On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 08:59:00PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 09:14:17AM -0500, philipgeiger wrote: ... > > I'm presently trying to install "Lenny" on my dinosaur computer. It's an > > amd 500 with 512 mb ram and a wd 160gb hard drive. After installing I > > noticed that my serial mouse doesn't work and the initial screen doesn't > > have any underscores to access by hot keys and tabbing as a plan b. > > These are minor glitches. I would be happy to get to here. Your > complaints are minor glitches. They are not like "SEGMENTATION ERROR" > which is hard to fix. You seem to got WORKING SYSTEM already :-) > > > I'm trying to install over my previous installation still without the > > mouse support. ...
I think I overlooked exact RAM number but guessed situation from "mouse" assuming serial mouse or some old graphics card mouse. Excuse me, you got new enough system. > Since your platform looks to have small DRAM memory which prevents > modern installer to be used, I suggest you to use old distribution on > CD if you have CD ROM drive on your system. This is bogus assumption. > If you have access to newer PC, try to learn GNU/Linux using live CD. > There are Debian live CD but Ubuntu ones are also good. > http://wiki.debian.org/LiveCD > http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download Anyway, this is one way. > I also recommend you to learn basics from http://www.debian.org/doc/ > > Please note old Debian distribution has been moved to > http://archive.debian.org/debian/ > > See this backgrounds at http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive > > Osamu > PS: See http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#quick-reference Also reaing BTS as others suggested is good idea. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
