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I'm totally new to this jigdo thing, and was under the impression that it's relatively fast. I'm downloading the files on another computer that has been running for about four hours now. Is that normal? I thought I was only downloading the first CD. I was going to install that, and see how it goes before trying to download all 14 CDs. Or so I thought.
I'm just wondering if I screwed up somehow, or if this is normal. I downloaded SuSe 10 via the old ftp iso download, 7 CDs, and it didn't take near this much time.
Personally I would suggest just downloading the net install version which is about 112MB unless you intend installing on a non Intenet linked system. The net install will take you through the basic installation and then enable you to pull down the apps you want from one of the mirrors.
thanks, I think I'll give that a try. what kind of problems can I anticipate when trying to do a net install on a system that is already a dual boot SuSe 10 / Micro XP box?
I've been trying to learn Linux enough to get away from MS, but have not been satisfied enough with Mandrake or SuSe. I've heard nothing but positive things about Debian.
thanks, I think I'll give that a try. what kind of problems can I anticipate when trying to do a net install on a system that is already a dual boot SuSe 10 / Micro XP box?
The installer is pretty good and as long as your hardware is fairly standard it should detect and set it up fine. Study the readme first (seriously). Bear in mind that you will have to decide what you want installed after the base install even down to the decision as to whether to install X. I would suggest installing aptitude right at the start to help you through apt and if you go the X route I can also recommend synaptic. Please do some reading particularly about apt.
I got the netinstaller working and thought it was going to be ok. In the set-up process, after partitioning the hard drive the installation process said that it could not find an ethernet connection in my system. I connect to the internet via a cable modem; therefore I [B]do[B]have an ethernet connection don't I?
So now I am stuck.... I have Debian on my system, but I can't download any packages because it doesn't recognize my internet connection.
I tried the other version of Debian....."etch", and was able to install it and get it working. It actually recognized my cable modem and.....surprise, it worked.
so now.... lots of reading, and experimenting. the first thing I want to do is figure out how to get KDE, as I prefer it to Gnome.
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