Re: first post (a question)

2009-08-31 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Kroeger wrote: > If you get the Debian Testing Installer iso: (50-60 MB) I'd suggest to start out with Debian stable 'lenny' 5.0. If you later find out that the software released about 1 year ago is not as up-to-date as you desire, you could

Re: first post (a question)

2009-08-30 Thread Charles Kroeger
>Tonight I took a look at Debian's explanation of networking and > liked the way it was presented. I also liked what I read about Debian's > approach in general. You've come to the right place. If you get the Debian Testing Installer iso: (50-60 MB) http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.1/i3

Re: first post (a question)

2009-08-30 Thread Tim Tebbit
Buz Davis wrote: > I don't want to repeat my > mistake with Fedora (I need to purchase install media, having nothing > with which to write cds or dvds). Will the latest version of Debian run > on a K6 ? If I get a live disk, will that allow me to install over the > Internet ? > > Would appreciat

RE: first post (a question)

2009-08-30 Thread Kevin Ross
> From: Buz Davis [mailto:buzda...@earthlink.net] > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 5:53 PM > > [snip] > > When I looked at the release notes for the latest version, however, I > saw nothing referencing AMD K6 processors. I don't want to repeat my > mistake with Fedora (I need to purchase instal

first post (a question)

2009-08-30 Thread Buz Davis
I have recently had an issue trying to install Fedora 8 on an AMD K6 box. I have for years run some version of Red Hat on fairly old hardware, and it seems that my choice of Fedora 8 as a replacement for Red Hat 9 was unlucky in that the original spin of 8 didn't support AMD. Tonight I took a