Dhcp debian install

2004-08-16 Thread Gustavo Halperin
Title: Dhcp debian install Hello I'm trying to install debian Linux on my portege R100. I haven't floppy or CDRom, but I have another laptop with CDRom, therefore I'm trying to made DHPC boot with PXElinux.   The boot is OK, I use for it 'root.bin' and 'rescue.bin' on '/tftpboot/.' with P

Re: new laptop recommendations?

2004-08-16 Thread Tim
> > i might have to think real hard about the ibm. do they have any > machines designed for linux, meaning all the cool built-ins > (nic, wlan, bluetooth, sound) definitely work with linux? this > is where i may do better with a refurb or used machine, i guess. > i'm currently using a thinkpad r

clean storage device

2004-08-16 Thread Martin Wegmann
Hello, I is rather not a 100% laptop question but it is due to the small storage device on my laptop (30 GB on IBM T40). I partitioned my harddrive and left 11GB for my / directory. My home directory holds more or less 3 GB, nevertheless do I get into trouble at the moment because the partiti

Re: Dhcp debian install

2004-08-16 Thread Daniel Pittman
On 16 Aug 2004, Gustavo Halperin wrote: > I'm trying to install debian Linux on my portege R100. I haven't > floppy or CDRom, but I have another laptop with CDRom, therefore I'm > trying to made DHPC boot with PXElinux. The boot is OK, I use for it > 'root.bin' and 'rescue.bin' on '/tftpboot/.' wit

Re: clean storage device

2004-08-16 Thread Mark Janssen
On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 10:34, Martin Wegmann wrote: > Hello, > > I is rather not a 100% laptop question but it is due to the small storage device on > my laptop (30 GB on IBM T40). > I partitioned my harddrive and left 11GB for my / directory. My home directory holds > more or less 3 GB, nevert

Re: Dhcp debian install

2004-08-16 Thread Frans Pop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 16 August 2004 08:36, Gustavo Halperin wrote: > I'm trying to install debian Linux on my portege R100. I haven't floppy or > CDRom, but I have another laptop with CDRom, therefore I'm trying to made > DHPC boot with PXElinux. The boot is OK,

Re: clean storage device

2004-08-16 Thread Daniel Pittman
On 16 Aug 2004, Martin Wegmann wrote: > I is rather not a 100% laptop question but it is due to the small storage > device on my laptop (30 GB on IBM T40). Occasionally I feel very old when people say things like that - I remember when a 30MB disk was almost unimaginably big. :) > I partitioned

Re: Digital camera

2004-08-16 Thread Emil Carlsson
And how would I do this? it's not hdN or something like that right? Ralph Bacolod wrote: You can access the memory card as a scsi device. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a nikon coolpix 2100 but I can't get it to work under debian with KDE running, any suggestions on how

Re: Digital camera

2004-08-16 Thread Ralph Bacolod
You just mount the device as a scsi device ,I believe it would be sd0. You must have a scsi support in your kernel. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And how would I do this? it's not hdN or something like that right? > > Ralph Bacolod wrote: > > >You can access the memory card a

Re: Digital camera

2004-08-16 Thread Ralph Bacolod
You just mount the device as a scsi device ,I believe it would be sd0. You must have a scsi support in your kernel. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And how would I do this? it's not hdN or something like that right? > > Ralph Bacolod wrote: > > >You can access the memory card a

Re: Digital camera

2004-08-16 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Ok. First, is your camera USB connected or are you putting the memory card in the pcmcia slot? Either way, when you plug it in, check dmesg to see what happened and what new device the OS sees, to wit: == ohci_hcd :00:03.1: remote wakeup usb 2-2:

FUJI S5000 and Gnomemeeting

2004-08-16 Thread Hirling László
Hello all, I am trying to use my digital camera with gnomemeeting on a HP Pavilion. When I connect it, the kernel seems to see it, but /dev/video0 would not exist. I have V4L in my kernel. The lsmod output and the entries in syslog are below. Any help or ideas would be appriciated. Thanks, Laszl

Re: Digital camera

2004-08-16 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 02:48:07AM -0100, Emil Carlsson wrote: > I have a nikon coolpix 2100 but I can't get it to work under debian with > KDE running, any suggestions on how to make it work. All the googleing > doesn't seem to give any result =(. > > Regards > Check its menus. I played with

kernel 2.6.x compile guides

2004-08-16 Thread Jeff Avveduti
I have looked around and found a few guides but not much luck. anyone have a 2.6.x compile guide that worked for them? -Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kernel 2.6.x compile guides

2004-08-16 Thread Daniel Pittman
On 17 Aug 2004, Jeff Avveduti wrote: > I have looked around and found a few guides but not much luck. > anyone have a 2.6.x compile guide that worked for them? Just to compile it, or to make it work afterwards? To just compile it, install `kernel-package', download the source into /usr/src/linux

Re: kernel 2.6.x compile guides

2004-08-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Jeff Avveduti wrote: > I have looked around and found a few guides but not much luck. > anyone have a 2.6.x compile guide that worked for them? I highly recommend this reference: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html Bob pgpZAYk50HT1G.pgp Description: PGP signature

Dhcp debian install

2004-08-16 Thread Gustavo Halperin
Title: Dhcp debian install Hello I'm trying to install debian Linux on my portege R100. I haven't floppy or CDRom, but I have another laptop with CDRom, therefore I'm trying to made DHPC boot with PXElinux.   The boot is OK, I use for it 'root.bin' and 'rescue.bin' on '/tftpboot/.' with P

Re: new laptop recommendations?

