Re: Laptop install Help Needed

1999-03-08 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 3/7/99 11:55:54 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I'm a newbie to Linux and want to install debian on my laptop as my > > primary (only) machine, its a compaq armada 1535 w/ 3com 3c575 > > pcmcia ethernet. > > > > there is now a debian-laptop list.

re: Laptop install Help Needed

1999-03-08 Thread etienne grossmann
Hello, > > 2. I can't get the machine to talk on the network. How do I do this? > Do you have an IP number for the laptop? Your sysadmin should give/lend you one, and also tell you what the values for "broadcast", "gateway" are. > I know there are a hundred right answers to this questi

RE: Laptop install Help Needed

1999-03-08 Thread Shaleh
On 08-Mar-99 Chris Brown wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a newbie to Linux and want to install debian on my laptop as my > primary (only) machine, its a compaq armada 1535 w/ 3com 3c575 > pcmcia ethernet. > there is now a debian-laptop list. You can ask laptop specific questions there. > > 1. I'm

Laptop install Help Needed

1999-03-08 Thread Chris Brown
Hello, I'm a newbie to Linux and want to install debian on my laptop as my primary (only) machine, its a compaq armada 1535 w/ 3com 3c575 pcmcia ethernet. I've got nfs/ftp access to a linux box on the local network which has a copy of the hamm distribution and have made the rescue and driver di

Re: laptop install help

1998-04-21 Thread Michael Stutz
On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > In addition to the pcmcia-cs package you also need the pcmcia-modules-2.0.?? > .deb > package which matches your kernel version. 'uname --release' will tell you > which > one you've got. You'll have to ftp this package from the debian archive, put

Re: laptop install help

1998-04-21 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
In addition to the pcmcia-cs package you also need the pcmcia-modules-2.0.?? .deb package which matches your kernel version. 'uname --release' will tell you which one you've got. You'll have to ftp this package from the debian archive, put in on a floppy, then install it on your laptop with 'dpkg

Re: laptop install help

1998-04-21 Thread Michael Stutz
> >I've got a Megahertz PCMCIA 14.4 fax/modem card that was recognized as com2 > >by the win311 software that came with the laptop. There were no cua? > >devices in /dev so I made cua0 and cua1 using the MAKEDEV script, made a > >/dev/modem symlink from cua1, but the "pon" command still dies on me.

Re: laptop install help

1998-04-21 Thread Asher Haig
>I've got a Megahertz PCMCIA 14.4 fax/modem card that was recognized as com2 >by the win311 software that came with the laptop. There were no cua? >devices in /dev so I made cua0 and cua1 using the MAKEDEV script, made a >/dev/modem symlink from cua1, but the "pon" command still dies on me. > You

laptop install help

1998-04-21 Thread Michael Stutz
I'm installing 1.3.1 from floppy to a Toshiba Satellite Pro 400CS, and am having some trouble. The actual install went fine, up until the end where you get dropped in dselect. I installed the dpkg-ftp package (and all its dependencies, like Perl), but can't get my modem to work. (Since the machine