Re: downloading debian GNU/Linux 2.2
Hi Kris:
go to www.debian.org/ for all your answers. hth Dean
----- Original Message -----
From: Kris Murray <krismurray007@hotmail.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 1:29 PM
Subject: downloading debian GNU/Linux 2.2
> To the List;
>
> My name is Kris Murray. I am interested in downloading this Linux OS.
> However, I have some questions and concerns.
>
> 1. To download it, do I have to ftp the entire OS from the ftp site to my
> hard drive? Or can I just download an installation program that will take
> care of downloading each individual file? If I need to ftp the files,
which
> ones?
>
> 2. After I download it, what do I do? I read on the website that I can
boot
> from floppies or my CD-Rom. But I don't think that is for downloading.
What
> exactly am I supposed to do to initialize and start up the OS?
>
> 3. I also read on the website that installing Linux might wipe out some of
> my other files. How frequent is this? Is this something that I should be
> concerned about? And if so, what is the scope of the files that it will
wipe
> out? I have a whole partitioned drive dedicated to Linux. Will other
drives
> be affected?
>
> I would appreciate it if someone could help me out and answer my
questions.
>
> --- Kris Murray
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