On Oct 21, 1996 at 01:10, Paul Edwards of 3:711/934.9 wrote:

 PE>> The linux quick installation guide says to refer to the linux-howto
 PE>> file.
  [...]
 PE> Page 15, says "consult the LILO-HOWTO".

Well, that's not the "linux-howto"!  :-)

 PE> I found that directory, but there is no LILO* in there.  There is a
 PE> LINUX* in there.  But untarring that, there is no LILO* in there,
 PE> either.

(rummage, rummage)  It's in the "mini" subdirectory.  C'mon Paul,
do I have to do everything?!?!

 PE> Am I meant to be reading them...

Nah, it's just documentation.

 PE> It is connected to my Soundblaster card.  I don't know what that makes
 PE> it.

It might be ATAPI, it might be SCSI, it might be "proprietary". 
It'd be nice if you knew what sort of port was on your SoundBlaster - it
comes in handy when playing with operating systems that talk directly to
the hardware.  :-)

 PE> I have 64 meg of memory, I'm not expecting to swap.

Okay, have fun.  :-)

 PE> They're both logical partitions, so I guess that makes it /dev/hdb6.

Yup.

 db>> Much less (chances are you won't install everything - you *really*
 db>> don't need everything, certainly not on a single partition).
 PE> I want a swag of things, like postgres and tex.

That still doesn't mean you'll need *everything*.  BTW, have fun with TeX; 
I've been doing my monthly reports with it, and have been using it for my
thesis (well, to be precise, LaTeX2e atop TeX).

There are at least two GUI front-ends to TeX out there, too.

 PE> :-)  Ok, there was method to the madness then.  Thanks a lot!.  Paul.

No worries.

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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