Chris Castons Re: [plug] Debian

[James Elliott]

Hi again Chris

On problem I had when installing previously was that the setup program did
not seem to recognise my burner as a suitable CD reader.  Debian installed
with no problems onto the computer with a conventional CD-ROM reader, but
bombed out on the one which has a burner.  I was thinking of installing a
CD-ROM drive, as well as the burner, before attempting installation.

I would appreciate your thoughts and advice.

Kind regards,

James Elliott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Caston" <caston at iinet.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: Chris Castons Re: [plug] Debian


> Sure. That's what I did.
>
> BTW is you have any problems installing just ask me and or post to the
> list I (and many other PLUG members) will be more than happy to help.
>
> One thing you may want to do is type : bf24
>
> at the boot option have you boot from the CD
>
> This set up the 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernal
>
> which allows you to use the ext3 file system.
>
> regards,
>
> Chris
>
> On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 14:20, James Elliott wrote:
> > Thanks for the help Chris
> >
> > I am fairly new to Linux so please don't apologise for detailing it to
me.
> >
> > It appears that you can update after installing it, so if I have any
trouble
> > setting up the PPP connection, could I simply install Debian from the
CD's
> > as I did before and update it later?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > James Elliott
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Caston" <caston at iinet.net.au>
> > To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:22 AM
> > Subject: Re: [plug] Debian
> >
> >
> > > James,
> > >
> > > Stable is up to Debian 3.0 Rev 1
> > >
> > > There have been over 300 updates since the release of Rev 0. ~ 70 of
> > > them have been security updates.
> > >
> > > When installing your system the latest package information will be
> > > download from the apt sources your specify. (You will need to be
> > > connected to the Internet via PPP or ethernet or it will just get the
> > > ones from your CD's - It's good to have both)
> > >
> > >
> > > Thankfully the Debian install allows you to setup a PPP connection.
> > >
> > > If your system is already installed simply type: apt-get update
> > >
> > > from root to update your package information
> > >
> > > Type: apt-get -u upgrade
> > >
> > > which download any updates your need and then install them
> > >
> > >
> > > I hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Of course accept my apologies if you already knew this stuff (;
> > >
> > > regards,
> > >
> > > Chris Caston
> > > On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 11:06, garry wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yes it is the most current stable. There has been a few updates to
it of
> > > > course..
> > > >
> > > > Garry
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:56, James Elliott wrote:
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > > I have been distracted with work and Uni exams for the last few
months
> > but
> > > > > am now ready to convert most of my network to Linux.  I have
Debian
> > Linux
> > > > > 3.0 from EverythingLinux.com.au, but I bought that several months
ago,
> > > > > shortly after it was released - is it still the latest stable
release
> > or is
> > > > > there a more recent version?
> > > > >
> > > > > Kind regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > James Elliott
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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