Re: Newbie install help

2002-02-23 Thread dman
On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 08:18:43PM +, Stephano Mariani wrote: | I have access to a computer with a fast net connection (DSL 2Mbit), | would it be possible for me to download and burn these CDs rather than | buying them? If so, could you please tell me where I could get them? http://cdimage.deb

Re: Newbie install help

2002-02-23 Thread dman
On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 12:58:47PM -0500, Faheem Mitha wrote: | I'd use grub. Easy to use, but be careful to modify menu.lst before you | reboot; If you don't, it is no problem. Just enter the "command line" mode at boot time and enter the info. That way you can boot and after booting record t

RE: Newbie install help

2002-02-23 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Stephano Mariani wrote: > I have access to a computer with a fast net connection (DSL 2Mbit), > would it be possible for me to download and burn these CDs rather than > buying them? If so, could you please tell me where I could get them? Actually, an even better way would b

RE: Newbie install help

2002-02-23 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Stephano Mariani wrote: > I have access to a computer with a fast net connection (DSL 2Mbit), > would it be possible for me to download and burn these CDs rather than > buying them? If so, could you please tell me where I could get them? I already gave you a link. http://ww

Re: Newbie install help

2002-02-23 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 08:18:43PM -, Stephano Mariani wrote: > I have access to a computer with a fast net connection (DSL 2Mbit), > would it be possible for me to download and burn these CDs rather than > buying them? If so, could you please tell me where I could get them? Two possibilities

RE: Newbie install help

2002-02-23 Thread Stephano Mariani
TECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 23 February 2002 5 59 > To: Paul McKinley > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Newbie install help > > > > On 23 Feb 2002, Paul McKinley wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am new to Debian Linux. I have a very slow int

RE: Newbie install help

2002-02-23 Thread James McDonald
> > I have Windows 2000 (SP2) installed already, so ideally would like to > > dualboot. I have had some bad experiences with Linux installers > > overwriting the windows bootloader, how do I avoid this? > > i don't know if the win2k bootloader can boot linux, but lilo can boot > win2k. The Win2k

Re: Newbie install help

2002-02-23 Thread Faheem Mitha
On 23 Feb 2002, Paul McKinley wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to Debian Linux. I have a very slow internet access and its not > flat rate. How would I go about downloading the bare minimum in order to > get a Linux box to boot? My system is an AMD Athlon 1.33GHz, with 1GB > RAM. I need no sound, I

Re: Newbie install help

2002-02-23 Thread Martin Wuertele
Hi Paul! On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Paul McKinley wrote: > I am new to Debian Linux. I have a very slow internet access and its not > flat rate. How would I go about downloading the bare minimum in order to > get a Linux box to boot? My system is an AMD Athlon 1.33GHz, with 1GB > RAM. I need no sound,

Re: Newbie install help

2002-02-23 Thread dman
On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 05:30:43PM +, Paul McKinley wrote: | Hello, | | I am new to Debian Linux. I have a very slow internet access and its not | flat rate. How would I go about downloading the bare minimum in order to | get a Linux box to boot? Buy a set of CDs from somewhere. They are ver

Newbie install help

2002-02-23 Thread Paul McKinley
Hello, I am new to Debian Linux. I have a very slow internet access and its not flat rate. How would I go about downloading the bare minimum in order to get a Linux box to boot? My system is an AMD Athlon 1.33GHz, with 1GB RAM. I need no sound, I do need Ethernet drivers, my cards are Kingston KNE