On 7/11/15, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
You might want to try a live-cd {https://www.debian.org/CD/live/}.
The netinst cd is a very minimal system. I can see it "running"
when a "full" system might not. When I was looking for a distro I
purchased live-cd's
[https://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/] to determine compatibility
with my hardware. [I was on dial-up so downloading was not
feasible ;]
Okay, I'll keep it in mind, and perhaps give it a try if nobody can
shed any light on the current install. The only reason I'm reluctant
is that I'm on a satellite ISP - and a small and expensive traffic cap -
so sucking down full install CDs would presumably chew up a lot of
my allocation. That's why I chose the small CD network install - I
figured it'd hold the download down to just what was needed.