Re: New user question
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:04:02AM -0500, detwy...@riseup.net wrote: > > ... clicking on the date on the top panel should display my > > appointments from Evolution... > > Is this documented? Please provide a reference If you have Gnome installed and Online Accounts configured; usually Evolution will display calendar information from GMail automatically (in Gnome 3.14 and some prior versions). It also has WebDAV support. To the OP: Set up your online accounts via the online accounts settings in gnome-shell system settings. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141213114002.GA29806@stephen-desktop
Re: New user question
On Friday 12 December 2014 21:54:12 Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > * Lisi Reisz [2014-12-12 10:00 +]: > > On Friday 12 December 2014 09:21:31 Jeffrey Needle wrote: > > > Hi. I'm pretty new to Debian. I just downloaded the 64-bit .iso and > > > have just installed it. I have a question about the date display on > > > the top panel. > > > > > > My understanding is that clicking on the date on the top panel should > > > display my appointments from Evolution, but it's not working. I have > > > lots of appointments, but nothing shows up. > > > > > > Is there some other connection I should be making? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Gnome 3?? > > According to his mail headers: > > X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4-3 I run Evolution on Trinity DE. So I repeat: Gnome3 ??? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141212.39264.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: New user question
* Lisi Reisz [2014-12-12 10:00 +]: > On Friday 12 December 2014 09:21:31 Jeffrey Needle wrote: > > Hi. I'm pretty new to Debian. I just downloaded the 64-bit .iso and > > have just installed it. I have a question about the date display on the > > top panel. > > > > My understanding is that clicking on the date on the top panel should > > display my appointments from Evolution, but it's not working. I have > > lots of appointments, but nothing shows up. > > > > Is there some other connection I should be making? > > > > Thanks. > > Gnome 3?? According to his mail headers: X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4-3 Elimar -- Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141212215412.ga15...@galadriel.home.lxtec.de
Re: New user question
> ... clicking on the date on the top panel should display my > appointments from Evolution... Is this documented? Please provide a reference. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CtDiw.315023$zt5.246...@fx07.iad
Re: New user question
Le 12.12.2014 11:00, Lisi Reisz a écrit : On Friday 12 December 2014 09:21:31 Jeffrey Needle wrote: Hi. I'm pretty new to Debian. I just downloaded the 64-bit .iso and have just installed it. I have a question about the date display on the top panel. My understanding is that clicking on the date on the top panel should display my appointments from Evolution, but it's not working. I have lots of appointments, but nothing shows up. Is there some other connection I should be making? Thanks. Gnome 3?? Hum... if he is new, then he probably have downloaded the stable Debian, which defaults to Gnome 3.4 (according to https://wiki.debian.org/Gnome). @Jeffrey: I suppose you come from Windows, since you did not gave us any information. Considering that Windows does not offer choice in graphical environment, it makes sense that you would not have specified the one you use, and that you would not have noticed that there are others (considering that those environments are hidden into sub-menus before installation starts). The desktop environment (often abbreviated as DE) is, basically, what provides you the set of (usually graphical, I have never heard about a non-graphic desktop environment) tools you will use on a daily basis. Gnome 3 is the name of the default DE in current Debian, and it is in version 3.4 in current stable version of Debian. Other examples of DEs are KDE, XFCE, LXDE, Enlightenment, and probably others I have not heard about. In all those DEs, the application names tends to change, same for the places where things are on your screen, this is why Lisi asked you if you where using Gnome 3. Also, be prepared to long discussions between people about if some DE is better or worse than another, or about the question about DEs being useful at all :) Welcome to choice. Now, I can't help you on your issue, except if you are ok to use terminals, command-line. If so, start a terminal (you should have some black icon with a symbol like a white >_ in it, that's it. Otherwise, I have noticed that on several DEs, ALT+F2 starts a prompt, in which you simply can enter x-terminal-emulator). Then, you first write 'man man' in it, to understand what you will do. Then, 'man date', 'man su', and finally, 'su -c date SOMETHINGYOUWANT' with SOMETHINGYOUWANT being what you determined from 'man date'. Note that you do not have to write the ' around commands, and if you are not patient enough to read all the man (which stands for manual) I gave you, then you only have to read 'man date', because it details date's format to set time. Now, there is a very easier way with graphical things I guess. Easier for a newcomer, I mean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/371aae09aaa31809094ab968d1e90...@neutralite.org
