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Alrighty, thanks. I will give it a shot, now that my system has become more stable.
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alrighty, well, I have another question (that may not have an answer)... how come when I download the DVDs, they say the files are going to be around 4.x GB, but when they are finished downloading they are only 150 ish MB? They appear to still work... but I have absolutely no idea why or how.
OK... well, now that I have it on a disk, regardless of the last question's status, how in the name of everything good and holy does one go about installing it?
OK... well, now that I have it on a disk, regardless of the last question's status, how in the name of everything good and holy does one go about installing it?
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Originally Posted by FireSBurnsmuP 
alrighty, well, I have another question (that may not have an answer)... how come when I download the DVDs, they say the files are going to be around 4.x GB, but when they are finished downloading they are only 150 ish MB? They appear to still work... but I have absolutely no idea why or how.
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OK... well, now that I have it on a disk, regardless of the last question's status, how in the name of everything good and holy does one go about installing it?
http://www.daniweb.com/tutorials/tutorial58286.html
Hope this helps
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yep! got it.
Although the netinstall was a bad idea... It didn't have the GUI, and I (still) couldn't get the wireless to work or even the LAN, so I ended up killing windows, and having to reinstall debian.
Obviously, though, because I am here, I did get it working. I do have some general questions about it, but I'll check later if this forum is where I would ask that. Thanks a lot, guys!
Although the netinstall was a bad idea... It didn't have the GUI, and I (still) couldn't get the wireless to work or even the LAN, so I ended up killing windows, and having to reinstall debian.
Obviously, though, because I am here, I did get it working. I do have some general questions about it, but I'll check later if this forum is where I would ask that. Thanks a lot, guys!
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Originally Posted by FireSBurnsmuP
Although the netinstall was a bad idea... It didn't have the GUI, and I (still) couldn't get the wireless to work or even the LAN, so I ended up killing windows, and having to reinstall debian.
Glad to hear that it's working for you!
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if you want a gui: (assuming internet is working and you correctly configured sources.list)
login
apt-get update
apt-get install xserver-xorg
apt-get install gdm
apt-get install gnome
reboot
startx
login
apt-get update
apt-get install xserver-xorg
apt-get install gdm
apt-get install gnome
reboot
startx
Last edited by jbennet; Nov 15th, 2006 at 9:14 pm.
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When he said "netinstall was a bad idea... it didn't have a GUI" I assumed he meant "no GUI for the installer", as Debian has a text-only installer. Now I'm not sure what he meant.
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