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 multiple offers to burn & ship DVDs and / or other media. > > 2. I'll accept the USB device advice, and use a USB device for the > installation media. > > 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 high speed Internet connection so > I'll see if he and I can get all three installation DVD images onto that USB > drive. We can't use any Linux utilities while doing that, unfortunately. Then > I'll try the Linux install from that USB drive. > > 5. Thanks also for the cautionary advice re: dial-up modem on Linux. I did > some research earlier, but of course the proof will be in the actual attempt > to use the modem :) I do plan to upgrade to a faster (and dedicated) Internet > link !! Just wanted to try first with the dial-up modem. Trying to simplify > my life by postponing the networking upgrade. And also out of plain perverse > curiosity, more than anything else.
Nothing could simplify life more than avoiding dial-up. -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
