On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > Wally, are you familiar with MS DOS or DR DOS commands? >
Hi Ralf, Yes but only the most basic. As I started on this whole linux adventure I dusted off my DOS 6.0 / 6.2 books that have been sitting on my book shelf since the mid 1990's. I had to re-learn some commands because about a month ago I wanted to first learn how to verify the Debain netinst file using MD5SUM and SHA-1 in console mode. I could down load programs all day long to have file verification done automatically for me in windows but I wanted to learn it in console mode since most Linux work accomplished in console, terminal, command prompt or whatever else it may be called. It was a struggle initially but I learned. It was my first real progress with certain things that needed to be done with Linux. I had no idea that files needed to be verified before burning to CD. Then again, I never downloaded a 700 MB file. I eventually learned about the whole process. Thus my Debian netinst file was verified. Ubuntu was my first attempt at installing Linux. It never loaded. Long story. The liveCD worked fine on my system but someone eventually suggested I try a different distro. I had no idea what "distro" even referred to at the time. Had to learn it all. I was floored when I visited wikipedia's page titled "Linux Distribution". There is a chart on that page that shows all the distos that fork off the three main dsitributions (Debian, Fedora and Slackware). There were many distributions to choose from. Just amazing! I soon discovered (after intense study) that objective was best served with Debian. The support and available tools and packages are amazing. Also I prefer to learn Linux from a developer/programmers perspective thus my objective is somewhat different than most. To answer your question, yes, I am familiar with some DOS commands and have access to many books on the subject. Thanks Ralf -- 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/caldxikprm1ja4lldt8gkxhjay4nux7vyafqsmiawdqpegs_...@mail.gmail.com
