Re: New user having trouble with new install
On Monday 13 July 2015 13:30:40 Richard Owlett wrote:
> Jonathan Levine wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Complete set all of 13 Jessie DVD's are available from my
> preferred vendor for ~$35(US), Install over dial-up being
> completely impractical. I've moved to a 3G/LTE ISP, choosing a
> 1GB/mo plan, so I will continue to purchase DVD sets.
I disagree with Richard on this, Jonathon. You took much the best approach.
There must be a solution which does not involve 13 DVDs! I have been using
Debian for over 11 years and in all that time I have never had to solve a
problem by deviating from the net-install, and only very rarely by
reinstalling.
Don't go playing around with 14 DVDs. Richard has special and idiosyncratic
needs and requirements.
I'll look back at your problem and see if I can suggest a different approach.
I had been leaving it to the experts (which I am not on Jessie).
Lisi
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