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Re: debian Linux



Hi all

>the book is available online for free (open publication license).
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/index.html

Oops, didn't know that. Too late, now that I only bought it yesterday. But thanks for the info.

Now, the problem is that the cd coming w/z the book seems broken. Will surely get that replaced tomorrow though(!) Today, I couldn't wait anymore to try debian, so I dl the necessary disks (shops are closed here today, so unable to get cd replaced immediately) from the inet, created them and installed a very minimal system. At another place, where I have access to a cable modem, I will try some bigger install, though. Seems nice, particularly the package-management tools, apt-get, dselect and so forth. :-)

Had just one problem: dual-booting. This might just be slightly off-topic, so sorry. The config file looks as follows:


--------- lilo.conf ---------

boot=/dev/hda
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
delay=20
prompt

image=/vmlinuz
 label=Linux
 root=/dev/hda3
 read-only

other=/dev/hdb1
 label=win
 loader=/boot/chain.b
 table=/dev/hdb

--------- lilo.conf ---------

hda is where linux resides, hdb is for win. hda has various partitions, hdb has only hdb1. When booting, i select win, but it seems to hang. Using debian 2.1, dl'ed from the net.

I'd be very happy to receive comments / suggestions. Cheers.
Sven


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