Re: help with installation?

On Tue, 24 Dec 2019 11:49:39 -0600 Kent West wrote: > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 11:11 AM kaye n wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 6:37 PM Richard Owlett > > wrote: > > > >> > >> Exactly which ISO file did you download? > >> > >> That paragraph describes what you would see if you ran the netin

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On 12/24/19 9:10 AM, kaye n wrote: On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 6:37 PM Richard Owlett > wrote: Exactly which ISO file did you download? That paragraph describes what you would see if you ran the netinst.iso WITHOUT an active network connection. IOW

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On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 11:11 AM kaye n wrote: > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 6:37 PM Richard Owlett > wrote: > >> >> Exactly which ISO file did you download? >> >> That paragraph describes what you would see if you ran the netinst.iso >> WITHOUT an active network connection. >> >> IOW, for whatever

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On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 6:37 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > > Exactly which ISO file did you download? > > That paragraph describes what you would see if you ran the netinst.iso > WITHOUT an active network connection. > > IOW, for whatever reason, the installer does not have access to a > repository.

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On 12/23/2019 08:49 AM, kaye n wrote: [snip]  Under this message, instead of showing tick boxes of the different desktop environments to choose from, along with web server, print server, SSH server, standart system utilities, there was only one tick box, the one for standard system utilities

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On Lu, 23 dec 19, 22:49:03, kaye n wrote: > I MESSED UP THE THREAD! SORRY ABOUT THAT! > > Hi. I'm the OP. I've been installing different distros the easy way for a > few years now, that is why want to try the minimalist method as Joe > suggested. > Had quite a few problems unfortunately. > > I f

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On Mon 23 Dec 2019 at 22:49:03 +0800, kaye n wrote: > I MESSED UP THE THREAD! SORRY ABOUT THAT! > > Hi. I'm the OP. I've been installing different distros the easy way for a > few years now, that is why want to try the minimalist method as Joe > suggested. > Had quite a few problems unfortunatel

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I think that you may have better luck with this ISO firmware-10.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso download from https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current/amd64/iso-cd/ I am not familiar with that USB creation method. Lately I have been using gnome-multi-writer ..

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kaye n wrote: ... > Under this message, instead of showing tick boxes of the different desktop > environments to choose from, along with web server, print server, SSH > server, standart system utilities, there was only one tick box, the one for > standard system utilities, that's it, just one. Is

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I MESSED UP THE THREAD! SORRY ABOUT THAT! Hi. I'm the OP. I've been installing different distros the easy way for a few years now, that is why want to try the minimalist method as Joe suggested. Had quite a few problems unfortunately. I followed the following steps found in this link: https://ww

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 4:11 PM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 19 dec 19, 20:13:42, kaye n wrote: > > My recommendation would be to install an LXDE system and then add IceWM. > > This will make sure you have all necessary pieces for a graphical system > without overloading the system too much. >

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On Jo, 19 dec 19, 20:13:42, kaye n wrote: > > 2.3 Can I use IceWM alone? That is, cinnamon, gnome, kde, lxde, > lxqt, mate, or xfce, uninstalled, or disabled, and only IceWM running. > I'm assuming here that IceWM can can be used independently, and does > not need to run on top of a desktop en

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[ Other people have answered your other questions... ] Kaye wrote: > 1.2 I see above different names of desktop environment, but what is >'standard'? > (second to the last on the list) "standard" is a simple cut-down text-only system, basically just including the core packages that are m

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On 12/19/2019 09:51 AM, Kenneth Parker wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 9:19 AM Greg Wooledge > wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 12:47:56PM +, Joe wrote: > > 1.  I want to install via Live USB. Why?  The Live images are not meant to be installed.  They'

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On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 9:19 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 12:47:56PM +, Joe wrote: > > > 1. I want to install via Live USB. > > Why? The Live images are not meant to be installed. They're meant > to be run from removable media. > That was never my understanding. If you

