Re: [Nolug] Debian is chewing on my head

On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 16:14, gonzeaux bevarde wrote:
>
> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 09:40, gonzeaux bevarde wrote:
> > Since my confidence in Red Hat has declined with the
> announcement of
> > their new
> >
> > restructuring (purely my own misguided feelings Im sure) I
> decided to
> > go with Debian
> >
> > Woody, of course) mostly from discussions the fine people of
> NOLUG
> > have been
> >
> > having about it for months now. I really have two issues
> that have
> > been plaguing me
> >
> > for a couple of days now and I dont seem to be any closer to
> resolving
> > them:
>
> Hi,
>
> If you are a Debian-newbie, I'd suggest getting a commercial
> distro
> based on Debian. My suggestion is http://www.libranet.com.
[snip]

Please remove all the indent-tabs. After a few reply-cycles, it's
impossible to read anything.

>
> Took your advice - and good advice it was. I noticed the
> kernel source is in bz2
>
> format so I'm assuming I'll have to unzip that and then ln -s
> it to linux in order

No. Just as .gz and .tgz mean that it was compressed with gzip,
.bz2 means that it was compressed with bzip2.

**** NOTE **** No Unix-ish utility that I know of add default
extentions. Thus, you'll have to explicitly type out the *whole*
filename.

So, presuming you're using the latest kernel:
# cd /usr/src
# tar xfvj kernel-source-2.4.23.tar.bz2
# ln -sf kernel-source-2.4.23 linux

> to install anything. Syntax is still killing me in the shell -
> all the refs seem to
>
> either have too much info or not nearly enough - I like the
> Linux Cookbook
>
> but that isn't very practical as a reference - Anyone got a
> favorite.
>
> Thanks to all for the advice - I'm using it all in one form or
> another.

What are you having trouble with? The very basics, or esoteric
options. "Linux in a Nutshell" and "Learning the bash Shell" are
both good O'Reilly books.

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Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@cox.net
Jefferson, LA USA
"Basically, I got on the plane with a bomb. Basically, I tried to
ignite it. Basically, yeah, I intended to damage the plane."
RICHARD REID, tried to blow up American Airlines Flight 63
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