2004-08-16 Thread Tim
> > i might have to think real hard about the ibm. do they have any > machines designed for linux, meaning all the cool built-ins > (nic, wlan, bluetooth, sound) definitely work with linux? this > is where i may do better with a refurb or used machine, i guess. > i'm currently using a thinkpad r

clean storage device

2004-08-16 Thread Martin Wegmann
Hello, I is rather not a 100% laptop question but it is due to the small storage device on my laptop (30 GB on IBM T40). I partitioned my harddrive and left 11GB for my / directory. My home directory holds more or less 3 GB, nevertheless do I get into trouble at the moment because the partiti

Re: clean storage device

2004-08-16 Thread Mark Janssen
On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 10:34, Martin Wegmann wrote: > Hello, > > I is rather not a 100% laptop question but it is due to the small storage > device on my laptop (30 GB on IBM T40). > I partitioned my harddrive and left 11GB for my / directory. My home > directory holds more or less 3 GB, nevert

Re: Dhcp debian install

2004-08-16 Thread Daniel Pittman
On 16 Aug 2004, Gustavo Halperin wrote: > I'm trying to install debian Linux on my portege R100. I haven't > floppy or CDRom, but I have another laptop with CDRom, therefore I'm > trying to made DHPC boot with PXElinux. The boot is OK, I use for it > 'root.bin' and 'rescue.bin' on '/tftpboot/.' wit

Re: Dhcp debian install

2004-08-16 Thread Frans Pop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 16 August 2004 08:36, Gustavo Halperin wrote: > I'm trying to install debian Linux on my portege R100. I haven't floppy or > CDRom, but I have another laptop with CDRom, therefore I'm trying to made > DHPC boot with PXElinux. The boot is OK,

Re: clean storage device

2004-08-16 Thread Daniel Pittman
On 16 Aug 2004, Martin Wegmann wrote: > I is rather not a 100% laptop question but it is due to the small storage > device on my laptop (30 GB on IBM T40). Occasionally I feel very old when people say things like that - I remember when a 30MB disk was almost unimaginably big. :) > I partitioned

Re: Digital camera

2004-08-16 Thread Emil Carlsson
And how would I do this? it's not hdN or something like that right? Ralph Bacolod wrote: You can access the memory card as a scsi device. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a nikon coolpix 2100 but I can't get it to work under debian with KDE running, any suggestions on

Re: Digital camera

2004-08-16 Thread Ralph Bacolod
You just mount the device as a scsi device ,I believe it would be sd0. You must have a scsi support in your kernel. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And how would I do this? it's not hdN or something like that right? > > Ralph Bacolod wrote: > > >You can access the memory card a

Re: Digital camera

2004-08-16 Thread Ralph Bacolod
You just mount the device as a scsi device ,I believe it would be sd0. You must have a scsi support in your kernel. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And how would I do this? it's not hdN or something like that right? > > Ralph Bacolod wrote: > > >You can access the memory card a

Re: Digital camera

2004-08-16 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Ok. First, is your camera USB connected or are you putting the memory card in the pcmcia slot? Either way, when you plug it in, check dmesg to see what happened and what new device the OS sees, to wit: == ohci_hcd :00:03.1: remote wakeup usb 2-2:

FUJI S5000 and Gnomemeeting

2004-08-16 Thread Hirling László
Hello all, I am trying to use my digital camera with gnomemeeting on a HP Pavilion. When I connect it, the kernel seems to see it, but /dev/video0 would not exist. I have V4L in my kernel. The lsmod output and the entries in syslog are below. Any help or ideas would be appriciated. Thanks, Las

Re: Digital camera

2004-08-16 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 02:48:07AM -0100, Emil Carlsson wrote: > I have a nikon coolpix 2100 but I can't get it to work under debian with > KDE running, any suggestions on how to make it work. All the googleing > doesn't seem to give any result =(. > > Regards > Check its menus. I played with

kernel 2.6.x compile guides

2004-08-16 Thread Jeff Avveduti
I have looked around and found a few guides but not much luck. anyone have a 2.6.x compile guide that worked for them? -Jeff

Re: kernel 2.6.x compile guides

2004-08-16 Thread Daniel Pittman
On 17 Aug 2004, Jeff Avveduti wrote: > I have looked around and found a few guides but not much luck. > anyone have a 2.6.x compile guide that worked for them? Just to compile it, or to make it work afterwards? To just compile it, install `kernel-package', download the source into /usr/src/linux