Ben. Thanks. I've seriously looked into the dual-boot approach and
concluded that I'm very likely to end up with two non-working OSs. If I
had more experience or a pro like you for a neighbor, sure. But I'm
basically on my own and a true newbie.
I'll just set the BIOS for standard VGA, no sound, no
winmodem (have external, controller-based one) and boot order-
CD-floppy-HD. Put the boot partition on the first part of the disk and
let Linux have its way with the MBR and format and partition table. Turn
off PnP in LILO config, etc. I'm getting it, and I *really* want to be
firmly in the Linux world. Looked into them all, and Debian is where the
action is, so here I am.
Bruce<+> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
From: "ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [±¤°í] CD¹øÈ£ºÎ2002 Àü±¹ÆÇ ¾È³»
> On Saturday 02 February 2002 07:09 pm, Bruce Burhans wrote:
> [snip]
> > I'm working on it Dman. Have read 2 Debian Install Manuals, 3X
each,
> > dselect, cfdsk, bootprompt HOWTO,
> > basic book on Unix, modem HOWTO, Josh's Linux Guide, and have
started on
> > Rute Users' .....Not to mention following 2 newsgroups and spending
> > hours on the Net.......
> > But all these materials assume much more knowledge than they
think.
> > My old Brother word processor (read:: text editor in Linux) hadn't
> > broken down in November 2001, and I just ordered a Gateway the
nest
> > day for MS Word. I do a lot of writing and couldn't even spare the
time
> > to shop around. *Then* I got mesmerized by these incredible tools
and
> > learned about Linux a month after that. There are grade-school kids
who
> > can do more with my computer than I can.
> > But I'm studying hard, and it's starting to make real sense.
Will
> > get up the courage to install one of these days. There's someone
that
> > will babysit over the phone while I run through LILO config, cfdsk,
and
> > dbootstrap and dselect/dpkg, but I have to feel comfortable with the
> > process first, in my mind. Will be sending XPernicious to cyberhell
and
> > installing a rudimentary console-only setup at first, with comm
apps,
> > text editor, and necessary utilities.
> > I have become dependent on e-mail for business, and the Install
must
> > work the first time/day.
> >
>
> what you need to start looking at is setting up a dual boot system, so
that
> you can still do the rudimentary necessities on windon't and also get
to
> spend time on your own linux system, learning what you need to know to
make
> the transition. as much as many of us wish that a certain part of the
anatomy
> hadn't had to suffer the many years of brutish enslavement to bill,
nobody
> expects you to make the transition in a day. maybe nobody told you,
but not
> only is it possible to have both a real operating system and that
other crap
> reside on the same computer, but if there were an honest count of all
those
> on the list who still have the other crap on their systems, even if in
many
> cases it hasn't been booted in a long-ass time, you might be surprised
by
> that number.
>
> ben
>
>
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