Re: Older Debian Linux version hangs when detecting hardware

2009-02-17 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 09:23:29PM -0700, Martin Willcocks wrote: > Hi Greg and Douglas: Martin, don't cc me; I subscribe to the list. > floppy drives that is somehow corrected once Windows 98 has fully > booted, but which still affects booting from a floppy disk. I did try You can probably f

Re: Older Debian Linux version hangs when detecting hardware

2009-02-17 Thread Martin Willcocks
Hi Greg and Douglas: Many thanks for the additional information about diagnostics and the older Debian Linux. There is probably a hardware issue with one of the floppy drives that is somehow corrected once Windows 98 has fully booted, but which still affects booting from a floppy disk. I did

Re: Older Debian Linux version hangs when detecting hardware

2009-02-17 Thread Greg Madden
On Monday 16 February 2009, Martin Willcocks wrote: > I have an older Debian Linux version that came with Corel WordPerfect > 8, and it had been working satisfactorily on my somewhat ancient 170MHz > Pentium computer system with 128Mb RAM, but Lilo stopped working about > a year a

Re: Older Debian Linux version hangs when detecting hardware

2009-02-17 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 07:06:28AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/17/2009 02:03 AM, Martin Willcocks wrote: > [snip] > > > >Error message? None, the installation simply hung. In the bottom right > >of the screen is a "spinning disk" graphic that stopped spinning about > >30 seconds into the

Re: Older Debian Linux version hangs when detecting hardware

2009-02-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/17/2009 02:03 AM, Martin Willcocks wrote: [snip] Error message? None, the installation simply hung. In the bottom right of the screen is a "spinning disk" graphic that stopped spinning about 30 seconds into the third part of the installation, Detecting Hardware. Then maybe a h/w issu

RE: Older Debian Linux version hangs when detecting hardware

2009-02-17 Thread Martin Willcocks
Thanks for your prompt and helpful reply, Ron. I have been looking at DSL this evening and it may be a good option, but not if it, too, hangs up in the middle of loading without any error messages. I've downloaded the relevant versiona nd plan to try it later this week. The Floppy Disks fail

Re: Older Debian Linux version hangs when detecting hardware

2009-02-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/16/2009 08:03 PM, Martin Willcocks wrote: I have an older Debian Linux version that came with Corel WordPerfect 8, and it had been working satisfactorily on my somewhat ancient 170MHz Pentium computer system with 128Mb RAM, but Lilo stopped working about a year ago. Error message

Older Debian Linux version hangs when detecting hardware

2009-02-16 Thread Martin Willcocks
I have an older Debian Linux version that came with Corel WordPerfect 8, and it had been working satisfactorily on my somewhat ancient 170MHz Pentium computer system with 128Mb RAM, but Lilo stopped working about a year ago. Despite several attempts, I've been unable to run it since

Re: Debian Linux Version

2003-06-21 Thread Bob Proulx
anubhav dubey wrote: > I wish to purchase your Debian Linux Version but i am not sure whether the > same will automatically detect my onboard sound and graphics card. I am new > to linux so i am not much aware of it. As you may now be aware the Debian distribution is a free distributio

Re: Debian Linux Version

2003-06-21 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 06:51:01AM +0530, anubhav dubey wrote: > I wish to purchase your Debian Linux Version but i am not sure whether the > same will automatically detect my onboard sound and graphics card. Nothing is autodetected. Kno

Re: Debian Linux Version

2003-06-20 Thread Shawn Lamson
On Sat, June 21 at 6:51 AM EDT "anubhav dubey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will purchase your debian linux version only when i am assured that > the same will automatically detect my graphic and sound drivers. I invite you to try a free sample of Debian, if it meets y

Re: Debian Linux Version

2003-06-20 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 06:51:01AM +0530, anubhav dubey wrote: | Dear Sir, | | I wish to purchase your Debian Linux Version Go right ahead! The price is $0. Payment is accepted in the currency of your choice :-). You can find a CD for download at http://cdimage.debian.org/. | but i am not

Debian Linux Version

2003-06-20 Thread anubhav dubey
Dear Sir, I wish to purchase your Debian Linux Version but i am not sure whether the same will automatically detect my onboard sound and graphics card. I am new to linux so i am not much aware of it. Mother Board : Dfi AZ30EC Graphic Card : S3 Graphics Pro Savage DDR Sound Card : Avance