Re: C++ book.

1999-01-17 Thread ari gold
everybody learns in different ways. that's for sure. so the stroustrup book may be the one for you. however, i have had much more success with other books (like the primer). while he may be a buddha when it comes to writing languages, i don't think stroustrup is that great of a teacher ... so far

custom boot floppy?

1999-01-13 Thread ari gold
hello all, me again. mr. "having problems installing" again, my screen blacks out at the first - i.e. color/monochrome - dialogue box. the problem is that the install process mis-identifies the chip (it seems). seems like i (to quote): > need to get someone to get the boot-floppies source, add th

tricky installation problem!

1999-01-13 Thread ari gold
hello there good folks, my question is: what is the next level of help available? who are the gurus? but here's why i'm asking... you may have seen my prior email regarding problems in installation. in case not here's a brief restatement (and also in case you can help ;> i'm trying to install de

a sad goodnight...

1999-01-12 Thread ari gold
hello all, mr. installation problems here again, i tried the terca rescue (boot) disk but i get the same problem. the boot sequence seems fine until after the stream of text; that is, until right before the first dialogue window (concerning color/monochrome display). upon closer inspection the com

Re: installation help please!

1999-01-12 Thread ari gold
if you mean using my "read the non backlit screen technique" i chose a color monitor, then i chose next (i actually saw a bit of color in the screen), then a lot of text came up and i chose continue then a screen with "set up keyboard" or something like that came up and i threw in the towel. if y

installation help please!

1999-01-12 Thread ari gold
hello hello, i'm a (hopefully soon to be) new debian user and am having problems with installation. i've turned to many avenues for help, and this may be my last one so thanks a bazillion ahead of time. here's a brief system list: micron millenia transport notebook pentium/133mhz over 40mb ram 2

installation help please!

1999-01-11 Thread ari gold
hello hello, i'm a (hopefully soon to be) new debian user and am having problems with installation. i've turned to many avenues for help, and this may be my last one so thanks a bazillion ahead of time. here's a brief system list: micron millenia transport notebook pentium/133mhz over 40mb ram 2