Re: New user question
On Friday 12 December 2014 09:21:31 Jeffrey Needle wrote: > Hi. I'm pretty new to Debian. I just downloaded the 64-bit .iso and > have just installed it. I have a question about the date display on the > top panel. > > My understanding is that clicking on the date on the top panel should > display my appointments from Evolution, but it's not working. I have > lots of appointments, but nothing shows up. > > Is there some other connection I should be making? > > Thanks. Gnome 3?? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201412121000.24788.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: New User Question
On 01/03/2012 12:52 PM, Martin, Larry D wrote: I have Squeeze on an Intel box with CUPS installed and a PDF printer defined. > What I cannot seen to make happen is to use a line command to cause a file to go to the printer and create a PDF document. Larry From a console or terminal you can see the answer to your question by doing apt-cache show cups-pdf. I can open the file with gedit and print to PDF with no problem. What do I not understand about line commands? That cups-pdf does not print to a printer, it creates a PDF file of the file you sent to cups-pdf and puts it into the /PDF folder in your /home/. You can print it from there with many apps. Thanks, ..Larry Larry D. Martin Mainframe Systems Support Office of Information Technology and Communications 301.883.7335 HTH WT -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f039c58.7090...@gmail.com
Re: New User Question
On 04/01/12 03:52, Martin, Larry D wrote: What I cannot seen to make happen is to use a line command to cause a file to go to the printer and create a PDF document. What command are you trying to use? And what type of file is that you're trying to "print"? -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f038cd9.8080...@fagg.id.au
Re: New User Question
On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:52:52 -0500, Martin, Larry D wrote: Welcome! But please, keep html format off :-) > I have Squeeze on an Intel box with CUPS installed and a PDF printer > defined. What I cannot seen to make happen is to use a line command to > cause a file to go to the printer and create a PDF document. I can open > the file with gedit and print to PDF with no problem. What do I not > understand about line commands? "man lp" will tell you how, e.g.: lp -d PDF_printer_name /path/to/file.txt Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2012.01.03.18.49...@gmail.com
Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61
Mike Bird wrote: On Mon January 14 2008 13:54:21 David wrote: Sorry for butting in, but assuming this is the Lenovo T61, what do you think of it? It's one of a number I'm considering at the moment. Did you get the pre-installed SUSE option or do you have Debian installed, and if so, any config problems? We're running Lenny with a little bit of Sid for the NVidia support. Graphics are really fast. HD, ether, KBD, USB, bluetooth, and various pointing devices are fine. Have not yet tried Wifi or fingerprint or card reader. There are patches available to make sound work in 2.6.22 but I'm not in a hurry so I'm waiting for 2.6.23 which doesn't need patching. I mostly use the T61 on wall current so I haven't tried suspend, hibernate, etc. The packages from Sid for NVidia are nvidia*, xserver-xorg*, and x11-common. You'll also need to build the non-free driver using module assistant. We chose Thinkpads for reliability. For much more useful info, check out thinkwiki.org. Thanks for that. Regards, -- David Palmer Linux User - #352034 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61
