On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:27:39 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Wanted to use sarge, but there isn't a version available, > Oh? > http://debian.paradise.net.nz/debian/dists/sarge/ Architectures: alpha arm hppa i386 ia64 m68k mips mipsel powerpc s390 sparc amd64 is conspicuous by it's absence. > > It appears to be a net install, but you can also use the jigdo tool to > create a CD. net install's great (: > > So, like some other distros, I'm downloading Ubuntu as my base system. > And I don't blame you for a moment for doing that. > > > Hopefully I can remove their silly security system and use it how a > > server should be used > AFAIK, a lot of server stuff is on the CDs. > > > ( I did look for a server version - sure there > > used to be one around ). > All you have to do is to give root a password > sudo passwd root You just have to type server at the boot: prompt to install their concept of a server. However, it doesn't install an X interface, so I'm re-installing a stripped down client version instead. Installing server+xorg and all it's requirements ended up with a system that still didn't work properly. Finally, success!!!! > > That worked for me a while ago. > Or do you mean the unmentionable 'lets defeat the groups' notion. No, just using the root account as she's supposed to be used (: > > > > -- > CS Now all I've got to do is to configure it. I'm using ReiserFS on the main 850GB Raid5 partition. Any other suggestions? Reiser4? I'm not too keen on using XFS having had it fall apart on me. Cheers, Steve
