On 06/03/2014 22:07, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
I'll try to keep the noise down
henceforth, and aim to help others as I develop more expertise.
Don't be afraid to ask any questions. Ignore any useless answers.
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On Vi, 07 mar 14, 08:05:21, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
On 06/03/2014 22:07, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
I'll try to keep the noise down
henceforth, and aim to help others as I develop more expertise.
Don't be afraid to ask any questions. Ignore any useless answers.
I'd rather recommend:
On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 08:05:21 +
Jonathan Dowland j...@debian.org wrote:
On 06/03/2014 22:07, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
I'll try to keep the noise down
henceforth, and aim to help others as I develop more expertise.
Don't be afraid to ask any questions. Ignore any useless answers.
+1
On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 11:22:58 +0200
Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote:
On Vi, 07 mar 14, 08:05:21, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
On 06/03/2014 22:07, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
I'll try to keep the noise down
henceforth, and aim to help others as I develop more expertise.
Don't be
On Friday 07 March 2014 14:06:54 Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
wrote:
So Patrick, Jonathan's right: Don't be afraid to ask any questions.
Ignore any useless answers.
I was told, when I was a genuine newbie ( as opposed to a perennial
one) and apologising for asking terribly rudimentary
Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote, On 03/07/2014 09:06 AM:
So Patrick, Jonathan's right: Don't be afraid to ask any questions.
Ignore any useless answers.
Yes, the pithy answer to my original question is:
When you boot from the Debian CD, chose the 64-bit option.
Don't just press
I installed Debian on this laptop using this image:
debian-7.4.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso
I thought that because it had amd64 in the name, I was getting a 64
bit operating system.
Well, that didn't happen. I got a 32 bit operation system:
$ uname -a
Linux laptop 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian
Hi.
On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:46:15 -0500
Patrick Chkoreff patr...@rayservers.net wrote:
My question is, can anyone give me the URL of an ISO image on the Debian
web site which will give me 64 bit?
Use this one:
On Thu 06 Mar 2014 at 11:46:15 -0500, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
I installed Debian on this laptop using this image:
debian-7.4.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso
I thought that because it had amd64 in the name, I was getting a 64
bit operating system.
Not only are you avoiding Google and Adobe but
Brian wrote, On 03/06/2014 01:25 PM:
Not only are you avoiding Google and Adobe but you are also avoiding
reading and exploring what is on your screen when you boot the image.
64 bit is displayed 3 times; that's without looking under Advanced
options.
Yes, I was quickly defaulting through
On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:55:44 -0500
Patrick Chkoreff patr...@rayservers.net wrote:
I suppose it doesn't matter which I use -- I'm guessing either one has a
64-bit option, and next time I won't breeze by that option.
Why, it does. Using debian-7.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso you're unable to
choose
On Thu 06 Mar 2014 at 13:55:44 -0500, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
Brian wrote, On 03/06/2014 01:25 PM:
Not only are you avoiding Google and Adobe but you are also avoiding
reading and exploring what is on your screen when you boot the image.
64 bit is displayed 3 times; that's without
Reco wrote, On 03/06/2014 02:31 PM:
On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:55:44 -0500
Patrick Chkoreff patr...@rayservers.net wrote:
I suppose it doesn't matter which I use -- I'm guessing either one has a
64-bit option, and next time I won't breeze by that option.
Why, it does. Using
On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 19:33:14 +
Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote:
On Thu 06 Mar 2014 at 13:55:44 -0500, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
On the other hand, Reco suggested that I use this image instead:
debian-7.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso
He was very kind and took pity on your predicament.
I'd
On Thu 06 Mar 2014 at 14:47:15 -0500, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
Makes sense. So it's fool proof then. I *was* in a hurry when I
installed Debian because I had to get some serious work done, pronto.
Installing Debian is itself serious work. It should not be done in a
hurry and without reading
Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote, On 03/06/2014 04:50 PM:
I'd characterize it as Reco was very kind, in the tradition of free
software mailing lists, and answered Patrick's question.
Yes. I'm now installing Debian on my desktop machine, and *duh* right
there at boot-up is the 64-bit
On Thu, 2014-03-06 at 14:47 -0500, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
So it's fool proof then.
No, to install, maintain, sanely use Linux, it always needs
self-responsibility.
You will likely experience the issues you experienced with Ubuntu, with
any other distro too, since the problem likely exists
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