RE: Problems with SAMS Debian 2.1 and Dell Inspiron 7500

2000-05-29 Thread Andrew McRobert
hi if you're installing off CD, then continue through the installation after the floppy failure (if possible), it will then be a case of looking for a LS120 Linux driver and installing it once you have the system up and running ... A -Original Message- From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: HD spindown and fs cache writeback

2000-05-29 Thread Lee Bradshaw
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 11:51:52PM +0100, Seth Golub wrote: > I did all this a while back and also shut down every other process I > don't strictly need, but no luck. The drive does spin down > occasionally, but it always spins up again within 30 seconds. I'm > running kernel 2.2.14. > > A sam

Re: Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops

2000-05-29 Thread Martin Schwenke
> "Christian" == Christian Kuester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Christian> On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 05:58:02AM -0400, Torgeir Christian> Hoffmann wrote: >> I am not very familiar with Debian on laptops, but I have >> planned to buy a Toshiba 2180. Do anyone know what problems I

Re: HD spindown and fs cache writeback

2000-05-29 Thread Seth Golub
Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * set noatime on filesystems where you don't care about it anyway > * make sure you're not syslogging things you don't care about > * use "noflushd" > * use "mobile-update" > * if there's some process named "sync" murder it

RE: Debian startup and network scripts

2000-05-29 Thread Charles Baker
Well, I guess my problem is that I haven't been working w/ my laptop andDebian enough. I was looking every where for the network startup scripts and finally remembered that they are in /etc/pcmcia. I was looking in all the "desktop" locations. I wonder how many times I'll have to do this befo

Problems with SAMS Debian 2.1 and Dell Inspiron 7500

2000-05-29 Thread Paul
Hi Just picked up a copy of the SAMS Installing GNU/Linux book with the copy of Debian 2.1 on CDRom. I've created partitions with Partition Magic, the root partition the second primary partition after Win98, and then an extended partition conaining further Windows data drives and Linux partitions

Re: Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops

2000-05-29 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 05:54:55PM +0200, Christian Kuester wrote: > Debian 2.1 wasn't a good choice for my Toshiba Satellite 21??. > The Kernel on the bootable CD-ROM does not like my Toshiba NB, > it hangs. Maybe 2.2 isn't affected, i didn't try. Did you try the Tectra kernel (if you have both

Re: Debian startup and network scripts

2000-05-29 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mon, 29 May 2000, Charles Baker wrote: > > Can someone point me to a good tutorial or howto about Debian's methods > of booting and starting networking? > if you go to http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp this place is a good start for debian documentation. At the bottom I noticed documentation for Ne

Re: Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops

2000-05-29 Thread Christian Kuester
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 05:58:02AM -0400, Torgeir Hoffmann wrote: > I am not very familiar with Debian on laptops, but I have planned to buy a > Toshiba 2180. Do anyone know what problems I will face ? Is this laptop a > good choice ? Where can I find a configuration ? (or can I make one myself > ?

Re: Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops

2000-05-29 Thread Arthur H. Edwards
I would like to recommend the website LILAC (LInux on LAptop Computers) (http://home.snafu.de/wehe/index.html) for general help. Arthur H. Edwards 712 Valencia Dr. NE Abq. NM 87108 (505) 256-0834 On Mon, 29 May 2000, Torgeir Hoffmann wrote: > I am not very familiar with Debian on laptops, but

Debian startup and network scripts

2000-05-29 Thread Charles Baker
Can someone point me to a good tutorial or howto about Debian's methods of booting and starting networking?I reinstalled Potato on my laptop. During the install I couldn't dhcp, so I had to borrow and set a static IP. I want to be certain that the machine is now doing dhcp, plus it would be g

Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops

2000-05-29 Thread Torgeir Hoffmann
I am not very familiar with Debian on laptops, but I have planned to buy a Toshiba 2180. Do anyone know what problems I will face ? Is this laptop a good choice ? Where can I find a configuration ? (or can I make one myself ?) And at last what packages is recommended ? Sincerely, Torgeir Hoffmann