On 06-Jan-99 Michelle Maria Coelho wrote: > Hi... > Yesterday, I downloeaded the Debian Linux installation kit on floppies > and installed it on my 486 at home. It was a breeze. However, there was > one problem. At the time of installation, I hadn't plugged in the mouse > (a Microsoft PS/2 serial mouse). I'm wondering if the plugging in of the > mouse was crucial to the stage "Configure device drivers". Will I have > problems while installing XFree86????
Nope, Linux does not care. You will eventually want to compile a kernel that has only what you need though. > > All I wish to use this PC for is dialling up to my university and > working remotely. I have not purchased a modem yet. Could someone please > tell me > a)what kind of modem I should buy Any, just avoid ones that are "winmodems". The box should state this. > b)how to configure it *I do not have a DOS partition on my hard disk. I > only have a Linux native and a Linux Swap partition* Simply install the hardware -- Linux needs no device drivers. > c)how to configure PPP support. Install the pppd package and its dependencies. > > All I have installed right now is just the base system. I have just > 116Mb on my hard disk and 16Mb of RAM. So I set aside 100MB for the > Primary Linux Partition and 16Mb for the swap. I'm wondering if I'll > have enough memory to install the bare XWindows system. > It will be tight. Run a small window manager like twm.
