David wrote:
> I decided not to use the CD, figuring that if they got that
> wrong, the rest was not likely to be OK either. I borrowed a Cheap
> Bytes Slink CD at work.
I wonder if this would explain the very silly situation that I cannot
get online with an install from that CD. I've decided to g
Grant
I picked up the free copy of the Oreily book and CD at The Atlanta
Linux Showcase. THAT CD has the links wrong in the several .html
files. I had to read the html to know what the problem was, then I
copied them to /tmp then renamed them with a '.en' before the .html
extension to be able to a
An excellent and very cheap source of Linux CDs. I would think they beat
CheapBytes in quality. Check out www.lsl.com.
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> ---STUFF SNIPPED---
> "Pleae select the directory containing the file resc1440tecra.bin"
> This stumps me. How the hell should I know where that is?
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> --- but wait it's actually wanting the location of a
John,
Your disk is bad. All disks are bad that came with the first edition
of the book! New Riders feels badly about this...
Go to www.newriders.com. The home page tells you how to get your
free upgrade.
Next time go to www.Cheapbytes.com.
On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Darrington, John wrote:
>
>
Hmm, seems like only you. It might take me 2 hours because I use
download-base-put-on-future-swap-partition-install-make-swap approach,
but shouldn't be impossible.
If I have a clean drive in front of me, I just use ANY CD distro to
quickly install it's base into a partition, download Debian base
Unfortunately the install side of things i have found to be rather rough at the
edges
myself.
Installed debian over a year ago. And dumped the other OS.
Ive been trying to create potato cd's from a copy on my HDD using "debian-cd"
package.
Finally mamaged to get it to a state where it creates im
On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Darrington, John wrote:
john.d >OK, so after 5 years of playing with slackware and Red Hat, I decide
that my
john.d >next OS will be Debian --- I've seen the web page, and like the
philosophy
john.d >and want to get started. The usenet reports that Debian is so
difficult t
* Eric G . Miller (egm2@jps.net) [000213 23:01] penned:
> Unfortunately, you got bit by the "New Riders" bug. They screwed up with
> the CD that comes with that book. I hear they'll ship you another CD if
> you contact them.
>
Although we've been doing a non-official debian mirror where I work (a
avid
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From: Darrington, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 9:39 PM
Subject: Newbie's experience Installing Debian
>
> OK, so after 5 years of playing with slackware and Red Hat, I decide that
my
> next OS will be Debian
Darrington, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> OK, so after 5 years of playing with slackware and Red Hat, I decide that my
> next OS will be Debian --- I've seen the web page, and like the philosophy
> and want to get started. The usenet reports that Debian is so difficult to
> install can't all
Unfortunately, you got bit by the "New Riders" bug. They screwed up with
the CD that comes with that book. I hear they'll ship you another CD if
you contact them.
My first experience with Debian was a little less than a year ago. I got
the 4CD set (2 binary, 2 source) from CheapBytes for a little
OK, so after 5 years of playing with slackware and Red Hat, I decide that my
next OS will be Debian --- I've seen the web page, and like the philosophy
and want to get started. The usenet reports that Debian is so difficult to
install can't all be true can they? Unfortunately I've found they are
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