On Mon January 14 2008 13:54:21 David wrote: > > Lenny installer had no problem shrinking the Vista partition and > > setting up grub dual boot - actually triple boot on the T61 if you > > keep the diag partition (recommended). > > Sorry for butting in, but assuming this is the Lenovo T61, what do you > think of it? > It's one of a number I'm considering at the moment. > > Did you get the pre-installed SUSE option or do you have Debian > installed, and if so, any config problems? We're running Lenny with a little bit of Sid for the NVidia support. Graphics are really fast. HD, ether, KBD, USB, bluetooth, and various pointing devices are fine. Have not yet tried Wifi or fingerprint or card reader. There are patches available to make sound work in 2.6.22 but I'm not in a hurry so I'm waiting for 2.6.23 which doesn't need patching. I mostly use the T61 on wall current so I haven't tried suspend, hibernate, etc. The packages from Sid for NVidia are nvidia*, xserver-xorg*, and x11-common. You'll also need to build the non-free driver using module assistant. We chose Thinkpads for reliability. For much more useful info, check out thinkwiki.org. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61
Mike Bird wrote: Lenny installer had no problem shrinking the Vista partition and setting up grub dual boot - actually triple boot on the T61 if you keep the diag partition (recommended). Sorry for butting in, but assuming this is the Lenovo T61, what do you think of it? It's one of a number I'm considering at the moment. Did you get the pre-installed SUSE option or do you have Debian installed, and if so, any config problems? Regards, -- David Palmer Linux User - #352034 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61
On Jan 14, 2008 2:26 PM, Mike Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon January 14 2008 03:47:32 Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 04:51:21PM -0500, Jimmy Wu wrote: > > > am not a big gamer. The only reason I would have Windows is because > > > there might be unforeseeable circumstances when I may run into Windows > > > only software. I am sure if I needed to, I could always shrink by > > > Debian partition later and install XP, right? > > > > As far as I know, M$ doesn't play friendly with other OS's. XP will want > > all the HD. You are best to install XP, then Debian. There may be ways > > around it but I'm guessing they would be very unpleasant. > > Lenny installer had no problem shrinking the Vista partition and > setting up grub dual boot - actually triple boot on the T61 if you > keep the diag partition (recommended). > Thanks again for all the input. Given the large amount of HD space I have, I think I will go with keeping Vista and dual booting, although I have a bit of work to do before I can even get into installation: The computer was a gift, and has been preloaded with a bunch of stuff by the person who gave it to me. Included in this bunch of stuff are, among other things, 20 GB of uncompressed audio and lots of software, including Office 2007, Nero 7 Ultra (or something like that, I have never used nero and don't know what it's supposed to be called), and an install of Tomb Raider. Obviously, it would be rather sad to irrevocably wipe all of this away, so I am trying to back up and salvage as much of it as possible. The isos will be relatively easy to back up (I'll just burn them), but I'll have to go in and find the registration / product keys that were used somehow. What makes my job harder is the weird partition scheme, which makes it so I can't just resize a partition or two and move everything that needs to be backed up to some excess space out of the way. I don't really trust what Windows' disk utility tells me, as IIRC it hides the Rescue & Recovery partition, but what it does tell me is as follows: Disk 0 (149 GB): Partition 1: 39 GB (Windows Vista install) Partition 2: 55 GB (all the music, misc .iso's for Vista, Office 2007 and other software installation executables) Partition 3: 55 GB (Tomb Raider-Legend files) Disk 1 (513 MB): Partition 1: 511 MB (I guess this is the recovery partition, but am not sure; it contains one file: ReadyBoost.sfcache (409 MB) ) All partitions are NTFS The Windows Device Manager lists two hard drives: Fujitsu MHW2160BH PL IMD-0 I tried to boot from my Ubuntu 7.04 liveCD to use gParted to get another look at the partition, but the CD wouldn't boot. So I tried a really old (several years old) Knoppix CD I had (Knoppix 4.0), and that booted, but I couldn't figure out how to get Qtparted to show me the partitions (it showed one disk: UNIONFS/dev/hda or something like that, but no partitions) Now that I've given all the background info, I have two main things I'm trying to do: (1) I'm trying to decide if Tomb Raider is worth keeping, especially because I've never played it before and probably won't, and I don't know where the installation .exe is, nor do I have a CD. All that's there is a bunch of cryptic bigfiles (all over 100 MB in size), more cryptic files, two exe's to run the game, an uninstall exe, readme's, and I am guessing hidden in there somewhere save data. I do not know if this mess is salvageable, ie