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From: randhol@bacchus.pvv.ntnu.no (Preben Randhol)
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Subject: Re: OT: Installing Debian (was Re: Latest GNAT version)
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 07:48:25 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <15dPe.18613$g47.8770@trnddc07>, Randy wrote:
>Ludovic Brenta wrote:
>> If by "the image" you mean the .iso file, use your usual CD
>> burning software to write the image to a CD-R. See
>> http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/
>> 
>  OK i have all 14 cd's now.  I started to install and all it looked at 
>was the first cd and I have a dos prompt to look at.....site is down or 
>something i can't get to it for instructions.
>Kinda lost now :)

I recommend reading: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual

However, if you haven't had any linux/unix experience I would suggest
you install Ubuntu Linux in stead. Unbuntu is based on Debian but they have
made the installation/desktop more beginner-friendly(*). You can install
debian packages afterwards so you need not worry about missing out on
the Ada packages made for Debian.

I myself use Debian, but I have used Linux since 1994-95.

Link for Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntulinux.org/

HTH

Preben

(*) I don't say user-friendly because this is a misleading term. There
is not *one* type of user and as experience, knowledge, interests vary
what is user-friendly really is dependent on which user one talk about
:-)