Re: New user having trouble with new install
On Monday 13 July 2015 20:24:51 Brian wrote:
> On Mon 13 Jul 2015 at 18:54:31 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Monday 13 July 2015 18:39:42 Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > Ms. Reisz
> > > Please read before replying in future. Mr. Levine had pointed out
> > > one of his goals was minimum data charges during install. I
> > > pointed out that I had found availability of complete DVD sets to
> > > be valuable. Not everyone in world has your environment, needs,
> > > desires, etc!
> >
> > No, he hadn't. He gave it as reason for downloading a small CD. He
> > didn't say anything about minimal data charges *during install*. He said
> > that he was reluctant to download full CDs. He said that he only needed
> > a minimal
>
> He didn't? (It's "minimum" for "data charges", BTW :))
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/07/msg00510.html
>
> "expensive traffic cap" seems a clue.
He objected to:
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.
He said that he was reluctant to download full CDs. As I said.
>
> > install, which he can get easily with the net install. And the DVDs are
> > not going to solve the micro-code problem. They are going to cost him a
> > lot of money and not solve his problem.
>
> What micro-code problem? The OP has installed Debian. He is deliriously
> happy. He has no problems.
"However, on boot it tanks with a "microcode: no
support for this CPU vendor" error."
He did not mention having solved this particular problem. In fact, it looks
as though he may still be having it.
" I don't know the nature of the warning (beyond it underscoring that
my CPU is neither Intel or AMD), and have no idea what possible ramifications
it has."
>
> > They do solve your problem. But your problem and needs are unusual.
>
> Wanting to conserve bandwidth is not unusual. Neither of *us* may not
> have the need to. Others do.
Now *you* haven't read what *I* said. The OP said that he was using the net
install CD in order to download only those things he wanted/needed. He has
enough bandwidth for that. 13 DVDs were not a solution to his particular
problem.
I neither said nor implied that a limited bandwidth was an unusual problem. I
said that Richard's usage was unusual. And I stand by that.
Lisi
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