Hi Julian,
Sorry no one has picked this up yet.
You have lots of questions but I'll answer the one that might be the
least useful to you at this point :) If you did want to go back and do
a minimal Lenny network install without Desktop options (recommended)
and follow these directions:
http://devel.goto10.org/puredyne/wiki/DocInstallSystem
when you get to the part about the respository, which it sounds like is
where you got stuck...
https://devel.goto10.org/puredyne/wiki/AptSettings
I think what we didn't make clear in the documentation is when it says:
'As root, create a /etc/apt/apt.conf file with the following settings'
we mean, type in the terminal prompt:
nano /etc/apt/apt.conf
Nano is a text editor, and that command should create a new file for you
(apt.conf), where you can then type in the lines that appear below there
(i.e. - APT::Default-Release "lenny"; and so on).
You can do the same for opening existing files, like when it tells you
to open your /etc/apt/sources.list, you can type:
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
and then write in all the stuff we've got listed there, instead of what
you might find in that file already.
At minimum, I hope the stuff about using nano helps - to create a new
folder, just preface the location/name of the new file with nano.
Hope that helps and you haven't given up yet! Perhaps if you have one or
two questions at a time it might be easier to answer :) Let us know
where you are at with it now.
Hopefully we should have an easier method closer to the last one for our
next milestone...
(p.s. can someone check my directions are correct?! :P )
H
Julian Brooks wrote:
Hey all,
I’m attempting to update my distro (been using 2.3.63). After having a
mess with miso, I thought it’s time to take the plunge.
I have no Debian experience, so am floundering with install stuff.
1^st of all
I have managed to install, via network, Lenny.
Using the online repository info, I am attempting to make Puredyne my
default distro
My 1^st problem was with APTSettings and not having installed a desktop
I was at the command line prompt.
In have no idea how to make files and folders(apt.conf etc) from the
command line (‘scuse my newbness)
So, I went back, reinstalled Debian and added the desktop option (which
doubled the install filesL)
Next problem
Cant login as root – so I can access and make files and folders (did I
say I’m not sure what I’m doin).
Managed to make a conf file by saving it on the desktop and copying it
via command line into the right place.
The root/.aptitude/config folder doesn’t seem to have worked with this
method (dunno how to make folders)
Done the sources file – that seems to have worked, and the keys (Ithink)
When installing these ‘
aptitude update
aptitude install puredyne
Should they be running at the same time or do first line then enter..
then second line etc? And if its more than 1 line at a time, how do I
do that too?
Anyways when I run this, a line at a time, i get
Xjadeo BROKEN
Then gets lots of errors with linux-image...
It then tells me that nothing is gonna be installed, and am I ok with
this, not really but I don’t have a choice.
Also, I wanted to stay with the graffix appearance of puredyne. I have
xfce installed but it don’t look the same.
Further, my boot disk whilst booting says...could not stat the resume
device file, please type in the full path name to try again or press
enter to boot the system.... So if I press enter, does that mean I aint
got a boot disk? As an aside, I have wondered for a while if virtual
ram is a good idea on Linux. When I used to run Macs, we never used
virtual memory whilst running audio apps, is it ok in Linux???
Phew, anyway, frustrating day, (been at it all day so far).
Guess I was kinda spoilt with the old distro, it just worked and I’m
fairly newb and defo lazy.
Big shout to all you peeps anywaze
Best,
Jbz
P.S. I am googling and searching for this info as well
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