In case you want to recover debian.
\nget the recovery cd.
\ninstall the linux in a minor partition and then go back and remedy your screw-ups.<\/p>\n
But my computer crashed when there was a power surge.
\nSo i had to clean install the system.
\ninstalled the basic debian potato which has kernel 2.2.20 (ugh)
\nnow i have to find a way to install my network card(broadcom 4400) which is similar to
\nto nvidia card(i.e., not supported by kernels before 2.6) and once that is done
\ni download the linux source code driver for my network card
\nInstall a Base Kernel<\/b>
\nbest way is to install debian with 2.4 kernel
\nthis is done by typing bf24 (next the boot: prompt after you boot the system with your cd)
\nRecompile a custom Kernel<\/b>
\nand before this make sure you download the current 2.4 kernel source
\nreconfigure your kernel using the config file of the current kernel which you can find
\nat the boot folder.
\nmost probably menuconfig won’t work. so make sure that you open the .config file and edit
\nthe modversion is yes and also config packet and filter are yes(this is very important
\nfor the etherconf) and if something fails don’t worry just install pump(which is another
\ndhcp client) and connect to the internet and upgrade your system.
\nMake the network work<\/b>
\ncompile the kernel, install it and then reboot the system using the new kernel.
\nuse the source code for the network card. compile and install the driver for the network card.<\/p>\n
if you want to get the apt sources don’t worry. just type apt-setup and this will
\nbring up the list of available mirrors and all you have to do is choose and
\nthe sources.list will be automatically created for you.<\/p>\n
now install etherconf using apt-get
\nUpgrade your system<\/b>
\nnow you are almost ready to upgrade your computer through internet.
\nNow you have to install the 2.6 kernel and upgrade your distro to prepare for the 2.6 kernel.<\/p>\n
there are so many things that i learned today
\ndon’t ever mess with apt
\nespecially the files \/var\/lib\/dpkg\/{available,status}.
\nthey have the important informations such as the installed packages and their info. so if you
\nmess with them then you are lost(you may have to reinstall the entire os).<\/p>\n
it looks like the dhclient required PACKET AND FILTER configured in the kernel. if something
\nfails during your apt-get just start the package pump.
\nSome points for X<\/b>
\nstartx belongs to xbase-clients<\/p>\n
when the x fails to load with the error message that it couldn’t not find the configured
\nmouse \/dev\/input\/mice and to your surprise that it magically disappeared, then all
\nyou have to do is create those device files as follows
\n$mknod \/dev\/input\/mice c 13 63<\/p>\n
then restart the device. udev will cache all the device and will promptly create them
\nfor you. i have to find out whether you need to reboot the system or not.
\nPine Setup<\/b>
\nincoming-folders={mail.softhom\u00ade.net\/pop3\/user=tvar}inbox,
\n {mail.isp2.com\/pop3\/user=isp2u\u00adsername}inbox,
\n {mail.isp3.com\/imap\/user=isp3u\u00adsername}inbox <\/p>\n
when pine complains
\nCan’t open folder ……inbox:invalid remote…
\nthat means that pine is not compiled with ssl support.
\nso you have to install openssl before you compile pine. i.e., we need the include files
\nof the openssl for the pine.<\/p>\n
download openssl and compile and install in your system<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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