼt figure
Well I guess I didn't try every key. Now on with the rest of the
installation. Thanks for the quick help.
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From: "Michael Bellears" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 5:48 PM
Subject: RE: He
Hi Glenn,
If you are using the sarge installer CD, it should bring you to several
options for package selection after rebooting (part of the base-config
dialog). If you choose tasksel, one option is to install a task (such
as desktop environment) which will then download a variety of packages,
su
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:00:13 -0400
"Glenn Keenan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am a complete newbie to Debian and just installed it using sarge.
> Install went fine, machine rebooted without a problem, continued install
> over network via http and then got to the package installation. Here is
>I've tried all the keys and only the arrow keys and the enter key seem
to do anything
Have you tried the space key?
Regards,
MB
I am a complete newbie to Debian and just installed it using
sarge. Install went fine, machine rebooted without a problem, continued
install over network via http and then got to the package installation.
Here is my problem. I can’t figure out how to actually select the
package I want (d
I am a complete newbie to Debian and just installed it using
sarge. Install went fine, machine rebooted without a problem, continued
install over network via http and then got to the package installation.
Here is my problem. I can’t figure out how to actually select the
package I want (d
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 01:03:53PM +0530, Vikas B N wrote:
} A couple of colleagues and I are planning
} to set up an ftp/http server which hosts
} the debian packages, so that people can
} install Debian on their machines over the
} office intranet.
}
} What is the best way to go about this
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 02:00, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 07:33, Vikas B N wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > A couple of colleagues and I are planning
> > to set up an ftp/http server which hosts
> > the debian packages, so that people can
> > install Debian on their machines over
Vikas posts :
>> are planning to set up an ftp/http server which hosts the debian
>> packages, so that people can install Debian on their machines over
>> the office intranet.
Welcome move indeed! Please read the link and you may find it helpful
http://www.telenovela-world.com/~spade/li
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 07:33, Vikas B N wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> A couple of colleagues and I are planning
> to set up an ftp/http server which hosts
> the debian packages, so that people can
> install Debian on their machines over the
> office intranet.
>
> What is the best way to go about t
Hello All,
A couple of colleagues and I are planning
to set up an ftp/http server which hosts
the debian packages, so that people can
install Debian on their machines over the
office intranet.
What is the best way to go about this?
Things that we are planning are,
1.the users should
Under debian potato 2.2r2 I've installed the Gimp and sane together with
xscanimage and the sane plugins for gimp.
Now I'm trying to set my epson 1240U usb scanner. I've followed the
instruction given in linux-usb.org. step by step
1) I've issued mknod /usb/dev/scanner0 c 180 48
2) insmod usbcore,
>addressing issues
> davidt >
> davidt >All the feedback is much appreciated
> davidt >
> davidt >David
> davidt >
> davidt >- Original Message -
> davidt >From: paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> davidt >To: davidturetsky <[EMAIL
ul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
davidt >To: davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
davidt >Cc: Debian User
davidt >Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 8:42 AM
davidt >Subject: Re: Setting up Debian - II
davidt >
davidt >
davidt >> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, davidturetsky <[EMAI
TECTED]>
To: davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Debian User
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: Setting up Debian - III
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 10:02:01AM -0800, davidturetsky wrote:
> > In response to below suggestion, I repartitioned as follows:
> &
much appreciated
David
- Original Message -
From: paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Debian User
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: Setting up Debian - II
> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g
Quoting davidturetsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> In response to below suggestion, I repartitioned as follows:
>
> c: 5,004.6 meg
> Extended:
> / 2,502.3
> swap 502.0
> /usr 5,004.6
> e: 19,618.4
>
> The Debian install takes me to the same proble
provides encouragement and a basis to keep at it
David
- Original Message -
From: David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: debian-user
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: Setting up Debian - II
> Quoting davidturetsky ([
Michelle,
What do you expect from pre-release software.
The latest version of the potato boot-floppies are due out today, at the
usual place ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current
The most recent test build, done yesterday, is at
http://lully.debian.org/~tausq/
Why don't you
On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 10:02:01AM -0800, davidturetsky wrote:
> In response to below suggestion, I repartitioned as follows:
>
> c: 5,004.6 meg
> Extended:
> / 2,502.3
> swap 502.0
> /usr 5,004.6
> e: 19,618.4
>
> The Debian install takes m
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I followed Joe's recommendation and partitioned my 32gb IBM hard drive as
> >follows:
> > c: 6,997.0 mb
> > / 39.2mb
> > swap 258.8mb
> > /usr 5,004.6 mb
> > e: 20,332.2 mb
Quoting davidturetsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I followed Joe's recommendation and partitioned my 32gb IBM hard drive as
> follows:
> c: 6,997.0 mb
> / 39.2mb
> swap 258.8mb
> /usr 5,004.6 mb
> e: 20,332.2 mb
>
> When I tried to install D
partition fail
The extended partition is a logical partition, which was recommended. Is
this related to problem?
