Re: installed with no X

2003-11-20 Thread Thinker
On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 04:41, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (19/11/03 23:41), Thinker wrote: > > After installing Debian 3.0r1 "woody" "stable" after rebooting the > > machine I get the error message... > > > > "I cannot start the X server (your g

installed with no X

2003-11-19 Thread Thinker
" I then press Yes and I get a blank box with 100% at the bottom. I press enter to exit and return to the previous error message. What should I do from here to get X Working? Thanks, -=Thinker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: (more progress) Network card not detected or listed ininstallation

2003-07-30 Thread ThinKer
nk up'. My Router/DHCP server sees the machine and the machine got the correct values from DHCP. (I just dont have enough RAM for the Mandrake 9.1 install so I am still looking at Debian) Is this information helpful? Thinker? On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 21:03, Kent West wrote: > ThinKer wrote

Re: (progress) Network card not detected or listed in installation

2003-07-30 Thread ThinKer
Thanks for the suggestion, but this machine has no CD ROM so I can't use knoppix. On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 01:54, Greg Folkert wrote: > > Hey, why not try a new method: > > http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DebianChrootInstall > > Use knoppix to boot from and establish net connectivity

Re: (progress) Network card not detected or listed in installation

2003-07-29 Thread ThinKer
the card via DHCP, with no success. Manually configuring the card, I am not able to ping my DHCP server (but, I know the card is trying because I can see the light flashing on the router). Suggestions? On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 21:03, Kent West wrote: > ThinKer wrote: > > >>What

Re: (progress) Network card not detected or listed in installation

2003-07-29 Thread ThinKer
oad from http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/bf2.4/ instead? -=Thinker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: (progress) Network card not detected or listed in installation

2003-07-29 Thread ThinKer
uggested by Michael Waters onto a floppy and installed in this installation configuration so that I can select it in the 'net' (Network Interface Card drivers and network protocol) section. Thinker On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 16:36, Kent West wrote: > ThinKer wrote: > > >I typed

Re: (progress) Network card not detected or listed in installation

2003-07-29 Thread ThinKer
ven older machine). It seems that the NetGear FA311 10/100 PCI should be more supported. Thanks for everyones help. If not for you all, I would still be partitioning hard drives !!! Thinker On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 14:20, Kent West wrote: > ThinKer wrote: > >>>Network Card >

Re: (progress) Network card not detected or listed in installation

2003-07-29 Thread ThinKer
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 03:32, Michael Waters wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003, ThinKer wrote: > > Network Card > > Netgear Fa311 10/100 NIC (PCI) > > I haven't used this NIC but it appears to use the module "natsemi". > I'd try to load that and see i

Network card not detected or listed in installation

2003-07-28 Thread ThinKer
bian.org/debian/dists/stable/ which is where the install files are supposed to be. Someone please tell me what I am doing wrong (this time). Network Card Netgear Fa311 10/100 NIC (PCI) Thanks, Thinker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Newbie needs install help....

2003-07-28 Thread ThinKer
on me. I want to have Debian on this box, but I am getting a little put off and I don't want to scrap it and move on. I want to get it installed. I have started the installation over and I would like some help. I can do AIM, Yahoo, ICQ, or whatever. Thanks in advance... Thinker -

Re: Newbie question on partitioning (primary/logical drive ?)

2003-07-26 Thread ThinKer
mething confused? 2. For / after I select primary and say I want it to be 200MB in size, do I add this partition at the begining or at the end of free space ? 3. Which of these am I supposed to make bootable? Thanks, Thinker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: Newbie question on partitioning (primary/logical drive ?)

2003-07-26 Thread ThinKer
Thanks for the information, but I do have a question about your suggested partitioning. On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 23:48, Kent West wrote: > > > Everybody has their own ideas of how best to partition. I would probably > do the following: > > / 200 MB /dev/hda1 primary > /usr 2500MB /dev/hda2 logic

Newbie question on partitioning (primary/logical drive ?)

2003-07-26 Thread ThinKer
x27;Primary'. Gave it the full size and now I have no idea what to do. I am not really sure what I just did. Thanks in advance, Thinker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]