Debian newbie install Q's...
 

Hello all~
I'm currently running RH9.0 on an Athlon 1400Mhz with 1Gb PC133 mem. I wanna try something different so i'm looking at Debian. I think it'll help me hone my console skills. I'm looking for a good Debian newbie install guide. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Bear in mind that I learn better by doing and not by reading so, so the guide needs to be just STOOPID. LOL...
Thanx in advance for any and all feedback,
Tony

As you say, you would probably learn better by just doing, and not reading. If you have enough space, or a free partition, I recommend you just get the ISOs and go ahead with it. I moved from Redhat 8 to Debian, and it was a bit of a pain, and quite tricky but I came out having learnt a fair bit.
If you keep your current system on there, then you can always ask about any specific problems if and when you run into them.
Two points:
When you boot up with a Debain ISO, read the instructions and make sure you install with a 2.4 kernel. It involves something like typing linuxbf24, but there are instructions on the first boot up screen.
Secondly nice one on having 1GB of RAM. It's great, isn't it?

Yep it is nice having the memory... yet the !#$% RHN applet in RH9 still managed to bleed it out. Is there somewhere online that has the instructions on the boot up screen you mention? I'd like to pre-read them before I get started. Also, I'm getting the 8 CD's for the install; anything in particular I'll need to know that isn't mentioned in documentation? (What?!? poor documentation? imagine that...) {;-)>>
Thanx,
Tony

I'd recommend giving this install guide a read through:

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2016

This article installs the base system with a 2.2.20 kernel. You then apt-get all the bits and pieces you want afterwards.

Whilst this article is geared towards people setting up apt to download everything off the net, if you set up apt to read all your CDs you can follow this tutorial through quite well without having to download everything. If you have all the CDs you can simply choose the 2.4 kernel to be installed right away, save you compiling a new kernel. Debian's own documentation will lead the way for you on that score.

Whilst you may not want to do everything the author's way, at least you'll get an accurate idea of what to expect when you install.

Thanx a lot!! This is exactly what I need to get the ball rolling.
I'm sure I'll be back to ask more questions about *stuff* as things progress.
Tony