Newby needs help getting to the WWW from Linux

Newby needs help getting to the WWW from Linux

Post by mus.. » Fri, 01 May 1998 04:00:00



I have Slackware 2.3 (I know it's old).
Got it set up without much fuss (note: I use OS/2, so fuss is not new to me).
I want to set up to dial into my ISP and surf.
Could a samaritan mail me with some quick steps for getting Linux set up for the WWW? So far,
I have been able to get DIP to dial my provider. After that ... what? I don't seem to have
a browser on my disc.

'Ppreciate any help.

Marko, Ottawa

 
 
 

Newby needs help getting to the WWW from Linux

Post by jed » Fri, 01 May 1998 04:00:00



>I have Slackware 2.3 (I know it's old).
>Got it set up without much fuss (note: I use OS/2, so fuss is not new to me).
>I want to set up to dial into my ISP and surf.
>Could a samaritan mail me with some quick steps for getting Linux set up for the WWW? So far,
>I have been able to get DIP to dial my provider. After that ... what? I don't seem to have
>a browser on my disc.

        ftp ftp.netscape.com

        or alternately,

        lynx
                g
                www://penguin.lvcm.com

        lynx is a textmode webbrowser.
        I have a link to the linux NS4 directory
        at ftp.netscape.com on my homepage.

 
 
 

1. Linux Newby in need of help!

Hi everyone,
I am trying to install Linux on my system, which
is already running Win98.  I have a 12.7 Gbyte
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C: primary FAT32 partition
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I have now deleted F:, in an attempt to make room
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partition for Linux, I keep getting the an error
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Can someone explain why I can't create the root
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Any help is greatly appreciated!

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