Re: Reinstalling debian on n2100

2008-04-20 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Andrew Haswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-16 23:46]: > How do i go about reinstalling? do i need to revert to the thecus rom or can > i reinstall debian another way? You can flash the installer directly from withing Debian without installing the original Thecus firmware. Just follow http://ww

Re: Reinstalling debian on n2100

2008-04-18 Thread Kurt Pruenner
Tobias Frost wrote: >> Sorry to barge into this conversation, but I was wondering if you maybe >> could share a few tips about how to configure aptitude on an NSLU2 so >> it's not unbearably slow. > > The initial delay cannot be shortened by configuration. This are > apperantly jobs that have to b

Re: Reinstalling debian on n2100

2008-04-18 Thread Tobias Frost
 > Sorry to barge into this conversation, but I was wondering if you maybe > could share a few tips about how to configure aptitude on an NSLU2 so > it's not unbearably slow. Well... I am not at the Box, so I cannot lookup my settings right now. However, here are some tricks I can remember. The

Re: Reinstalling debian on n2100

2008-04-18 Thread Kurt Pruenner
Barry Tennison wrote: > Tobias Frost wrote: > > As a suggestion, look into "aptitude". aptitude has the advantage, that > > it will show you what it does, and especially for a beginner it might be > > helpful to see the consquences / dependencies of some packages. Aptitude > > is a little slow on a

Re: Reinstalling debian on n2100

2008-04-18 Thread Barry Tennison
Tobias Frost wrote: Hi Andrew, everyone started at one point with linux, so keep up, as the learning curve is quite steep. As a suggestion, look into "aptitude". aptitude has the advantage, that it will show you what it does, and especially for a beginner it might be helpful to see the consqu

Re: Reinstalling debian on n2100

2008-04-17 Thread Tobias Frost
Hi Andrew, everyone started at one point with linux, so keep up, as the learning curve is quite steep. As a suggestion, look into "aptitude". aptitude has the advantage, that it will show you what it does, and especially for a beginner it might be helpful to see the consquences / dependencies of

Re: Reinstalling debian on n2100

2008-04-17 Thread Barry Tennison
I'm not the best person on n2100 specific issues, but I can make some more general comments. It's a pretty classic "error" to use apt-get -f and then find you need to do a large scale mend. See it more as a learning opportunity! It does make me cautious about advising you on the basis of wha

Reinstalling debian on n2100

2008-04-16 Thread Andrew Haswell
As i've posted before I'm a windows guy trying to find his way in the debian world, my linux experience is limited! I wanted to apt-get a piece of software which was in the lenny repo not etch so i added the source. when i tried to apt-get it, it said that the prerequisites could not be met. I rea