This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0A737.2FA9937A Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" It's an "old" Diamond ISA 56k internal---sportster 56si with 2Mb RAM on the card, I believe. Not a winmodem. Randy Keyes Network Services, JNL randall.keyes@jnli.com -----Original Message----- From: Sean [mailto:picasso@madflower.com] Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 11:52 AM To: Keyes, Randall Cc: linux-user@egr.msu.edu Subject: Re: Where do I begin? Basic Linux A nice place to get started is: http://www.linux.org/docs/index.html Also there is "For People New to Both FreeBSD and Unix" http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/new-users/article.html It looks pretty general so 98% of the stuff will apply to linux most noteably stuff related to the ports collection will fail. If you can't figure something out post back to the list. On your modem problem, is that a real modem or a winmodem? On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Keyes, Randall wrote: > I'm an MCP in NT4 who is learning W2K and Novell 5 for business. However, I > have Corel Linux 2.2 and would like to learn Linux for home (and eventually, > I have little doubt) business. > > I'd like to know the best basic book(s) to use to begin my studies. For > example, Corel Linux did a decent job of the install, but my modem is ISA > not PCI and was not "auto-detected." I'd like a book that would take me > through a basic manual configuration and I could go from there. > > thanks. > > Randy Keyes > Network Services, JNL > randall.keyes@jnli.com > > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0A737.2FA9937A Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">RE: Where do I begin? Basic Linux It's an "old" Diamond ISA 56k = internal---sportster 56si with 2Mb RAM on the card, I believe. = Not a winmodem.
Randy Keyes
Network Services, JNL
randall.keyes@jnli.com
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From: Sean [mailto:picasso@madflower.com]<= /FONT>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 11:52 AM
To: Keyes, Randall
Cc: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
Subject: Re: Where do I begin? Basic Linux
A nice place to get started is:
http://www.linux.org/docs/index.htmlAlso there is "For People New to Both FreeBSD = and Unix"
http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/new-users/article.htm= lIt looks pretty general so 98% of the stuff will = apply to linux most
noteably stuff related to the ports collection will = fail.If you can't figure something out post back to the = list.
On your modem problem, is that a real modem or a = winmodem?
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Keyes, Randall wrote:
> I'm an MCP in NT4 who is learning W2K and Novell = 5 for business. However, I
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> have Corel Linux 2.2 and would like to learn = Linux for home (and eventually,
> I have little doubt) business.
>
> I'd like to know the best basic book(s) to use = to begin my studies. For
> example, Corel Linux did a decent job of the = install, but my modem is ISA
> not PCI and was not = "auto-detected." I'd like a book that would take = me
> through a basic manual configuration and I = could go from there.
>
> thanks.
>
> Randy Keyes
> Network Services, JNL
> randall.keyes@jnli.com
>
>
>