[TriLUG] Newbie needs help

[Brian Henning]

Hi Alan,
   Welcome to the Wonderful World of Linux!  I'm sure I speak for the 
majority of TriLUG when I say we're glad to have you aboard.

I personally have never had any luck with a Knoppix hd-install. 
However, Knoppix is based on Debian, and I've had great luck with 
installing Debian.  In fact, I run Debian Sarge on my primary 
workstation here in jai^H^H^H^H^H^H at work.  Debian itself isn't quite 
as It-Just-Works-y as Knoppix, but It-Just-Works is not what I've 
encountered with Knoppix hd-install anyhow.  Knoppix is great to run as 
a live-CD, but I would personally highly recommend a fuller distribution 
as a permanent hd installation.

I've never been to an Installfest myself, but I bet they're really 
helpful.  People always rave about them.  If you want some guidance 
during the installation, cart your box over to the next Installfest and 
the folks there will be happy to help out.

HTH,
~Brian


Alan Byerly wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>     I'm just beginning with Linux, finally got up the
> courage to leave Windows, and I need some help.  I'm
> working with the Knoppix 3.7 live CD and have been
> trying to load it to the hard drive on an old IBM
> 300PL.  I've figured out the basics on how to install
> Knoppix however when I try to install it on this
> particular hard drive I get the following error
> message:
> Error: Expected at least 7 tokens for --radiolist,
> have 4.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with this error
> message or have any ideas on how to fix it?  Any help
> you could give me would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> I look forward to becoming a trilug member at the next
> meeting in June.
> 
> 
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