Re: SV: SV: A little further: Short newbie question

Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I don't have an isp for the computer (silly, I know), and I have already > installed the base system, which seems to be in fine working order. What I > did was to swap the hd into a WinNT box (on my LAN w/ 100Mbit connection at > work) and download t

Re: SV: SV: A little further: Short newbie question

> > > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > > Fra: Kent West [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sendt:8. juni 1999 23:32 > > Til: Wichmann, Viggo > > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Emne: Re: SV: A little further: Short newbie question > > &g

SV: SV: A little further: Short newbie question

indelig meddelelse- > Fra: Kent West [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt:8. juni 1999 23:32 > Til: Wichmann, Viggo > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Emne: Re: SV: A little further: Short newbie question > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Thanks a tremendous

Re: SV: A little further: Short newbie question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks a tremendous lot for all the help. It really helps keeping my spirit > up as a newbie. > I managed to mount the dos partition allright, but it seems like dselect > wants an exact copy of the ftp-site, which is a problem since I can't make > the directory "binary-i

Re: SV: A little further: Short newbie question

9:15 > > Til: Wichmann, Viggo > > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Emne: Re: A little further: Short newbie question > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Ok, now I got a little further: I typed /dev/hda and dselect asks: > > >

SV: A little further: Short newbie question

ards Vitux Error is human; complete disaster takes a computer... > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: Kent West [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt:8. juni 1999 19:15 > Til: Wichmann, Viggo > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Emne: Re: A little further: Short newbie

Re: A little further: Short newbie question

8. juni 1999 16:24 > > Til: 'debian user' > > Emne: Short newbie question > > > > Hi Debians > > Whats the "partition's block device name"? > > I'm trying to install Debian from the dos-partition using dselect. > > I copied

Re: A little further: Short newbie question

On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Brad wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Ok, now I got a little further: I typed /dev/hda and dselect asks: > > Enter filesystem type for dev/hda: > > What's linuxian for a dos filesystem? > > Vitux > > msdos if it's a plain DOS partition, vfat if has

Re: A little further: Short newbie question

On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, now I got a little further: I typed /dev/hda and dselect asks: > Enter filesystem type for dev/hda: > What's linuxian for a dos filesystem? > Vitux msdos if it's a plain DOS partition, vfat if has Win32 long filenames. IIRC, vfat will work even

Re: Short newbie question

%from wrote: > Hi Debians > Whats the "partition's block device name"? > I'm trying to install Debian from the dos-partition using dselect. > I copied alle the files from the ftp(main, etc.)-archives and put them > into The name will be something like /dev/hda1. If you look at fdisk or cfdisk yo

A little further: Short newbie question

Ok, now I got a little further: I typed /dev/hda and dselect asks: Enter filesystem type for dev/hda: What's linuxian for a dos filesystem? Vitux > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: Wichmann, Viggo > Sendt:8. juni 1999 16:24 > Til: 'debian user' &g

Short newbie question

Hi Debians Whats the "partition's block device name"? I'm trying to install Debian from the dos-partition using dselect. I copied alle the files from the ftp(main, etc.)-archives and put them into the dos partition. I believe Linux should be able to "see" the dos-part., but I don't know the path t