Oh, and when you actually get the system installed, you can use apt-get to upgrade your entire distribution to the latest version. And in terms of getting network support, just install the correct module for the 3com card. I believe that most of them are natively supported. ----- Original Message ----- From: James Poss <shinnok@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 2:17 AM Subject: Debian help > Hello all, > I'm trying to install the latest release of Debian linux om my system. > I'm just wondering what people's thought's are on which is easier for > installing, be it from the official cd images, from the internet, or > from a local hard disk. > Also, I need some instructions on how to get the installer working. > I've worked with linux itself for a while, but never preformed my own > install. > Mostly have logged in to my shell provider and saw how things were set > up. > I understand you need to hold down the left shift key and give some > arguments to the loader if you run the install from the cd, but other > than that, I'm pretty much lost. > Thanks in advance for all your help. > > Jim > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com