Re: Rescue disk?

Hi Kent, >>The problem : the new hard disk is too big to be correctly recognized by the >>BIOS, so I disabled it in the BIOS configuration. I have burned Sarge 3.1 >>netinst CD, and ran the install without any problem, with Grub on /dev/hda >>(the new hard disk). This computer has no floppy drive

Re: Upgrading security-related packages (eg. clamav, chkrootkit)

Hi Robert, > To keep up to date should I just use the "official" debian "stable" sources, > or should I use "unofficial" sources (such as backports.org)? There is something new in Sarge for this purpose : http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ ch-whats-new.en.html#s-volatile

Rescue disk?

Hi! I am facing a "little" problem with my Sarge install. I was an happy Woody user for a long time, and I need to do a fresh install of Sarge on a computer with BIOS problem. This computer ran Woody without any problem, but I have received a new hard disk for this one, on which I would like to in

Re: where is zlib?

Hi! > Please help me to find out "zlib" library's location. http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages Keyword : zlib I would say : zlib1g and zlib1g-dev packages. Sylvain. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Fwd: [Initrd][Grub] Kernel panic

Hello all, Sorry for this message that should be posted onto debian.user.french! Thanks, Eclice. -- Sylvain Briole (a.k.a. Eclice) E-Technik Doktorand / München EMail : sbriole (à) free.fr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

[Initrd][Grub] Kernel panic

pour votre aide, 8h que je tourne et je vire sur cette installation! :-( A+, Eclice. -- Sylvain Briole (a.k.a. Eclice) E-Technik Doktorand / München EMail : sbriole (à) free.fr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Woody] Rescue/boot floppy for custom 2.4.21 kernel?

Hello jqdkf, > I think you should use make bzImage to get a compressed one. I have met > the same problem before. But I don't know why. I have also tried this possibility. I quote my original mail : >> So, I have tried it with make bzImage : >> >> [...] >> Root device is (7, 7) >> Boot sector 51

[Woody] Rescue/boot floppy for custom 2.4.21 kernel?

Hello all, I have a laptop computer and I would like to install Debian Woody on it. The only one hard disk is fillen by a Windows 2000 NTFS partition (the main operating system onto this laptop), and I do not have any right to resize it. I have found the TopologiLinux distribution : http://topolo

[Woody] boot-floppies package?

Hello all, I am currently using Debian Woody and I need to create my own "boot/root" floppies set in order to install it on an other computer. I have read the doc provided by : http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-kernel.en.html#s-custombootdisk But I can not find any "boot-floppies" pa

Re: [Woody] boot-floppies package?

Hello Karl, >> I am currently using Debian Woody and I need to create my own >> "boot/root" floppies set in order to install it on an other computer. >> But I can not find any "boot-floppies" package! >> Where is it? > At /debian/pool/main/b/boot-floppies in your favorite mirror? I did not try i

Re: Problem with mtab?

hen I log in as root > The /etc/init.d/boot file I have comes with sysvinit version 2.71-2 that was > installed with Debian 1.3. Mine is 2.69-1 : I will try to update Thanx, Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet

Re: problems with PCMCIA network card 3COM 3C589D

om Corporation", "3C589D" bind "3c589_cs" Is your card recognized at boot? (it is perhaps a problem with the adresses : see /etc/pcmcia/config.opts) Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +33-3-20

Re: Problem with mtab?

be there are other mount calls, like the nfs mount one.). msdos: fs not supported by the kernel But : I have msdos-fs in the kernel : it is a module! Thanx for the help, Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +33-3-201

Re: Why is pine so slow?

ylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +33-3-20137288 NetMail FidoNet : 2:322/20 | Lille - Nord - France NetMail FrancoMedia : 101:176/114 | Eclice sur I.R.C. | -- TO UNSUBSCRIB

Re: Why is pine so slow?

Hello Colin, > sendmail-path=/usr/lib/sendmail -oem -t -oi > This made my pine lightning fast without the possible problems of using > the background sending option. It runs! But I haven't any problem with the background sending option : what are they? Thanx. Sylvain.

reload .bash_profile in xterm?

t can I do? I thank you in advance for your answer(s), Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +33-3-20137288 NetMail FidoNet : 2:322/20 | Lille - Nord - France NetMail FrancoMedia : 101:176/114 | E

Problem with mtab?

nd it runs. But, I have to delete this mtab~ at each boot. I have three computer running Debian, and it is the only one with this problem. Any idea? Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +33-3-20137288 NetMail FidoNet

Why is pine so slow?

Hello all, I use Debian 1.2/Linux 2.0.29 and the Pine 3.96 package. But, when I send mail with it, it is very slow (it takes about 1 ou 2 minutes to send a message). I thank you in advance for your answer(s), Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S.

Problem with sendfax?

'/dev/ttyS0'... OK. sendfax: cannot set fax station ID So : what can I do? I thank you in advance for your answer(s), Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +33-3-20137288 NetMail FidoNet : 2:322/20

Re: Newbie

Hello Rick, > 2. Any suggestions as to steps for getting X up and running? xf86config startx Amicalement, Sylvain. -- Sylvain Briole SysOp d'Happy Hour II BBS / Eclice B.B.S. * Lille | Nord | France