Debian 2.1 installation problems

1999-09-06 Thread Alberto Vecchi
Hi, I'm having lots of problems installing Debian 2.1, which are related to the installation program; I use the the "Custom" option in the profile list and then I select 4 or 5 profiles to use. The installation begins normally, but after few packages it hangs due to a failure in some install-scri

debian 2.1 installation with additional HD

1999-04-25 Thread wolfgang zeikat
i added a second HD (200 MB) to a system that already had the basic debian from the first installation steps installed on its 500 MB HD. now i wonder where would be the best mountpoint for the second one so that it will easily be used by the installation of one of the 500+ packages from the CD's.

Re: debian 2.1 installation

1999-04-25 Thread Mark Wagnon
wolfgang zeikat wrote: > > hi, > i am new on this busy list and fairly new to linux. > > when trying to install netscape from the debian 2.1 CD > 5/5 via dselect i got errors that files were not found > where dselect had expected them. how do i find and > copy them to where dselect wants them (mc

Re: debian 2.1 installation

1999-04-25 Thread Michael Steiner
Am Son, 25 Apr 1999 schrieb wolfgang zeikat: > hi, > i am new on this busy list and fairly new to linux. > > when trying to install netscape from the debian 2.1 CD > 5/5 via dselect i got errors that files were not found > where dselect had expected them. how do i find and > copy them to where dse

debian 2.1 installation

1999-04-25 Thread wolfgang zeikat
hi, i am new on this busy list and fairly new to linux. when trying to install netscape from the debian 2.1 CD 5/5 via dselect i got errors that files were not found where dselect had expected them. how do i find and copy them to where dselect wants them (mc is installed)? and i couldnt find KDE

Re: Debian 2.1 Installation a mess

1999-03-27 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "SN" == Shawn Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SN> 10.) Finds out that GPM can't be set up because doesn't look like SN> serial module is running. So, did you install the serial module during installation? If not, use modconf to do it. Ciao, Martin

Debian 2.1 Installation a mess

1999-03-26 Thread Shawn Nguyen
Hi, I just got my slink CD in the mail. Unfortunately it is not going very well. I think that I am doing it right. 1.) Boot up from 1st CD. 2.) Install base and set up everything fine. 3.) Get to install the rest of the system in dselect. 4.) Put 2nd CD into CD-ROM drive. 3.) Update. 4.