[Novalug] Wow Linux does rule!

Alvin Smith mezzenger@gmail.com
Wed Jul 23 09:50:06 EDT 2008


indeed

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Norman Bird <steelpulsefan@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wow! I am having so much fun with Debian today. I got past that problem
> with apt-get not working. I just reinstalled and this time installed gnome
> because I had success with the synaptic packager in the past.
>
> anyway, i have my server back up and well on the way to being configured.
> webserver, mysql, php ssh, rsync. I now know how to configure a back up of
> my files so I wont loose everything. I installed ETCH on another box I had
> which had a briken fedora 8 on it. now I will use for backing up files from
> my main box. It had like 3 scsi HD's on it. it took a while, but i figured
> out out to partition and select file systems on them. before i only did the
> default ...all on one disk thing, but not this time. ive mounted one with /,
> other with /home and the final one with /var/www to back up my webserver
> files.  prior to today  i could not do any of that. I learned how to mount
> drives and cdrom. before i was kinda clueless.
>
> I first started the install with the DVD's I got from debian magazine.
> ($14). I'll never do that again. all kinds of problems. first, when you use
> the dvd's the x.server does not work and you have to configure by hand. but
> with the netinstall cd gui is fine and gnome loads with no problem. dont ask
> me why. and also during the install there were like 2 files that kept being
> reported as, get this "corrupt"  vim-tiny and some other library file. not
> with netinstall. dvd was just a lot of problems.  i also found that instead
> of just hitting enter at cd prompt during install start, type installgui. it
> gives a better interface where you can go back and forth a lot better.
> especiall when partioning the harddrive. i had options that werent there
> with the default version.
>
> now i use another etch box for file backup insted of trying to use samba
> with windows. and etch makes it automatic for you to connect to your windows
> machine when you enter the windows domain during install, MSHOME.
>
> So basically i spent all dat working with my 2 etch boxes, but im a lot
> more knowledgable that i was yesterday. i can handle a lot more stuff on my
> own now.
>
> debian rules!
>
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