Re: please help with installation

2003-02-12 Thread Jeff Elkins
On Wednesday 12 February 2003 5:26 pm, Hal Vaughan wrote: > Knoppix is great on CD, but doesn't always install easily (or correctly) on > a hard drive. It's also a mix of Woody, Sarge, and Sid, so it can be hard > to update or install other programs on later. I installed Knoppix, then changed my

Re: please help with installation

2003-02-12 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Wednesday 12 February 2003 05:38 am, Hugo Portela wrote: > > On Wednesday 12 February 2003 12:42 am, Fer'had Erdogan wrote: > > > I'm new to Debian and to Linux. I'm trying to get it going on my a > > > machine but I'm stuck. When it says "installing base system - please > > > wait" (after confi

Re: please help with installation

2003-02-12 Thread Hugo Portela
> On Wednesday 12 February 2003 12:42 am, Fer'had Erdogan wrote: > > I'm new to Debian and to Linux. I'm trying to get it going on my a > > machine but I'm stuck. When it says "installing base system - please > > wait" (after configuring network) it starts writing some files in > > and gives an err

Re: please help with installation

2003-02-11 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 01:00:51AM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I know I'll be assailed from all sides for daring to suggest this, but if you > are new to Linux, and not overly experienced with operating systems other > than, say, Windows, I would suggest looking for something easier to install >

Re: please help with installation

2003-02-11 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Wednesday 12 February 2003 12:42 am, Fer'had Erdogan wrote: > I'm new to Debian and to Linux. I'm trying to get it going on my a > machine but I'm stuck. When it says "installing base system - please > wait" (after configuring network) it starts writing some files in and > gives an error message

Re: Please help with installation diskettes!!!

1997-11-23 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> Hello!! > I decided to install Linux and chose Debian. I read everything I > could about Linux and tried to install Debian. > When I used the rawrite2 command when it finishes it writes: > Bad sector detected > When I run scandisk it doesn't find anything wrong with my diskettes. > Can it be tha