Re: dpkg/dselect and why it won't work

2000-03-18 Thread markm
On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 12:32:50PM -0800, Bart Friederichs wrote: [] > solved, but the installation still doesn't go too well. I get a lot of > Kernel panics/Oopses (whatever they are) and sometimes the systems just ^ bad, very bad. > hangs. I think that is related to bad RAM.

Re: dpkg/dselect and why it won't work

2000-03-16 Thread Bart Friederichs
> Make sure that Quick POST in the BIOS is not turned on. Not supported by bios > > Are you sure the kernel was compiled for i386 rahter than > for i586 I wish I could compile it : )). I only have the base system running. > > Are you sure that you are in proper directory when you are > using dp

Re: dpkg/dselect and why it won't work

2000-03-16 Thread Chirag
- Original Message - From: Bart Friederichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian userlist Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 2:02 AM Subject: dpkg/dselect and why it won't work Make sure that Quick POST in the BIOS is not turned on. Are you sure the kernel was compiled for i386 raht

Re: dpkg/dselect and why it won't work

2000-03-16 Thread Ron Rademaker
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Bart Friederichs wrote: > > > What does: dpkg --get-selections > > say? > Haven't tried > > > Have you tried: apt-get update > > apt-get -f install > I did the update (several times) it says it updated 1159 packages. 1159 is very little... chello.nl, dus ook Nederland...

Re: dpkg/dselect and why it won't work

2000-03-16 Thread Bart Friederichs
> What does: dpkg --get-selections > say? Haven't tried > Have you tried: apt-get update > apt-get -f install I did the update (several times) it says it updated 1159 packages. > If you do dselect, in the 'select' part, are there any packages marked for > installation (by a *)? Yes, a lot. Bart

Re: dpkg/dselect and why it won't work

2000-03-16 Thread Ron Rademaker
What does: dpkg --get-selections say? Have you tried: apt-get update apt-get -f install If you do dselect, in the 'select' part, are there any packages marked for installation (by a *)? Ron On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Bart Friederichs wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install Debian 2.

dpkg/dselect and why it won't work

2000-03-16 Thread Bart Friederichs
Hi, I am trying to install Debian 2.1 on a 486/50/8M/800M machine. The first troubles concerning the cdrom drive (an old sony cdu33a, thanks Bruce, but I also found it in the CDROM howto (sorry for not cecking first ;o))) are solved, but the installation still doesn't go too well. I get a lot of K