On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 02:34:36PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 04/04/07 15:17, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> [snip]
> > I know that I can get debian to do it, but the more hoops I have to jump
> > through to do it, the more its like a roll-your-own linux that happens
> > to use apt. At some poin
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On 04/04/07 15:17, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
[snip]
> I know that I can get debian to do it, but the more hoops I have to jump
> through to do it, the more its like a roll-your-own linux that happens
> to use apt. At some point, it may make more sens
Am 2007-04-04 16:17:46, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty:
> Thanks Michelle,
> The other problem is that, for example, aptitude takes up a whole pile
> of memory reading in the packages file (I think apt does too if I just
> use apt-get, since it has to resolve dependancies). Under sarge, it
> takes a
On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 08:22:37PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
>
> Am 2007-03-20 14:00:22, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty:
> > I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running Sarge. Now
> > that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the future of this box.
> > The Etch install manu
Am 2007-03-20 16:04:44, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty:
> Two disks: 840 MB and 1.2 MB. On a shelf, I have a 171 MB with Woody on
> it as a rescue (the 486 version of a Live CD :) )
Do you have tried to gzip your current installation?
How big is it? It seems you have not very much installed...
May
Hello Douglas,
Am 2007-03-20 14:00:22, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty:
> I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running Sarge. Now
> that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the future of this box.
> The Etch install manual says that it needs 64 MB ram. I know that Sarge
> will co
On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 02:05:48AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 04:48:11PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > True enough. You can minimize the effort, though, (if you already
> > > haven't) by only using "main".
> > Done
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:05:48 +0200
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 04:48:11PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > True enough. You can minimize the effort, though, (if you already
> > > haven't) by only using "m
Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 04:48:11PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > True enough. You can minimize the effort, though, (if you already
> > haven't) by only using "main".
> Done. Main is still HUGE.
> >
> > What *does* happen when you run *apt-get* on
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:20:40 -0400
Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 04:48:11PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > True enough. You can minimize the effort, though, (if you already
> > haven't) by only using "main".
> Done. Main is still HUGE.
> >
> > What *doe
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:14:22 -0500
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
> > I never could run Sarge's installer re memory so went with Woody and
> > upgraded. I can try that with Etch but want to have a fall-back
> > position in case the attempt hoses. I'm on very slow dialup so gettin
Michael Pobega wrote:
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 03:15:09PM +0800, Bob wrote:
What do people use for mirroring Linux partitions, tar probably but is
there a better tool?
Why is it better?
I've heard of the dd command being used, but I'm not really too
knowledgable in that field. But if someone
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 03:15:09PM +0800, Bob wrote:
[...]
>
> What do people use for mirroring Linux partitions, tar probably but is
> there a better tool?
to truly mirror the partition you need dd or you could cobble together
a raid 1 setup and then when its done syncing pull it out (probably
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 03:15:09PM +0800, Bob wrote:
> What do people use for mirroring Linux partitions, tar probably but is
> there a better tool?
> Why is it better?
>
I've heard of the dd command being used, but I'm not really too
knowledgable in that field. But if someone really needs to do
swm wrote:
On Tuesday 20 March 2007 11:00, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running
Sarge. Now that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the
future of this box. The Etch install manual says that it needs
64 MB ram. I know that Sarge will con
On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 04:48:11PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> True enough. You can minimize the effort, though, (if you already
> haven't) by only using "main".
Done. Main is still HUGE.
>
> What *does* happen when you run *apt-get* on that box?
Don't know. Don't want to mess up aptitude. On
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:40:16 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
[...]
> Do you know how security updates happen for the BSDs? I'm trying to
> track that down now.
For historical BSDs:
http://www.netbsd.org/Security/
http://www.freebsd.org/security/
http://www.openbsd.org/security.html
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On 03/20/07 15:01, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:14:22PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>> Use apt-get instead. It uses less resources. (I think.)
>
> It still has to parse the packages file.
True enough. You can minimize
On Tuesday 20 March 2007 11:00, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running
> Sarge. Now that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the
> future of this box. The Etch install manual says that it needs
> 64 MB ram. I know that Sarge will continue to
On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 04:42:20PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 04:04:44PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 03:17:10PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
>
> > The box has no user data on it (its all on the big box). Where do I put
> > the mirror and how
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 04:04:44PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 03:17:10PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:00:22PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > > I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC,
On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 08:16:03PM +, didier gaumet wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:00:22 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
>
> > I want a distribution with security support since if I didn't want that
> > I could just stick with Woody.
> >
> > DamnSmallLinux needs to boot from a CD.
>
> the
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 15:58 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:29:52PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 14:00 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > > I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running Sarge. Now
> > > that Etch RC2 is out I'
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:00:22 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
[...]
> I want a distribution with security support since if I didn't want that
> I could just stick with Woody.
>
> DamnSmallLinux needs to boot from a CD.
there are bootfloppies for DSL
> The 486 will only boot from
> floppy or ha
On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 03:17:10PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:00:22PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running Sarge. Now
> > that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the future of this box.
> > The Etch insta
On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:14:22PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Use apt-get instead. It uses less resources. (I think.)
It still has to parse the packages file.
>
> Also, you might try making a minimal CD repository that you can then
> bring over to the 486.
>
> But then, is there any press
On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:29:52PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 14:00 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running Sarge. Now
> > that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the future of this box.
> > The Etch install ma
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:00:22PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running Sarge. Now
> that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the future of this box.
> The Etch install manual says that i
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On 03/20/07 13:00, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running Sarge. Now
> that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the future of this box.
> The Etch install manual says that it needs 64 MB ram. I k
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 14:00 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running Sarge. Now
> that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the future of this box.
> The Etch install manual says that it needs 64 MB ram. I know that Sarge
> will continue
I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running Sarge. Now
that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the future of this box.
The Etch install manual says that it needs 64 MB ram. I know that Sarge
will continue to be supported for a while but I may as well start
planning.
I know:
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