if it will work by just copying everything to another Windows Vista computer. Any ideas/suggestions/opinions on what to do with this? (2) I definitely want to save the music. For the most part, they're split up by CD, with the whole CD audio saved as one file in APE format with a CUE file to go along. There are also a few wav and flac files. But 20 GB is a lot to move, and since it's on the second partition, I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with it yet. Again, suggestions would be appreciated. What I want to do, eventually, is to split up the CD audio into individual tracks, and convert everything to FLAC (going with the open source format). If there any good Linux audio converters that would accomplish that, then I might move everything somewhere else temporarily and sort through it later, after I get Debian installed. If not, I might be stuck with converting all these files on Windows before I can even get started installing Debian. Wow that was a long post. Sorry. Thanks again for your help, Jimmy -- Registered Linux User #454138 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61
On Mon January 14 2008 03:47:32 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 04:51:21PM -0500, Jimmy Wu wrote: > > am not a big gamer. The only reason I would have Windows is because > > there might be unforeseeable circumstances when I may run into Windows > > only software. I am sure if I needed to, I could always shrink by > > Debian partition later and install XP, right? > > As far as I know, M$ doesn't play friendly with other OS's. XP will want > all the HD. You are best to install XP, then Debian. There may be ways > around it but I'm guessing they would be very unpleasant. Lenny installer had no problem shrinking the Vista partition and setting up grub dual boot - actually triple boot on the T61 if you keep the diag partition (recommended). --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61
On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 04:51:21PM -0500, Jimmy Wu wrote: > am not a big gamer. The only reason I would have Windows is because > there might be unforeseeable circumstances when I may run into Windows > only software. I am sure if I needed to, I could always shrink by > Debian partition later and install XP, right? As far as I know, M$ doesn't play friendly with other OS's. XP will want all the HD. You are best to install XP, then Debian. There may be ways around it but I'm guessing they would be very unpleasant. It would be like trying to reason with a selfish unsharing child. :-( -- Chris. == -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61
On Jan 9, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Mike Bird wrote: On Wed January 9 2008 13:51:21 Jimmy Wu wrote: The reasons I don't want Vista are as follows: (1) Microsoft claims even the Home Basic needs "20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space" (see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/systemrequi rements.mspx) You might want to make the recovery CDs and save the recovery partition. In this sad world, being able to restore/reinstall Vista will dramatically improve resale value when you replace the laptop in a few years. Although maybe not as much as if it had XP. ;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61
On Wed January 9 2008 13:51:21 Jimmy Wu wrote: > The reasons I don't want Vista are as follows: > (1) Microsoft claims even the Home Basic needs "20 GB hard drive with > at least 15 GB of available space" (see > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/systemrequi >rements.mspx) You might want to make the recovery CDs and save the recovery partition. In this sad world, being able to restore/reinstall Vista will dramatically improve resale value when you replace the laptop in a few years. > Also, do any of you use the fingerprint reader? That is one thing I > am interested in / curious about. Thinkwiki says it works. I haven't got around to it yet in Linux. (Vista fingerprinter reader support worked out of the box but Vista is ugly in so many ways.) --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61
