"respawning too fast"

1999-11-29 Thread Alessandro Ghigi
I have installed Debian Linux on my laptop (Dell Latitude). At the end of the boot process there is a weird screen and the mysterious (for me) message Init Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. Every some minutes (I haven't checked if they are really 5) the same weird screen emerges

NET-3-Packet

1999-11-29 Thread K . a . r . e . n
Thanks for answering. I installed the telnetd-packet and the nfs-server-packet on the computer with cd-rom, started rpc.mountd and rpc.nfsd and were able to telnet (not as root) and to install the packages on the laptop via NFS. -- Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-29 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Andrew Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? > > Regards, > Andrew Clark. I have a 15.1´´ Laptop from KoPak (relabled to baycom). Celeron 466, 128 MB ram, 10 GB

Re: Ethernet-Card for Laptop

1999-11-29 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The issue of Cardbus being required for 100baseT is definately worth > >> noting. > > > >It's also not true. I have a 100baseT PCMCIA card. I haven't tried > >measuring the actual throughput, but it's definately much faster on a > >100baseT network

Re: "respawning too fast"

1999-11-29 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 02:10:16AM -0500, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > I have installed Debian Linux on my laptop (Dell Latitude). At the end of > the boot process there is a weird screen and the mysterious (for > me) message > > Init Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. > > Every som

Re: Ethernet-Card for Laptop

1999-11-29 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Goswin Brederlow wrote: >> >> The issue of Cardbus being required for 100baseT is definately worth >> >> noting. >> > >> >It's also not true. I have a 100baseT PCMCIA card. I haven't tried >> >measuring the actual throughput, but it's definately much faster on a >> >100baseT

RE: "respawning too fast"

1999-11-29 Thread Mesman, Ben
> I have installed Debian Linux on my laptop (Dell Latitude). > At the end of > the boot process there is a weird screen and the mysterious (for > me) message > > Init Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. You probably said 'yes' to a question about starting a terminal on the seria

Re: Attaching external hd via PCMCIA ?

1999-11-29 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Blair Kelly III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone have experience attaching > an external hard drive via a > SCSI PCMCIA card? > > I have a Sony 505F notebook running Debian 2.1. > I would like to backup a very large (1 G) > file that took a large amount of > computer time to generate. (

"respawning too fast"

1999-11-29 Thread Alessandro Ghigi
I have installed Debian Linux on my laptop (Dell Latitude). At the end of the boot process there is a weird screen and the mysterious (for me) message Init Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. Every some minutes (I haven't checked if they are really 5) the same weird screen emerges

NET-3-Packet

1999-11-29 Thread K . a . r . e . n
Thanks for answering. I installed the telnetd-packet and the nfs-server-packet on the computer with cd-rom, started rpc.mountd and rpc.nfsd and were able to telnet (not as root) and to install the packages on the laptop via NFS. -- Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-29 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Andrew Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? > > Regards, > Andrew Clark. I have a 15.1´´ Laptop from KoPak (relabled to baycom). Celeron 466, 128 MB ram, 10 GB

Re: Ethernet-Card for Laptop

1999-11-29 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The issue of Cardbus being required for 100baseT is definately worth > >> noting. > > > >It's also not true. I have a 100baseT PCMCIA card. I haven't tried > >measuring the actual throughput, but it's definately much faster on a > >100baseT network

Re: "respawning too fast"

1999-11-29 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 02:10:16AM -0500, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > I have installed Debian Linux on my laptop (Dell Latitude). At the end of > the boot process there is a weird screen and the mysterious (for > me) message > > Init Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. > > Every som

Re: Ethernet-Card for Laptop

1999-11-29 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Goswin Brederlow wrote: >> >> The issue of Cardbus being required for 100baseT is definately worth >> >> noting. >> > >> >It's also not true. I have a 100baseT PCMCIA card. I haven't tried >> >measuring the actual throughput, but it's definately much faster on a >> >100baseT

RE: "respawning too fast"

1999-11-29 Thread Mesman, Ben
> I have installed Debian Linux on my laptop (Dell Latitude). > At the end of > the boot process there is a weird screen and the mysterious (for > me) message > > Init Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. You probably said 'yes' to a question about starting a terminal on the seria

Re: Attaching external hd via PCMCIA ?

1999-11-29 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Blair Kelly III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone have experience attaching > an external hard drive via a > SCSI PCMCIA card? > > I have a Sony 505F notebook running Debian 2.1. > I would like to backup a very large (1 G) > file that took a large amount of > computer time to generate. (