Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-04 Thread emikaadeo
H.S. wrote: > I suppose you meant 'wrong'. What is the correction? How about the > following? > > ~$ cat /etc/apt/preferences > Package: * > Pin: release a=testing > Pin-Priority: 700 > > Package: * > Pin: release a=unstable > Pin-P

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-04 Thread H.S.
Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 04:31:32PM -0400, H.S. wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I >> want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver >> now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine.

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-04 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 04:31:32PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I > want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver > now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine. Please read: http://

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-04 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , H.S. wrote: >Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In , emikaadeo wrote: >>> H.S. wrote: Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-03 Thread H.S.
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In , emikaadeo wrote: >> H.S. wrote: >>> Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I >>> want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver >>> now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine. >>> >>> I am t

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , emikaadeo wrote: >H.S. wrote: >> Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I >> want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver >> now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine. >> >> I am thinking of using apt pinning. Something

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-03 Thread emikaadeo
H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I > want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver > now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine. > > I am thinking of using apt pinning. I know that I need to s

apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-03 Thread H.S.
Hello, Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine. I am thinking of using apt pinning. I know that I need to set the default release to "

Re: Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

2006-10-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 2006-10-04, Scott Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On 2006-10-02, Scott Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. After switching from sarge to etch, I kept seeing a messag

Re: Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

2006-10-04 Thread Scott Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 2006-10-02, Scott Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. After >>> switching from sarge to etch, I kept seeing a message on linux boot

Re: Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

2006-10-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 2006-10-02, Scott Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. After >> switching from sarge to etch, I kept seeing a message on linux boot >> about "Superblock last write time is in the future. Fix? yes". >> >>

RE: Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

2006-10-02 Thread David Christensen
robomod@ wrote: > I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. I prefer to run XP on the hardware and run Debian (and others) on VMware Player: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ VM of 3.1r1 (Sarge) minimal (comes up in base-install, you pick root password, etc.): ht

Re: Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

2006-10-02 Thread hendrik
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 07:42:18PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. After > switching from sarge to etch, I kept seeing a message on linux boot > about "Superblock last write time is in the future. Fix? yes". ... ... > > Is there a w

Re: Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

2006-10-02 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 07:42:18PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. After > switching from sarge to etch, I kept seeing a message on linux boot > about "Superblock last write time is in the future. Fix? yes". > > The boot proceeds no

Re: Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

2006-10-02 Thread Scott Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. After > switching from sarge to etch, I kept seeing a message on linux boot > about "Superblock last write time is in the future. Fix? yes". > > The boot procee

Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

2006-10-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. After switching from sarge to etch, I kept seeing a message on linux boot about "Superblock last write time is in the future. Fix? yes". The boot proceeds normally after that, but I don't like inexplicable error messages, so I did so

Re: Getting Linux to start a few daemons , I want , at startup

2001-11-25 Thread Nick Sanders
On Sunday 25 November 2001 3:58 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wish to run /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start , at a run-level , > say run-level 5 (so far , it has not been assossiated with any run-level) > ., and /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb stop , while shutting down . > Check out update-rc.d

Re: Getting Linux to start a few daemons , I want , at startup

2001-11-25 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Shyam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wish to run /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start , at a run-level , > say run-level 5 (so far , it has not been assossiated with any run-level) ., > and /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb stop , while shutting down . > > I understand that I might need Start and Kill scripts , > fo

Re: Getting Linux to start a few daemons , I want , at startup

2001-11-25 Thread nate
said: > I wish to run /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start , at a run-level , > say run-level 5 (so far , it has not been assossiated with any > run-level) ., and /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb stop , while shutting down > > Starting Smbd [OK] > Starting Nmbd [OK] > my views are your asking a non-debian question a

Getting Linux to start a few daemons , I want , at startup

2001-11-24 Thread shyamk
I wish to run /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start , at a run-level , say run-level 5 (so far , it has not been assossiated with any run-level) ., and /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb stop , while shutting down . I understand that I might need Start and Kill scripts , for this at the runlevel , I am looking at. My

Re: Getting Linux

2001-11-05 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 06:46:01AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sunday 04 November 2001 04:51, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > > On 3 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > What makes going to http://cdimage.debian.org/ "the preferred > > > method", and http://www.linuxiso.org/ "the th

Re: Getting Linux

2001-11-04 Thread csj
On Sunday 04 November 2001 04:51, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > On 3 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What makes going to http://cdimage.debian.org/ "the preferred > > method", and http://www.linuxiso.org/ "the the cheap copout". > > Debian does it the way they do to try and preserve space and

Re: Getting Linux

2001-11-03 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On 3 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What makes going to http://cdimage.debian.org/ "the preferred > method", and http://www.linuxiso.org/ "the the cheap copout". Debian does it the way they do to try and preserve space and bandwidth on mirrors. > I got disk 1 using cdimage.debian.org and di

