Re: Where to start

2006-03-24 Thread david robert
check this very good debian help website really usefull for all the users and admins http://www.debianhelp.co.uk   if you are looking for installation http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/install.htm   hope this helpsChris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rocky Ou wrote:> Hey list... I'm going to instal

Re: Where to start

2006-03-23 Thread Chris Lale
Rocky Ou wrote: Hey list... I'm going to install Debian sid on my Dell inspiron 2200 laptop to make it a dual-boot machine. Can any of you give me some suggestions regarding to the following issues before I dive into installation process? 1. I have ADSL access at the normal speed of 50kB/

Re: Where to start

2006-03-23 Thread Chris Lale
Rocky Ou wrote: Hey list... I'm going to install Debian sid on my Dell inspiron 2200 laptop to make it a dual-boot machine. Can any of you give me some suggestions regarding to the following issues before I dive into installation process? 1. I have ADSL access at the normal speed of 50kB/

Re: Where to start

2006-03-22 Thread Kent West
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:03:46 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] You'll want to chkdsk and defrag your drive, trying to get all your Windows stuff to the front end of the drive (or back end, if you prefer). Then you'll need to split your Windows pa

Re: Where to start

2006-03-22 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:06:44 +0800 "Rocky Ou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey list... I'm going to install Debian sid on my Dell inspiron 2200 laptop > to make it a dual-boot machine. Can any of you give me some suggestions > regarding to the following issues before I dive into installation proce

Re: Where to start

2006-03-22 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:03:46 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > You'll want to chkdsk and defrag your drive, trying to get all your > Windows stuff to the front end of the drive (or back end, if you > prefer). Then you'll need to split your Windows partition, using such a > tool

Re: Where to start

2006-03-22 Thread Jochen Schulz
Rocky Ou: > >1. I have ADSL access at the normal speed of 50kB/S. Do I need to >download full set CD? I saw somebody says Just need to download few of > them. >Which CD should I download? If you could give me a URL for downloading the >necessary CDS, I would really appreciate it?

Re: Where to start

2006-03-22 Thread Kent West
Rocky Ou wrote: Hey list... I'm going to install Debian sid on my Dell inspiron 2200 laptop to make it a dual-boot machine. Can any of you give me some suggestions regarding to the following issues before I dive into installation process? 1. I have ADSL access at the normal speed of 50kB/S

Re: Where to start

2006-03-22 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Rocky Ou wrote: Right now it seems Unstable (sid) does not have CD image to downlod. Can I use Testing CD to install and change the sources.list after Debian is runing on my machine? There are no network install images for unstable. If you want to install unstable, download the image for tes

Re: Where to start

2006-03-22 Thread Doofus
Rocky Ou wrote: > Hey list... I'm going to install Debian sid on my Dell inspiron 2200 > laptop to make it a dual-boot machine. Can any of you give me some > suggestions regarding to the following issues before I dive into > installation process? > >1. I have ADSL access at the normal speed of

Re: Where to start networking my computers

1998-09-12 Thread Default Debian Reader
On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Lennox Reid wrote: > I am trying to network three computers in my home, with my little 386 > running linux as the gateway/server/etc. Eventually, the plan is to have > the linux computer access the internet and give the other computers access > so that we use only a single