RE: brand spankin new user... part iii

1999-09-22 Thread Soul Existance
...the followup a's: 1. where do i check irq's? 2. i've tried a couple coms, but i'm not sure which one it is. i will be attempting the external modem, so it should work, and i think it's set up on com2. not sure, cuz i dont have windows on that system. 3. i've set up the config for pppconf

Re: brand spankin new user... part iv

1999-09-22 Thread Andrei Ivanov
> > ok, i figgure instead of using the ppp (which i still cant get to dial) i'll > use my ls-120 and just move it back and forth when i run out of room. now i > notice this... > > files such as : > crossfire-client_0.95.3-1.deb > > turns into this on the disk: > crossf~1.deb > > is this

brand spankin new user... part iv

1999-09-22 Thread Soul Existance
( i use that tag so it's easy to see me)   ok, i figgure instead of using the ppp (which i still cant get to dial) i'll use my ls-120 and just move it back and forth when i run out of room. now i notice this...   files such as :     crossfire-client_0.95.3-1.deb   turns into this on the d

brand spankin new user... part iii

1999-09-22 Thread Soul Existance
ok, did my pppconfig. cant find wvdial, when i type 'pon cyberhighway' it pauses about 2 seconds, goes to prompt. then nothing. doesnt dial, doesnt error message, nothing. run apt-get, says cant find... any other suggestions?   «§Öùl Éxï§tåÑçé»

Re: Brand spankin new user...

1999-09-16 Thread ray
Soul Existance wrote: > > Ok, i downloaded the latest release of Debian... now i want to install it. i > set aside 3gig for it. i'll be multi-os-ing between linux and win98. > > If you dont mind, here's my quesion: > > The install disk tells me i need to partition my drive for the /swap and > /r

Re: Brand spankin new user...

1999-09-16 Thread Stephan Engelke
Hi, On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 02:52:02AM -0700, Craig B wrote: > One last note, I don't mean to discourage you from using Debian, but it > _is_ the most difficult to install. I understand that RedHat and Caldera > are the easiest. You may want to get your feet wet with one of those > and then gradu

Re: Brand spankin new user...

1999-09-16 Thread Craig B
Soul Existance wrote: > > ... so is it going to destroy any data on my win98 partition, or when > i do this change, does it only partition the 3 gigs i set aside... You will be using Linux fdisk to create your root and swap partitions during the installation. You will see your dos partition w

Brand spankin new user...

1999-09-16 Thread Soul Existance
Ok, i downloaded the latest release of Debian... now i want to install it. i set aside 3gig for it. i'll be multi-os-ing between linux and win98. If you dont mind, here's my quesion: The install disk tells me i need to partition my drive for the /swap and /root portions. I am not really familiar