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I repeated the the dotlrn install twice today,
(three times total)
using a different install disk in all cases.

See Version compatibility chart: http://openacs.org/doc/individual-programs.html
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I tried a fourth time using Ubuntu, but ran into a couple of problems
with it:

1) Desktop version will not start install on the Dell machine.
I suspect it doesn't detect a sound card, and considers that
essential.

2) Server version started to install, but the copy I downloaded
is apparently corrupt - don't know if the iso at the source is
the problem, or something got corrupted in the download.
It had errors copying the installer to the Dell,
and when tested, failed the integrity test in the boot menu.

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the above link is to the oacs debian xowiki site.

Dallas,

i know this must be kinda frustrating, for you because it's so all over the place. sorry i didn't see this until just now. which page or document are your referring to when you say located a page giving detailed process for installing openacs on debian? i've seen it before. it's hard to know where to chime in until we have an online instance to work with.

i've been thinking that it would be good to use an online instance i.e. http://oacsrocks.org which is a free dotlrn demo site with ssh access. this way we start with a working instance and we replicate it on the server at boulder.

The other option would be to get the e-lane liveCD... Continued...

http://openacs.org/xowiki/pages/en/.LRN+Installation#install-tarball
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