Re: Debian DSELECT

1998-09-16 Thread Michael Beattie
On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Greg Frye wrote: > I have 4 NT Servers running MS SQL Server 6.5 and though there is a lot > of documentation, it isn't always that easy to follow or necessarily > accurate. I have found Linux support through this mailing list and > other newsgroups to be FAR superior to paid

Re: Debian DSELECT

1998-09-15 Thread Greg Frye
I also just found the URL to a good article on Linux and PostgreSQL (http://www.networkcomputing.com/unixworld/tutorial/018.html) (the link is on the PostgreSQL.org 'news flash' page). Greg Frye wrote: > > I understand the frustration. I am there, also. But don't give up, it > will pay off. I

Re: Debian DSELECT

1998-09-15 Thread Greg Frye
I understand the frustration. I am there, also. But don't give up, it will pay off. I have learned more about Linux and the software for it in the past year than I have about NT and it's software in the past 4 years (as far as what makes it tick). Start at the PostgreSQL home (http://www.postgr

Re: Debian DSELECT

1998-09-15 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Kent West wrote: > Concerning databases: I was trying to find a way to connect to a SQLServer > database from a Linux client. From responses I've receieved on this list, > I've decided it can't be done. But until I decided that, I tried PostGresQL > and couldn't figure out do

Re: Debian DSELECT

1998-09-14 Thread Vincent Murphy
I would really just suggest that you get a book called "Running Linux" (O'Reilly) and read it. I learned more about Linux in that one book (I consider myself reasonably proficient in how the thing works) than I did in lots of other bits `n' pieces on the web (slashdot et al.). Alternatively get yo

Re: Debian DSELECT

1998-09-14 Thread Paul M. Foster
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Kent West wrote: > At 09:55 PM 9/13/1998 +0100, you wrote: > >> "Martin" == Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Martin> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i > > > >Joris> 2. D O C U M E N T A T I O N ( why all these cryptic files and no real > >Joris> database ??? HTML yes?)

Re: Debian DSELECT

1998-09-14 Thread Steve Tremblett
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Kent West wrote: > difficult for me to wade through. Typically I come away from a three-hour > documentation-reading session having gained nothing. I've often thought > about contributing to the documentation projects, yet until I understand > how the thing works, I can't wr

Re: Debian DSELECT

1998-09-14 Thread Kent West
At 02:49 PM 9/14/1998 -0400, you wrote: >Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> LaTex, etc, may be far superior to wordprocessors, but again, >> there's the psychological issue of leaving one world (Windows) and >> trying to find similarities (WordPerfect, Word, Excel, etc) in the >> new world

Re: Debian DSELECT

1998-09-14 Thread Richard Hoskins
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > LaTex, etc, may be far superior to wordprocessors, but again, > there's the psychological issue of leaving one world (Windows) and > trying to find similarities (WordPerfect, Word, Excel, etc) in the > new world (Linux). This is the source of all your probl

Re: Debian DSELECT

1998-09-14 Thread Kent West
At 09:55 PM 9/13/1998 +0100, you wrote: >> "Martin" == Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Martin> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i > >Joris> 2. D O C U M E N T A T I O N ( why all these cryptic files and no real >Joris> database ??? HTML yes?) > >There are manpages, which are often quite good he

Re: Debian DSELECT

1998-09-13 Thread Nicolai Guba
> "Martin" == Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i Joris> 2. D O C U M E N T A T I O N ( why all these cryptic files and no real Joris> database ??? HTML yes?) There are manpages, which are often quite good help if all you need is a summary and a reminder

Re: Debian DSELECT

1998-09-13 Thread Greg Vence
You going to hear that most of the things you've suggested are being address or 'in the works.' The reason for this is that Debian & Linux are from the Unix background. 1) Supported by volunteers. The volunteers are usually building stuff they find useful and donate it back to the public. 2

Re: Debian DSELECT

1998-09-13 Thread Martin Schulze
I have big difficulties understanding what you're trying to express in your mail. I apologize if I got you wrong. Joris Lambrecht wrote: > Lo, > > Though the DSELECT program is easier than most linux installation > programs i wonder > if it just aint possible to write something decent on this ma

Re: Debian dselect question (solved)

1997-01-14 Thread Robin Rowe
Thanks! Problem solved. Trying the manual approach didn't work (dselect said the contrib directory didn't exist), but the soft links did work: mkdir /install ln -s /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8 /install/stable ln -s /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8/contrib /install/contrib Robin >There are two ways I can think of to

Re: Debian dselect question

1997-01-13 Thread Robin Rowe
>No, you should enter /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8, not indices. Sounds logical, but dselect still didn't work. The screen output is something like this: |- | Insert the CD-ROM and enter the block device name [] __/dev/sonycd__ | ISO966

Re: Debian dselect question

1997-01-13 Thread esoR ocsirF
On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Robin Rowe wrote: >... objects that it can't find /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8/indices/stable/binary-i386. > There is no 'stable' directory on my CD. > I was just wondering if you had "mount"ed your CD-rom before you ran dselect? __

Re: Debian dselect question

1997-01-13 Thread Philippe Troin
On Sun, 12 Jan 1997 17:30:01 PST Robin Rowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When I run dselect it asks me for the location of the Packages-Master file. > I assume what it wants is /cdrom/Debian-1.1.8/indices/Packages-Master-i386, > and therefore enter the directory path to that file. However, dsele