install the free version

willand · 02-02-2004, 03:05 PM

Hi,

i installed the distro.. libranet-2.7-classic
but when i reboot my computer... i can't start the system :
i have this text :

"please enter the libranet essentials cd in the cd rom drive && press enter"

I have to download so this cd ?
or it is not neccessary ?

thanks...

biotek1 · 02-03-2004, 03:47 PM

Well you have got further than I did.

I tried installing 2.7 classic on my Dell 4150 Laptop, it gets to the ppoint where it says "scanning for boot devices" and thats it. It just hangs there.

It has happened over 3 times, so thats it for the free version.

willand · 02-04-2004, 02:21 PM

yes, i have got further than you.. but i don't arrive to launch the system.. so

biotek1 · 02-04-2004, 08:26 PM

try MEPIS, its debian based, it works! extremely easy setup.

www.mepis.org

its a live cd with a hard drive install option that works.

Thulemanden · 02-08-2004, 01:47 PM

I hope you realize that the first CD has to be in the cd-rom when you are asked to reboot the first time.

It's different from all other Linux I have seen.

karnevil9 · 02-09-2004, 04:48 AM

I had the opposite problem. I had no problem installing the free version of Libranet, and liked the system very much. I wanted to try Mepis and could never get it installed. The computer kept hanging when it got to the acpi part. I typed linux=noacpi at boot and it got past that and froze at the USB install porcess. I could never get further than that.

nycace36 · 02-13-2004, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by biotek1
try MEPIS, its debian based, it works! extremely easy setup.
www.mepis.org
its a live cd with a hard drive install option that works.

FYI, Knoppix is also a live Debian-based CD and also
has a hard drive install option that works well too.
My Knoppix hd-install from the live CD was MUCH
smoother than native Debian's and great with X!

OTO, Knoppix is bloated and SLOW-loading w/ all its apps

(caveat: have not checked out Mepis and have not finished my Libranet install yet)
Wish to replace Knoppix hd-install w/ Libranet or something else.

===> Do check out the "Knoppix, Morphix or Mepis" thread
===> in the Debian forum for more comparisons, as aye4sure will.

ronss · 02-28-2004, 07:00 AM

i bought the 2.81 version of libranet, and like it very much, even installs the nvidia driver during install. mephis does sound interesting too, there top version only costs $9 , cheap.

eeried · 02-29-2004, 02:24 PM

Hello,

As a total linux newbie I read about Libranet and chose the classic edition. Works like a charm!

I've got dual booting (windoz98 and LIbranet)

you should not give up Libranet so easily!

The classic edition comes in a single CD. What they mean by the essential CD is simply the install CD. At one point you're asked to remove the cd and reboot. After rebooting and stuff, you're asked to insert The Essential CD which installs packages.

I printed the install guide for Libranet 2.8.1 and read it carefully beforehand, and hardly needed it during installation but it was reassuring.

Did you check your copy of Libranet was all right?

Anyway there's nothing wrong in the free edition! And you can get help from the Libranet forum.

Cheers

eeried

bongski55 · 03-02-2004, 10:20 PM

I tried the free version last night and was surprised to see a facility to recompile the kernel in GUI form. Perhaps other distros should have this.

Libranet has a different way of installing. It installs the base sysytem first then when you reboot that is the time you are going to install packages. That is when it asks for the "essentials cd" which in the free version it is the installation cd.

It is a good distro as far as installation is concerned. As to hardware detection,it still uses 2.4.19 kernel which is quite old. Perhaps if a new kernel is compiled on it it might address some hardware issues that I have encountered.

eeried · 03-03-2004, 03:46 AM

Recompiling the kernel looks easy on Libranet but I wish smeone more competent than me reported on their experience with this!

True the Libranet free edition is a bit outdated, and I'm waiting for version 3 to come out. in the meantime, the free edition is a good way to get used to Linux in a rather easy way as you need to upgrade some outdated sofware and add new ones (Mozilla, OpoenOffice.org, Java; I'd like to have The Gimp, Firefox and Thunderbird). I've also removed some software as I have a small HDD.

eeried

Thulemanden · 03-06-2004, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bongski55

It is a good distro as far as installation is concerned. As to hardware detection,it still uses 2.4.19 kernel which is quite old. Perhaps if a new kernel is compiled on it it might address some hardware issues that I have encountered.

There was no trouble upgrading to kernel 2.4.24 when I did it. Can't remember where I found the procedure, but if I can do it - anybody can do it :-)

Upgrading to 2.6 required much more wotk and I'll wait for a proper CD version.

Nor had I trouble 'recompiling' the kernel for my Celeron via Xadmin.

Libranet is really 'Mandrake for Debian' (with a lot less errors on publishing)