See comments below: > I am new to Linux & Debian, Also I am not a programmer. I have > tried to install Debian 2.0 (Intel)from CD. I have Win98 on my 4.3GB > hard drive so I cleared 2.4G and managed to create a 200Mg root > partition dev/hda3, a 96MG ((is this much necessary? )swap partition > dev/hda7 an a 2.1+GB linux partition dev/hda8 and have reached the > "Configure Device Drivers" step; but I am unsure what settings to use.
The approach I took was to start simple. Don't try and get everything running in one hit. Just select the serial and parallel ports. It is better to work through hardware issues one-by-one. You don't want to be restarting the install again and again. Did you start the install from CD-ROM? > Can you please let me know what I must do to get them to run in > Linux?. Also at one attempted to install I left "Configure Device > Drivers" blank, then when I reached the "list of access methods" in > Dselect, when I chose cdrom it requested the "Block" I do not know > what this is. I read the "Dselect documentation for beginners" but it > has no mention of this. It does talk about mounting your CD could you > explain what mounting is and how I can mount the CD drives mentioned > above. The exact block device depends upon your computer setup. There is no harm in trying a few different devices. What sort of disk controllers do you have installed? Is your CD-ROM SCSI or ATAPI. If it ATAPI, then there is a good chance that /dev/hdb is the block device to use. If I recall correctly you are presented with a menu showing a choice of which device to select for the CD-ROM. I found the correct device by trial and error as I misunderstand how my pc was setup. > Finally can you recommend the best learning materials for learning > how to use and get the most out of Linux ( remembering I am a beginner ) The install notes are very important. It pays to read through them very carefully before starting any install.