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On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 12:47:56PM +, Joe wrote: > > 1. I want to install via Live USB. Why? The Live images are not meant to be installed. They're meant to be run from removable media. > For the very lightest of light weight, do not use a live CD, use the > netinstall, or if you have low-

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Hi, On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 20:13:42 +0800 kaye n wrote: > Hello, is this where I can ask for help? > > I am not new to GNU/Linux, but I am new to Debian. I actually don't > know much despite being a Linux user for years, so here's a few > questions before I start installing. > > 1. I want to in

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On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 20:13:42 +0800 kaye n wrote: > Hello, is this where I can ask for help? > > I am not new to GNU/Linux, but I am new to Debian. I actually don't > know much despite being a Linux user for years, so here's a few > questions before I start installing. > > 1. I want to install

help with installation?

Hello, is this where I can ask for help? I am not new to GNU/Linux, but I am new to Debian. I actually don't know much despite being a Linux user for years, so here's a few questions before I start installing. 1. I want to install via Live USB. I want a 64-bit debian. I am currently in t

Re: Help with installation

Colin Watson wrote: On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 05:52:30PM -0500, H. S. wrote: I am new to Debian, and during installation it asks if you want to use two package installers, I used the first one and not the second one. The second one, I think it is dpkg, is way too tedious for a first timer. T

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Colin Watson wrote: I wish you all the luck in the world during installation :) Once you have it installed, it is not that bad, actually it is pretty nice. BTW, if only Debian had a better installer, a HUGE bunch of Redhat users would now be using Debian. There are always "if only"s, unfortu

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On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 05:52:30PM -0500, H. S. wrote: > I am new to Debian, and during installation it asks if you want to use > two package installers, I used the first one and not the second one. The > second one, I think it is dpkg, is way too tedious for a first timer. That's dselect; d

Re: Help with installation

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:44:00 -0500, Robert Benjamin wrote: > I have Red Hat 9.0 installed on a 30 gig HD and want to onstall > Debian 3.0r1 over it, or remove Red Hat. I have iso images 1 and 2 on CD > roms and the drive is bootable. Using the iso 1, I get stuck at the part > where it asks

Re: Help with installation

Robert Benjamin wrote: I have Red Hat 9.0 installed on a 30 gig HD and want to onstall Debian 3.0r1 over it, or remove Red Hat. I have iso images 1 and 2 on CD roms and the drive is bootable. Using the iso 1, I get stuck at the part where it asks the server:/path for the root filesystem. I'm

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On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 01:38:14PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 at 18:44 GMT, Robert Benjamin penned: > > I have Red Hat 9.0 installed on a 30 gig HD and want to onstall > > Debian 3.0r1 over it, or remove Red Hat. I have iso images 1 and 2 > > on CD roms and th

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On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 01:44:00PM -0500, Robert Benjamin wrote: >I have Red Hat 9.0 installed on a 30 gig HD and want to onstall How did you partitioned your system? > Debian 3.0r1 over it, or remove Red Hat. What do you mean "over". Unless you know extremely well not to ask this question

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On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 at 18:44 GMT, Robert Benjamin penned: > I have Red Hat 9.0 installed on a 30 gig HD and want to onstall > Debian 3.0r1 over it, or remove Red Hat. I have iso images 1 and 2 > on CD roms and the drive is bootable. Using the iso 1, I get stuck > at the part where i

Help with installation

I have Red Hat 9.0 installed on a 30 gig HD and want to onstall Debian 3.0r1 over it, or remove Red Hat. I have iso images 1 and 2 on CD roms and the drive is bootable. Using the iso 1, I get stuck at the part where it asks the server:/path for the root filesystem. I'm a Linux newbie and I g

Re: please help with installation

On Wednesday 12 February 2003 5:26 pm, Hal Vaughan wrote: > Knoppix is great on CD, but doesn't always install easily (or correctly) on > a hard drive. It's also a mix of Woody, Sarge, and Sid, so it can be hard > to update or install other programs on later. I installed Knoppix, then changed my

