Getting started with Debian

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Well, that went easier than expected. Virtual system up and going with a 
few tweaks to qemu
On 19/02/2020 14:51, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Those instructions will work on hard iron, additional steps are
> necessary to properly prepare for virtual installs and I haven't got
> into virtual installs so I can't help you with those.
>
> On Wed, 19 Feb 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:25:07
>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: Getting started with Debian
>>
>> I'm more referring to going from a totally fresh VM and doing it that way.
>> \But, your instructions should work, correct?
>>
>> On 19/02/2020 11:26, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>> If you already have linux and wget on a system,
>>> wget -bc
>>> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/10.3.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-dvd/firmware-10.3.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso
>>> probably will help.
>>> It starts up silent so hit the s key then hit enter to get a screen
>>> reader going.
>>> I'm recommending this since you can stack the deck in terms of most
>>> awkward software and get a system installed.
>>> Get into the main menu by hitting < repeatedly until the main numbered
>>> menu comes up and choose the selection to check disk integrity first.
>>> If that passes, you may want to consider setting notification priority
>>> to low and saving installation logs to a mounted file system and then
>>> continue the installation
>>> A long long time ago, the main menu program on acbradio used to have
>>> programs demonstrating linux installations one of which was a debian
>>> installation from a now obsolete version of debian.  You control your
>>> flavor of distribution by editing /etc/apt/sources.list.  And for now,
>>> what you call testing is better known as bullseye.
>>> I hope this helps.
>>> On Wed, 19 Feb 2020,
>>> Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 05:23:40
>>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>> Subject: Getting started with Debian
>>>>
>>>> So, since Debian got brought up on the list...
>>>>
>>>> What all do I need to get started with it, exactly? I'd like to get a
>>>> system
>>>> up and going on debian-testing, and set it up how I want
>>>>
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