Hi Ronald! Ronald Castillo wrote: > I am new to the Linux world. I want to install Debian Linux but I > have some questions, and I would really appreciate it if you could > help me:
First, please stop sending HTML formatted mails to this list and choose the plain-text format instead (in Outlook, set: Tools -> Options -> Mail Format -> Message Format -> Send in this message format = "Plain Text"). > I have a CD of the Debian 2.1 (Slink) distribution. Is there any > way I can just install a base system and download the rest of the > system via internet? I want to install Woody but I couldn´t find an > ISO online. You can find a bootable CD ISO image for Debian Linux (Woody) at [1], the relevant ISO file being located in [2]. This ISO image is only ~30MB, and lets you do exactly that. > If it is possible, how can I do to configure my internet connection? > I connect to the Internet using a LAN connection (cable-modem). All > my internet settings are automatically configured by an DHCP server. > I already know the module name of my LAN card (tulip), but that´s > all I know. The setup routine should ask you for the relevant details and make the required settings for you. After the installation, have a look at the file /etc/network/interfaces if you need to make specific changes to your network configuration. > I would really appreciate any help you could give me about this. > I want to learn to use Debian so I can configure a home system and > a HTTP, FTP and news server. I guess you already know which programs you want, but have a look at the packages "apache", "proftpd", and "inn2". You can install these and their corresponding documentation packages called "*-doc" (except for inn2) via the "apt-get" command: # apt-get install apache apache-doc proftpd proftpd-doc inn2 Good luck! Julian Mehnle. [1] http://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/ [2] http://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/releases/current/
