Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

[Sudhakar Chandrasekharan]

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> 
> On Jun 23, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote
> > Sudhakar
> > PS: Does my digital signature attachment bother folks reading this list.
> 
> Mutt doesn't know about this content-type, so I don't see it.


I shall not use these huge digital signatures that might annoy people.
I shall not use these huge digital signatures that might annoy people.
I shall not use these huge digital signatures that might annoy people.
I shall not use these huge digital signatures that might annoy people.
I shall not use these huge digital signatures that might annoy people.
I shall not use these huge digi


Sudhakar
PS: Fans of the TV series The Simpsons will immediately get the
reference. ;-)
If you have not watched it, I suggest that you should start.
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Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

[jdassen]

On Jun 23, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote
> Sudhakar
> PS: Does my digital signature attachment bother folks reading this list.

Mutt doesn't know about this content-type, so I don't see it.

On Jun 24, Emilio Lopes wrote
> It's just that sometimes there is more signature than message. Pretty
> annoying, IMO.

I checked out the attachment, and it is indeed rather big. I'd recommend
using PGP/MIME (RFC2015, http://www.c2.org/~raph/pgpmime.html>) or
plain old PGP signatures; this is more compact, and probably more people
actually use it (e.g. at least three MUAs in Debian support it (mutt,
elm-me+, exmh), while I know of none that processes your format).

Ray

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Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

[Sudhakar Chandrasekharan]

Ed Down wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote:
> > On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> > > I am planning on installing Debian 1.3 on my laptop.  I have had prior
> > > success installing 1.2 on this same laptop.  I prefer to clean up the
> > > hard-disk and start from scratch.
> > You do?
> >
> > I switched to Debian a year and a half ago in the hopes I would never have
> > to do that again! I'm probably safe saying that hundreds of other Debian
> > users would say the same thing.
> >
> > I'm very curious as to why you would not just upgrade in place; one of
> > Debian's claims to fame?
> 
> Those of us who followed the recommendations of the docs installed 1.1 on
> one partition. I upgraded to 1.2 by just gradually installing all the 1.2
> packages, but now I have realised the error of one partition and I will be
> installing 1.3 from a clean hard disk on to several partitions - with
> /home and /usr/local backed up and reinstalled of course.

The same in my case too.  Ideally, I would like to have seperate
partitions for /, /usr, /usr/local, /home and /root.  One wants to
maintain a clean machine. ;-)

Another thing.  The more installs and re-installs that one does, the
more one learns in the process - IMO.  I have had hours of bliss (and
learning) installing Debian on all kinds of machines.

Sudhakar
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Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

[Emilio Lopes]

> "SC" == Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

SC> PS: Does my digital signature attachment bother folks reading this
SC> list.

It's just that sometimes there is more signature than message. Pretty
annoying, IMO.

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Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

[Ed Down]

On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> 
> > I am planning on installing Debian 1.3 on my laptop.  I have had prior
> > success installing 1.2 on this same laptop.  I prefer to clean up the
> > hard-disk and start from scratch.
> 
> You do?
> 
> I switched to Debian a year and a half ago in the hopes I would never have
> to do that again! I'm probably safe saying that hundreds of other Debian
> users would say the same thing.
> 
> I'm very curious as to why you would not just upgrade in place; one of
> Debian's claims to fame?

Those of us who followed the recommendations of the docs installed 1.1 on
one partition. I upgraded to 1.2 by just gradually installing all the 1.2
packages, but now I have realised the error of one partition and I will be
installing 1.3 from a clean hard disk on to several partitions - with
/home and /usr/local backed up and reinstalled of course. 

Ed



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Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

[Sudhakar Chandrasekharan]

Rick Macdonald wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> > I am planning on installing Debian 1.3 on my laptop.  I have had prior
> > success installing 1.2 on this same laptop.  I prefer to clean up the
> > hard-disk and start from scratch.
> You do?
> 
> I switched to Debian a year and a half ago in the hopes I would never have
> to do that again! I'm probably safe saying that hundreds of other Debian
> users would say the same thing.
> 
> I'm very curious as to why you would not just upgrade in place; one of
> Debian's claims to fame?

True that Debian has this wonderful upgrade mechanism.  The problem is I
did unmentionably stupid things installing additional s/w on it and the
machine is all messed up.  I now find local packages installed in all
kinds of places.  And I would like to start with a clean slate. ;-)  

Of course, if I absolutely cannot do what I am trying to do, I would
slowly start cleaning up the machine and take the upgrade path.

Sudhakar
PS: Does my digital signature attachment bother folks reading this list.

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Re: [Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

[Rick Macdonald]

On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:

> I am planning on installing Debian 1.3 on my laptop.  I have had prior
> success installing 1.2 on this same laptop.  I prefer to clean up the
> hard-disk and start from scratch.

You do?

I switched to Debian a year and a half ago in the hopes I would never have
to do that again! I'm probably safe saying that hundreds of other Debian
users would say the same thing.

I'm very curious as to why you would not just upgrade in place; one of
Debian's claims to fame?


...RickM...


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[Q] Best Strategy to install Debian 1.3 using a PCMCIA CDROM?

[Sudhakar Chandrasekharan]

What Ho!

I am planning on installing Debian 1.3 on my laptop.  I have had prior
success installing 1.2 on this same laptop.  I prefer to clean up the
hard-disk and start from scratch.  But here is the problem.  This laptop
does not have a built in CDROM drive.  I have had success using a PCMCIA
CDROM with this machine in the past.  How do you think I should go ahead
with my installation?  I want to dselect packages from the PCMCIA CDROM
and not through FTP (I have a 14.4 modem. :-( ).  Can I get my PCMCIA
CDROM drive functional before running dselect?

Sudhakar
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