On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Christofer C. Bell <christofer.c.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:21 AM, The Wanderer <wande...@fastmail.fm> wrote: >> On 09/17/2012 09:31 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:42:03 +0200, lee wrote: >>>> Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: >>>>> >>>>> That's absurd. You are not going to install an OS in the middle of >>>>> nowhere, dude, so you print the manual (or just the sections you are >>>>> interested in) and you can read it while installing. >>>> >>>> 1.) I don't have a working computer to find and print manuals with. First >>>> I >>>> need to install Debian (or have that working system). >> >>> Then you better stop here and solve this step before going any further >> >> How? >> >> In order to go from "no working computer" to "a working computer", at the >> very least, someone has to install an operating system. If you're the only >> one available, and the OS whose install media is available is Debian, then >> the only way you're going to get a working computer is for you to install >> Debian. > > The installation media you are using was created on a working > computer. Use that one to read documentation or print manuals. If > you got the disc from a magazine, then read the article in the > magazine the CD came with. If it was handed to you by a friend, then > that friend is your resource. If you found the disc in the trash and > have absolutely *no idea* what you're doing, then I guess installing > an operating system isn't for you. The "bare metal computer on a > desert island with nothing but a CD" situation you're imagining simply > doesn't happen. Camaleón is exactly right.
Camaleon and Chrstopher are right. Furthermore, if Debian's the only OS that you're installing on a box, you can just follow the defaults as you would for Windows or OS X. If you intend to dual-boot and reach a section of the installer (like partitioning) that you really don't understand, you can abort the installation and look at the documentation via the already-installed OS. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sw1yrk_ggjmbovx9cj7fzz9mvcmowdpavklzfxtdag...@mail.gmail.com