Thanks to Chris and Mike for your responses - I appreciate your input and time On Jan 9, 2008 6:14 AM, Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Perhaps it would be best to install with dual booting by shrinking your > Windoze > partition - have a look at the Debian NewbieDOC wiki [1]. and On Jan 8, 2008 11:08 PM, Mike Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > I kept the recovery partition, > shrank the Vista partition (needed for a game) and assigned most > of the space to a mostly Lenny install with Sid xserver for nvidia. The reasons I don't want Vista are as follows: (1) Microsoft claims even the Home Basic needs "20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space" (see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/systemrequirements.mspx) I suppose I could dual boot with less than that, but I still don't want to be wasting 10+ GB of space on something I would almost never use. (2) If I were to dual boot, I would rather do it with XP, since it has worked relatively well for me, and not Vista. I might do this as an afterthought, but I really want to see how far I can go without M$. I am not a big gamer. The only reason I would have Windows is because there might be unforeseeable circumstances when I may run into Windows only software. I am sure if I needed to, I could always shrink by Debian partition later and install XP, right? Once I actually get the laptop and run into hardware issues, you'll probably see me back here with more questions. Also, do any of you use the fingerprint reader? That is one thing I am interested in / curious about. Thanks again, -- Jimmy Wu Registered Linux User #454138 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61
Jimmy Wu wrote: [...] > I have a few questions before I wipe > Vista off the laptop, specifically about the Thinkpad software that > comes preloaded. Does Debian provide similar support for stuff like > the "Client Security" that manages the fingerprint reader, and other > stuff the volume buttons, the Fn keys, the blue "ThinkVantage" button? [...] Perhaps it would be best to install with dual booting by shrinking your Windoze partition - have a look at the Debian NewbieDOC wiki [1]. To get access to the latest tools, you may wish to upgrade to Testing (or perhaps Unstable) after installing Etch. Alternatively, you can install Testing directly using the weekly build images [2]. You cannot install Sid directly, although there is the Sidux project [3] which provides 3 or 4 Sid snapshots each year. You might want to try the debian-laptop list [4], and Google for "linux thinkpad t61" [5]. [1] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/How_to_install_Debian_GNU/Linux_on_your_computer#Dual-boot_installation_-_shrink_an_existing_partition [2] http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/ [3] http://sidux.com [4] http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/ [5] http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=linux+thinkpad+t61&btnG=Search&meta= -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61
On Tue January 8 2008 19:40:43 Jimmy Wu wrote: > A question for Thinkpad Debian users: > > I will be getting a Lenovo Thinkpad T61 in a few days, which will > become my primary computer for school/home etc. I want to run Debian > etch on it, but am relatively new to Debian and Linux (I started with > Ubuntu about 7 months ago). I have a few questions before I wipe > Vista off the laptop, specifically about the Thinkpad software that > comes preloaded. Does Debian provide similar support for stuff like > the "Client Security" that manages the fingerprint reader, and other > stuff the volume buttons, the Fn keys, the blue "ThinkVantage" button? > Also are there any glaring hardware issues I should be aware of? > > Thanks in advance for your help, Check out thinkwiki.org. More info there than I can summarize. This email sent from a new Lenovo T61 with about 75% of the h/w currently configured and tested. I kept the recovery partition, shrank the Vista partition (needed for a game) and assigned most of the space to a mostly Lenny install with Sid xserver for nvidia. There are patches available to get sound working in 2.6.22 but I'll simply wait for 2.6.23. You may have difficulty getting some h/w to work in Etch. (Today's Sid nvidia-kernel-source has a bug and needs to be unbzip2'd and untarred before m-a can auto-install.) --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: new user question about stable branch
"Chris Ochs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is the stable branch frozen in place except for security/bug fixes from the
> time it was released?
Yes.
> I installed woody and then upgraded to kernel 2.4.18, which made me
> think what other packages are update from time to time.
In the particular case of the kernel, the 2.4.18 kernel was
distributed with Debian 3.0 ("woody"), but it was still a little fresh
to be considered for the default kernel.
> Also, I'm assuming that running woody is the best bet for mission critical
> stuff?
This is probably the use case that stable is most intended for, yeah.
People running desktop machines seem to be frequently frustrated that
stable has "old" packages, but if you don't want to be running the
GNOME-of-the-week because that server really really needs to be up,
woody is a pretty good call.
