Bob Edwards wrote: > > Good morning! > > I ordered a three CD set of debian cds and am preparing to install > debian. I have some specific questions: > > (1) how do i configure debian for dsl ?
Never done it; don't have a clue. > (2) What do I have to do to get debian to recognize all three of my hard > drives ? Depends on if they're IDE or SCSI, etc. Probably you don't have anything "odd", so they'll automatically be recognized as /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, and /dev/hdc (1st, 2nd, and 3rd drives on the IDE chain). > > (3) what do I have to do to be able to dual boot to either debian (yea) > or windows 98 (boo!!) ? Several different methods. The easiest for a beginner is to simply make a boot floppy during the install and don't make Debian bootable from the hard disk; then just boot off the floppy when you want to boot into Debian. Later after you've Read The Appropriate Manuals (RTAM, usually known as RTFM - search the web for "Dual-boot howto" or something similar). > (4) what is this "potato" that I keep reading about? See http://www.debian.org/releases/ The various versions of Debian GNU/Linux have "codenames". They are: 2.0 - Hamm 2.1 - Slink 2.2 - Potato (which is the current "stable" version) ?.? - Woody (which is the next version, now known as "unstable") > I am very new to Linux, but have chosen it as the primary os for my > computer because of its stability and reliability. I have a lot to > learn, but I have to start somewhere. > > regards, > Bob Edwards > Fayetteville, Arkansas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Smaller government. Less taxation. More freedom. Monde for Congress | http://www.monde2000.org