Re: please help with installation

On Wednesday 12 February 2003 05:38 am, Hugo Portela wrote: > > On Wednesday 12 February 2003 12:42 am, Fer'had Erdogan wrote: > > > I'm new to Debian and to Linux. I'm trying to get it going on my a > > > machine but I'm stuck. When it says "installing base system - please > > > wait" (after confi

Re: please help with installation

> On Wednesday 12 February 2003 12:42 am, Fer'had Erdogan wrote: > > I'm new to Debian and to Linux. I'm trying to get it going on my a > > machine but I'm stuck. When it says "installing base system - please > > wait" (after configuring network) it starts writing some files in > > and gives an err

Re: please help with installation

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 01:00:51AM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I know I'll be assailed from all sides for daring to suggest this, but if you > are new to Linux, and not overly experienced with operating systems other > than, say, Windows, I would suggest looking for something easier to install >

Re: please help with installation

On Wednesday 12 February 2003 12:42 am, Fer'had Erdogan wrote: > I'm new to Debian and to Linux. I'm trying to get it going on my a > machine but I'm stuck. When it says "installing base system - please > wait" (after configuring network) it starts writing some files in and > gives an error message

please help with installation

I’m new to Debian and to Linux. I’m trying to get it going on my a machine but I’m stuck. When it says “installing base system – please wait” (after configuring network) it starts writing some files in and gives an error message **debootstrap exited with an error (return value 1)** .. Can a

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At 16.10 3/9/00 -0700, Gutierrez Family ha escrit: >Thanks for your advice... but I'm having a problem running the setup >program. When I type "xf86setup", it doesn't recognize it as a command. >Should it be "XF86Setup", I'm not sure about the case-sensitivity. In what >directory would I find it

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ser@lists.debian.org Date: Sunday, September 03, 2000 6:03 PM Subject: Re: Help with Installation... >Daly writes: >> My mouse is a Logitech Trackman and it has a round connector (but it >> plugs into my computer using an adaptor - round connector to 9-pin D sub) > >Then

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Daly writes: > My mouse is a Logitech Trackman and it has a round connector (but it > plugs into my computer using an adaptor - round connector to 9-pin D sub) Then it is a serial mouse and, assuming you have it plugged in to COM1, will be on /dev/ttyS0. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing H

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Sorry there, I didn't read everything, you've already tried that. -- Danny Pansters [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ricin.com

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Did you try to run xf86config (the console app), I've sometimes been having trouble getting my ps2 mouse to work w/ xf86setup while after getting at least that part straight with xf86config it appeared as "already set before" in xf86setup which allowed me to finish my setup. btw. xf86config is

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; configuration or something... Maybe with your help I can get it running > before the my 3-day weekend ends. > > Thanks again. > > -- Daly > > By the way, what is the command to search for a specific filename, including > in all subdirectories? > > -Original Messa

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s the command to search for a specific filename, including in all subdirectories? -Original Message- From: Eric G . Miller To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Saturday, September 02, 2000 11:57 PM Subject: Re: Help with Installation... >On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 11:32:49PM -0700, Gutierrez Famil

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At 23.32 2/9/00 -0700, Gutierrez Family ha escrit: >Following your advice, I linked /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux. Now X starts up >!! However, I have a new obstacle to clear... > >X starts as expected via "startx", but the mouse will NOT respond. I have >run "xf86config" several times, each time cho

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On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 11:32:49PM -0700, Gutierrez Family wrote: > Following your advice, I linked /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux. Now X starts up > !! However, I have a new obstacle to clear... > > X starts as expected via "startx", but the mouse will NOT respond. I have > run "xf86config" several

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- From: Eric G . Miller To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Saturday, September 02, 2000 4:28 PM Subject: Re: Help with Installation... >On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 04:05:48PM -0700, Gutierrez Family wrote: >> Thank you for responding !! >> >> Quick answers and a few more que

