Installation troubles (GRUB/LILO)

2005-07-13 Thread Ben Sytko
Hello, Im installing Debian 3.1 and when I come to the part in the installation where I need to install GRUB I get the following error: The Grub package has failed to install into /target/. Installing GRUB as a bootloader is a required step. The install problem however might be unrelated to GRUB,

Re: Installation troubles (Was: [2002-04-30] Release Status Update)

2002-05-01 Thread Joey Hess
Christophe TROESTLER wrote: > * A more grave problem is that, after rebooting, the system > configuration does not work fine: it loops asking again and again > the timezone (after one creates the accounts). Eventually I had to > kill it and to finish by hand. > > The second issue should be

Installation troubles (Was: [2002-04-30] Release Status Update)

2002-05-01 Thread Christophe TROESTLER
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This seems like an excellent opportunity to do final testing of > woody. It would be great for peace of mind to see some successful > installation and upgrade reports. Well, I hope it is the right place to post this. I just made a fr

FW: Installation troubles

2001-01-08 Thread Holp, John Mr.
> -Original Message- > From: Holp, John Mr. > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 7:44 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Installation troubles > > Debian Experts, > > I ordered and received three (3) Official Debina CDs

Newbie installation troubles -dos/linux

1999-06-08 Thread vw
Hi Debians I'm still in the process of installing. I managed to mount the dos-partition in dselect, but now it wants the exact folder-structure to be copied on the dos-partition in order to install. The problem is: I can't make a folder called "binary-i386" because dos will only allow 8 characters

Newbie installation troubles -dos/linux

1999-06-08 Thread vw
Hi Debians I'm still in the process of installing. I managed to mount the dos-partition in dselect, but now it wants the exact folder-structure to be copied on the dos-partition in order to install. The problem is: I can't make a folder called "binary-i386" because dos will only allow 8 characters

Re: Installation troubles

1998-09-11 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Sheehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I decided to re-install Debian 2.0 today from scratch, because I wanted >to re-partition my hardisk. I have the official Debian CD and using that >I repartitioned my disk so that it now has 4 linux partitions - 1 large >root

Installation troubles

1998-09-11 Thread Brian Sheehan
I decided to re-install Debian 2.0 today from scratch, because I wanted to re-partition my hardisk. I have the official Debian CD and using that I repartitioned my disk so that it now has 4 linux partitions - 1 large root partition (primary), two smaller logical ones (for /home and /etc) and a swap

Re: MAJOR installation troubles :)

1998-08-05 Thread Akop Pogosian
> James Patrick Galvin, Jr. wrote: > > Hey, I'm currently trying to install Debian Linux on my > machine. It is definatly more than adequate to install > it on, but of course I'm haveing technical problems > which hopefully someone can help me resolve. I have a > 10 gig HD on 1 partition running

MAJOR installation troubles :)

1998-08-05 Thread James Patrick Galvin, Jr.
Hey, I'm currently trying to install Debian Linux on my machine.  It is definatly more than adequate to install it on, but of course I'm haveing technical problems which hopefully someone can help me resolve.  I have a 10 gig HD on 1 partition running Windows 98.  I ran FIPS and split my HD

Re: Latex installation troubles

1996-12-13 Thread Tim Sailer
In your email to me, Alexander Gieg, you wrote: > > I've cleaned my hd, downloaded the Debian 1.2 (rex), downloaded > all the packages that were set the first time the system executed > "dselect", and installed them. All was ok, but when the "dselect" > attempted to configurate the "latex" package

Re: Latex installation troubles

1996-12-13 Thread Alexander Gieg
Thanks to J. Ramos Gancalves and David Ogilvie for the 'ldconfig' command. I don't know very well Linux, so I didn't know this command. I'll attempt it. Alexander Gieg. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By: Alexander Gieg E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.geocities

Re: Latex installation troubles

1996-12-13 Thread David Ogilvie
i had the same problem when installing LaTeX, but it worked fine after i added /usr/X11R6/lib to the ld.so.conf file. did you run ldconfig afterward to update the library links? -david -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-m

Latex installation troubles

1996-12-13 Thread Alexander Gieg
I've cleaned my hd, downloaded the Debian 1.2 (rex), downloaded all the packages that were set the first time the system executed "dselect", and installed them. All was ok, but when the "dselect" attempted to configurate the "latex" package, there was an error message: 'mf can't load libXt.so.6'. T