Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-06 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 06:59:43PM -0700, Vwaju wrote: > For months, I have been booting Debian 3.1 every day and experimenting > with networking tools. Today I didn't do much except read man pages, > and I'm not aware of doing anything to change any configuration, but > when I rebooted my compute

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 09:59:32AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Kent West wrote: [..] > >> you can get a live version of Debian in page > >> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current-live/ [..] > Uh, oh. Now I've got a choice of "bt-cd" or "iso-cd" (as well as a > couple of others). Not knowin

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-01 Thread C. G. Montgomery
Vwaju wrote: > For months, I have been booting Debian 3.1 every day and experimenting > with networking tools. Today I didn't do much except read man pages, > and I'm not aware of doing anything to change any configuration, but > when I rebooted my computer it stalled out at > > INIT: Entering r

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-01 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: > Kent West wrote: > >> Francisco Antônio da Silva Souza wrote: >> >> >>> Hi Vwaju, >>> you can get a live version of Debian in page >>> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current-live/ >>> >>> >> So when I go to this page I get an option of "amd64" or

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-01 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: > Francisco Antônio da Silva Souza wrote: > >> Hi Vwaju, >> you can get a live version of Debian in page >> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current-live/ >> > > So when I go to this page I get an option of "amd64" or "i386". Which > one do I want for a general-pur

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 15:44:06 Kent West wrote: > how's a newbie who > has been in Windows-land all his life and has just heard about this > Debian thingy supposed to know what to do with this? He's just been told > to download the Debian LiveCD as a try-it-out demo, but he's clueless. > I'm n

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-01 Thread Kent West
Francisco Antônio da Silva Souza wrote: > Hi Vwaju, > you can get a live version of Debian in page > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current-live/ So when I go to this page I get an option of "amd64" or "i386". Which one do I want for a general-purpose boot-on-almost-any-machine, includi

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-01 Thread Vwaju
I'm guessing the image I need is debian-live-500-i386-rescue.iso from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current-live/i386/iso-cd/ Would that be right? Best, Vwaju -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact list

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-01 Thread Vwaju
Thanks, Andrei and Francisco! Best Regards, Vwaju New York City -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-01 Thread Thorny
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:59:43 -0700, Vwaju posted: > For months, I have been booting Debian 3.1 every day and experimenting > with networking tools. > [...] I'd suggest you consider upgrading because Sarge has not been receiving security updates since last March. Of course, it might not matter t

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-01 Thread Francisco Antônio da Silva Souza
Hi Vwaju, you can get a live version of Debian in page http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current-live/ This is the official page of the project: http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/ Regards, Francisco Antônio da Silva Souza http://franciscossouza.blogspot.com 2009/4/1 Vwaju > > > Is

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed,01.Apr.09, 04:56:49, Vwaju wrote: > > > Is there any way to boot in this circumstance? > > > > Do you have a live CD or similar? > > > > I'm afraid not. How do I get one? http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/ Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it wel

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-01 Thread Vwaju
> > Is there any way to boot in this circumstance? > > Do you have a live CD or similar? > I'm afraid not. How do I get one? Thanks for your help, Andrei Best, Vwaju NYC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listma

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,31.Mar.09, 18:59:43, Vwaju wrote: > Is there any way to boot in this circumstance? Do you have a live CD or similar? Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: DEBIAN WON'T BOOT

2004-06-03 Thread Carl Fink
On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 10:06:44PM +, Tom Kuiper wrote: > > From: "J M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ... The debian load screen comes up, and the OS begins loading linux.bin > > off of the boot disk i use, it then quits and says that it failed to > > load the kernel, and it says I must 'switch' dis

Re: DEBIAN WON'T BOOT

2004-06-03 Thread Tom Kuiper
> From: "J M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: DEBIAN WON'T BOOT > Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:25:44 -0800 > > Debian won't boot, here's the synopsis of the problem: Most recently the > computer began crashing simple programs such as Abiword when attempting to > save as well

Re: DEBIAN WON'T BOOT

2004-06-03 Thread Kent West
J M wrote: Debian won't boot, here's the synopsis of the problem: Most recently the computer began crashing simple programs such as Abiword when attempting to save as well as do other moderate tasks. Up until now, the OS has not given me any trouble (had it for roughly 9 mo). The other night