You really shouldn't run apt-* without apt-update, first, by the way. --- Ryan Waye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:19:03 -0400, David A. Cobb > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! > > I purchased a CD set of "Debian 3.0 "Woody" > Official" and started to > > install it. > > First woe: my hardware is by nVidia; the > Official kernel on the CD > > is 2.4.18, nVidia provides a driver for 2.4.20/21 > and the Debian archive > > has nVidia patches for 2.4.26. My plan is to go > to .26, but in the > > meanwhile I can't use X Windows and I can't access > my NIC, so all that > > stuff requires rebooting into Windows. So, my > first question: given the > > kernel images on > $MIRROR/Debian/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.26-i386, how > do > > I change my kernel? > > There are literally tons of guides on this. Just > google it and you > will get all the info you need > > > > > I need to pass things back-and-forth between > Linux and Windoze. I > > see references to VFAT FS on the web site, but for > the life of me, I > > can't find a trace of the software. It's really > bad to have to play > > games with tar at both sides of the route in order > not to munge up the > > "magic" pathnames. PLEASE don't tell me that the > evil beast of Redmond > > has buried VFAT under a patent claim!! If not, > please, where can I find it? > > I am pretty sure linux can read the default FAT32 > and NTFS partitions > without any trouble, but I may be wrong. > > > > > Right now, I've managed to hork up my package > data so dpkg gets hung > > up trying to fix things. My best bet seems to be > to restart from > > scratch. How do I get dpkg / apt / aptitude to > clean my machine > > totally, or what files should I remove to make all > this stuff go away? > > Or, would it really be quicker to re-init my > partitions and start again > > from the CD? > > No! Don't start over, anything can be fixed. Try > these commands in > this order:(As superuser) > > apt-get clean > apt-get check > apt-get dist-upgrade > > post the results of these commands here. > > <snip> > > Ryan Waye > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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