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Debian GNU/Linux 2.2
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Debian GNU/Linux 2.2
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Please read this before you begin, especially if you are new to Linux. These manuals are designed to get you started quickly by explaining things you could not possibly already know without previous experience with Linux and with the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. It will save you hours of frustration if you begin here and patiently read the fine manual from cover to cover.
These explain how to use the Linux cfdisk and fdisk disk partitioning software. The installer program will start cfdisk for you if you need to repartition your disk. You will only need fdisk if cfdisk doesn't work for some reason.
What has changed since Debian 2.1, and detailed information on upgrading to the new release.
Also available in plain text.
dselect is a tool used for selecting and deselecting which software packages you would like to have installed on your computer. It takes a little bit of fore-knowledge to use it confidently the first time you encounter it face to face. This is recommended reading.
Also available in plain text.
Here you will find World Wide Web links to more infomation than will fit on a CD-ROM. It's more than anyone can read in a month!
PDF documents may be viewed with the Adobe® Acrobat® reader, which is offered as a gratuity to the public by Adobe Corporation. There is both a standalone version and a web browser plug-in that you may download. It is very nice, and you will enjoy using the Linux version, installable as a Debian package. Please read these documents on your computer whenever possible, rather than printing them. PDF documents are searchable and have a clickable table of contents. The typesetting is publication quality. Save trees! Electrons recycle much more readily than paper products.