Check logs after restart

2003-08-22 Thread Shashank Bhide
Hello all,    I have Debian 3 running on a server. Someone/somehow it got turned off and I want to locate the problem. Which logs would give me more information on this stuff? Please help me, I need to know how this happened. Thanks, Shashank

debian version

2003-08-14 Thread Shashank Bhide
Hello all, I was wondering what is the actual output of uname -a ? Doesn't uname give the kernel version? How do I know whether I have Debian potato / woody installed on my system? Thanks, Shashank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

upgrade from potato to woody

2003-08-10 Thread Shashank Bhide
How do I upgrade from Potato to woody? What do I need to change in the sources.list file? My sources.list file looks something like this: # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work #deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free #deb-src http://non-us.deb

Install X windows

2003-08-08 Thread Shashank Bhide
Hello all, I have installed a test system with potato debian and want to have the KDE installed onto the system. The problem that I am facing is I do not have a text browser to search for packages and install them. Which packages would I need to install in order to get KDE installed on to

Upgrade from potato to debian

2003-08-07 Thread Shashank Bhide
Hello all, I am trying to get my system upgraded from potato to woody. The servers in question are production servers. I have mysql databases and more such programs running off of these servers. How would a dselect upgrade affect all of this? Does an upgrade affect Apache web service? I wil

Re: UPDATE: debian potato to woody transition

2003-08-05 Thread Shashank Bhide
Hello, The install goes smoothly, however I am left with an OS that neither has an X windows nor a text based web-browser "lynx". Is there a specific procedure to install the X win on to the system? Again I am trying to get the potato installed and then upgrade it to woody. Please advise, Shasha

UPDATE: debian potato to woody transition

2003-08-04 Thread Shashank Bhide
Hi all, I was able to install Debian 2.2.26 on my system (Potato). I could not get my network card to work once the system started up. I used all the drivers 1-4 but apparently the drivers for my network card were not loaded. While booting up, the system does recognize the Realtek network card.

debian potato to woody transition

2003-08-04 Thread Shashank Bhide
Hello all, I was earlier trying to get potato installed on to a system and had several problems while doing so. I am actually assigned the task of upgrading two of the production servers from potato to woody, and which is why I wanted to install the old stable. I am a complete newbie to de

Re: Debian installation by newbie

2003-08-01 Thread Shashank Bhide
correct rescue/root/driver binaries located at http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/ ) If I were to create a bootable CD which binaries would I need to have on it? Or better still how do I make a bootable CD ? Thankyou, Shashank At 03:00 PM 8/1/2003 -0500, you wrote: Shashank Bhide

Re: Debian installation by newbie

2003-08-01 Thread Shashank Bhide
PM 7/31/2003 +0100, you wrote: - Original Message - From: "Shashank Bhide" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:03 PM Subject: Re: Debian installation by newbie > I have decided to install Potato over the internet. There are 7

Re: Debian installation by newbie

2003-07-31 Thread Shashank Bhide
, 2003 at 09:31:38AM -0500, Shashank Bhide wrote: >Could you tell me how to install Debian ? RTFM. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you

Debian installation by newbie

2003-07-30 Thread Shashank Bhide
Hello folks, Could you tell me how to install Debian ? I got to the archives section (I want to install Potato and then upgrade to woody.learning process), but there are a lot of files and I am confused as to which files I need to use in order to get the OS installed. Do I need to burn CD

Old Stable Distribution

2003-07-29 Thread Shashank Bhide
Hello Folks, Where could I find the distribution for the Old Stable (Potato)? I searched debian.org but could not find it at all. TIA Shashank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]