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On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 04:05:48PM -0700, Gutierrez Family wrote: > Thank you for responding !! > > Quick answers and a few more questions... > > 1) I installed Debian 2.2 off a 3-CD set. I booted the CD directly after > power up. It is supposed to be the "official CD" set, which I bought from

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at help. -- Daly Gutierrez -Original Message- From: Eric G . Miller To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Saturday, September 02, 2000 3:32 PM Subject: Re: Help with Installation... >Sounds like the installation went better than you would think. After >all, you apparently have

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Sounds like the installation went better than you would think. After all, you apparently have a running system that you can log into. So now it's a matter of fixing those broken packages and configuring X. When the installation asked you about your mouse, that might have only been for notifying

Help with Installation...

Hello to all,  I apologize in advance for the length of this message...   Today I began the installation of Debian 2.2.  It started out well, the config menus were very user friendly, etc.  It didn't end well, however...  Problems began after selecting the packages to install:   I chose the

Re: need help with installation

On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 07:42:10AM +, Jake Hoban wrote: :I tried to mount it manually by launching a terminal and mounting /dev/fd0 :but I got the message "/dev/fd0 is not a valid block device". the physical disk is probably hosed, happens to me about 1 time in 10 even when the floppies are

need help with installation

Hi there I'm installing Debian 2.1 (slink) via floppies on an IBM Thinkpad 360 with 12 MB RAM and 340 MB HDD. I was able to partition the hard drive and mount filesystems without any problem (I chose /dev/hda1 mounted on /, /dev/hda2 swap partition and /dev/hda3 on /usr). When I get to instal

Re: Newbie needs help with installation

Is the cd-rom attached to the sound card? There's a few trouble about it. I had to put mines at the onboard secondary IDE, since I have Win95, Windows NT and Linux on the same machine. NT does not recognize a CD-ROM at the sound card. I think there's a way to do so in Linux - Don't know how (I'm

Newbie needs help with installation

I have a 486DX 50Mhz with 8MB Ram. I tried to install Debian 2.1, with two boot floppies (Resc1440, Drv1440). The installation-routine cannot mount the prop. CD-Rom (SoundBlaster) successful. By configure the sbpcd Module i get following message: eval: 1: Syntax error: EOF in backquote substitut

Re: I need help with installation....!!

> I get every thing goin except for the base diskettes then it say its unable > to extract them, whats goin wrong??? What disks are you using - form bo or hamm? hamm disks are not ready for a prime time yet. In any case the error you mentioned probably indicates bad floppy disk. Just create anoteh

I need help with installation....!!

I get every thing goin except for the base diskettes then it say its unable to extract them, whats goin wrong??? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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> Hello!! > I decided to install Linux and chose Debian. I read everything I > could about Linux and tried to install Debian. > When I used the rawrite2 command when it finishes it writes: > Bad sector detected > When I run scandisk it doesn't find anything wrong with my diskettes. > Can it be tha

Please help with installation diskettes!!!

Hello!! I decided to install Linux and chose Debian. I read everything I could about Linux and tried to install Debian. When I used the rawrite2 command when it finishes it writes: Bad sector detected When I run scandisk it doesn't find anything wrong with my diskettes. Can it be that all of my di

Help with installation

Hmm I Still can't install it I hope it's not my disk drive. it's a 1992 I think, hmm If it is cache how would I turn it off I'm not a computer pro or anything I just want to run a UNIX os on my machine. I don't think it's the diskettes but so far 4 have done the same thing at the welcom scree

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Looks like your rescue disk is broken. Did you try another floopy? Did you check the floopy image? If you are connected to the internet you can grab a new image and copy it to a new floppy and see if this helps. Regards, Andree -- | Institute of Geophysics phone: +

I need help with installation

And I also have a problem, When I push enter at the boot screen when first installing it says Loading Linux. root.bin.. Then just reboots what should I do? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to