Re: Getting Linux

2001-11-03 Thread lloyder
gt; To: "Brad Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 2:44 PM Subject: Re: Getting Linux > On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Brad Taylor wrote: > > > How do I downlaod a copy of linux from your site to copy to a cd so > > I can put it on a standalone

Re: Getting Linux

2001-11-03 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Brad Taylor wrote: > How do I downlaod a copy of linux from your site to copy to a cd so > I can put it on a standalone machine so I can become proficient with > it before i install it on my main machine. The machine I'm > downloading to is a WIN ME. Any help would be apprecia

Re: Getting Linux

2001-11-03 Thread csj
On Saturday 03 November 2001 22:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As a wise man recently said, > "http://linuxiso.org/ has them, > other places can be found on the debian.org web site > if you lie about how you will be doing the install." It doesn't. It just (re)directs you to where you can find them

Re: Getting Linux

2001-11-03 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 11:01:27AM -0800, Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > on Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 08:06:51PM -0700, Brad Taylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > > (off-list) Hmmm... Maybe not then. Wups. > Please set your mailer to send text rather than HTML, particularly

Re: Getting Linux

2001-11-03 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 08:06:51PM -0700, Brad Taylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: (off-list) Please set your mailer to send text rather than HTML, particularly to list or Usenet posts. Thank you. -- Karsten M. Selfhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you unders

Re: Getting Linux

2001-11-03 Thread lloyder
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 10:06 PM Subject: Getting Linux How do I downlaod a copy of linux from your site to copy to a cd so I can put it on a standalone machine so I can become proficient with it before i install it on my main machine. The machine I'm

Getting Linux

2001-11-03 Thread Brad Taylor
How do I downlaod a copy of linux from your site to copy to a cd so I can put it on a standalone machine so I can become proficient with it before i install it on my main machine.  The machine I'm downloading to is a WIN ME. Any help would be appreciated.   Thanx, Brad

Re: Getting linux to mark bad sectors

1998-12-05 Thread John Maheu
On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Allens wrote: > Hi, > I'm a newbie to linux, and have a question. I know this is a bit off topic in > this group, as it is a linux in general question, but anyway: > How do I get linux to mark bad sectors on my hard drive, as I have a few, and > they are stopping me doing lot

Getting linux to mark bad sectors

1998-12-05 Thread Allens
Hi, I'm a newbie to linux, and have a question. I know this is a bit off topic in this group, as it is a linux in general question, but anyway: How do I get linux to mark bad sectors on my hard drive, as I have a few, and they are stopping me doing lots of things like running Xwindows etc. fsck

Re: Getting Linux to recognize Windows files.

1998-11-26 Thread Jiri Baum
Hello, > David Stern wrote: ... > Just in case you need to know, you're most likely trying to mount the > files either manually or in /etc/fstab. Yes, we so often forget all the little things... If you don't know what "mounting" means: In DOS, different disks and partition are accessed by lette

Re: Getting Linux to recognize Windows files.

1998-11-23 Thread Kent West
David Stern wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Nov 1998 09:36:56 PST, Bret Craw wrote: > > How do I get Linux to recognize the Windows files, so that I can use them. > > I have free internet access in Win98, that I can't configure for Linux. I > > pull down my files to the Windows partition. I have set up Li

Re: Getting Linux to recognize Windows files.

1998-11-23 Thread David Stern
On Mon, 23 Nov 1998 09:36:56 PST, Bret Craw wrote: > How do I get Linux to recognize the Windows files, so that I can use them. > I have free internet access in Win98, that I can't configure for Linux. I > pull down my files to the Windows partition. I have set up Linux to > recognize the MSDOS p

Re: Getting Linux to recognize Windows files.

1998-11-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
Mount your Win98 drive as type vfat instead of msdos and you will see the long file names. On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Bret Craw wrote: > How do I get Linux to recognize the Windows files, so that I can use them. > I have free internet access in Win98, that I can't configure for Linux. I > pull down m

Re: Getting Linux to recognize Windows files.

1998-11-23 Thread Andrew Ivanov
On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Bret Craw wrote: > How do I get Linux to recognize the Windows files, so that I can use them. > I have free internet access in Win98, that I can't configure for Linux. I > pull down my files to the Windows partition. I have set up Linux to > recognize the MSDOS partition, so

Re: Getting Linux to recognize Windows files.

1998-11-23 Thread charles verge
mount your windows partition as vfat in /etc/fstab you need /dev/hda2 /c vfatdefaults where /dev/hda2 is the 2 partition on the first hd /c is the mount point vfat is the file system

Getting Linux to recognize Windows files.

1998-11-23 Thread Bret Craw
How do I get Linux to recognize the Windows files, so that I can use them. I have free internet access in Win98, that I can't configure for Linux. I pull down my files to the Windows partition. I have set up Linux to recognize the MSDOS partition, so that I can see what is on the hard drive. How