Re: Help!


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From MeDon <O_dot_Medek_ zavinac _sh bod cvut bod cz>
Date Mon, 03 Mar 2003 23:07:01 +0100
Organization Czech Technical University

Daniel Needham wrote:
Arrgh help!

Feeling a little out of my depth here!

I have downloaded Debian and want to set up an old PC as a server which will
initially serve a PC and an X-box.

To connect to the internet I'll be using an Alcatel Speedtouch USB modem.

My question is this, how do I set up Debian?!?

OK, that's a big question. To start with, do I choose a normal install or a
2.4 kernel install (thinking of the USB modem, I downloaded a Linux driver
for it. TAR file?). Secondly, what system do I set it up as? I got this far
(mail server, games, SQL server etc) but went down the wrong path, I  chose
Dial-up system and got truly lost.

I'm going to leave the server on and permantly connected to the net.

Anyone help? Or point in the direction of some superb documentation for
Linux novices?
http://www.tldp.org/
http://www.debian.org/doc/

This is a conference in Czech language, maybe you should find some in English ...



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