[vox-tech] hdparm for scsi emulated CDROM drives?

[Peter Jay Salzman]

On Mon 19 May 03, 12:33 PM, Rob Rogers <rob@wizardstower.net> opined:
> On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 12:07:04PM -0400, Mike Simons wrote:
> > 
> > Rob,
> > 
> >   When you get a chance try installing Debian stable (aka woody)...
> > if it gives you too much trouble, at least skim through the installation
> > instructions:
> > 
> >   http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual
> >     (you will have to select your platform and perferred language)
> > 
> > 
> >   Also keep in mind you should try Debian again when the next stable
> > release comes out... there is a much smoother install system that has
> > been in the works for years now, but it didn't make the cut last time
> > stable was released, it may be done next time.
> 
> Actually, I installed woody 2 days ago without any problem. Not sure
> what the difference was from the last 2 times...maybe I'm just a little
> more experienced now. I was inspired to install it after hearing you and
> Bill talk about it for 3 days at GTC. Plus I got to feeling guilty that
> my wife's computer was still running Windows. 
> 
> So any pointers to docs on where to go from here? I poked around
> debian.org, but didn't find what I was looking for. For instance, if I
> wanted to go from stable to testing or unstable, what is the procedure? 

rob, change your sources in /etc/apt/sources.list to point from stable
to testing.  here's my file:




# See sources.list(5) for more info.  You can only use http, ftp or file
# URIs.  CDROMs are managed by apt-cdrom.
#
# NOTE: Problems with linux.csua.berkeley.edu, contact linux@csua.berkeley.edu.



# What's Up Doc?
#
deb http://marillat.free.fr/ testing main

# Open Office
#
#deb http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/openoffice/ woody main contrib

# Wine
#
#deb     http://gluck.debian.org/~andreas/debian wine main
#deb-src http://gluck.debian.org/~andreas/debian wine main

# X Strike Force
#
deb     http://people.debian.org/~branden/packages/ sid/$(ARCH)/
deb-src http://people.debian.org/~branden/packages/ sid/source/


# Stable
#
#deb     http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian        stable main non-free contrib
#deb     http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb     http://people.debian.org/~jaqque       stable main contrib non-free
#deb     http://security.debian.org/            stable/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian        stable main non-free contrib
#deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/            stable/updates main contrib non-free


# Testing: Alternate
#
#deb     http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu/debian/        testing main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu/debian/        testing main contrib non-free
#deb     http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free


# Testing
#
deb     http://http.us.debian.org/debian/        testing        main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/        testing        main contrib non-free
deb     http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/  testing/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/  testing/non-US main contrib non-free


# Unstable
#
deb     http://http.us.debian.org/debian/        unstable        main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/        unstable        main contrib non-free
deb     http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/  unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/  unstable/non-US main contrib non-free


pick a branch that you want (like testing).  delete all the other lines.
then do:

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

you might need to run the last line two or three times till all the
dependencies work out.

pete

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