lilo

2000-01-31 Thread raymond ferrari
Could someone tell me how I can go back into lilo to re-configure. I am getting a "no permission" statement. This is on my own computer, and the other day I clicked on a message that asked me if I wanted to save the config for boot-up. I clicked on yes, and now I can't get back into lilo.conf to c

LILO

1999-12-02 Thread raymond ferrari
I had a working LILO until I moved a partition. I have changed everything back again, but now I get LI at bootup. I have reconfigured LILO according to where it should be...hda3 which is also the root(ext2)...How can I find out exactly which partition LILO is on and also Linux. Is there a way to g

LILO

1999-12-02 Thread raymond ferrari
I had a working LILO until I moved a partition. I have changed everything back again, but now I get LI at bootup. I have reconfigured LILO according to where it should be...hda3 which is also the root(ext2)...How can I find out exactly which partition LILO is on and also Linux. Is there a way to g

LILO hangs..."LIL-"

1999-11-03 Thread raymond ferrari
After doing a re-install, LILO hangs at bootup...LIL- is all that comes up. I have tried to go into /etc/lilo.conf but it won't let me in...permission denied. I am using BootMagic to dual boot and I have no problems getting into windows. The first time I did the install I had LILO directed to hda6(

LILO

1999-11-03 Thread raymond ferrari
After doing a re-install, LILO hangs at bootup...LIL- is all that comes up. I have tried to go into /etc/lilo.conf but it won't let me in...permission denied. I am using BootMagic to dual boot and I have no problems getting into windows. The first time I did the install I had LILO directed to hda6(

LILO

1999-11-03 Thread raymond ferrari
After re-installing Debian(I had a workstation)and change to dialup during setup. Everything went great except when I bootup(I have a dual boot system with win95, BootMagic) it hangs...LIL- is all I get...What's up...please help. I had a perfectly good working relationship going, but I had to add e

Debian user list

1999-11-02 Thread raymond ferrari
I am receiving all my messages twice, or at least the responses to my questions, come back doubled up. Meaning, the person responding to my questions; on this list; help me by responding, but there message is there twice. ?What to do;.)Ray Ferrari

LILO

1999-11-02 Thread raymond ferrari
Please help...I just re-installed Debian completely from scratch after having some problems with xwindows. I am dual booting using Boot Magic. Everything went real well this time. However, now when I want to go into Linux, Lilo hangs at boot up and won't do anything. What has happened, and what do

BUG

1999-10-31 Thread raymond ferrari
I am utterly disappointed. After two weeks of dealing with installing debian and trying to learn, my Linux machine has crashed or should I say frozen. YES. While trying to read the Debian online help for ethernet 3com cards , my machine suddenly froze without any ability to get out. This is the sec

xwindows

1999-10-30 Thread raymond ferrari
I was in xwindows today reading the information under Debian online help and specifically the ethernet Howto, clicked on 3com to read documentation and that's when nothing happened. Everything froze, except my hard drive. The light kept going, blinking but I couldn't exit, shutdown, cntrl/alt/backs

startx

1999-10-29 Thread raymond ferrari
o.k. I finally got my XF86Config file built and want to startx. During the xf86config setup...I used S3V for my chipset...I was told to use the XF86_S3Vserver which would be in /usr/X11R6/bin...I tried to use startx after my config setup and the following message comes up: x: execution of /usr/bin

x windows

1999-10-26 Thread raymond ferrari
I have been trying to get x windows up and running but have problems. I installed x during dselect, I have a color monitor. It seems as though the distribution I got at the Linux World Expo in San Jose may have a problem(comes from Linux Central). Seems as though I don't have a config file. I have

x-windows

1999-10-24 Thread raymond ferrari
Like another post to this list recently(Bryan Walton w. response from Kent West), I have a problem starting x. I have the directory /etc/X11 and a file for XF86(I did choose to install x during the dselect process: desktop system) however, when I startx I get a fatal error and the following: _

x-windows

1999-10-24 Thread raymond ferrari
Like another post to this list recently(Bryan Walton w. response from Kent West), I have a problem starting x. I have the directory /etc/X11 and a file for XF86(I did choose to install x during the dselect process: desktop system) however, when I startx I get a fatal error and the following: _

debian install

1999-10-15 Thread raymond ferrari
The last couple days have been going thru a new install with win95 on the machine. Everything proceeded great...slow paced...and methodical until I got to dselect. I decided to use a profile(std workstation) but wanted to look in dselect to check it out. I went to 'access' and somehow I must have p

boot disk

1999-10-13 Thread raymond ferrari
I am having problems creating a boot disk as the resc1440 on the cd is too large for my 1.44M floppy. I do not have a bootable cd-rom. What should I do? I am using the cd from the Linux World Expo. that was handed out. Also, what do I use for the drivers is this the boot(file) or install(file). Pl