Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-07 Thread David Wright
On Sun 04 Jun 2017 at 13:14:42 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > David Wright composed on 2017-06-04 11:19 (UTC-0500): > ... > > But you're unusual in working in this area, so unlike most of us > > you're going to have a dedicated tool available; in fact you work > > on it I see. > > I'm not sure what

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-04 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2017-06-04 11:19 (UTC-0500): ... > But you're unusual in working in this area, so unlike most of us > you're going to have a dedicated tool available; in fact you work > on it I see. I'm not sure what you mean. I'm only a DFSee user, no kind of programmer. I discovered the

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-04 Thread David Wright
On Sat 03 Jun 2017 at 18:18:02 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > David Wright composed on 2017-06-01 18:55 (UTC-0500): > > > When I managed to persuade the Computing Service to issue me with > > several disks at the same time (very infrequently), I would make > > sure I created partitions with slightl

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-04 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 06/01/2017 07:55 PM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 01 Jun 2017 at 12:32:01 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 12:23:56PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 06/01/2017 10:24 AM, David Wright wrote: ? [!!] Partition disks ? ??? SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 60.0

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-03 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2017-06-01 18:55 (UTC-0500): > When I managed to persuade the Computing Service to issue me with > several disks at the same time (very infrequently), I would make > sure I created partitions with slightly different (usually by one > cylinder, a historical concept!) absolu

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-01 Thread David Wright
On Thu 01 Jun 2017 at 12:32:01 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 12:23:56PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > On 06/01/2017 10:24 AM, David Wright wrote: > > > > ? [!!] Partition disks ? > > > > ??? SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 60.0 GB ATA IC25N060ATMR04-0 >

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-01 Thread Felix Miata
Stephen P. Molnar composed on 2017-06-01 08:30 (UTC-0400): > I have an older desktop that has been running Windows XP that was shut > down for about 5 years that I wean to put back into service. > I know that it will run Debian as I've tried out the 32 bit live version. > Now, I am not a comput

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-01 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 12:23:56PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > On 06/01/2017 10:24 AM, David Wright wrote: > > > > ?? > > [!!] Partition disks > >

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-01 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 06/01/2017 10:24 AM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 01 Jun 2017 at 08:30:33 (-0400), Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have an older desktop that has been running Windows XP that was shut down for about 5 years that I wean to put back into service. I know that it will run Debian as I've tried out the 3

Re: Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-01 Thread David Wright
On Thu 01 Jun 2017 at 08:30:33 (-0400), Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have an older desktop that has been running Windows XP that was > shut down for about 5 years that I wean to put back into service. > > I know that it will run Debian as I've tried out the 32 bit live version. > > Now, I am not

Install Debian 8.8.0/XFCE on32 bit system

2017-06-01 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I have an older desktop that has been running Windows XP that was shut down for about 5 years that I wean to put back into service. I know that it will run Debian as I've tried out the 32 bit live version. Now, I am not a computer person, but rather an Organic Chemist and I am use to the Debia