Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 01:51:58PM -0500, Giles Orr wrote: > Unfortunately, you won't be able to run jigdo on the TPL computers. If > you're running your own laptop on TPL's wireless, you could do this. But > that won't be as fast as their wired public access machines. It'll take > literally

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On 6 March 2018 at 12:16, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 08:56:29AM -0500, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk > wrote: > > Thanks to all who have contributed to the discussion. > > > > All comments read with great interest. > > > > * * * > > * * * > > > >

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 08:56:29AM -0500, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: > Thanks to all who have contributed to the discussion. > > All comments read with great interest. > > * * * > * * * > > I have been able to use a public-access workstation at my local public > library branch, to

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

05, 2018 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ?? On Sat, Mar 03, 2018 at 10:52:45AM -0500, Antonio Sun via talk wrote: > - System Rescue iso is good for some one-off hacks e.g. disk manipulation > but not a good wa

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On March 5, 2018 4:30:42 PM EST, Antonio Sun via talk wrote: > Remember Lennart's comment? > >Debian is not 3 DVD images. It is 14 DVD images or 3 BD images. >> About 60GB total for the images. > > >The installation disk *might *be 3 DVD images, then you'll face the >massive

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Antonio Sun via talk wrote: > Remember Lennart's comment? > > Debian is not 3 DVD images. It is 14 DVD images or 3 BD images. >> About 60GB total for the images. > > > The installation disk *might *be 3 DVD images, then you'll face the > massive

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

Remember Lennart's comment? Debian is not 3 DVD images. It is 14 DVD images or 3 BD images. > About 60GB total for the images. The installation disk *might *be 3 DVD images, then you'll face the massive update requirement/problem I pointed out earlier, which you need all the above 14 DVDs to

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 12:07:11PM -0500, Loui Chang via talk wrote: > In 2018 Debian cannot perform resumable downloads in its installer and > package manager? I believe if it times out and you retry it will resume, but it would still be painful. I don't remember if the installer has dialup

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On Mon 05 Mar 2018 11:04 -0500, Clifford Ilkay via talk wrote: > A netinstall would not be feasible if you cannot count on your connection > to stay up for the duration of the installation. You'd be better off > downloading an ISO image via BitTorrent or rsync, something that can resume > the

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 7:23 AM, o1bigtenor wrote: > > So if the op is limited to dial-up - - - for pete's sake cut him some > slack. He's already talking about using a friend's access for the initial > download but the headache factor, especially with a desktop system, of >

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On Sat, Mar 03, 2018 at 10:52:45AM -0500, Antonio Sun via talk wrote: > - System Rescue iso is good for some one-off hacks e.g. disk manipulation > but not a good way to do Debian Linux Installation. > - Even if you get all three installation DVD images onto that 1TB USB > drive, that may still be

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 10:31 PM, Clifford Ilkay via talk wrote: > On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk < > talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > >> I likely will be building the new PC at my friend's place. Before I teke >> the new PC home with me, to do all the

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > I likely will be building the new PC at my friend's place. Before I teke > the new PC home with me, to do all the work of installing debian Linux for > regular use, I want to check the new PC to make sure

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

Appreciate the offer of assist with dial-up !! Steve - Original Message - From: Kevin Cozens via talk To: talk@gtalug.org Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2018 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ?? On 2018

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

Pls. see below. Steve Oakville, Ontario, Canada (905) 847-3253 apet...@aspetrie.net - Original Message - From: Antonio Sun via talk To: GTALUG Talk Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2018 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On March 3, 2018 10:52:45 AM EST, Antonio Sun via talk wrote: >On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Steve Petrie P.Eng. wrote: > >> >> >3. I already own two (2) WD 1 TB USB drives, acquired for taking >hard >> >disk backups of the new PC. So I'll try using one of those for the >>

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On 2018-03-03 09:45 AM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: Probably�true that dial-up under Linux will be fiddly as heck ... In my early days of using Linux I had used dial-up for Internet access. I also wrote information in a book about how I had set things up so I could reference the

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Steve Petrie P.Eng. wrote: > > >3. I already own two (2) WD 1 TB USB drives, acquired for taking hard > >disk backups of the new PC. So I'll try using one of those for the > >debian Linux (LXDE) installation device. > > > >4. My friend has a Windows 10 setup with

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

TALUG Talk > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2018 11:01 AM >Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - >Shipped To Canadian Destination ?? > > > > >On March 2, 2018 10:25:16 AM EST, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" ><talk@gtalug.org> w

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

See below. Steve - Original Message - From: Lennart Sorensen To: Steve Petrie, P.Eng. ; GTALUG Talk Cc: Giles Orr Sent: Friday, March 02, 2018 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ?? On Fri, Mar 02

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

ut having a copy available. Good luck with the build. > >Best, > >Steve > >- Original Message - > From: Giles Orr > To: Steve Petrie, P.Eng. ; GTALUG Talk > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2018 2:24 PM >Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 10:25:16AM -0500, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: > Many thanks to the many helpful responders !! > > Too many for me to thank individually ... > > * * * > * * * > > Here is what I have digested and decided, based on GTALUG advivce received: > > 1. Thanks for the

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

al Message - > From: Giles Orr > To: Steve Petrie, P.Eng. ; GTALUG Talk > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2018 2:24 PM >Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - >Shipped To Canadian Destination ?? > > >On 1 March 2018 at 09:28, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via ta

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

inal Message - From: Giles Orr To: Steve Petrie, P.Eng. ; GTALUG Talk Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2018 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ?? On 1 March 2018 at 09:28, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk <talk@gta

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On 1 March 2018 at 09:28, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: > *Greetings To GTALUG,* > > I am starting to order the parts for building a new desktop PC to run > debian Linux as primary operating system. Replacing an ancient Dell desktop > PC with MS Windows XP. > > * * * > *

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On 01/03/18 12:36 PM, Anthony de Boer via talk wrote: Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: I'm looking for a source for full set of physical debian Linux (LXDE) installation DVDs (NOT a live install, as I understand that Linux does not yet support live install with UEFI). Note that they've

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

Hey Steve, I'm in the Toronto area and would be willing to burn and ship you the DVDs for cost, what to cite exactly which ones you want along with any other things? If you want I can purchase you a HDD and ship some other bandwidth intensive files/torrents. Regards, Andrew Paolucci ‐‐‐

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: > I'm looking for a source for full set of physical debian Linux (LXDE) > installation DVDs (NOT a live install, as I understand that Linux does not > yet support live install with UEFI). Note that they've gone to some effort to pack the stuff you're most

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

Hey Steve, In the last few years DVDs have fallen out of favour as a media of choice for sharing large files and it's likely to be difficult and not cost effective to obtain them. First of all Debian DVD iso doesn't need to be installed from a DVD drive, you can just dd the image straight

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 09:28:47AM -0500, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: > Greetings To GTALUG, > > I am starting to order the parts for building a new desktop PC to run debian > Linux as primary operating system. Replacing an ancient Dell desktop PC with > MS Windows XP. > > * * * > * *

[GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

Greetings To GTALUG, I am starting to order the parts for building a new desktop PC to run debian Linux as primary operating system. Replacing an ancient Dell desktop PC with MS Windows XP. * * * * * * I'm looking for a source for full set of physical debian Linux (LXDE) installation DVDs