Re: URGENT hamm install help needed
On Mon, 6 Jul 1998, Ivan wrote:
> Thanx for the quick reply Mike.
You're welcome :)
>
> I can understand what you are saying re:install slowly rather than trying
> to do everything at once (some people just have no patience!)
>
> My plan at the moment is to format my h/d (2.5Gb) put in a 12Mb vfat
> partition to hold base2_0.tgz (loaded as a split file from floppies) and
> then partition the balance as linux partitions. At least I can be certain
> that I don't have a space problem.
>
> BIG, HUGE, QUESTION : Access to this list is the single most important
> thing to me at the moment. If I take the default home-user packages, visit
> netscape and download 4.05, will I have at least functional net access ???
> (in your opinion that is !)
>
I use Netscape as a browser, but not for email, but that's just personal
taste. The main problem with you using Netscape for access to this list
while installing is that Netscape needs X, so you will have to get X
working first.
You might want to consider starting out with pine, which is what I use.
Advantages: easy to use, even for a beginner, and it will run in an xterm
or on a console. I assume you are getting your mail via POP. I dont know
if pine can fetch mail via POP on its own. If not, you will need
fetchmail or something.
I think elm is the Debian default mail reader, so I assume it will come in
the 'home' installation. It too will work in an xterm or console.
> If not, then I have lost access to all my help and will have to reinstall
> windoze (yuck!)
2.5 gig is enough space for both M$ and Linux if you want both. I have
two systems, a 486 and a PII. 500Mb (the whole disk) is a little cramped
on the 486, but still reasonable. I run Linux in a 1 gig partition on the
PII, which is plenty for me.
>
> After writing the first message, I read in the May or June archives of a
> person who found a file that had been filled with the line " #padding ".
> Having read that I remember finding something close to 20 of these files
> (sorry, can't remember the path) on the first install which I think was the
> final cause of "no space" error.
>
> It is the dependancy and conflict problems that worry me.
>
> I can't comment on the obsolecence of libg++ but it seemed that an awful
> lot of hamm packages were very unhappy without !!!
>
>
> At 08:19 AM 06-07-98 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >If the size of your installed system is 400Mb, the disk space required is
> >400Mb + space for the .deb files + working space. You can delete the .deb
> >files after they are installed (dselect does this for you). So
> >downloading fewer packages might help you.
> >
> >Here is the approach that I use: I divide my installation into parts:
> >emacs, tetex, X, and everything else. I do my installation in phases,
> >starting with 'everythging else'.
> >
> >Unless you have deleted them, the .deb that dselect downloaded for you are
> >in /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386
> >If you feel adventurous, you could try deleting stuff that you dont need
> >to install right away (say stuff in x11, tex, and editors) to give
> >yourself some working room. Then install some other packages by hand
> >using dpkg -i nameofpackage.deb. Delete any .deb files that you
> >successfully install by hand. Once you feel that you have deleted enough
> >.deb files (one way or another), give dselect another shot at it. dselect
> >will know which packages were installed with dpkg and will not try to
> >download them again.
> >
> >I think libg++ is obsolete. If you have the replacement (libstdc++ or
> >something I think) you may not need libg++.
> >
> >Mike
> >
>
>
> <original message deleted>
>
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