Re: Installing Debian from one CD and one DVD and loading Gnome with TASKSEL

2016-10-13 Thread Brian
On Thu 13 Oct 2016 at 14:08:03 -0600, William Lee Valentine wrote: > I had only the first CD and the first DVD for the current version of > Debian with which to install Debian on one of my computers. I managed You only need one of these. Which one did you use? > the installation, however, and

Re: Installing Debian from one CD and one DVD and loading Gnome with TASKSEL

2016-10-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 02:08:03PM -0600, William Lee Valentine wrote: > I had only the first CD and the first DVD for the current version of > Debian with which to install Debian on one of my computers. I managed > the installation, however, and got a command prompt after booting. I > then used

Re: Installing Debian from one CD and one DVD and loading Gnome with TASKSEL

2016-10-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 02:08:03PM -0600, William Lee Valentine wrote: > The current version of Debian, however, does not have a file INITTAB > under /ETC. How do I get Debian to boot to Gnome, currently, and not to > a command prompt? Just make sure the gdm3 package is installed, and you should