Re: Installing Debian
Aaron,
Actually Red Hat could still be in the MBR, and when you install Debian Lilo
doesn't have enough space to load onto to the MBR. So try what I suggested,
and if it works e-mail me back.
Dan
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron" <aaron@verdesoft.com>
To: "Debian-List" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>; "Dan" <dan502@cia-g.com>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:49 PM
Subject: RE: Installing Debian
> hey Dan, thanks for the reply.
>
> I could erase the hard disk and start from scratch, but I don't think
having
> something on the hard before doing the install is a problem. If I can't
> eventually figure this out I will erase everything and start over. I had a
> installation of redhat on the machine and I installed debian over top of
it.
> I don't know if that is the problem, but if someone does please let me
know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aaron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan [mailto:dan502@cia-g.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 8:37 PM
> To: Aaron; Debian-List
> Subject: Re: Installing Debian
>
>
> Arron,
>
> I am a total newbie to linux installs and I was able to install LILO just
> fine the first time I popped it in. Since then I have had no troubles,
but
> navigating the OS in Command Line prompt, but that is what I want to
learn.
> I am now setting up security and learning the VI Editor. All I gotta say
is
> load up a Windows Boot Floppy FDISK it or use CFDISK from Debian to erase
> the hard drive totally and start fresh.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aaron" <aaron@verdesoft.com>
> To: "Debian-List" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:31 PM
> Subject: Installing Debian
>
>
> > I just recently bought a set of debian cd's and am now trying to install
> > debian on my pc. I have some experience installing Linux using redhat
and
> I
> > have done some freeBSD installs so I am not totally new to this, but I
> can't
> > seem to make this work.
> >
> > Every time I do an install and then do the reboot I get LIL at the boot
> > prompt. So for some reason Lilo is not being installed correctly on the
> MBR.
> > When I set up my partitions I have the / partition on sdba1 so I figure
> that
> > this should get Lilo installed on the first 1024 cylinders. Maybe not
> > though.
> >
> > The other problem I am now having is that I get a message saying the X
> > server can't find my mouse. Can someone tell me what tool to use to
> > configure my mouse?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> >
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