Hi, I forgot, before trying to use volname, type which volname and hit enter once first. If you hear nothing then volname wasn't installed.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