>>>>> "Paul" == Paul A Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Paul> 1: I've booted from disk (CD) 1 and 2: both state they are Paul> recovery disk/boots... but then allow you to go into the Paul> installation applet. The Debian installation disks/CDs also double as recovery CDs. You can use it to install the system (by following the screens), or you can switch to a different console (with Alt-F2) and enter a shell to restore a system. Paul> 2: Related to #1 above: How many CD's should there be for Paul> Debian's current release? I have three however in reading the Paul> man (manual?) page for cfdisk at debian.org they reference 4 Paul> CD's. The fourth CD is most likely the `non-free' CD which contains programs that cannot be freely distributed. You don't need that for a first install. (Although it contains some useful programs.) You can check on http://cdimage.debian.org if they provide a download. (Site is down at this moment.) If you have internet access, you can specify that you want the non-free packages in the post-installation. Paul> my goal here is to create a 'kernel' partition of 5 megs, a 10 Paul> meg Swap partition, and whatever for general file use. I can Paul> create all of the partitions and can make one of them a 'swap' Paul> partition, however the .... GUI? ( Graphical interface of Paul> dbootstrap which uses keyboard command to negotiate through it Paul> ), after I write the changes to the drive, tells me I need to Paul> create a swap drive. If I try to activate the partition I just Paul> created and marked as a 'swap' partition the program states Paul> there are no new 'swap' partitions on the drive. In cfdisk, create the partitions. For the swap partition, you need to change the partition type to `linux swap'. Press `t', scroll down the list of partition types, and accept the default (82). When offered the choice to initialize the swap partition, you should be able to select it. -- G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250 Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WWW: http://users.pandora.be/guy.geens/ `I want quality, not quantity. But I want lots of it!'
