newbie questions...Help!
Hi, I have just installed Debian on a partition of my HD (and a swap partition) everything seems to be going well, i log on and get a $, what next? I have a Mistsumi CD rom drive, but cannot get the drivers select page to recognise it, how do i find the interupts, irq thingys out? what packages should i get to start me off, how (after downloading them with win95) do i get the files on a debian readable floppy, and after that how do i install, use them? how can i look at the contents of my hd? something like dir in dos would be nice? whats this x windows thing, and how do i get, install, use it? how do i change my username and password? how do i log on as super-user? and more and more and more sorry about the newbie'ness of these questions but i have no idea what i am doing... Thanks Rick Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] homepage - http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/kitty5/ (Raytracing, 3D Animation and Emulation) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: newbie questions...Help!
On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Rick wrote: Hi, I have just installed Debian on a partition of my HD (and a swap partition) everything seems to be going well, i log on and get a $, what next? I have a Mistsumi CD rom drive, but cannot get the drivers select page to recognise it, how do i find the interupts, irq thingys out? what packages should i get to start me off, how (after downloading them with win95) do i get the files on a debian readable floppy, and after that how do i install, use them? how can i look at the contents of my hd? something like dir in dos would be nice? whats this x windows thing, and how do i get, install, use it? how do i change my username and password? how do i log on as super-user? and more and more and more sorry about the newbie'ness of these questions but i have no idea what i am doing... Thanks Rick Most of your questions are not Debian specific (straight *nix stuff). I recommend that you get a book on general Unix systems (something like Unix for Dummies, which is actually well written dispite the derogatory title). You would also benefit from reading Matt Welsh's book Running Linux. For the Debian installation questions I can recommend my own book The Debian User's Guide which is available in html from http://www.linuxpress.com For instance, getting your CD-ROM mounted will depend more on the controler than the drive. (although the Mitsumi drive typically uses a proprietary controler, I believe that the drivers disk includes it) Hope this helps. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of The Debian User's Guide_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: newbie questions...Help!
On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Rick wrote: I have a Mistsumi CD rom drive, but cannot get the drivers select page to recognise it, how do i find the interupts, irq thingys out? Take a look at the settings for the drive under Win95. what packages should i get to start me off, how (after downloading them with win95) do i get the files on a debian readable floppy, and after that how do i install, use them? how can i look at the contents of my hd? something like dir in dos would be nice? try ls -- roughly the equivalent of dir in dos. whats this x windows thing, and how do i get, install, use it? Nifty stuff. You get it from wherever you get debian -- it comes prepackaged. Just select the right package based on your video card. how do i change my username and password? adduser and passwd how do i log on as super-user? su I'd recommend you hit http://www.linux.org and take a look at the howto's and beginner's guides there. Specifically check out http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/DOS-to-Linux-HOWTO.html for information on making the migration from dos to linux. Will -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | -- |The problem with computers: | || | rivendell[501] [~] love me | | bash: love: command not found | | rivendell[502] [~] hug me| | bash: hug: command not found | -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: newbie questions...Help!
On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Rick wrote: Hi, I have just installed Debian on a partition of my HD (and a swap partition) everything seems to be going well, i log on and get a $, what next? I have a Mistsumi CD rom drive, but cannot get the drivers select page to recognise it, how do i find the interupts, irq thingys out? what packages should i get to start me off, how (after downloading them with win95) do i get the files on a debian readable floppy, and after that how do i install, use them? I don't understand, if you installed already , didn't you select a bunch of packges ? whats this x windows thing, and how do i get, install, use it? Via dselect. It can sometimes be problematic , sometimes smooth. see many docs at www.debian.org . Be patient looking. Also do cd /usr/doc Then pick a directory (HOWTO is a good one) cd to it and use less filename to read a file. See the linux documentation project on the debian web page. I think the users guide starts with 'ls' , etc. G John Lapeyre [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
