Re: HELP!!!

[Andrei Ivanov <c680789@showme.missouri.edu>]

> Hi all,
> 
> First of all I am a newbie.  Second I cleared my c: and wipped win and all 
> files gone.  Not to upset about that, I just want to get Debian working.  I 
> can log on as my superuser and user so I can access the program. 

Hmm, what program? You mean Linux itself? 

 I cannot 
> seem to do much at the $.  

Get a book like 'Linux in  a Nutshell". $ is a command prompt, hats where
you you type your commands.


I run dselect with my root account but cannot 
> find the packages.cd.  I thought Debian had a graphical interface.

Debian has graphical interface, it's X. Just download all the needed
files/install from the CD, you will have all the GUI you need.

>  What 
> might I be doing or have done that is wrong?  I get the error message 
> /dev/hda1 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced.

Unproper shutdown (Linux is sensitive to things like hitting reset/power
button). If you need to reboot, use 'reboot', if you need to shutdown, use
'poweroff'. Everything will be done for you (disk umounting, etc.)

Andrew

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