Well I'm confused here. What exactly are you trying to do? You say you have Ubuntu installed, why are trying to install Debian now?

What do you mean from here, where? You need to be more direct in your questions.

what distro are you using?

ImmortalMatrixology wrote:

[root@REMSSVR src]# tar zxvf /path/to/yum-3.2.23.tar.gz
tar: /path/to/yum-3.2.23.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
[root@REMSSVR src]#

By the way, my folder is on the desktop...what route to I follow to get to it??

It seems you're making a typo in /pat/to/yum-3.2.23 command

The desktop is usually

/home/user/Desktop

also don't forget you su'd so make sure you are using the complete path to the file you're trying to expand.

Try at the commandline :startx

see if there is an error. If there isn't, you'll have to change the /etc/inittab file at this line:

# The default runlevel is defined here

id:5:initdefault:

Make sure it says id:5:initdefault

then reboot

I recommend the ext3 file system over the reiserfs.

I wouldn't share home directories. some distros may install things a little differently and what not. I'd give each different distro it's own home partition. BUT if you chose to share /home's make sure you automatically mount whatever partition you have /home on in both distros or you won't be able to find /home. You may be able to log in though (never tried a homeless login).

you can mount partitions cross distros. I wouldn't recommend sharing home at all, nope.

What do you mean folder as a mount point? Like a directory?

sven.hakonsson wrote:

Is the installation simply failing to properly initialize the system, is there something wrong with the way I have the booting set up, or could it be that my Mandriva disk is flawed?

what does dmesg say?

abrenar wrote:

any idea what's that package is for? and if i didnt download it i cant log in and the prompts restarted asking me again to log in.

Well, if you don't tell us the package name, how can we help you?

What was your problem w/ openSUSE? I'm not a big RH/Fedora fan. I feel they break things. My personal opinion. I happen to use openSUSE and love it. I've always got more helpful support from the suse guys too than from the red hat guys. I would say, though, if you're used to the apt setup, then stick w/ the Debian based distros. I don't and won't use them, but if you like them more power to you. If you want to start to learn rpm based distros, then give opensuse a try again. Post in the Opensuse forms any problems you have and I'm sure you'll get some help.

I think it's one of the most intuitive and easiest tools to use I've had the pleasure of using on any linux distro.

Message boards and forums are not something new to the internet. Shouldn't this have been thought of and implemented from the get go?