Trying to set Linux up is making me feel like a noob

Re:Trying to set Linux up is making me feel like a noob by daniel-cussen on Monday January 14, 2008 @05:53PM (#98362)

It's true. I'm not computer literate. I thought I was, but that is because I underestimated what computer literacy meant. I thought that if I knew how to change the BIOS, knew how to burn a disc, and could unzip files, I could install Linux.

Another problem is that my situation is probably an outlier. My computer is in Spanish, which makes it a lot harder to mess with. Plus, it runs on Windows XP from 2002. On top of that, my disk drives are slightly messed up. They burn correctly according to the MD5 hashes, but one of them might not read well. Finally, none of the two computer-literate people I know are around, and "build your own PC" books are hard to find, universally in Spanish, and expensive (here in Santiago).

I'll keep trying until I find the stupid mistake I've been making all along.

And you're right. I'm being hostile; I've spent too much time over the computer over the last few days, and I'm going a little crazy. But, much like being drunk, driving oneself crazy does not excuse what you do/say when you're kind of crazy. I apologize.

Edit: both CD drives work properly.

Edit: I followed the tutorial, and burned the CD. I'm going to reboot now (both fingers crossed).

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Re:Trying to set Linux up is making me feel like a noob by daniel-cussen on Monday January 14, 2008 @07:34PM (#98426)

Edit: I did it! w00t! Turns out I had to choose i386 from the options at Debian. Also, when the Debian booted, error EIP 00000060 c0100231 00000230 appeared. I looked this up, and I had to type LINUX ACPI=OFF during booting. This didn't work either; I found out I had to change the onboard virtual memory from 8mb to 1mb. It's not the linux people at all. The problem was that the default onboard virtual memory of hp pavilions is too high. It took me three days to find that out.

"The computer is personal again."

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Re:Trying to set Linux up is making me feel like a noob by tx on Tuesday January 15, 2008 @08:53PM (#99007)

Congrats!

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Re:Trying to set Linux up is making me feel like a noob by daniel-cussen on Monday January 14, 2008 @06:36PM (#98389)

Edit: I think I found the problem. I had to choose i386 instead of alpha on the <a href="http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/>debian site</a>. I figured out this referred to my processor. Thanks to the guy who posted the tutorial on the infrarecorder; it looks like it will work.

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