On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Rick wrote: > I have a Mistsumi CD rom drive, but cannot get the drivers select page to > recognise it, how do i find the interupts, irq thingys out? Take a look at the settings for the drive under Win95.
> what packages should i get to start me off, how (after downloading them > with win95) do i get the files on a debian readable floppy, and after that > how do i install, use them? > > how can i look at the contents of my hd? something like dir in dos would be > nice? try "ls" -- roughly the equivalent of "dir" in dos. > whats this x windows thing, and how do i get, install, use it? Nifty stuff. You get it from wherever you get debian -- it comes prepackaged. Just select the right package based on your video card. > how do i change my username and password? "adduser" and "passwd" > how do i log on as super-user? "su" I'd recommend you hit http://www.linux.org and take a look at the howto's and beginner's guides there. Specifically check out http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/DOS-to-Linux-HOWTO.html for information on making the migration from dos to linux. Will -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The problem with computers: | | | | rivendell[501] [~]> love me | | bash: love: command not found | | rivendell[502] [~]> hug me | | bash: hug: command not found | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
