RE: I'm so lost
You should be able to reboot using:
shutdown -h now
-h means halt, you can also -r for reboot.
If you could provide more info on the crash it would be helpful to the
list, and you might want to get the newest version of debian (2.2r3 I
believe).
Check out debian.org for more info on that.
-----Original Message-----
From: thedoghouse@sunvalley.net [mailto:thedoghouse@sunvalley.net]
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 11:46 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: I'm so lost
Hi guys. I'm sure you get sick of fielding questions from people that
must seem braindead but I need some suggestions.
I have made the big leap for me and installed Debian. I had a few
problems (once it crashed during install) but I'm there, I'm at bash
and I don't know what to do. I thought that installing the
home/stand alone package would get me to something a little more
familier than bash (like some sort of GUI) but I was wrong. I am
trying to understand the book that I bought, but I fear it was
intended for someone a little more advanced then me. (The book is
Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed-From Knowledge to Mastery) My
goal would be to get something like GNOME installed along with
some user applications. I simply do not know where to start.
Currently I am not logged in as root and I do not even know how to
shut down the system. One other problem I noticed during install
and in bash is that the keyboard is a little trigger happy. When
trying to press one character, I would press multiples, which
caused a lot of frustration when trying to come up with a root
password.
My system is:
AMD Thunderbird Athlon 700mhz
256 mb ram
6.4 gig hd (all Debian)
internal modem that was not found when installing some automatic
package.
Sony rewritable drive on primary/slave
installation was from the cd contained in the book
I'm sorry to burden the list, but I need someone to speak real slow
and use little words.
Thank you for taking the time to look at this message! -Jeff H
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