Re: Coexisting Debian with FC1 and Windows
On (21/07/04 13:54), eParliament.org Administrator wrote:
> Gentle(wo)men:
>
> Greetings from eParliament.org and this troubled section of the
> Himalayas!
>
> I am quite confused about the Debian 3.0rc3 installation (which was
> borrowed to me by someone in 7 CDs). Therefore, I am giving you details
> about what and why do I need to go for Debian.
>
> MY ENVIRONMENT:
>
> Currently, I have a borrowed PIII 1GHz with 256MB and 40 GB hard drive
> (the hardware and harddrive details are beneath my signature below). And
> this is the ONLY PC that I have and in production environment (yet I do
> only own HDD!)
>
> It has Win98 in C:, WinXP in D: and Fedora Core 1-based PCQLinux2004
> (from pcquest.com) in hda7 which uses hda6 as swap space. It has got the
> WinXP's NTLDR installed on MBR which leads to GRUB which is installed on
> hda7. So, I can't take a risk.
>
> MY PROBLEM:
>
> Now, I would love to install Debian in my machine without disturbing the
> existing operating systems (win98, winxp and pcqlinux2004) as well as
> the boot loaders.
>
> Therefore, I inserted the CD1 of Debian distro and I have seen a whole
> range of options which I am not aware of as to which option allows me to
> satisfy my condition above. Thus, I am writing to this list with an
> incurable optimism.
Debian 3.0 (woody) is now quite dated and a new installer is being
finalised; this should give you a much better installation experience
and more up to date system. Have a look at:
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
This page will tell you about the various releases:
http://www.debian.org/releases/
Support is available through the mailing lists:
http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ (debian-user is the one to join but
it is high volume - beware ;)
and by searching the archives:
http://lists.debian.org/search.html
Many people never look back once they have sampled the delights of
Debian ;)
Have fun!
Regards
Clive
>
> WHY DEBIAN?
>
> I have been trying to install Slackware since its early v2 (I think) and
> RHv5, but could not. About a year back, I installed RH7.2 just for the
> sake of installation. And I upgraded to RH7.3 but it was very much
> unstable. Therefore, I upgraded to FC1-based PCQLinux some four months
> back.
>
> But some of the problem I faced after the installation of the FC1-based
> distro are:
>
> 1) I could not make my old HP LaserJet 4L printer work despite I roamed
> around the net and applied everything. The configurations are all okay
> but, with ljet4 driver it just sends some blips to the printer and
> nothing gets printed.
>
> 2) I could not print anything to ps from the browser. It seems printed
> but the pages used to be blank even after converting to pdf using
> ps2pdf. I wished there is some utility in linux which resembles with
> fineprint for windows (fineprint.com).
>
> 3) Most importantly, I have working on creating a FourHead console as
> instructed at http://www.c3sl.ufpr.br/fourhead/ for about two weeks. I
> got several errors while installing the 2.4.25 kernel and finally the
> people at http://linuxconsole.sf.net informed me that it won't be
> possible with RH/FC1! The only reason I need FourHead console is the
> financial constraints and also a desire to experiment.
>
> Due to the above 3 pertinent reasons, I though of evaluating
> and then migrating to the Debian. I hope you will welcome my steps?
>
> WHAT I DID SO FAR?
>
> 1) I acquired the 7CDs Debian Distro ( I don't know which are the most
> pertinent packages to go for a ride and which CDs contains what?)
>
> 2) I created a separate swap space of 518MB at hda9 and Ext3fs space at
> hda10 (but from windows).
>
> 3) Tried to boot with the first CD but exited due to the confusion. Gone
> through all help form F2 to F9 and could not take risk as it was a
> production machine. Therefore, I am writing to you this query for a
> comprehensive step-by-step reply how to go ahead:
>
> A. First, with the Debian installation without disturbing others.
> B. Second, to configure my printer
> C. Third, to create a FourHead Console (as specified at C3SL site)
> D. Fourth, to make my machine secure enough to act like a server.
>
> Now, I look forward to your comprehensive and categorical reply.
> Thanking you for your time and coooperation.
>
> May all of you, your team and your family be successful in your
> mission, prosperous, healthy, happy, free from sufferings and in
> peace, always!
>
> Webocratically yours,
> Dr. Sichendra Bista, Chief Architect and Founding Secretary-General
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>
> SYSTEM INFORMATION:
>
> # cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 8
> model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
> stepping : 10
> cpu MHz : 996.781
> cache size : 256 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 2
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca
> cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse bogomips : 1985.74
>
>
> HDD INFORMATION:
>
> # fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40037760000 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4867 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 1139 9148986 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hda2 1140 4867 29945160 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5 1140 2444 10482381 b Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda6 2445 2509 522081 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda7 2510 3529 8193118+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda8 3530 3940 3301326 b Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda9 3941 4006 530113+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda10 4007 4867 6915951 83 Linux
>
>
> DEVICES INORMATION:
>
> #lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and
> Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel
> Corp. 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI
> bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.0 ISA
> bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE
> interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 02) 00:1f.2 USB Controller:
> Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp.
> 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 02) 00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp.
> 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller:
> Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio (rev 02) 01:08.0 Ethernet
> controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
> 01:0a.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> 82C204 (rev 21) 01:0c.0 Communication controller: Analog Devices SM56
> PCI modem
>
>
>
>
>
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