Re: Hard drive detection isn't working

2009-08-18 Thread Jason Hsu
I was using "install" mode, not expert mode. The installer was not detecting my hard drive at all. On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:20:24 -0700 Peter Rooney wrote: > Jason, > > Are you using expert mode? If not, it allows you to more closely observe > what each stage in the install is. Is it detecti

Re: Need to wipe/erase hard drive of iBook G4

2009-08-18 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 17 2009, Stefan Monnier wrote: > You'll be bette off with "dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/hda", BTW since you > can then check the progress via "kill -USR1", Well, I really like ddrescue from the gddrescue package for this very reason. The command to use would be "ddrescue /dev/urandom /dev/hda

Re: Hard drive detection isn't working

2009-08-18 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:15:49PM +0800, Jason Hsu wrote: > As I mentioned before, I'm trying to install Debian on an iBook G4 laptop. > The installer in the netinst CD refuses to recognize the hard drive. > > What do I need to do now? Until I can get the installer to recognize the > hard

[Solved] Re: Audio, Soundbylayout: how to use it at 24 bits/96 KHz

2009-08-18 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Hi Benjamin, hi All Thanks, Benjamin, for your response .. On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:26:58AM +0200, Benjamin Cama wrote: > Hi, > > Just guessing : for mplayer, I know there is the -srate parameter that > can set a forced sampling rate for your sound card. You're right, but I get this switch -