David
- Original Message -
From: Philip Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Debian User
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 1:40
Hello Guys,
The Bootdisks vrom Debian 2.2 sucks.
I have downloaded the base2_2.tgz and all neccesary files last year and
taken an installation from ZIP-Disk... It was working great.
Now I have downloaded the last version of it (27.01.2000) and now I can
run install from the ZIP-Disk (Booted wi
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I followed Joe's recommendation and partitioned my 32gb IBM hard drive as
>follows:
> c: 6,997.0 mb
> / 39.2mb
> swap 258.8mb
> /usr 5,004.6 mb
> e: 20,332.2 mb
Is this a typo or
d <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: Setting up Debian
> On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 03:51:54PM -0800, davidturetsky wrote:
> > I'm a newbie to Debian, but an old computer hand... experiencing
&g
ry 01, 2000 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: Setting up Debian
> On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 03:51:54PM -0800, davidturetsky wrote:
> > I'm a newbie to Debian, but an old computer hand... experiencing
> > considerable difficulty in setting up a Debian Linux system on my DELL
> > Pentiu
Try the "initialize an existing partition" (or something like that) Debian
install option.
When you scroll down you see the things that need to be done in order. So
do what you think needs to be done (Initialize, mount, isntall kernel &
drivers, install base system, configure base system, configu
On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 03:51:54PM -0800, davidturetsky wrote:
> I'm a newbie to Debian, but an old computer hand... experiencing
> considerable difficulty in setting up a Debian Linux system on my DELL
> Pentium III 34gb drive I set up a 8gb partition using fdisk and
> formated the lower 24gb with
> I set up a 8gb partition using fdisk and formated the lower 24gb with MS
> format. Then I used Partition Magic 5.0 to set up a 1,000mb root partition,
> "/", a 2gb /usr partition and a 1gb swap partition. I used Partition Magic to
> format each partition (root: Linux ex2; usr: Linux ex2; Swap
I'm a newbie to Debian, but an old computer hand...
experiencing considerable difficulty in setting up a Debian Linux system on my
DELL Pentium III 34gb drive
I set up a 8gb partition using fdisk and formated
the lower 24gb with MS format. Then I used Partition Magic 5.0 to set up a 1,000mb
I have sound! I am now able to play a CD through the speakers on my PC. I
currently have a working boot diskette with sound compiled into the kernel.
I had several problems which turned out to be due to bad diskettes. The next
step will be fine-tuning the process. As you suspected, I learne
Someone has posted a sequence of steps to use the build a kernel and in
looking them over they do appear correct however...
Install the kernel build package called "kernel-package" (in slink it is
debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/misc/kernel-package_6.05.deb for the
PC).
This package is THE w
> >From the docs, it appears that my sound card has a good chance of working.
> I'm going to give compiling the kernel a shot (since I don't have spare $
> lying around). I'm going to try to find the kernel package on my Debian CD.
>
> I haven't found any reference to RTFineM in the documentati
>From the docs, it appears that my sound card has a good chance of working.
I'm going to give compiling the kernel a shot (since I don't have spare $
lying around). I'm going to try to find the kernel package on my Debian CD.
I haven't found any reference to RTFineM in the documentation. You m
>
> Yes, It's PnP. It is listed as "Crystal PnP CODEC"
In that case there are three ways to go:
1. Get OSS (OpenSound Software). It's a program that initializes the PnP
soundcards and enables you to play sound through them. It also costs $20
2. Use isapnp and compile the sound support ito the 2.
Yes, It's PnP. It is listed as "Crystal PnP CODEC"
> I have set up hamm on my IBM Aptiva (model 2153-E2U). I would like to get
> the built-in sound card working, but it appears I will have to recompile the
> kernel. Since I am a LINUX newbie, this is not a trivial task.
Sorry, there is no other way. But compiling your own kernel would be a
goo
I have set up hamm on my IBM Aptiva (model 2153-E2U). I would like to get
the built-in sound card working, but it appears I will have to recompile the
kernel. Since I am a LINUX newbie, this is not a trivial task.
My question is basically this - Is there an easier way and if not, has anyone
g
>> "AW" == Aaron Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
AW> how would I go about setting up debian for regular non-anonymous
AW> ftp?
It is enabled by dafault. I would install the proftpd package, as it
is better than the default ftp daemon.
AW> and also, can someon
hello,
Just installed 2.0. I haven't used debian since 1.2 (been using RH),
so I don't remember how to do all of this stuff...
anyways,
how would I go about setting up debian for regular non-anonymous ftp?
and also, can someone tell me or guide to a doc how do setup ppp?
thanks,
Aaron
Hello all.
I'm trying to get this Debian machine onto my office network. I can ping
localhost but no-one else. The problem is b/c the network is a dumb gateway one,
where one machine (not the Debian one) handles all the TCP/IP traffic for all
the others via a single line to the net. Anyway, if an
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