Frank Zimmermann muttered: > Colin Bell wrote: > > I have been trying to get a useful Debian unstallation up for about 5 > > weeks now. I can get the base system installed but then where do I look Lots of good suggestions, but for a newbie I'd focus on the docs at www.debian.org. I found
http://www.debian.org/releases/potato/installguide/ very useful. You _will_ want to learn to use apt and dselect, but re-running base-config (the 'easy' setup option) is a great way to get started. In fact, a great way to learn dselect is to install everything you think you _might_ want with base-config, then use dselect to trim the fat. HTH... Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED]