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Just getting my feet wet in linux. A reliable source suggested Debian. Well I bought this book "Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 and it came with Debian installer. Thought this was too ...
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    cdrom not detecting install components

    Just getting my feet wet in linux. A reliable source suggested Debian. Well I bought this book "Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 and it came with Debian installer. Thought this was too good to be true! Well, during the install I get a message that "cdrom not detecting install components". I ran the the diagnostic utility that was included in the disc and it did not report any issues. Is this typical? Is there a fix?? I'm very anxious to get going!!
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    Debian 3.1 is very very old and unsupported. You can download a more recent version from Debian -- The Universal Operating System. You may also want to consider Linux Mint Debian edition which you can download from Download - Linux Mint. LMDE is probably better for a beginner as it has more setup and configured by default.
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    Thanks for the quick response. I realized AFTER I bought that it was old... I just thought having a companion book to read along with it would be useful.
    I will follow your advice, Master!
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    No master me; just a fake guru

    The pace of development in the Linux world is extremely fast so things will have come on a bit since the Debian 3 days. Whichever you choose, have fun and enjoy yourself.
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