Archive for 'Linux' Category
Step-By-Step Linux Install
18 April 2006I’m going to use this post to document each step along the way as I learn Linux. I’ll put links in this post to other posts that have more detail on each particular issue or problem. I’ll also include a ‘To Do’ list of specific capabilities I want to include in my Linux setup and document [...]
Setting Up a Swap File
18 April 2006For some reason during the install, the installer didn’t find the swap file even though I had repartitioned my drives before I started the install and created a 512MB Linux swap file. I followed the instructions on this forum page to set up the swap file. Specifics that I did:
Debian: fdisk /dev/hdb [this starts fdisk [...]
Getting the Correct Video & Monitor Settings
18 April 2006As I briefly mentioned another post (The Basic Install), I had to make several attempts at installing the KDE and the windows-system-core packages. Each time that they installed, I was queried on video and monitor settings. For the first couple of times, I selected VESA as the monitor option, because my monitor/video setup said it [...]
The Basic install
15 April 2006I downloaded the Debian install DVDs from Debian.org. See my other post for details on how to download the DVDs. Before starting the install process, I made two new partitions - one Linux and one Linux swap. I use BootItNG so I was able to make the partitions before starting the install. If you don’t [...]
Learning Linux - Which Distro?
15 April 2006I’m an advanced user of Windows who wants to take the plunge to see how Linux works. I’ve played around with it a bit before, but haven’t really gotten a firm handle on how it works. After trying a couple of different Linux distros, either using Live CDs or actually installing to a hard drive, [...]