Hi, you're looking for the inet install cd. If you put that in to the computer it will run for a few seconds then stop. When it does, hit s and then hit enter. That s tells debian you want it to talk to you. You can put each cd in the cd drive and try typing volname /dev/sr0 and if /dev/sr0 is found you'll her your cd spin up and then debian will tell you what the electronic label is on that disk. This only works on iso9960 images so that's how you can tell iso9960 disks from other formats when those don't work. Hope this helps you. There is a main menu on demand archive of podcasts and debian installation is covered on one of these. That's how I found out how to install debian myself.On Mon, 4 Mar 2013, Karen Lewellen wrote: > That is exactly what I hope I will not need to do. > although I feared that might be needful. > I have 6 or more DVD images of the entire debian squeeze structure. None of > which got used because someone else in America put some of debian on a hard > drive and mailed it to me. > I have no idea fully what is here, and again not finding the in person > training have no real way of discovering without risking damaging the install > already here. > It is funny, since Paul brought up the 63 k packages in debian. > I asked on the Debian discussion list about installing the entire thing, so I > could in theory examine the say 20 media players included, or discover > programs I might not know exist that might be useful. > I was told that no no one really uses all of it. In fact even on the speak up > list Samuel would say, you do not need more than the first couple of images. > What I do not understand though is why? > Others here have talked of the complexities. I am going to find that article > about Linux and its limitations in the consumer market, mostly because there > is so much of it. > Such to my mind is why more and more you find the watered down GUI efforts > that may be less accessible. People trying to reduce the expansive to > manageable levels. > Please understand, I applaud how versatile the structure is. But if it does > not translate into swift and efficient mastering what is the point? > Paul's comment about Dos hobbyist made me laugh, because the same can be said > for Linux...but more of them...with different ideas and different goals etc. > > I looked at Professor Tim's tutorial on key mapping and was reminded why I > want a human in person thank you very much. > > I am very serious that there are things I know can only be done well in Linux, > Lillypond for example which I very much want to use professionally. > Audacity is another one, possible Hindenburg Journalist if there is a Linux > port of it by now. > But I recall asking about doing a task on the debian list only to find that it > took four program to accomplish what I can manage with one elsewhere. > It is like someone writing a program to serve as half a hand clap. A left > hand program, but you have to use another program for the right hand and a > third to make them clap together lol. > > > i will not be dumping shellworld for stand alone Linux though, no need. > And if I have to start over meaning the network is not found, then I will be > waiting to find real in person wisdom for sure. > Thanks, > Karen > > > On Mon, 4 Mar 2013, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > If the needed drivers are on the debian installation disk I'd start > > install up again in this situation, choose language and keyboard and > > country, then hit m to drop to menu and choose the number for configure > > network off that menu. If the disk is able to set up a network connection > > for you you choose dhcp or pppoe or bootp you'l be able to drop back to > > menu and exit out of menu and reboot the system with your network setup > > still operational. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > jude <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Remember Microsoft didn't write Tiger 10.4 or any of its successors. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Remember Microsoft didn't write Tiger 10.4 or any of its successors. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list