Re: Problem with the installaion of debian locking up

2001-08-28 Thread Mark Seven Smith
Blank Karsten M. Self wrote (I just noticed this): The book and CD are very poor. They can be used for installation, however many people report serious problems. Hmm...Question #1: What would be the recommended way of installing Debian? I have cable Internet access, and I have the Potato

Re: Problem with the installaion of debian locking up

2001-08-28 Thread Mark Seven Smith
Blank (Ignore the auto-generate word, BLANK at the beginning of this post, that's Outlook Express doing that.) Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: What does a FrameBuffer screen look like? In the Debian install program, (which comes up as soon as you type ENTER when the boot: prompt

Re: Problem with the installaion of debian locking up

2001-08-28 Thread David Nusinow
Hi, It depends on which distro you want. You probably want potato if you're going to make a production server. If it's just for personal use, you want either testing (woody) or unstable (sid). Your choice. Testing has less bugs, but you have to wait a little while to get your software.

Re: Problem with the installaion of debian locking up

2001-08-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
if it will help expedite change ;-) - Original Message - From: Mark Seven Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.com Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 2:06 PM Subject: Re: Problem with the installaion of debian locking up - Original Message - From: Karsten M

Problem with the installaion of debian locking up

2001-08-25 Thread Mark Seven Smith
Blank Problem: Debian CD B1 bombs either when choosing modules, or before (can even happen right off the bat, scrolling through the keyboard selection screen!) The suggested way to install Debian is to use the CD's; so bought some, and I can boot from them. However, in the early part, after

Re: Problem with the installaion of debian locking up

2001-08-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 01:36:37AM -0700, Mark Seven Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Blank Problem: Debian CD B1 bombs either when choosing modules, or before (can even happen right off the bat, scrolling through the keyboard selection screen!) The suggested way to install Debian is to

Re: Problem with the installaion of debian locking up

2001-08-25 Thread Mark Seven Smith
, 2001 2:06 PM Subject: Re: Problem with the installaion of debian locking up - Original Message - From: Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 3:16 AM Subject: Re: Problem with the installaion of debian locking up I presume