Hi James, * James Oldham <jo_techwriter@earthlink.net> [031028 09:46]: > I am new to Debian and a relative novice with Linux. I want to > install the testing distribution on an IBM Pentium II (model > 6285-66U, 384 ram, plenty of disk space, 4MB S3 on the motherboard). Welcome. Tip number 1- wrap your lines at about 72 characters. > How I use my current network install CD (which defaults to stable) to > install the testing distribution? I've tried editing the sources > list, changing "stable" to "testing" on each line, but my success has > been only partial. I think you need to be more specific. What did you do after editing you /etc/apt/sources.list? I guess you need to do the following. # apt-get update # apt-get upgrade # apt-get dist-upgrade > The main purpose for this machine will be a file server (including > Samba) inside my firewall, but I would like to be able to use the > computer as a workstation occasionally. > > I've successfully installed the stable distribution over the > internet, but I haven't figured out how to get the X server working. > I understand that the testing distribution includes newer versions of > XFree86 that support the S3 chipset I have. When I run startx on my > stable install, the error message says that the file doesn't exist, > but I have been able to run through the configuration program and > view output file. Run tasksel and select "X window system". HTH, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test9-looxt93c1 i686 GNU/Linux
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