Re: Installing Debian Linux the hard way...HELP!

1998-05-12 Thread M.C. Vernon
> I saw your reply to Bert Conliffe an was hoping you could give me similar > assistance. :) I'll try. I'm only a newbie myself... > Personal background: > I've learned computers by sitting in front of them and struggling my way > through them. Currently I use WindowsNT at work with Lotus notes

Re: Installing Debian Linux the hard way...HELP!

1998-05-12 Thread jscogin
I tried to do what you are trying to do over the network. I finally took the cd out of my win95 computer, installed the files via dselect, and then put the drive back. After all the trying to get around it, that was the easiest. It takes quite a while to load all the files to the machine. -- To

Re: Installing Debian Linux the hard way...HELP!

1998-05-12 Thread Greg Vence
Will Lowe wrote: > > Hmm. I don't know much about null modem cables. Too bad you don't have > CD drive handy, but anyway: > > > man doesn't seem to work on my machine. ( I get bash: man: command not > > found) > man's not on the base disks, because the manpages themselves take up > quite a bi

Re: Installing Debian Linux the hard way...HELP!

1998-05-12 Thread Will Lowe
Hmm. I don't know much about null modem cables. Too bad you don't have CD drive handy, but anyway: > man doesn't seem to work on my machine. ( I get bash: man: command not > found) man's not on the base disks, because the manpages themselves take up quite a bit of space. > Linux/UNIX book I

Installing Debian Linux the hard way...HELP!

1998-05-12 Thread John_Gay
I saw your reply to Bert Conliffe an was hoping you could give me similar assistance. Personal background: I've learned computers by sitting in front of them and struggling my way through them. Currently I use WindowsNT at work with Lotus notes 4.5 for E-Mail and Netscape for surfing. I can find my