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Re: new user question about stable branch
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 08:05:57PM -0800, Chris Ochs wrote: > > Is the stable branch frozen in place except for security/bug fixes from the > time it was released? I installed woody and then upgraded to kernel 2.4.18, > which made me think what other packages are update from time to time. In terms of "Official" Debian, yes. Frozen except for those fixes. Lots of people use backports of things they just _must_ have newer versions of, though. The usual place to look for backports is apt-get.org For example, I'm working on setting up a woody mail server at home, using backports of exim4 and spamassassin 2.55... > Also, I'm assuming that running woody is the best bet for mission critical > stuff? Definitely. Testing seems to be strangely unpopular, and unstable is nowhere near as unstable as the name would indicate, but things do occasionally break. Woody boasts archaic versions of some packages, but when the developers call it 'stable', they mean it. > ... (god I hate rpm's), Oh, I hear you. Apt is ... so good ... Especially compared to RPMs. Cheers! -- ,-. > -ScruLoose- |I care less and less what people think.< > Please do not | - Ani DiFranco< > reply off-list. | < `-' pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: New user question
Hi, I'm new to debian too but not windows so: 1. Typically you'd want to install windows 'first' before linux to avoid lilo being blown away by the windows installer. 2. If your installing win 98 or me the fat32 is appropriate and optional in win2k but ntfs is its and xp's native filesystem AND primary fat partitions aren't recommended above 4 gigs. 3. I've been using dual os win linux on desktops and laptops for a while now and they're running fine-- just remember to read the instructions thoroughly on the lilo installer. justin -Original Message- From: kapil khosla [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 8:47 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: New user question Hi , I have installed Debian on my system and now want to install windows. While installing I made a separate 7 GB FAT32 Partition. When I put the windows bootable disk , Linux does not reckognize it. What shall I do ..thanks Kapil -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New user question
On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 11:47:29AM -0500, kapil khosla wrote: hi > Hi , > I have installed Debian on my system and now want to install windows. > While installing I made a separate 7 GB FAT32 Partition. > i don't clearly understand your problem. what i seem to knew was , u first installed Debian and after it u trying to install windows. total of min 3 partitions - 1 for root,1 for swap , other 7GB for the win. u should not use the 7gb as the c:, my idea is that , u can partition the 7GB whole to one 2gb as c:(FAT32) and other 5 gb for another FAT. install win from scratch, it removes the lilo on mbr. reboot the system and boot using linux CD.(i think its debian). goto shell prompt. mount -t ext2 /dev/dha1 /mnt #copy the win mbr dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hda1/mbr.dos count=1 bs=512 #write mbr with lilo lilo -v reboot and appears lilo add image line in the lilo.conf other=/dev/hda3 loader=/dev/hda1/mbr.dos label=windows root=/dev/hda3 the better option is grub -jijo jose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: New user question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 December 2001 4:47 pm, kapil khosla wrote: > Hi , > I have installed Debian on my system and now want to install windows. > While installing I made a separate 7 GB FAT32 Partition. > > When I put the windows bootable disk , Linux does not reckognize it. What > shall I do ..thanks > Kapil I saw a previous poster saying he didn't understand the question - and I don't either. But a couple of points. 1) You will probably have had to use the DOS fdisk to set up your windows partition. This will have overwritten the boot loader (lilo) so you will need to boot using the rescue floppy load your original root disk as root and then run lilo again 2) You can see the files on your windows partition under linux by mounting the partition (something like mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /win) - -- Alan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8JOlf1mf3M5ZDr2kRAiR5AKCtvj3xIZyw58zoMdFzUsexRfp9zACfR6CI C9kG1QBIlQPQ7+mbRYrPrXs= =Or8b -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: New user question
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Hi , > I have installed Debian on my system and now want to install windows. > While installing I made a separate 7 GB FAT32 Partition. > > When I put the windows bootable disk , Linux does not reckognize it. What > shall I do ..thanks > Kapil > I don't understand your question. Here is what I understand. You installed Debian. You made a FAT32 Partition to install Windows on. You put in the windows boot floppy. At that point Linux has nothing to do with it. The boot floppy should boot and offer to install windows. Or did you get Windows installed and you find that Linux does not recognize the partition that Windows is on. Please explain a little more. Thank you. Anita
